Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
(as of May
31February 25, 20222026)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section
1.01 Registered
Office. The registered office of the corporation shall be
fixed in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, State of DelawareCertificate of Incorporation,
as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time.
Section 1.02 Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section
2.01 Place
of Meetings of Stockholders. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held in Wallingford,
Connecticut, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors,
or at such other place, if any, either within or without
the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in
a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. The board of directors may, in
its sole discretion, determine that stockholder meetings shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote
communication in accordance with Delaware law.
Section 2.02 Meetings by Remote Communication. If authorized by the board of directors, in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the board of directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder; (ii) the corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (iii) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the corporation.
Section
2.02 2.03 Annual
Meetings of Stockholders. Annual meetingsThe
annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the first Thursday in May, unless such day is
a legal holiday, (in which case the meeting will be held on the next secular day following), or on such other date and at such other time
as shall be designated from time to timeat such date, time,
and place, if any, as shall be determined by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which theythe
stockholders of the corporation shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly
be brought before the meeting in accordance with these By-Laws.
Section
2.03 2.04 Notice
of Annual Meeting. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place (if
any), date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10)
nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.
Section
2.04 List of Stockholders. The officer
who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare
and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders
entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be
open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten days
prior to the meeting in the manner required by Section 219 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may
be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section
2.05 Special
Meetings of Stockholders. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute,
may be called by the Chair of the Board and shall be called by the Chair of the Board or Secretary at the request in writing of the board
of directors, or at the request in writing (and not by electronic transmission) signed by stockholders owning 50% in
amount of the entire capital stock of the voting power of
the outstanding shares of the corporation issued and outstanding andthen
entitled to vote thereonon
the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed meeting, delivered by registered mail or hand delivery to the Secretary
of the corporation. Each such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting (and the nominees for director election,
as applicable) and shall set forth all the information that would be required by Section 2.122.13
of these By-Laws if the proposals (and the nominees for director election, as applicable) were submitted for action at an annual meeting
of stockholders. Any stockholder may revoke a request by revocation in writing (and not by electronic transmission) delivered by
registered mail or hand delivery to the secretarySecretary
of the corporation at any time prior to the stockholder-requested special
meeting and if, following such revocation, there are unrevoked requests from stockholders holding in the aggregate less than the requisite
number of shares entitling the stockholders to request the calling of a special meeting, the board of directors, in its discretion, may
cancel the special meeting. The board of directors shall fix the date, time and place of all special meetings of stockholders.
The board of directors may present business to be transacted at any special meeting called at the request of stockholders, and may fix
a record date to determine the stockholders entitled to deliver requests for a special meeting.
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Section 2.06 Notice of Special Meetings of Stockholders. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 2.07 List of Stockholders. The corporation shall prepare a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder no later than the tenth day before each meeting of the stockholders. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of ten (10) days ending on the day before the meeting date: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list was provided with the notice of the meeting; or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. Except as provided by applicable law, the stock ledger of the corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger and the list of stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 2.08 Quorum; Adjournments.
(a)
Section 2.07 Quorum.
The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholder for the transaction of business except as otherwise
provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting
of the stockholders, the chair of the meeting or the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy,
shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement
at the meetingin the manner provided in Section 2.08(b),
until a quorum shall be present or represented. A quorum, once established,
shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.
(b)
At When
a meeting is adjourned to another date, time or place (including an adjournment taken to address a technical failure to convene or continue
a meeting using remote communication), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the date, time and place, if any, thereof,
and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote
at such adjourned meeting, are (i) announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; (ii) displayed during the time scheduled
for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of
remote communication; or (iii) set forth in the notice of meeting given in accordance with Section 2.04 or Section 2.06 of these By-Laws.
At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented,
the corporation may transact any business may be transacted whichthat
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified
ifcalled. If the adjournment is for more than thirty
days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given
to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
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Section
2.08 2.09 Majority
Voting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the
stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such
meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws,
a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Section 2.10 Voting Rights; Proxies.
(a)
Section 2.09 Voting
Rights. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation each stockholder shall at every
meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held
by such stockholder.
(b)
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons
to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted onor
acted upon after three years from its date, unless allowed by the laws of the State of Delaware or unless the proxy provides for
a longer period. The authorization of a person to act as proxy may be documented,
signed, and delivered in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provided that such authorization shall set
forth, or be delivered with, information enabling the corporation to determine the identity of the stockholder granting such authorization.
