Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
HUNTSMAN CORPORATION
Dated as of February 7, 2005,
as amended October 31, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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OFFICES AND RECORDS
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ARTICLE II
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STOCKHOLDERS
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Section
2.1.
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Annual
Meeting
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Section
2.2.
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Special
Meeting
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Section
2.3.
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Place
of Meeting
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Section
2.4.
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Fixing
Record Dates
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Section
2.5.
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Notice
of Meeting
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Section
2.6.
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Quorum
and Adjournment; Voting
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Section
2.7.
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Proxies
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Section
2.8.
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Notice
of Stockholder Business and Nominations
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Section
2.9.
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Procedure
for Election of Directors
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Section
2.10.
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Required
Vote
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Section
2.11.
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Inspectors
of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls
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Section
2.12.
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Conduct
of Meetings
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ARTICLE III
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THE BOARD
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Section
3.1.
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General
Powers
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Section
3.2.
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Number;
Qualifications
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Section
3.3.
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Regular
Meetings
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Section
3.4.
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Special
Meetings
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Section
3.5.
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Conference
Telephone Meetings
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Section
3.6.
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Quorum;
Conduct of Business
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Section
3.7.
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Vacancies;
Increases in the Number of Directors
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Section
3.8.
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Committees
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Section
3.9.
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Action
by Consent of Board or Committee
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Section
3.10.
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Records
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ARTICLE IV
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OFFICERS
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Section
4.1.
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Officers
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Section
4.2.
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Election
and Term of Office
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Section
4.3.
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Chairman
of the Board; Chief Executive Officer
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Section
4.4.
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Section
4.5.
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President
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Section
4.6.
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Vice
Presidents
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Section
4.7.
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Treasurer
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Section
4.8.
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Secretary
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Section
4.9.
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Removal
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Section
4.10.
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Vacancies
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Section
4.11.
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Delegation
of Authority
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ARTICLE V
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STOCK CERTIFICATES AND
TRANSFERS
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Section
5.1.
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Stock
Certificates and Transfers
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Section
5.2.
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Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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ARTICLE VI
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INDEMNIFICATION OF
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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Section
6.1.
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Right
to Indemnification
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Section
6.2.
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Right
of Claimant to Bring Suit
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Section
6.3.
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Non-Exclusivity
of Rights
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Section
6.4.
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Insurance
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Section
6.5.
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Severability
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Section
6.6.
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Expenses
as a Witness
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Section
6.7.
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Nature
of Rights
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ARTICLE VII
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section
7.1.
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Fiscal
Year
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Section
7.2.
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Dividends
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Section
7.3.
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Seal
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Section
7.4.
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Waiver
of Notice
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Section
7.5.
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Resignations
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ARTICLE VIII
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CONTRACTS; VOTING
SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES
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Section
8.1.
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Contracts
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Section
8.2.
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Action
with Respect to Securities of Other Entities
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ARTICLE IX
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CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES
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ARTICLE X
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AMENDMENTS
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
HUNTSMAN CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES AND RECORDS
乐天堂fun88(中国区)官方网站 Corporation (the
Corporation) shall maintain a registered office in Delaware and may
maintain such other offices and keep its books, documents and records at such
places within or without Delaware as may, from time to time, be designated by
the board of directors of the Corporation (collectively, the Board and
each director, a Director).
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1. Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such
date and at such time as may be fixed by resolution of the Board.
Section 2.2. Special Meeting.
Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of
any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock, as
defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation (the Certificate of Incorporation), as to dividends or
upon liquidation, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for
any purpose or purposes may be called only by:
(a) the
Board pursuant to a resolution stating the purpose or purposes thereof approved
by a majority of the total number of authorized Directors, whether or not there
exists any vacancy in previously authorized directorships (the Whole Board),
or
(b) the
Chairman of the Board.
No business other than that stated in the notice shall
be transacted at any special meeting.
Section 2.3. Place of Meeting.
The Board or the Chairman of the Board, as the case may be, may designate the
place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting of the
stockholders. If no designation is so made, the place of meeting shall be the
principal office of the Corporation.
