Exhibit 3.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
ODYSSEY THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Exhibit 3.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
ODYSSEY THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(a) Voting Lists. The Corporation shall prepare, no later than the 10th day before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders of record entitled to vote at such meeting (provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address and the number and class of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of 10 days ending on the day before the meeting date: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list required by this Section 2.6(a) or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
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(b) Manner of Voting. At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy. If authorized by the Board, the voting by stockholders or proxy holders at any meeting conducted by remote communication may be effected by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 9.2), provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which the Corporation can determine that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or proxy holder. The Board, in its discretion, or the chair of the meeting of stockholders, in such person’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
(c) Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by an electronic transmission, in each case as permitted by law, with such proxy filed in accordance with any procedures established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Any stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which is reserved for the exclusive use for solicitation by the Board.
(d) Required Vote. Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors pursuant to the terms of one or more series of Preferred Stock, at all meetings of stockholders at which a quorum is present, the election of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. All other matters presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the votes cast (without giving effect to abstentions and broker non-votes) by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable stock exchange rules.
(e) Inspectors of Election. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more persons as inspector of election, who may be employees of the Corporation or otherwise serve the Corporation in other capacities, to act at such meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may appoint one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspectors or alternates is able to act at a meeting, the chair of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall ascertain and report the number of outstanding shares and the voting power of each; determine the number of shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots; count all votes and ballots and report the results; determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election. Each report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors.
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(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (i) specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board; (ii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board; or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (1) who is a stockholder of record entitled to vote at such annual meeting on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.8(a) and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (2) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.8(a). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.8(a) to the contrary, only persons nominated for election as a director pursuant to Section 3.2 to fill any term of a directorship that expires on the date of the annual meeting will be considered for election at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of notice pursuant to this Section 2.8(a).
(i) “Proposing Person” shall mean (1) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, including the nomination of a person to be elected as a director for purposes of Article III; (2) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made; and (3) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)–(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such stockholder in such solicitation. “Stockholder Associated Person” shall mean, with respect to a Proposing Person, and if different from such Proposing Person, (A) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record by such Proposing Person or on whose behalf such Proposing Person is providing notice of any nomination or other business proposed; (B) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
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common control with such Proposing Person; (C) any member of the immediate family of such Proposing Person sharing the same household; (D) any person or entity who is a member of a “group” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor provision thereof, the “Exchange Act”)) with such Proposing Person with respect to the stock of the Corporation; (E) any affiliate or associate of such Proposing Person; and (F) if such Proposing Person is not a natural person, any natural person or persons associated with such Proposing Person responsible for the formulation of and decision to propose the business to be brought before the meeting (such person or persons, the “Responsible Person”).
(ii) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business (other than nominations for election as a director) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the Proposing Person must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. Subject to Section 2.8(a)(v), to be timely, a Proposing Person’s notice with respect to such business must be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date or the Corporation did not have an annual meeting in the preceding year, notice by the Proposing Person to be timely must be so received not earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of (x) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Corporation. The Public Announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Proposing Person’s notice as described in this Section 2.8(a).
(iii) To be in proper written form, a Proposing Person’s notice to the Secretary with respect to any business (other than nominations for election as a director) must set forth:
(1) As to each such matter the Proposing Person proposes to bring before the annual meeting:
(A) a reasonably brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting;
(B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment);
(C) the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting; and
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(D) all other information relating to such business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made by the Proposing Person in connection with the solicitation of proxies in support of such proposed business by such Proposing Person pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act.