A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient
in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting
in person or by delivering to the Secretary a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Any stockholder soliciting
proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use by the board
of directors.
Section
2.10 2.11 Conduct
of Meeting. The Chair of the Board, or any other person designated by the board of directors or the Chair of the Board, shall
act as chair of and preside at any meeting of the stockholders. Each of the chair of the meeting and the board of directors shall have
the authority to adopt and enforce rules for conducting the meeting, including to determine when
the polls will open and close on business, the
following:
(a) to the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting;
(b) the determination as to when the polls will open and close on any given matter to be voted on at the meeting;
(c)
the order of conducting business and rules requiring
advance notice to the corporation of stockholder attendance. The chair of the meeting may adjourn
or recess any meeting of stockholders.;
(d) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present;
(e) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies, and such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine;
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(f) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and
(g) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
Section
2.11 2.12 Submission
of Information by Director Nominees.
(a)
To be eligible for election
or re-election as a director of the corporation, a person must timely deliver
in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation (by registered mail or hand delivery) the following:
(1) a
statement that such person is not (and will not become) a party to any agreement or
understanding with any person other than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification
in connection with service or action as a nominee or as a director that has not been disclosed to the corporation;
(i)
(2) a
statement that such person, a written representation and
agreement, which shall be signed by such person and pursuant to which such person shall represent and agree that such person: (A) consents
to serving as a director if elected and (if applicable) to being named in any proxy statement and form of proxy as a nominee, and currently
intends to serve as a director for the full term for
which such person is standing for election; (B) will promptly notify the corporation of the nominee’s actual or potential unwillingness
or inability to serve as director; (C) is not (and will not become)
a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has
not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity (1) as to how such person, if elected as a director, will act or vote on
any issue or question that has not been disclosed to the corporation, or (2) that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability
to comply, if elected as a director, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law; (D) is not (and will not become)
a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person
or entity other
than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service
or action as a nominee or as a director that has not been disclosed to the corporation; (E)
does not need any permission or consent from any third party, including any employer or other board or governing body on which such nominee
serves, to serve as a director of the corporation, if elected, that has not been obtained, including providing copies of any and all requisite
permissions or consents; (F) if elected or re-elected as a director, intends to comply with all policies, principles and guidelines
of the corporation with respect to codes of conduct, corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and
trading applicable to directors of the corporation, which will be promptly provided following a request therefor;
(ii)
(3) all
completed and signed questionnaires requested by the corporation (including those questionnaires required of the corporation’s current
or prospective directors and any other questionnaire the corporation determines is necessary or advisable to assess whether a nominee
will satisfy any qualifications or requirements imposed by the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, the corporation’s corporate
governance policies or any law, rule, regulation or listing requirement that may be applicable to the corporation), which will be promptly
provided following a request therefor; and
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(iii)
(4) for
each prospective director, such person’s written consent authorizing the corporation to run a background check in accordance with
the corporation’s policy for prospective directors and such person’s agreement to provide any information requested by the
corporation that is necessary to run such background check.
(b) A nominee for election or re-election as a director of the corporation shall also provide to the corporation such other information as it may reasonably request, including one or more interviews with a proposed nominee at the request of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors. The corporation may request such additional information as necessary or appropriate to permit the corporation to determine the eligibility of such person to serve as a director of the corporation, including information relevant to a determination of whether such person can be considered an independent director.
(c) All written and signed representations and agreements and all completed and signed questionnaires required pursuant to Section 2.12(a) above, and the additional information described in Section 2.12(b) above, shall be considered timely if provided to the corporation by the deadlines specified in Section 2.13 below, as applicable. All information provided pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall be deemed part of the stockholder’s notice submitted pursuant to Section 2.13, as applicable.
Section 2.12 2.13 Notice
of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a)
(1) At
an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. Nominations
of persons for election to the board of directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders may be made at an
annual meeting of stockholders (ai) pursuant
to the corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such meeting, (bii) by
or at the direction of the board of directors, or (ciii) by
any stockholder of record of the corporation (the “RecordProposing
Stockholder”) at the time of the giving of the notice required in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting
and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this sectionSection
2.13. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (ciii)
shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or propose business (other than business included in the corporation’s
proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”)) at an annual meeting of stockholders.