Section 2.4. Fixing Record
Dates. 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 or 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 may fix a record date, which record date
shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted by the Board, and which record date:
(1) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote
at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise
required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before
the date of such meeting; and (2) in the
case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty
(60) days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (1) the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders
shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which
notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and (2) the record date
for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto. 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.
Section 2.5. Notice of Meeting.
Notice, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the means of remote
communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed
present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be
given not less than ten calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days before the
date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such
meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon
prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at such persons address as it appears on
the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by
which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice to stockholders
may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided by Section 232
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL). Meetings may be
held without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present (without
being present for the purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to
the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened), or if notice is waived by those not present in accordance with
Section 7.4 of these Bylaws. The Board may cancel, reschedule or postpone any
previously scheduled annual or special meeting.
Section 2.6. Quorum and
Adjournment; Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the voting power of
all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of
Directors (the Voting Stock), represented in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified
business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting separately as a
class, the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares
of such class or series represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a
quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business. The
chairman of the meeting, as determined by Article IV of these Bylaws, may
adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum. No
notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given if the time
and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by
which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and
vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which
adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned
meeting is more than 30 days after the date for which notice was originally
given, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of
the place, if any, date and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of
remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be
deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, shall be
given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be
transacted that might have been transacted at the
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original meeting. The stockholders present at a duly
called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business
until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to
leave less than a quorum.
Section 2.7. Proxies. At
all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in
writing (or in such other manner permitted by the DGCL) by the stockholder or
by such persons duly authorized attorney-in-fact.
Section 2.8. Notice of
Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual
Meetings of Stockholders.
(i) Nominations
of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of business to be
considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders
only (A) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting in accordance
with Section 2.5 of these Bylaws, (B) by or at the direction of the Board,
or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of
record at the time the notice provided for in this Bylaw was given, who is
entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Bylaw.
(ii) For
nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting
by a stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of Section 2.8(a)(i) hereof, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary
of the Corporation and such business must be a proper matter for stockholder
action under applicable law. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th calendar day
prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding years annual
meeting nor later than the close of business on the 90th calendar day prior to
the first anniversary of the date of the preceding years annual meeting;
provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is
more than 30 calendar days before or more than 70 calendar days after such
anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered
not earlier than the close of business on the 120th calendar day prior to such
annual meeting nor later than the close of business on the later of the 90th
calendar day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th calendar day following
the calendar day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is
first made by the Corporation. The first anniversary of the first annual
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be deemed to be May 20, 2005. In
no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an
annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the
giving of a stockholders notice as described above. Such stockholders notice
shall set forth (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election or reelection as a Director, all information relating to
such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
election of Directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each
case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act), and Rule 14a-11 thereunder and such persons
written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a Director if elected; (B) as to any other business that the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a
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brief description
of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the
proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for
consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend
the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the
reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest
in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the
notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or
proposal is made, (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they
appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the
class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and
of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a representation
that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled
to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
meeting to propose such business or nomination, and (4) a representation
whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of
a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to
holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital
stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b)
otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or
nomination. The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a
stockholder if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her
intention to present a proposal or nomination at an annual meeting in
compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange
Act and such stockholders proposal or nomination has been included in a proxy
statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such
annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish
such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the
eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything
in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(ii) of this Bylaw to the contrary, in
the event that the number of Directors to be elected to the Board is increased
and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the
nominees for Director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least
100 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual
meeting, a stockholders notice required by this Bylaw shall be considered
timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such
increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th
calendar day following the day on which such public announcement is first made
by the Corporation.
(b) Special
Meetings of the Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting
pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting under Section 2.5 of these
Bylaws. 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 Corporations notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the
Board, or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of
record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Bylaw, who shall be
entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Bylaw. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of
stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more Directors to the Board,
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any stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as
the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the
Corporations notice of meeting pursuant to clause (ii) if the stockholders
notice required by paragraph (a)(ii) of this Bylaw shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier
than the close of business on the 120th calendar day prior to such special
meeting, nor later than the close of business on the later of the 90th calendar
day prior to such special meeting or the 10th calendar 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 to be elected at such meeting. In no event
shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special
meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving
of a stockholders notice as described above.