(2) As to each Proposing Person and each Stockholder Associated Person, a complete and accurate description of:
(A) the name and address of such Proposing Person and each Stockholder Associated Person, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records);
(B) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person, with such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person, in all events, being deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future;
(C) any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written or oral (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, hedging transactions, forwards, futures, swaps, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, repurchase agreements or arrangements, borrowed or loaned shares and so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement) that have been entered into by, or on behalf of the Proposing Person or Stockholder Associated Person, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from changes in the price of any securities of the Corporation (without regard to whether any voting rights are conveyed, whether such transactions are settled in shares of the Corporation, or further hedges of such transactions), or maintain, increase or decrease the voting power of such Proposing Person or Stockholder Associated Person with respect to securities of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”);
(D) any proxy, agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person has or shares a right to vote any shares of any class or series of the Corporation;
(E) any performance related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any;
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(F) (x) if such Proposing Person is not a natural person, the identity of the Responsible Person, the manner in which such Responsible Person was selected, any fiduciary duties owed by such Responsible Person to the equity holders or other beneficiaries of such Proposing Person, the qualifications and background of such Responsible Person and any material interests or relationships of such Responsible Person that are not shared generally by any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation and that reasonably could have influenced the decision of such Proposing Person to propose such business to be brought before the meeting, and (y) if such Proposing Person is a natural person, the qualifications and background of such natural person and any material interests or relationships of such natural person that are not shared generally by any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation and that reasonably could have influenced the decision of such Proposing Person to propose such business to be brought before the meeting;
(G) any significant equity interests of such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person in, or any direct or indirect interest of such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person in any material agreement of, the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, consulting agreement or collective bargaining agreement);
(H) any pending or, to such party’s knowledge, threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person is a party or participant involving or relating to the Corporation or, to such party’s knowledge, any current or former officer, director, affiliate or associate of the Corporation;
(I) any other material relationship, or material transaction occurring during the prior twelve months, between such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation, on the other hand;
(J) a representation that such Proposing Person intends to appear in person or by proxy, either via a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such Proposing Person or a person authorized by a writing executed by such Proposing Person (or a reliable reproduction or electronic transmission of the writing) delivered by such Proposing Person to the Corporation prior to the making of any nomination or proposal at a stockholder meeting stating that such person is authorized to act for such Proposing Person as a proxy at the meeting of stockholders, which writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, must be produced at the meeting of stockholders (each such person, a “Qualified Representative”) to bring such business before the meeting;
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(K) a representation that such Proposing Person and any Stockholder Associated Person has complied, and will comply, with all applicable requirements of federal, state and other legal requirements with respect to the matters set forth in this Article II and in connection with such Proposing Person’s or Stockholder Associated Person’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and such Proposing Person’s or Stockholder Associated Person’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation, if such Stockholder Associated Person is or has been a stockholder of the Corporation;
(L) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership, limited liability company or similar entity in which such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person (x) is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership or (y) is the manager, managing member or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in the manager or managing member of such limited liability company or similar entity;
(M) a representation that such Proposing Person intends or is part of a group that intends to deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal, and the name of each participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) in such solicitation; and
(N) any other information relating to such Proposing Person or any Stockholder Associated Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person or Stockholder Associated Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (M) are referred to as “Disclosable Information”); provided, however, that Disclosable Information shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person or Stockholder Associated Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.
(iv) A Proposing Person providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.8(a) shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed to and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any
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adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a Proposing Person, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a Proposing Person who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.8(a), notice shall be deemed satisfied by a Proposing Person as to any proposal (other than nominations for election as a director) if the Proposing Person has notified the Corporation of such Proposing Person’s intention to present such proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and such Proposing Person has complied with the requirements of such Rule for inclusion of such proposal in a proxy statement prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8(a), provided, however, that once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.8(a) shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the Board or the chair of the annual meeting determines that any stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.8(a) or that the information provided in a Proposing Person’s notice does not satisfy the information requirements of this Section 2.8(a), such proposal shall not be presented for action at the annual meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8(a), if the Proposing Person (or a Qualified Representative) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been received by the Corporation.
(vi) In addition to the provisions of this Section 2.8(a), a Proposing Person shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the matters set forth herein. Nothing in this Section 2.8(a) 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.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting only pursuant to Section 3.2.
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(c) Public Announcement. For purposes of these Bylaws, “Public Announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided by the terms of one or more series of Preferred Stock with respect to the rights of holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock to elect directors or as provided in Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act. Nominations of persons for election to the Board at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors as set forth in the Corporation’s notice of such special meeting, may be made (i) by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (1) who is a stockholder of record entitled to vote in the election of directors on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 3.2 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (2) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.2.
(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, the Proposing Person must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary. To be timely, a Proposing Person’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date or the Corporation did not have an annual meeting in the preceding year, notice by the Proposing Person to be timely must be so received not earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of (1) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting; or (2) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement of the date of the annual meeting was first made by the Corporation; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the Public Announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Proposing Person’s notice as described in this Section 3.2.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.2(b) to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board at an annual meeting is greater than the number of directors whose terms expire on the date of the annual meeting and there is no Public Announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for the additional directors to be elected or specifying the size of the increased Board before the close of business on the 90th day prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders, a Proposing Person’s notice required by this Section 3.2 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships created by such increase that are to be filled by election at such annual meeting, 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 date on which such Public Announcement was first made by the Corporation.