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(b)
(2) For
nominations or business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a RecordProposing
Stockholder pursuant to clause (ciii)
of the foregoing paragraph, (a),
(i) the RecordProposing
Stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing (and not by electronic transmission) to the Secretary of the corporation,
(bii) any such
business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under Delaware law and (ciii)
the RecordProposing
Stockholder and the beneficial ownerStockholder
Associated Person, if any, on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, must have acted in accordance with the representations
set forth in the Solicitation Statement required by Section 2.12(3)2.13(c)(iviii)(N)
of these By-Laws. To be timely, a RecordProposing
Stockholder’s notice shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 60 or
more than 90 days prior to the one-year anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding
year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that, subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.122.13(2b),
if the meeting is convened more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s
annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the RecordProposing
Stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day before such annual
meeting or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Notwithstanding
anything in the preceding sentence to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors
is increased and there has been no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or indicating the increase in the size
of the board of directors made by the corporation at least 10 days before the last day a RecordProposing
Stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in accordance with the preceding sentence, a RecordProposing
Stockholder’s notice required by this bylawby-law
shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received
by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following
the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation. In no event shall an adjournment, or postponement of
an annual meeting for which notice has been given, commence a new time period for the giving of a RecordProposing
Stockholder’s notice. For purposes of these By-Laws, “public
announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press,
PR Newswire, or a comparable national news service or in a document
publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
(c)
(3) Such
RecordProposing Stockholder’s
notice shall set forth and include:
(i)
a. if
such notice pertains to the nomination of directors, as to each person whom the RecordProposing
Stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all information relating to such person as would be required
to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees as directors,
pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, including
Regulation 14A and Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange
Act, such person’s written consent to serve
as a director for the full term if elected, and all information required to be submitted
under Section 2.112.12
of these By-Laws;
(ii)
b. as
to any business that the RecordProposing
Stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (other than a nomination
of persons for election to the board of directors), a brief description of such business, the reasons for conducting such business
at the meeting and,
any material interest in such business of such RecordProposing
Stockholder and the beneficial ownerStockholder
Associated Person, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and,
and any other information relating to such proposal that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required
to be made in connection with the solicitations of proxies in support of the proposal pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, including
Regulation 14A;
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c. (iii)
as to (1) the RecordProposing
Stockholder giving the notice and (2) the beneficial ownerand
any Stockholder Associated Person, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is being
made (each, a “party”):
(A) whether the Proposing Stockholder is providing the notice at the request of a beneficial holder of shares of the corporation;
(B)
(i) the
name and address of each such partyperson
(including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the corporation’s stock ledger);
(C) (1) the class, series, and number of shares of the corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by each such person as of the date of the notice; (2) the name of each nominee holder of all shares of the corporation owned beneficially but not of record by each such person, the number of such shares of the corporation held by each such nominee holder, and any pledge with respect to any of such shares; (3) the dates such shares of the corporation were acquired; (4) the investment intent of such acquisition as would be required to be disclosed on Item 4 of Schedule 13D; and (5) evidence of such beneficial or record ownership;
(D) a complete description of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the Proposing Stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, the Proposing Stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of capital stock of the corporation, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the Proposing Stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, and a representation that the Proposing Stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing of any such agreement, arrangement, or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting within five business days after the record date for such meeting;
(E) a complete and accurate description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among each such person, and/or any other person or persons or entity (naming each such person or entity) in connection with or related to the proposed nomination or other business, including, without limitation (1) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship (whether written or oral) pursuant to which each such person has the right to vote, directly or indirectly, any shares of any security of the corporation and (2) any other agreements that would be required to be disclosed by each such person or any other person pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Schedule 13D that would be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable to the Proposing Stockholder, the Stockholder Associated Person or counterparty to any such agreement, arrangement or understanding);
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(F)
(ii) (A) the
class, series, and number of shares of the corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by each such
party, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with
an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the corporation
or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the corporation, whether or not such instrument
or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative
Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by each such party, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit
or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the corporation, (C)
any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which either party has a
right to vote, directly or indirectly, any shares of any security of the corporation,
(D) any short interest in any security of the corporation held by each such party (for purposes of this Section 2.12(3), a person shall
be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject
security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the corporation owned beneficially directly or indirectly by each
such partyperson
that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the corporation, ;
(G)
(F) any proportionate
interest in shares of the corporation or Derivative Instrumentsderivative
instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which either
partyeach such person is a general partner or, directly
or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner;
(H)
a complete and (G)accurate
