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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 9, 2010 (November 3, 2010)
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation )
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0-22462
(Commission File Number)
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16-1445150
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
3556 Lake Shore Road
P.O. Box 2028
Buffalo, New York 14219-0228
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(716) 826-6500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 5.03 |
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
As a part of its periodic review of corporate governance trends and practices, on November 3, 2010
the Board of Directors (Board) of Gibraltar Industries Inc. (the Company) adopted an amendment
to Article III, Section 2 of the Companys Amended and Restated Bylaws providing that the members
of the Companys Board are to be elected by a majority of the votes cast at meetings of the
Companys stockholders, unless the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be
elected, in which event directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast.
Article III Section 2 of the Companys Amended and Restated Bylaws, as so amended, is set forth in
its entirety below:
Section 2. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors shall be established as
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Except as provided in Section 4 of this Article,
each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to the
director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that
if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be
elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such
meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this Section, a
majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted for a director must exceed the
number of votes cast against that director. If a director does not receive a majority of the
votes cast, the director shall tender his or her resignation to the Board. The Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or
reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on the
Committees recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90
days from the date of the certification of the election results. The director who tenders his or
her resignation will not participate in the Boards decision. Directors shall hold office until
the annual meeting at which their terms expire and until their successors shall be duly elected and
qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be
stockholders. If, for any cause, the Board of Directors shall not have been elected at an annual
meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.
A copy of the Companys Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective November 3, 2010, is filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K.
As a part of its periodic review of corporate governance and executive compensation trends and
practices, the Company has also undertaken other initiatives to enhance its corporate governance
and executive compensation practices.
The Company has determined to move from a single trigger to a double trigger approach in its
Change in Control Agreements with its Chief Executive Officer, Brian J. Lipke (the Chief Executive
Officer) and its Chief Operating Officer, Henning N. Kornbrekke (the Chief Operating Officer).
Accordingly, the Board, on recommendation of the Compensation Committee and with approval of the
Companys Chief Executive Officer and the Companys Chief Operating Officer, has directed the
Company to negotiate the terms of amendments to the Change in Control Agreements which the
Company entered into with Messrs. Lipke and Kornbrekke as described in the Change in Control
Benefits section of the Proxy Statement that the Company filed with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2010, and to amend those Change in Control Agreements no later
than June 1, 2011 to eliminate the single trigger payment provisions of those agreement, and to
replace those provisions with double trigger payment provisions.
In addition, effective November 3, 2010, the Companys Board has adopted amendments to the
Companys Corporate Governance Guidelines and the Companys Executive Stock Ownership Policy. The
amendments to the Corporate Governance Guidelines establish the position of Lead Independent
Director, who among other things, shall chair all meetings of the Board in the absence of the
Chairman, chair all executive sessions of the Boards independent members, and act as principal
liaison between the independent members of the Board and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company. The amendment to the Companys Executive Stock Ownership Policy requires that the
Chief Executive Officer own and hold shares of the Companys common stock or other permitted equity
interests having a value as of the date of acquisition equal to or greater than 300% of the Chief
Executive Officers base salary.
The Company also made amendments to the Companys Audit Committee Charter and Compensation
Committee Charter. The Company amended the Compensation Committee Charter to implement a policy
under which the Compensation Committee will not recommend or approve the entry by the Company into
any agreement with any senior executive which provides for a single trigger change in control
payment. The Company amended the Audit Committee Charter to clarify the scope and nature of
certain of the Audit Committees responsibilities.
Copies of the Corporate Governance Guidelines, Executive Stock Ownership Policy, Audit Committee
Charter and Compensation Committee Charter, as amended, are posted and may be reviewed on the
Corporate Governance page of the Companys website www.gibraltar1.com.
The information in this Form 8-K under the caption Item 8.01 Other Events shall not be deemed
filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or
otherwise subject to liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) or
the Exchange Act, unless the Company specifically incorporates it by reference in a document filed
under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
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Item 9.01 |
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Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(a)-(c) Not Applicable
(d) Exhibits:
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Gibraltar Industries, Inc. effective November 3, 2010 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
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Date: November 9, 2010 |
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/s/ Timothy J. Heasley
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Timothy J. Heasley |
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Senior Vice President |
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
GIBRALTAR
INDUSTRIES, INC.