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(d) To be in proper written form, a Proposing Person’s notice to the Secretary must set forth:
(i) as to each person who the Proposing Person proposes to nominate for election as director (each person so nominated, a “Proposed Nominee”):
(A) all information with respect to such Proposed Nominee that would be required to be set forth in a Proposing Person’s notice pursuant to Section 2.8 and this Section 3.2 if such Proposed Nominee were a Proposing Person and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Section 2.8 shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting;
(B) the principal occupation or employment of the Proposed Nominee;
(C) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Proposing Person or Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and each Proposed Nominee and his or her respective affiliates and associates, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Proposing Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the Proposed Nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and
(D) any other information relating to the person 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 contested election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act; and
(ii) as to each Proposing Person giving the notice, all Disclosable Information.
(e) To be eligible to be a nominee for election as a director of the Corporation, the Proposed Nominee must deliver (i) a completed and signed questionnaire with respect to the background and qualifications of such Proposed Nominee, completed by such Proposed Nominee in the form required by the Corporation (which form such Proposing Person shall request in writing from the Secretary and which the Secretary shall provide to such Proposing Person within 10 days after receiving such request) and (ii) a written representation and agreement that such Proposed Nominee:
(A) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such Proposed Nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation in the foregoing notice or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such Proposed Nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such Proposed Nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law;
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(B) 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 director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation;
(C) in such Proposed Nominee’s individual capacity and on behalf of the Proposing Person (or the beneficial owner, if different) on whose behalf the nomination is made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation;
(D) consents to being named as a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy for the meeting and to a background check to confirm the qualifications and character of the Proposed Nominee and to make such other determinations as the Board or an applicable committee of the Board may deem appropriate or necessary;
(E) intends to serve a full term as a director of the Corporation, if elected;
(F) will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its stockholders that are or will be true and correct and that do not and will not omit to state any fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; and
(G) will tender his or her resignation as a director of the Corporation if the Board determines that such Proposed Nominee failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.2 in any material respect, provides such Proposed Nominee notice of any such determination and, if such non-compliance may be cured, such Proposed Nominee fails to cure such non-compliance within 10 business days after delivery of such notice to such Proposed Nominee.
(f) A Proposed Nominee is not eligible to serve as a director if he or she: (i) is under indictment for, or has ever been convicted of, a criminal offense, involving dishonesty or breach of trust and the penalty for such offense could be imprisonment for more than one year; (ii) is a person against whom a federal or state bank regulatory agency has, within the past 10 years, issued a cease and desist order for conduct involving dishonesty or breach of trust and that order is final and not subject to appeal; (iii) has been found either by any federal or state regulatory agency whose decision is final and not subject to appeal, or by a court, to have (1) committed a willful violation of any law, rule or regulation governing banking, securities, commodities or insurance, or any final cease and desist order issued by a banking, securities, commodities or insurance regulatory agency or (2) breached a fiduciary duty involving personal profit; or (iv) has been nominated by a person who would be disqualified from serving as a director of the corporation under this Section 3.2(f).
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(g) Upon request by the Corporation, if any stockholder provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act, such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation reasonable evidence that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) under the Exchange Act and such evidence shall be received by the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days prior to the date of the meeting of stockholders.
(h) If the Board or the chair of the meeting of stockholders determines that (i) any nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.2; (ii) the information provided in a Proposing Person’s notice does not satisfy the information requirements of this Section 3.2; or (iii) a stockholder (1)(A) provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act and (B) subsequently fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) and Rule 14a-19(a)(3) under the Exchange Act or (2) notifies the Corporation that such stockholder no longer intends to solicit proxies in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, then such nomination shall not be considered at the meeting in question and the Corporation shall disregard any proxies or votes solicited for such stockholder’s nominees. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.2, if the stockholder (or a Qualified Representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Corporation.
(i) In addition to the provisions of this Section 3.2, a stockholder shall also comply with all of the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the matters set forth herein. Nothing in this Section 3.2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.
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(a) Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation and general control of all of its business subject to the ultimate authority of the Board, and shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Board with respect to such matters, except to the extent any such powers and duties have been prescribed to the Chair of the Board pursuant to Section 3.4 above. The position of Chief Executive Officer and President may be held by the same person and may be held by more than one person.
(b) President. The President shall, subject to the powers of the Board, the Chair of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees and shall make recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer on all operational matters that would normally be reserved for the final executive responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall also perform such duties and have such powers as shall be designated by the Board.
(c) Vice President. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and have the powers of the President. A Vice President shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer has not been appointed or is absent, the President shall designate from time to time. Any one or more of the Vice Presidents may be given an additional designation of rank or function.
(d) Secretary.
(i) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders, the Board and (as required) committees of the Board and shall record the proceedings of such meetings in books to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer has not been appointed or is absent, the President shall designate from
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time to time. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation, if any, and the Secretary, or any Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing thereof by his or her signature.