description of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which each such partyperson
is directly or indirectly entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the corporation or
Derivative Instruments, derivative instruments or short interests,
if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of each such party’sperson’s
immediate family sharing the same household (which information set forth in this paragraph shall be supplemented by such
stockholder or such beneficial ownereach such person,
as the case may be, not later than 10 days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting; provided,
that if such date is after the date of the meeting, not later than the day prior to the meeting);
(I) the names and addresses of any other beneficial owners or record owners of securities of the corporation known by the Proposing Stockholder to be financially supporting the nomination or proposed business, and to the extent known, the class and number of all shares of the corporation’s stock owned beneficially or of record by such other beneficial owners or record owners;
(J) a complete and accurate description of any pending or, to the Proposing Stockholder’s knowledge, threatened legal proceeding in which each such person is a party or participant involving the corporation or, to such Proposing Stockholder’s knowledge, any current or former officer, director, affiliate or associate of the corporation;
(K) a representation that the Proposing Stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person at the meeting (or a qualified representative thereof intends to appear in person at the meeting) to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice or propose such other business proposal;
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(L) a statement whether each such person or any other participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) will engage in a solicitation with respect to such nomination or other business proposal and, if so, the name of each participant in such solicitation; and a statement (1) confirming whether each such person intends, or is part of a group that (x) in the case of a nomination, intends to solicit proxies or votes in support of such director nominees or nomination in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, including but not limited to, delivering a proxy statement and form of proxy and soliciting at least the percentage of the voting power of all of the shares of the stock of the corporation required under applicable law to elect the nominee, and (y) in the case of a business proposal, intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy and solicit at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of stock of the corporation required under applicable law to approve the proposal; and (2) whether or not each such person intends to otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination or other business proposal (such statement, a “Solicitation Statement”); and
(M)
(iii) any
other information relating to each such partyperson
that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies
for, as applicable, the proposal and/or the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act;
and.
(iv) a
statement whether or not each such party will deliver a proxy statement and form of
proxy to holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the common
stock outstanding and/or intends otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal
or nomination (such statement, a “Solicitation Statement”).
(4) A
person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at an annual meeting
of stockholders, and no other business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders, in each case, except in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this section. The chair of the meeting
shall have the power and authority to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has
been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-Laws.
(d)
(5) Special
Meetings. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at
which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting: (i) by or at the direction of the board
of directors; or (ii) by any stockholder of the corporation who is a Record Stockholderstockholder
of record of the corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.122.13(5d)
is delivered to the secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who delivers notice thereof in writing (and
not by electronic transmission) setting forth the information required by Section 2.122.13(3c)
above and provides the additional information required by Section 2.112.12
above. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders (other than a stockholder-requested special meeting)
for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the board of directors, any Record Stockholderstockholder
of record of the corporation entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be)
for election to such position(s) as specified in the corporation’s notice of meeting, if the notice required by this Section 2.122.13(5d)
shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the later
of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date
of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall an
adjournment, or postponement of a special meeting for which notice has been given, commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder
of record’s notice. Notwithstanding any other provision of these By-Laws, in the case of a stockholder-requested special meeting,
no stockholder may nominate a person for election to the board of directors or propose any other business to be considered at the meeting,
except for the nominations and/or business set forth in the written request(s) delivered for such special meeting pursuant to Section
2.052.06.
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(e) General.
(i) A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at any meeting of stockholders, and no other business shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders, in each case, except in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.12 and this Section 2.13. The chair of the meeting shall have the power and authority to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-Laws. If any proposed nomination was not made or proposed in compliance with Section 2.12 and this Section 2.13, or other business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.13, or if any Proposing Stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person, or any nominee for director acted contrary to any representation or other agreement required by Section 2.12 or this Section 2.13 (or with any law, rule, or regulation identified therein) or provided false or misleading information to the corporation, then except as otherwise required by law, the chair of the meeting shall have the power and duty to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed other business shall not be transacted.
(ii) A Proposing Stockholder’s notice of nominees given in accordance with this Section 2.13 must contain the names of only the nominees for whom the Proposing Stockholder (or Stockholder Associated Person, if any) intends to solicit proxies, and the Proposing Stockholder shall not be entitled to make additional or substitute nominations following the expiration of the time periods set forth in Section 2.13(b); provided that, in the event a Proposing Stockholder’s notice includes one or more substitute nominees, such Proposing Stockholder must provide timely notice of such substitute nominee(s) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.13 (including, without limitation, satisfaction of all applicable informational requirements set forth in Section 2.12 and this Section 2.13). For the avoidance of doubt, the number of nominees a Proposing Stockholder may nominate for election at an annual meeting of stockholders (or in the case of a Proposing Stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a Stockholder Associated Person, the number of nominees a Proposing Stockholder may nominate for election at an annual meeting of stockholders on behalf of the Stockholder Associated Person) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting.