(c) General.
(i) Only
such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Bylaw shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation to serve as Directors and only such business
shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought
before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw. Except
as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power
and duty (a) 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 this Bylaw (including whether the
stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or
proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not
so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholders
nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as
required by clause (a)(ii)(C)(4) of this Section 2.8) and (b) if any proposed
nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Bylaw,
to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed
business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Bylaw, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a
qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or
special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or
proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed
business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of
such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this
Bylaw, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person
must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic
transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy
at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or
electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or
electronic transmission, to the Secretary of the Corporation at the meeting of
the stockholders.
(ii) For
purposes of this Bylaw, public announcement shall mean any method (or combination of methods) of
disclosure that is reasonably designed to provide broad, non-exclusionary
distribution of the information to the public or the furnishing or filing of
any document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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(iii) A stockholder must also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Bylaw. Nothing
in this Bylaw shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of stockholders to
request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to
Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (B) of
the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect Directors under an
applicable Preferred Stock Designation (as defined in the Certificate of
Incorporation).
Section 2.9. Procedure for
Election of Directors. Election of Directors at all meetings of the stockholders
at which Directors are to be elected shall be by ballot unless otherwise
determined by the Board prior to such meeting, and, subject to the rights of
the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect Directors under an
applicable Preferred Stock Designation, a plurality of the votes cast thereat
shall elect Directors.
Section 2.10. Required Vote. Except
as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, any Preferred
Stock Designation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of
Directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares
present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote
on the matter shall be the act of the stockholders.
Section 2.11. Inspectors of Elections;
Opening and Closing the Polls. The Board by resolution may, or, if required
by law, shall, appoint, or shall authorize an officer of the Corporation to
appoint, one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors may include
individuals who serve the Corporation in other capacities, including, without
limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at the
meetings of stockholders and make a written report thereof. One or more persons
may be designated as alternate inspector(s) to replace any inspector who fails
to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able to
act at a meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may, or, if
required by applicable law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the
meeting. Each inspector, before discharging such persons duties, shall take
and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict
impartiality and according to the best of such persons ability. The
inspector(s) shall have the duties prescribed by law. The chairman of the
meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the opening
and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will
vote at a meeting.
Section 2.12. Conduct of Meetings.
The Board may to the extent not prohibited by law adopt such rules and
regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem
appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations
as adopted by the Board, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have
the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and
to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for
the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures,
whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may
to the extent not prohibited by law include, without limitation, the
following: (a) the establishment of
an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures
for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present;
(c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted
proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine;
(d) restrictions on
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entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the
commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to
questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by
the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be
required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE III
THE BOARD
Section 3.1. General Powers.
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by and under the
direction of the Board. In addition to the powers and authorities expressly
conferred upon the Board by these Bylaws, the Board may exercise all such
powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by
statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be
exercised or done by the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by law,
these Bylaws or by the Certificate of Incorporation, all decisions of the Board
shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present.
Section 3.2. Number;
Qualifications. Subject to the rights of any series of Preferred Stock to
elect Directors under specified circumstances, the number of the Directors
constituting the entire Board shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by
resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. A Director need not be a
stockholder of the Corporation.
Section 3.3. Regular Meetings.
The Board shall meet at least four times a year. Regular meetings shall be held
at such place or places, and at such time or times as shall have been
established by the Chairman of the Board or the Board and communicated to all
Directors. A notice of each regular meeting shall not be required.
Section 3.4. Special Meetings.
A special meeting of the Board may be called at the request of (a) the Chairman
of the Board, (b) the President or (c) a majority of the Whole Board, and such
meeting shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as he or
she shall fix. Notice of the place, date, time and purpose of each such special
meeting shall be given to each Director by whom it is not waived by mailing
written notice not less than 5 days before the meeting or by telephone or by
facsimile or electronic transmission of the same not less than 24 hours before
the meeting.