(the Corporation)
Effective
as of November 3, 2010
ARTICLE I
Offices
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered
office of the Corporation shall be in the City of
Dover, County of Sussex and State of Delaware. The
name of the Corporations registered agent at such
address shall be The Prentice-Hall Corporation System,
Inc. The registered office and/or registered agent of
the Corporation may be changed from time to time by
action of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may
also have offices at such other places, both within and
without the State of Delaware, as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for
the election of Directors and for the transaction of other business shall be held at such time
and such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be determined by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board or the President and stated in the notice of the meeting
or in a waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings
of stockholders may be called for any purpose and may
be held at such time and place, within or without the
State of Delaware, as shall be stated in a notice of
meeting or in a waiver of notice thereof. Such
meetings may be called at any time only by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President.
Section 3. Place of Meetings. The Board of
Directors may designate any place, either within or
without the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting
for any annual meeting or for any special meeting
called by the Board of Directors. If no designation is
made, or if a special meeting is otherwise called, the
place of meeting shall be the principal executive
office of the Corporation.
Section 4. Notice. Whenever stockholders are
required or permitted to take action at a meeting,
written or printed notice stating the place, date,
time, and, in the case of special meetings, the purpose
or purposes, of such meeting, shall be given to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to
each director not less than 10 nor more than 60 days
before the date of the meeting. All such notices shall
be delivered, either personally or by mail, by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors, the President
or the Secretary, and if mailed, such notice shall be
deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the
stockholder at his, her or its address as the same
appears on the records of the Corporation. Attendance
of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, except when the person attends
for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning
of the meeting to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 5. Stockholders List. The officer
having charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation
shall make, at least 10 days before every meeting of
the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders
entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in alpha
betical order, showing the address of each stockholder
and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane
to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a
period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, either
at a place within the city where the meeting is to be
held, which place shall be specified in the notice of
the meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where
the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be
produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by
any stockholder who is present.
Section 6. Quorum. The holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the
stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute
or by the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation
(the Certificate of Incorporation). If a quorum is
not present, the holders of a majority of such shares
present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or
place. When a quorum is once present to commence a
meeting of stockholders, it is not broken by the
subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders or their
proxies.
Section 7. Adjourned Meetings. The stockholders
entitled to vote who are present in person or
represented by proxy at any meeting of stockholders,
whether or not a quorum shall be present at the
meeting, shall have power by a majority of the votes
cast to adjourn the meeting from time to time without
notice other than announcement at the meeting of the
time and place to which the meeting is adjourned. At
any adjourned meeting held without notice at which a
quorum shall be present any business may be transacted
that might have been transacted on the original date of
the meeting. If the adjournment is for more than
thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new
record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned
meeting.
Section 8. Vote Required. When a quorum is
present, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares
present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter
shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the
question is one upon which by express provisions of an
applicable law or of the Certificate of Incorporation a
different vote is required, in which case such express
provision shall govern and control the decision of such
question. When a separate vote by class is required,
the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such
class present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting shall be the act of such class.
Section 9. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise
provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware or by the Certificate of Incorporation and
subject to Section 3 of Article V hereof, every
stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders
be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each
share of common stock held by such stockholder.
Section 10. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled
to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize
another person or persons to act for him or her by
proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon
after three years from its date, unless the proxy
provides for a longer period.
Section 11. Proposed Business. Except as may
otherwise be required by applicable law or regulation
or be expressly authorized by the Board of Directors, a
stockholder may make a nomination or nominations for
director of the Corporation at an annual meeting of
stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders
called for the purpose of electing directors or may
bring up any other matter for consideration and action
by the stockholders at a meeting of stockholders only
if the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) hereto
shall have been satisfied. If such provisions shall
not have been satisfied, any nomination sought to be
made or other business sought to be presented by a
stockholder for consideration and action by the
stockholders at the meeting shall be deemed not
properly brought before the meeting, is and shall be
ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be out of
order, and shall not be presented or acted upon at the
meeting.
(a) The stockholder must be a stockholder of
record entitled to vote on the date of the giving of
notice provided for herein and on the record date for
such meeting and must continue to be a stockholder of
record at the time of such meeting.