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(iii) If any stockholder provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, such stockholder shall deliver to the corporation, no later than five business days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable evidence that it has met all of the applicable requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act. Without limiting the other provisions and requirements of Section 2.12 or this Section 2.13, unless otherwise required by law, if any Proposing Stockholder provides such notice and either (A) fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, or (B) fails to timely provide reasonable evidence of such compliance as required by this Section 2.13(e)(iii), then the Proposing Stockholder’s nomination of each such proposed nominee shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that the nominee is included as a nominee in the corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting, or other proxy materials (or any supplement thereto) for any annual meeting and the corporation shall disregard any proxies or votes solicited for such Proposing Stockholder’s nominees.
(iv) Any Proposing Stockholder shall update the notice delivered and information previously provided to the corporation pursuant to Section 2.12 or this Section 2.13, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall continue to be true and correct as of (A) the record date for the meeting of stockholders and (B) the date that is ten (10) business days prior to such meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof). Such update shall be delivered in writing (and not by electronic transmission) to the Secretary of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after such record date for such meeting (in the case of an update required to be made as of the record date) and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date of the meeting (in the case of an update required to be made as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). A Proposing Stockholder may not, after the last day on which a notice would be timely under this Section 2.13, cure in any way any defect preventing the submission of a proposal.
(v)
(6) For
purposes of these By-Laws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release
reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.Stockholder
Associated Person” of any stockholder shall mean (A) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the corporation on whose behalf
any nomination or proposal is made by such stockholder; (B) any affiliates or associates of such stockholder or any beneficial owner described
in clause (A); and (C) any affiliate who controls such stockholder or any beneficial owner described in clause (A).
(vi)
(7) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12, a Record2.13,
a Proposing Stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to matters set forth
in this Section 2.122.13.
Nothing in this Section 2.122.13
shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant
to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 3.01 Election of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board of directors shall be determined by resolution adopted by the board of directors. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 3.02 of this Article.
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Section
3.02 Vacancies
on Board of Directors. Except as otherwise required by law, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase
in the authorized number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, though less
than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office (a)
if appointed prior to the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders in 2022, for a term that shall
coincide with the remaining term of that class to which such director has been elected expires or (b) if appointed at or following the
third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders in 2022, for a term expiring at the
next annual meeting of stockholders, and in each case shall serve until such director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified,
subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. No decrease in the number of directors
constituting the board of directors shall shorten the term of any
incumbent director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office,
then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted
with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering
an election as provided by law.
Section 3.03 Powers of Board of Directors. The business of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section
3.04 Meetings
of Board of Directors. The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within
or without the State of Delaware.
Section
3.05 First
Meeting of Board of Directors. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place
as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders or incorporators and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected
directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders
or the incorporators to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the event such meeting
is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders or the incorporators, the meeting may be held at such time and place as
shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified
in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.
Section
3.06 3.04 Regular
Meetings of Board of Directors. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such
place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware as shall from
time to time be determined by the board of directors.
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Section
3.07 3.05 Special
Meetings of Board of Directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held
at any time and at any place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware when called by the Chair of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer or the President on at least 24 hours’ notice
to each director by hand delivery, electronic transmission or telephone, or on five (5) days’ notice if such notice is delivered
by mail; special meetings shall be called by the Chair of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary in like manner and
on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the board of
directors consists of only one director in which case special meetings shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, President
or Secretary in like manner and in like notice on the written request of the sole director.
Section
3.08 3.06 Quorum.
At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the total
number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present
at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided
by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors,
the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until
a quorum shall be present.
Section
3.09 3.07 Director
Consents. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof
may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board of directors
or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in the manner permitted by Section 141(f) of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
Section
3.10 Telephone3.08 Remote
Meetings of Board of Directors. Members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may
participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or
similar, video conference or other communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute
presence in person at the meeting.
Section
3.11 Committee3.09 Committees
of the Board of Directors. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of
directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The
board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification
of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such
member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place
of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, shall
have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation,
and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, to the fullest extent permitted by Section
141(c)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as
may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.