Section 3.5. Conference
Telephone Meetings. Members of the Board or any committee thereof may
participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by
means of conference telephone 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 such meeting.
Section 3.6. Quorum; Conduct
of Business. A majority of the Whole Board present in person or
participating in accordance with Section 3.5 shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board there shall be less
than a quorum present, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the
meeting from time to time without further notice. Subject to applicable law and
any provisions of these Bylaws or the Certificate of
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Incorporation, the act of the majority of the
Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of
the Board.
Section 3.7. Vacancies;
Increases in the Number of Directors. Subject to the rights of
the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and except as
otherwise provided by law, resolution of the Board or in the Certificate of
Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of Directors may be filled only by vote of
the majority of the Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or a
sole remaining Director (and not by the stockholders); and any Director so
chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such
Director has been chosen and until his successor shall be duly elected and
shall qualify, unless sooner displaced.
Section 3.8. Committees. (a) The
Board may, subject to applicable law, establish committees of the Board and may
delegate its powers and authority to such committees. Each such committee shall
consist of one or more of the Directors. The Board 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 the committee, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she
or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the
Board to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.
(b) The
Board shall have an audit committee meeting the independence and experience
requirements set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and in the listing
standards of the principal exchange on which the Common Stock of the
Corporation is traded, if any, in each case as of the date of these Bylaws for
membership on the audit committee of the Board, including any transition rules
that may apply. The audit committee shall establish, and the Board shall
authorize and approve, a written audit committee charter in accordance with the
rules of the principal exchange on which the Common Stock of the Corporation is
traded, if any, as amended from time to time.
(c) The
Board shall have a compensation committee meeting the independence requirements
set forth in the listing standards of the principal exchange on which the
Common Stock of the Corporation is traded, if any, as of the date of these
Bylaws for membership on the compensation committee of the Board, including any
transition rules that may apply. The compensation committee shall establish,
and the Board shall authorize and approve, a written compensation committee
charter in accordance with the rules of the principal exchange on which the
Common Stock of the Corporation is traded, if any, as amended from time to
time.
(d) The
Board shall have nominating and governance committee meeting the independence
requirements set forth in the listing standards of the principal exchange on
which the Common Stock of the Corporation is traded, if any, as of the date of
these Bylaws for membership on the nominating and governance committee of the
Board, including any transition rules that may apply. The nominating and
governance committee shall establish, and the Board shall authorize and
approve, a written nominating and governance committee charter in accordance
with the rules of the principal exchange on which the Common Stock of the
Corporation is traded, if any, as amended from time to time.
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(e) Unless
the Board shall otherwise provide, a majority of any committee may fix the time
and place of its meetings and may determine its action. Notice of such meetings
shall be given to each member of the committee in the manner provided for in
Section 3.4 of these Bylaws. The Board shall have power at any time to fill
vacancies in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve any committee. Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) of this Bylaw, nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the
Board from appointing one or more committees consisting in whole or in part of
persons who are not Directors; provided, however, that no such committee shall have
or may exercise any authority of the Board.
Section 3.9. Action by Consent
of Board or Committee. The Board and any committee thereof may act without
a meeting so long as all members of the Board or committee shall have consented
thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and such written consent or
electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the
Board or committee, as appropriate.
Section 3.10. Records. The Board
shall cause to be kept a record containing the minutes of the proceedings of
the meetings of the Board and of the stockholders, appropriate stock books and
registers and such books of records and accounts as may be necessary for the
proper conduct of the business of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 4.1. Officers. The
officers of the Corporation shall be elected by, and serve at the pleasure of,
the Board. Such officers shall have the authority and duties delegated to each
of them, respectively, by these Bylaws or the Board from time to time. The
officers of the Corporation may be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive
Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers
(including, without limitation, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice
Presidents and Vice Presidents) as the Board from time to time may deem proper.