(b) For a nomination to be made or other
business to be presented by a stockholder, such
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof to
the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a
stockholders notice to the Secretary must be delivered
to or mailed and received at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor
more than 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the
immediately preceding annual meeting of the
Corporations stockholders; provided, however, that in
the event that the annual meeting is called for a date
that is not within 30 days before or after such
anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be
timely must be so received not later than the close of
business on the 10th day following the day on which
notice of the annual meeting was mailed to the
Corporations stockholders or public disclosure of the
date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first
occurs. The notice shall specify (i) the name and
address of the stockholder as they appear on the books
of the Corporation; (ii) the class or series and number
of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially
owned by the stockholder; (iii) any material interest
of the stockholder in the proposed business described
in the notice; (iv) if such business is a nomination
for director, each nomination sought to be made,
together with the reasons for each nomination, a
description of the qualifications and business or
professional experience of each proposed nominee and a
statement signed by each nominee indicating his or her
willingness to serve if elected, and disclosing the
information about him or her that is required by the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934
Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder to be disclosed in the proxy materials for
the meeting involved if he or she were a nominee of the
Corporation for election as one of its directors; (v)
if such business is other than a nomination for
director, the nature of the business, the reasons why
it is sought to be raised and submitted for a vote of
the stockholders and if and why it is deemed by the
stockholder to be beneficial to the Corporation; and
(vi) if so requested by the Corporation, all other
information that would be required to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission if, with respect to
the business proposed to be brought before the meeting,
the person proposing such business was a participant in
solicitation subject to Section 14 of the 1934 Act.
(c) Notwithstanding satisfaction of the
provisions of subsection (b), the proposed business
described in the notice may be deemed not to be
properly brought before the meeting if, pursuant to
state law or to any rule or regulation of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, it was offered as a
stockholder proposal and was omitted, or had it been so
offered, it could have been omitted, from the notice
of, and proxy material for, the meeting (or any
supplement thereto) authorized by the Board of
Directors.
(d) In the event such notice is timely given
and the business described therein is not disqualified
because of subsection (c), such business (i) may
nevertheless not be presented or acted upon at a
special meeting of stockholders unless in all other
respects it is properly before such meeting; and
(ii) may not be presented except by the stockholder who
shall have given the notice required by subsection (b)
or a representative of such stockholder who is
qualified under the law of the State of Delaware to
present the proposal on the stockholders behalf at the
meeting.
ARTICLE III
Directors
Section 1. General Powers. The property,
business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of
Directors.
Section 2. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors shall be
established as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Except as provided in Section 4 of
this Article, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with
respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present,
provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the
directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by
proxy at any such meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this
Section, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted "for" a director must
exceed the number of votes cast "against" that director. If a director does not receive a majority
of the votes cast, the director shall tender his or her resignation to the Board. The Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to
accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on
the Committee's recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it
within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. The director who tenders
his or her resignation will not participate in the Board's decision. Directors shall hold office
until the annual meeting at which their terms expire and until their
successors shall be duly elected and qualified, or until their
earlier death, resignation or removal.
Directors need not be stockholders. If, for any cause, the Board of Directors shall not have been
elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special
meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.
Section 3. Removal and Resignation. Any
director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed at any time, with cause, by the holders of a
majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an
election of directors. Whenever the holders of any
class or series are entitled to elect one or more
directors by the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3 shall
apply, in respect to the removal with cause of a
director or directors so elected, to the vote of the
holders of the outstanding shares of that class or
series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as
a whole. Any director may resign at any time upon
written notice to the Corporation.
Section 4. Vacancies. Vacancies and newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in
the authorized number of directors may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, though less
than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each
director so chosen shall hold office until a successor
is duly elected and qualified or until his or her
earlier death, resignation or removal as herein
provided. If the Board of Directors is divided into
classes, any directors chosen under this section shall
hold office until the next election of the class for
which such directors shall have been chosen, and until
their successors shall be duly elected and qualified.
Section 5. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting
of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held
without other notice than this by-law immediately
after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of
stockholders.
Section 6. Other Meetings and Notice. Regular
meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the Board
of Directors may be held without notice at such time
and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by resolution of the Board. Special
meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or
at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the
President or a majority of the directors on at least 24-
hours notice to each director, either personally, by
telephone, by mail, by telecopy or by telegraph.