Section
3.12 3.10 Committee
Minutes. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.
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Section
3.13 3.11 Compensation
of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, the board of directors shall have the authority
to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance
at each meeting of; which may include such reasonable fees
for service on the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meetingany
committee thereof and for service as Chair of the Board or Chair of any committee of the board of directors or
a stated salary as directedas
may be fixed by the board of directors and reimbursement of their actual and reasonable expenses. No such payment shall
preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
Section
3.14 3.12 Removal
of Directors. Unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or by statute or law, prior
to the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders in 2022, directors may be removed from office
only for cause. From and including the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders in 2022, directors
may be removed from office at any time with or without cause. Directors may only be removed with
or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all shares of the corporation entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
Section
3.15 3.13 Chair
of the Board. The Chair of the Board, if there is one, shall be elected annually by and from the board of directors and shall
preside at all meetings of the directors at which the Chair of the Board shall be present. In the absence of the Chair of the Board, any
other director designated by the directors present at the meeting of the board of directors shall act as chair of and preside at such
meeting. A director’s service as Chair of the Board shall not by itself constituterender
such director as an officer or employee of the corporation, except as, and solely to
the extent, required by applicable law.
ARTICLE
IV
NOTICES
Section
4.01 3.14 Notices.
Whenever, under the provisions of the statutesapplicable
law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any director or
stockholder, it shall not be construed to require personal notice, but such notice may
beshall be deemed given effectively if given in writing,person
or by telephone, mail,
addressed to such director or stockholder, at such director or stockholder’sat
such director’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon
prepaid, and such facsimile, email, or by other means of
electronic transmission.
notice
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mailSection
3.15 Waiver
of Notice. Whenever a notice is required to be given to
a director under applicable law or of the Certificate of Incorporation
or of these By-Laws, a waiver thereof, in writing signed by, or by
electronic transmission by, the director entitled to said notice,
whether before or after such notice is required,
shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance ofby
a persondirector
at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the persondirector
attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business becauseon
the basis that the meeting iswas
not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special board of directors or committee meeting need be specified in any waiver of notice.
Section
4.02 Waiver
of Notice. Whenever a notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or
of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person
or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
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ARTICLE VIV
OFFICERS
Section
5.01 4.01 Necessary
Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors, having the titles and exercising the duties
(as prescribed by the By-LawsBy-Laws
or by the Boardboard of
directors) of Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The board of directors may also choose
one or more Vice-PresidentsVice
Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, and Assistant Treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. No officer
need be a stockholder.
Section
5.02 4.02 Election
of Officers. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a Chair of the
Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
Section
5.03 4.03 Other
Officers. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their
offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of
directors.
Section
5.04 Officers,
Salaries. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.
Section
5.05 4.04 Term of Office.
The officersEach officer
of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualifysuch
officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation, or removal. Any officer
elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time with
or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any
then in office. Any officer of the corporation may resign at any time by
giving notice of such officer’s resignation in writing (which may be by electronic transmission), to the President or the Secretary.
Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time when it shall become effective shall not be specified
therein, immediately upon its receipt. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to
make it effective. Should any vacancy occurringoccur
in any office of the corporation, the position shall be filled for
the unexpired portion of the term by appointment made by the board of directors.
Section
5.06 [Reserved]
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Section
5.07 4.05 Chief
Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation. It shall be the
Chief Executive Officer’s duty, and the Chief Executive Officer shall have the power, to see that all orders and resolutions of
the board of directors are carried into effect. The Chief Executive Officer, as soon as reasonably possible after the close of each fiscal
year, shall submit to the board of directors a report of the operations of the corporation for such year and a statement of its affairs,
and shall from time to time report to the board of directors all matters within the Chief Executive Officer’s knowledge which
the interests of the corporation may require to be brought to its notice. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform such duties and have
such powers additional to the foregoing as the board of directors shall designate.
Section
5.08 4.06 President.
In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Executive Officer’s powers and duties shall be performed
by the President. The President shall have such other powers as set forth in these By-Laws and perform such other duties as the
Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the board of directors shall from time to time designate.
Section
5.09 4.07 Vice
Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President, the President’s powers and duties shall be performed by the
Vice President, if only one, or, if more than one, by the one designated for the purpose by the board of directors. Each Vice President
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the board of directors shall from time to time designate.