The Board may from time to time elect such other officers (including one or
more Vice Presidents, Controllers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers) as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of
the Corporation. Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and
shall hold their offices for such terms as shall be provided in these Bylaws or
as may be prescribed by the Board, as the case may be. Any number of offices
may be held by the same person. The salary of the Chief Executive Officer shall
be fixed from time to time by, and the salaries of the other executive officers
elected by the Board shall be recommended from time to time by, the
compensation committee of the Board, if such committee is then established or,
if such committee is not then established, by the Board or by such officers as
may be designated by resolution of the Board.
Section 4.2. Election and Term
of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the
Board at the regular meeting of the Board held after the annual meeting of the
stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting,
such election shall be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Each officer shall
hold office until such persons successor shall have been duly elected and
shall have qualified or until such persons death or until he or she shall
resign or be removed pursuant to Section 4.9.
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Section 4.3. Chairman of the
Board. The Directors shall elect the Chairman of the Board from among the
Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board. He or she shall make reports to the Board and
the stockholders and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and
of any committee thereof are carried into effect. The Chairman of the Board may
also serve as President or Chief Executive Officer, if so elected by the Board.
The Directors also may elect a vice-chairman to act in the place of the
Chairman of the Board upon his or her absence or inability to act.
Section 4.4. Chief Executive
Officer. The Chief Executive Officer
shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of the Corporation
and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incidental
to the office of chief executive, which may be required by law and all such
other duties as are properly required of or delegated to him or her by the
Board. Unless the Board has elected a vice-chairman and such vice-chairman is
able to act in the place of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, if he or she is also a director, shall, in the absence, or because of
the inability to act, of the Chairman of the Board, perform all duties of the
Chairman of the Board and preside as chairman at all meetings of stockholders
and the Board.
Section 4.5. President. The
President shall act in a general executive capacity and shall assist the Chief
Executive Officer in the administration and operation of the Corporations
business and general supervision of its policies and affairs. The President
shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as shall be
properly assigned or delegated to him or her by the Board or the Chairman of
the Board.
Section 4.6. Vice Presidents.
Each Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President and Vice President shall
have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be properly assigned or
delegated to him or her by the Board or the Chairman of the Board or such
duties as are customarily performed by such officer.
Section 4.7. Treasurer. The
Treasurer shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and
disbursement of corporate funds. The Treasurer shall cause the funds of the
Corporation to be deposited in such banks as may be authorized by the Board, or
in such banks as may be designated as depositories in the manner provided by
resolution of the Board. The Treasurer shall, in general, perform all duties
and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of the Treasurer
and shall have such further powers and duties and shall be subject to such
directions as may be properly granted or imposed from time to time by the Board
or the Chairman of the Board.
Section 4.8. Secretary. The
Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, in one or more books provided for
that purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the
Board and the stockholders. The Secretary shall see that all authorized notices
are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as
required by law; shall be custodian of the records and the seal of the
Corporation and affix and attest the seal to all stock certificates of the
Corporation (unless the seal of the Corporation on such certificates shall be a
facsimile, as hereinafter provided) and affix and attest the seal to all other
documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its seal; and shall
see that the books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and
records required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and
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in general, shall perform all the duties and have all
powers that are commonly incident to the office of Secretary and such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to the Secretary by the Board or
the Chairman of the Board.
Section 4.9. Removal. Any
officer elected by the Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause,
by the Board whenever, in the judgment of the Board, the best interests of the
Corporation would be served thereby. Any officer elected by the Board other
than the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President
may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Chief Executive
Officer whenever, in the judgment of the Chief Executive Officer, the best
interests of the Corporation would be served thereby.
Section 4.10. Vacancies. A newly
created elected office and a vacancy in any elected office because of death,
resignation or removal may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of
the term at any meeting of the Board.
Section 4.11. Delegation of Authority.
The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to
any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
ARTICLE V
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS
Section 5.1. Certificates.
The shares of the Corporation shall be
represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide
by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series
of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to
the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be
entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by
the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or the
President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer,
or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation certifying the
number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any of or all the
signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer
agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature 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 person were such officer, transfer agent, or
registrar at the date of issue.