(ii) The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, if one has been appointed, a stock ledger, or duplicate stock ledger, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each and, with respect to certificated shares, the number and date of certificates issued for the same and the number and date of certificates cancelled.
(e) Assistant Secretary. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or in the event there be more than one Assistant Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries in the order designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and have the powers of the Secretary.
(f) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the Corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the Corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer has not been appointed or is absent, the President shall designate from time to time.
(g) Assistant Treasurer. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer (or in the event there be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer in the order designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and have the powers of the Treasurer.
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(a) If an owner of a certificate representing shares claims that such certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Corporation may issue a new certificate representing such shares or such shares in uncertificated form, in each case upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the owner, provided that such owner, if requested by the Corporation,
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delivers to the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, wrongful taking or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares, and satisfies other reasonable requirements imposed by the Corporation.
(b) If a certificate representing shares has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the owner fails to notify the Corporation of that fact within a reasonable time after the owner has notice of such loss, apparent destruction or wrongful taking and the Corporation registers a transfer of such shares before receiving notification, the owner shall be precluded from asserting against the Corporation any claim for registering such transfer or a claim to a new certificate representing such shares or such shares in uncertificated form.
(a) If a certificate representing shares of the Corporation is presented to the Corporation with an endorsement requesting the registration of transfer of such shares or an instruction is presented to the Corporation requesting the registration of transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall register the transfer as requested if:
(i) in the case of certificated shares, the certificate representing such shares has been surrendered;
(ii) (A) with respect to certificated shares, the endorsement is made by the person specified by the certificate as entitled to such shares; (B) with respect to uncertificated shares, an instruction is made by the registered owner of such uncertificated shares; or (C) with respect to certificated shares or uncertificated shares, the endorsement or instruction is made by any other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person;
(iii) the Corporation has received a guarantee of signature of the person signing such endorsement or instruction or such other reasonable assurance that the endorsement or instruction is genuine and authorized as the Corporation may request; and
(iv) such other conditions for such transfer as shall be provided for under applicable law have been satisfied.
(b) Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security and not absolutely, the Corporation shall so record such fact in the entry of transfer if, when the certificate for such shares is presented to the Corporation for transfer or, if such shares are uncertificated, when the instruction for registration of transfer thereof is presented to the Corporation, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so.
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(a) Meeting Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the business day before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day before the day on which the meeting is held. 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 may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.1(a) at the adjourned meeting.
(b) Corporate Action Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders 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 may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date
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is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
(a) Notice to Directors. Any notice required under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given to any director may be given (i) in writing and sent by mail, or by a nationally recognized delivery service; (ii) by means of electronic transmission; or (iii) by oral notice given personally or by telephone. A notice to a director will be deemed given as follows: (1) if given by hand delivery, orally, or by telephone, when actually received by the director; (2) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation; (3) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation; (4) if sent by electronic mail, when sent to the electronic mail address for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation; or (5) if sent by any other form of electronic transmission, when sent to the address, location or number (as applicable) for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation.
(b) Notice to Stockholders. Any notice required under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given to any stockholder may be given (i) in writing and sent either by hand delivery, through the United States mail, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery or (ii) by means of a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 232 of the DGCL. A notice to a stockholder shall be deemed given as follows: (1) if given by hand delivery, when actually received by the stockholder; (2) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation; (3) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation and (4) if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given and otherwise meeting the requirements set forth above, (A) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (B) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specified posting, upon the later of (x) such posting and (y) the giving of such separate notice and (C) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent to receiving notice by means of electronic communication by giving written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or to the Corporation’s transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. A notice by electronic mail shall include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation.
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(c) Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process, including but not limited to transmission by facsimile telecommunication and electronic mail.
(d) Notice to Stockholders Sharing Same Address. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively by the Corporation to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent by delivering written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send such a single written notice shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.
(e) Exceptions to Notice Requirements. Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.
Whenever notice is required to be given by the Corporation, under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings of stockholders and all notices of stockholder meetings to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two payments (if sent by first-class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a 12-month period, have been mailed addressed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such stockholder shall not be required. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to such stockholder shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated. If the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to Section 230(b) of the DGCL. The exception in subsection (i) of the first sentence of this paragraph to the requirement that notice be given shall not be applicable to any notice returned as undeliverable if the notice was given by electronic transmission.
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(a) Stockholder Meetings. If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication, (i) participate in a meeting of stockholders and (ii) 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 (1) 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; (2) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and, if entitled to vote, to vote on matters submitted to the applicable stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (3) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such votes or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.
(b) Board Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and be heard. Such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.
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