Section 7. Quorum, Required Vote and
Adjournment. A majority of the total number of
directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. The vote of a majority of directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall
be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum
shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of
Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn
the meeting from time to time, without notice other
than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall
be present.
Section 8. Committees. The Board of Directors
may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole
Board, designate one or more committees, each committee
to consist of one or more of the directors of the
Corporation, which to the extent provided in such
resolution or these By-Laws shall have and may exercise
the powers of the Board of Directors in the management
and affairs of the Corporation except as otherwise
limited by law. The Board of Directors may designate
one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the committee. Such committee
or committees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep
regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to
the Board of Directors when required.
Section 9. Committee Rules. Each committee of
the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of
procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by
such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a
resolution of the Board of Directors designating such
committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a
resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the
members of the committee shall be necessary to
constitute a quorum. In the event that a member and
that members alternate, if alternates are designated
by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 8 of
this Article III, of such committee is or are absent or
disqualified, the member or members thereof present at
any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether
or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of
Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such
absent or disqualified member.
Section 10. Communications Equipment. Members of
the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may
participate in and act at any meeting of such Board or
committee through the use of a conference telephone or
other communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to
this Section 10 shall constitute presence in person at
the meeting.
Section 11. Waiver of Notice and Presumption of
Assent. Any member of the Board of Directors or any
committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be
conclusively presumed to have waived notice of such
meeting except when such member attends for the express
purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to
the transaction of any business because the meeting is
not lawfully called or convened. Such member shall be
conclusively presumed to have assented to any action
taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the
minutes of the meeting or unless his or her written
dissent to such action shall be filed with the person
acting as the Secretary of the meeting before the
adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered
mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately
after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to
dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in
favor of such action.
Section 12. Action by Written Consent. Unless
otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be
taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of
any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting
if all members of the Board or committee, as the case
may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of
the Board or committee.
Section 13. Compensation. The directors may be
paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each
meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a
fixed sum for attendance at each such meeting or a
stated salary for serving as a director. No such
payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefor. Members of special or standing
committees of the Board of Directors may be paid like
compensation for attending committee meetings.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 1. Officers; Term of Office. The Board
of Directors shall annually, at the first meeting of
the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of
stockholders, elect a President, one or more Vice
Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of
Directors may from time to time elect or appoint a
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman and/or such
additional Officers as it may determine. Such
additional Officers shall have such authority and
perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from
time to time prescribe.
The Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman,
the President, each Vice President, the Secretary and
the Treasurer shall each, unless otherwise determined
by the Board of Directors, hold office until the first
meeting of the Board of Directors following the next
annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her
successor has been elected and qualified or until his
or her earlier resignation or removal. Each additional
Officer appointed or elected by the Board of Directors
shall hold office for such term as shall be determined
from time to time by the Board of Directors and until
his or her successor has been elected or appointed and
qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or
removal.
Section 2. Removal. Any officer or agent
elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the
Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best
interests of the Corporation would be served thereby,
but such removal shall be without prejudice to the
contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
Section 3. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in
any office because of death, resignation, removal,
disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the
Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the
term by the Board of Directors then in office.
Section 4. Compensation. Compensation of all
officers shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, and
no officer shall be prevented from receiving such
compensation by virtue of his also being a director of
the Corporation.
Section 5. The Chairman of the Board. The
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation and, subject to
the powers of the Board of Directors, shall have
general authority for strategic initiatives involving
the business, affairs and property of the Corporation.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if present and
acting, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and at all meetings of the stockholders of
the Corporation.
Section 6. Vice Chairman of the Board.
The Vice Chairman of the Board shall perform such
duties as may, from time to time, be delegated to the
Vice Chairman of the Board by the Board of Directors or
the Chairman of the Board. In addition, in the absence
or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and all meetings of the stockholders of the
Corporation at which he or she is present and shall
otherwise act with all of the powers and be subject to
all of the restrictions of the Chairman of the Board
and the President.
Section 7. The President. The President shall
be the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and,
in the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the
Vice Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all
meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of
the stockholders of the Corporation at which he or she
is present. Subject to the powers of the Board of
Directors, the President shall be responsible for all
operational aspects of the business, affairs and
property of the Corporation, shall have control over
its officers, agents and employees and shall see that
all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors
are carried into effect. The President shall execute
bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal,
under the seal of the Corporation, except where
required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and
executed and except where the signing and execution
thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of
Directors to some other officer or agent of the
Corporation. The President shall have such other
powers and perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Board of Directors or as may be
provided in these By-Laws.