Section 5.2. Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Certificates. No certificate for shares of stock in the
Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been
lost, destroyed or stolen, except on production of such evidence of such loss,
destruction or theft and on delivery to the Corporation of a bond of indemnity
in such amount, upon such terms and secured by such surety, as the Board or any
financial officer may in its or such persons discretion require.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 6.1. Right to
Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party to or is threatened
to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or
proceeding,
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whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter, a proceeding), by reason of the fact that
such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or
was a Director or officer of the Corporation or, while a Director or officer of
the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether
the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, employee, trustee or agent or in any other capacity while
serving as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended against
all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys
fees, judgments, fines, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and excise
taxes or penalties arising under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as in effect from time to time) reasonably incurred or suffered by
such person in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, the
Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if
such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board. The right to
indemnification conferred in this Section 6.1 shall be a contract right. The
Corporation shall prepay the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding
in advance of its final disposition, any advance payments to be paid by the
Corporation within 20 calendar days after the receipt by the Corporation of a
statement or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances
from time to time; provided, however, that, if and to the extent the DGCL requires, the
payment of such expenses incurred by a Director or officer in such persons
capacity as a Director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a
proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an
undertaking, by or on behalf of such Director or officer, to repay all amounts
so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Director or officer
is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 6.1 or otherwise. The
Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant
rights to indemnification, and rights to have the Corporation pay the expenses
incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to
any employee, trustee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the
provisions of this Article VI with respect to the indemnification and
advancement of expenses of Directors and officers of the Corporation and may
enter into Indemnity Agreements to such effect.
Section 6.2. Right of Claimant
to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 6.1 of this Article VI is
not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 calendar days after a written
claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time
thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of
the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be
entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a
defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for
expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered
to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which
makes it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to indemnify the
claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall
be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its
Board, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the circumstances that the claimant has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual
determination by the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal
counsel or its
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stockholders) that the claimant has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a
presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
Section 6.3. Non-Exclusivity
of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses
incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition
conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which
any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested Directors or otherwise. No repeal or modification of this Article
VI shall in any way diminish or adversely affect the rights of any Director,
officer, employee, trustee or agent of the Corporation hereunder in respect of
any occurrence or matter arising prior to any such repeal or modification.
Section 6.4. Insurance. The
Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
Director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of the Corporation or another
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not
the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
Section 6.5. Severability.
If any provision or provisions of this Article VI shall be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VI (including,
without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article VI containing
any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not
itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby; and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the
provisions of this Article VI (including, without limitation, each such portion
of any paragraph of this Article VI containing any such provision held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to
the intent manifested by the provision or provisions held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.
Section 6.6. Expenses as a
Witness. To the extent that any Director or officer of the Corporation is
by reason of such position, or a position as a director, officer, trustee,
employee or agent with another entity at the request of the Corporation, a
witness in any action, suit of proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified
against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection
therewith.
Section 6.7. Nature of Rights.
The rights conferred upon indemnitees by this Article VI shall continue as to
an indemnitee who has ceased to be a Director or officer and shall inure to the
benefit of such indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators. Any repeal or
modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely
affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or
omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Fiscal Year. The
fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin and end on such dates as the Board
at any time shall determine by resolution.
Section 7.2. Dividends. The
Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on
its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided
by law and the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 7.3. Seal. The
corporate seal, if any, shall have inscribed thereon the words Corporate Seal,
the year of incorporation and the word Delaware.
Section 7.4. Waiver of Notice.
Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or Director
under the provisions of the DGCL or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof by the
person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither
the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special
meeting of the stockholders or the Board or any committee thereof need be
specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section 7.5. Resignations.
Any Director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any
time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Chairman of the Board
or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of
the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of
the Board or the Secretary, or at such later time as is specified therein. No
formal action shall be required of the Board or the stockholders to make any
such resignation effective.