Section
5.10 4.08 Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging
to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit perform
such duties and shall have such powers as set forth in these By-Laws or as may from time to time be assigned by the board of directors
or the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the Treasurer shall
perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office
of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation,
to deposit funds of the corporation in such depositories as shall be designated by the board of directors or in the absence of
such designation in such depositories as the Treasurer shall from time to time deem proper. The Treasurer
shall, to disburse thesuch
funds of the corporation as shall be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements. The Treasurer shall promptlyto make proper
accounts of such funds, and to render to the Chief Executive Officer and to the board of directors such statements of transactions
and accounts as the Chief Executive Officer and board of directors respectively may from time to time require. The
Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers additional
to the foregoing If required by the board of directors,
the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond for the faithful discharge
of the Treasurer’s duties in such amount and with such surety
as the board of directors may designateshall
prescribe.
Section
5.11 4.09 Assistant
Treasurers. In the absence ofor
disability of the Treasurer, the Treasurer’s powers and duties shall be performed by the Assistant Treasurer, if one be elected
or appointed, or, if more than one, by the one designated for the
purpose by the board of directors. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the board of
directors shall from time to time designate.
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Section
5.12 Treasurer’s
Bonds. If required by the board of directors, the Treasurer shall give the
corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and
with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of
directors, for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration
to the corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers,
money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the
corporation.
Section
5.13 4.10 Secretary.
The Secretary shall record in books kept for the purpose all votes andkeep
full and complete records of the proceedings of the board of directors
and all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors at their meetingsrecord
all votes and the minutes of all proceedings, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. Unless
the board of directors shall appoint a transfer agent and/or registrar or other officer or officers for the purpose, the Secretary shall
be charged with the duty of keeping, or causing to be kept, accurate records of all stock outstanding, stock certificates issued and stock
transfers; and, subject to such other or different rule as shall be adopted from time to time byThe
Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and meetings of the board of directors,
such records may be kept solely in the stock certificate books. The Secretary shalland
shall perform such duties and have such powers additional to the foregoing as the board of directors shall designate. The
Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and have authority to affix the seal to all documents requiring it and
attest to the same.
Section
5.14 4.11 Temporary
and Assistant Secretaries. In the absence of the Secretary from any meeting of the stockholders or board of directors,
if there be no Assistant Secretary, if one be elected or appointed,
or, if there be more than one, the one designated for the purpose by the board of directors, otherwise a Temporary Secretary designated
by the person presiding at the meeting, shall perform the duties of the Secretary. Each Assistant Secretary shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as the board of directors may from time to time designate.
Section 4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. In case any officer is absent, or for any other reason that the board of directors may deem sufficient, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the board of directors may delegate for the time being the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director.
ARTICLE VIV
STOCK
Section
6.01 5.01 Issuance
of Stock. The shares of the corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, and the board of directors may authorize the
issuance of uncertificated shares of some or all of the shares of any or all of the classes or series of capital stock of the corporation.
The corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of shares of its capital stock by electronic or other means not
involving any issuance of certificates, including provisions for notice to purchasers or other stockholders in substitution for any required
statements on certificates, and as may be required by applicable law and stock exchange or market rules. Any system so adopted shall not
become effective as to issued and outstanding certificated shares until the certificates therefor have been surrendered to the corporation.
In the event the corporation issues shares of stock to be evidenced by certificates, each holder of such shares shall be entitled to have
a certificate certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the corporation, signed by or in the name of the corporation
by (a) either the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice-President and (b) either the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation.
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Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case upon the face or back of the certificates issued to represent any such partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor, and the amount paid thereon shall be specified.
If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class and any such shares are issued in certificated form, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificates which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the registered owner thereof shall be given a notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 156, 202(a), 218(a) or 364 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or with respect to Section 151 a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.
Section
6.02 5.02 Signature
on Stock Certificates. Where a certificate is countersigned, (1a)
by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee, or (2b)
by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee, any other signature on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer,
transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer,
transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such officer,
transfer agent or registrar remained as such at the date of issue.
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Section
6.03 5.03 Lost
Certificates. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of
that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate
or certificates, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner
of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such
manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may
be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section
6.04 5.04 Transfers
of Stock. Upon delivery to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of proper evidence of succession, assignment
or authority to transfer, and in the case of certificated shares, surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation
of a certificate for such shares, it shall be the duty of the corporation to record the transaction upon its books, and in the case of
certificated shares, to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto and cancel the old certificate. The corporation may treat
as the absolute owner of shares of capital stock of the corporation the person or persons in whose name such shares are registered on
the books of the corporation. The board of directors may make such
additional rules and regulations as it may deem advisable concerning the issue and transfer of book-entry shares or certificates representing
shares of the capital stock of the corporation.