ARTICLE VIII
CONTRACTS; VOTING SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES
Section 8.1. Contracts. Except
as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, a Preferred
Stock Designation or these Bylaws, any contracts or other instruments may be
executed and delivered in the name and on the behalf of the Corporation by such
officer or officers of the Corporation as the Board may from time to time
direct. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the
Board may determine. Unless provided otherwise by resolution of the Board, the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any
Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President may execute
bonds, contracts, deeds, leases and other instruments to be made or executed
for or on behalf of the Corporation. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the
Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or
any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President of the
Corporation may delegate contractual powers to others under such persons
authority, it being understood, however, that any such delegation of power
shall not relieve such officer of responsibility with respect to the exercise
of such delegated power.
Section 8.2. Action with
Respect to Securities of Other Entities. Unless otherwise provided by
resolution adopted by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or any officer authorized by one of them shall have the
power to vote and otherwise act, appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or
agents of the Corporation, in the name
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and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes
which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock, other
securities or interests in any other entity, any of whose stock or other
securities or interests may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the
holders of the stock, other securities or interests, of such other entity, or
to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any
action by such other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so
appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and
may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such written proxies
or other instruments as he or she may deem necessary or proper and otherwise
exercise any and all rights and powers that the Corporation may possess by
reason of its ownership of stock, other securities or interests in such other entity.
ARTICLE IX
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES
(a) A
Specified Director means any Director who does not serve as an officer
or employee of the Corporation and who:
(i) is a member, manager, principal or other
representative of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC or of any person who
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with MatlinPatterson Global Advisers
LLC (other than the Corporation or any entity controlled by the Corporation);
or
(ii) has been deemed a Specified Director by a
resolution approved and adopted by a majority of the Whole Board.
(b) An
Unrestricted Opportunity of a Specified Director means:
(i) any business or corporate opportunity not
involving a business or corporate opportunity that is solely or primarily
related to the manufacture, distribution, or marketing of chemical products nor
involving a business or corporate opportunity that is solely or primarily
related to any other material line of business in which the Corporation engages
or, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board prior to the time the
Specified Director begins to pursue the opportunity, proposes to engage at the
time such opportunity arises; or
(ii) any opportunity of which such Specified Director
becomes aware prior to learning of such opportunity from the Corporation, any
of its subsidiaries or any person acting as agent or representative thereof
(unless the person first becomes aware of the opportunity by oral or written
communication (including by means of an e-mail) that is explicitly directed to
the person in his or her capacity as a Director).
(c) To
the fullest extent permitted by law, including, without limitation, Section 122
(17) of the DGCL, each Specified Director and any person who directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by,
or is under common control with, such Specified Director or his or her employer
(an Affiliate):
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(i) shall have the right to engage, and shall have no
duty to refrain from engaging, in any Unrestricted Opportunity of such
Specified Director; and
(ii) shall not have a duty to communicate or present
any Unrestricted Opportunity of such Specified Director to the Corporation by
reason of the fact that any such person: (A) pursues or acquires any
Unrestricted Opportunity of such Specified Director for himself, herself or
itself, (B) directs such an opportunity to another person or entity, or (C)
does not communicate information regarding such opportunity to the Corporation,
and the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or being
offered an opportunity to participate in, any such Unrestricted Opportunity.
(d) This
Article may not be altered, amended or repealed at any time except by the
stockholders of the Corporation or by unanimous action of the Board. Neither
the alteration, amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor an amendment or
restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation that is inconsistent with this
Article shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any
matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this
Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal or restatement.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person purchasing or otherwise
acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall
be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this
Article IX.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be
altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted (a) at any
annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding
and entitled to vote thereat; or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the Whole Board (provided
that, in the case of Article IX and this proviso, the unanimous action of the
Board shall be required); provided that
in the case of any such stockholder action at a special meeting of
stockholders, notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption
of such Bylaws must be contained in the notice of such special meeting.
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CERTIFICATE BY SECRETARY
The undersigned, being
the secretary of the Corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Bylaws
were duly approved and adopted by the Board effective on February 7, 2005.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have signed this certification on this 8th day of February, 2005.
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/s/ Samuel D. Scruggs
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Samuel D. Scruggs, Secretary
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