Section
6.05 5.05 Fixing
Record Date. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution ofor
allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose
of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less
than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders
of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however,
that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section
6.06 5.06 Registered
Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the
owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls’
and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable
or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice
thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
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ARTICLE VIIVI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
7.01 6.01 Dividends.
Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of applicable law, may be declared by the board of directors
at any regular or special meeting, and paid either (a) out of its surplus, as defined by law, or (b) in case there shall be no such surplus,
out of the corporation’s net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. If
the capital of the corporation, computed in accordance with law, shall have been diminished by depreciation in the value of its property,
or by losses, or otherwise, to an amount less than the aggregate amount of the capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock
of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets, the board of directors shall not, except as allowed by the laws of
the State of Delaware, declare and pay out of such net profits any dividends upon any shares of any classes of the corporation’s
capital stock until the deficiency in the amount of capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference
upon the distribution of assets shall have been repaired. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock,
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section
7.02 6.02 Reserves.
Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as
the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing
dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors may think conducive
to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
Section
7.03 6.03 Checks;
Drafts; Evidence of Indebtedness. All checks or demands for money and notes,
notes, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such
other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.
Section
7.04 6.04 Fiscal
Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on December 31.
Section
7.05 6.05 Seal.
The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the word “Delaware.”
The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section
7.06 6.06 Indemnification
and Advancement. The corporation shall indemnify any current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the full extent contemplated by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability
under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The corporation’s indemnity of any person who is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation shall be reduced by any amounts such person may collect as indemnification
under any policy of insurance purchased and maintained on such person’s behalf by the corporation.
The
indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under
any certificate of incorporation, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding
such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit
of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
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In
addition to the right of indemnification granted under this Section 7.066.06,
current and former directors and officers of the corporation shall also have the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses (including
attorney’s fees) incurred in defending any such action, suit or proceeding contemplated by Section 145 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding upon the corporation’s receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such current or former director or officer to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined
that such current or former officer or director is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation pursuant to law or this Section 7.066.06.
Neither
the amendment nor repeal of this Section 7.066.06,
nor the adoption of any provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Section 7.066.06,
shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Section 7.066.06
in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Section 7.066.06
would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoptingadoption
of an inconsistent provision.
Section
7.07 6.07 Reliance
upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, each member of any committee designated by the board of directors, and each
officer of the corporation shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the
books of account or other records of the corporation, including reports made to the corporation by any of its officers, by an independent
certified public accountant, or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care.
Section
7.08 6.08 Inspection
of Books by Stockholders. Subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, the board of directors shall have the power to determine
from time to time and at any time whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the
records of account, books and stock ledgers of the corporation, or any of them, shall be open to inspection and copying by stockholders,
their agents or attorneys; and no stockholder, or agent or attorney of such stockholder, shall have any right to inspect or copy any record
of account or book or stock ledger, or any part thereof, of the corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware,
unless and until authorized so to do by resolution of the board of directors or of the stockholders and unless and until such stockholder
agrees to comply with, and abide by, such conditions and regulations governing inspection and copying thereof, as determined by the board
of directors.
Section
7.09 Transactions with Directors, Officers, etc. The corporation may enter into contracts or transactions with
one or more of its directors, officers, employees or stockholders, or with any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization
in which one or more of its directors, officers, employees or stockholders are directors, officers, partners, employees or stockholders,
or have a financial interest, to the full extent authorized and permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.
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Section
7.10 6.09 Forum. Unless
the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all Internal Corporate
Claims shall be brought solely and exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court declines to accept
jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if such other court declines to accept jurisdiction, the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware). “Internal Corporate Claims” means claims, including claims in the right
of the corporation, brought by a current or former stockholder (including a current or former beneficial owner) (i) that are based upon
a violation of a duty by a current or former director or officer or stockholder in such capacity or (ii) as to which the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE VIIIVII
AMENDMENTS
Section
8.01 7.01 Amendments.
These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders, only by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the common stock outstanding, or by the board of directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the
board of directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors if notice of such alteration, amendment,
repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such meeting, or by any consent of the directors executed in accordance
with the Certificate of Incorporation orand
these By-Laws.
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