Section 8. Vice Presidents. The Vice President,
or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents
in the order determined by the Board of Directors,
shall, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of
the Board, the President and the Vice Chairman of the
Board, act with all of the powers and be subject to all
the restrictions of the Chairman of the Board and the
President. The Vice Presidents shall also perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors, the President or these By-Laws may from time
to time prescribe.
Section 9. The Secretary and the Assistant
Secretaries. The Secretary shall attend all meetings
of the Board of Directors, all meetings of the
committees thereof and all meetings of the stockholders
and record all the proceedings of the meetings in a
book or books to be kept for that purpose. Under the
Chairman of the Board and the Presidents supervision,
the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all
notices required to be given by these By-Laws or by
law; shall have such powers and perform such duties as
the Board of Directors, the President or these By-Laws
may from time to time prescribe; and shall have custody
of the corporate seal of the Corporation. The
Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have
authority to affix the corporate seal 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 of Directors may give
general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by
his or her signature. The Assistant Secretary, or if
there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in
the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall,
in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform
the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and
shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors, the President or the
Secretary may from time to time prescribe.
Section 10. The Treasurer and the Assistant
Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the
corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and
accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in
books belonging to the Corporation; shall deposit all
moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to
the credit of the Corporation as may be ordered by the
Board of Directors; shall cause the funds of the
Corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements
have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for
such disbursements; and shall render to the Chairman of
the Board and the President and the Board of Directors,
at its regular meeting or when the Board of Directors
so requires, an account of the Corporation; shall have
such powers and perform such duties as the Board of
Directors, the President or these By-Laws may from time
to time prescribe. If required by the Board of
Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a
bond (which shall be rendered every six years) in such
sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be
satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful
performance of the duties of the office of the
Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation,
in case of death, resignation, retirement or removal
from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and
other property of whatever kind in the possession or
under the control of the Treasurer belonging to the
Corporation. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there
shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the
order determined by the Board of Directors, shall in
the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. The
Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties
and have such other powers as the Board of Directors,
the President or the Treasurer may, from time to time,
prescribe.
Section 11. Other Officers, Assistant Officers
and Agents. Officers, assistant officers and agents,
if any, other than those whose duties are provided for
in these By-Laws, shall have such authority and perform
such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 12. Absence or Disability of Officers.
In the case of the absence or disability of any officer
of the Corporation and of any person hereby authorized
to act in such officers place during such officers
absence or disability, the Board of Directors may by
resolution delegate the powers and duties of such
officer to any other officer or to any director, or to
any other person whom it may select.
ARTICLE V
Certificates of Stock
Section 1. Form. Every holder of stock in the
Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate,
signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the
President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the
number of shares owned by such holder in the
Corporation. If such a certificate is countersigned
(a) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent
other than the Corporation or its employee; or (b) by a
registrar, other than the Corporation or its employee,
the signature of the President, the Vice President, the
Secretary or the Assistant Secretary may be facsimiles.
In case any officer or officers who have signed, or
whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used
on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to
be such officer or officers of the Corporation whether
because of death, resignation or otherwise before such
certificate or certificates have been delivered by the
Corporation, such certificate or certificates may
nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the
person or persons who signed such certificate or
certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures
have been used thereon had not ceased to be such
officer or officers of the Corporation. All
certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered
or otherwise identified. The name of the person to
whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with
the number of shares and date of issue, shall be
entered on the books of the Corporation. Shares of
stock of the Corporation shall only be transferred on
the books of the Corporation by the holder of record
thereof or by such holders attorney duly authorized in
writing, upon surrender to the Corporation of the
certificate or certificates for such shares endorsed by
the appropriate person or persons, with such evidence
of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer,
authorization, and other matters as the Corporation may
reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary
stock transfer stamps. In that event, it shall be the
duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to
the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate
or certificates, and record the transaction on its
books. The Board of Directors may appoint a bank or
trust company organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof to act as its transfer
agent or registrar, or both, in connection with the
transfer of any class or series of securities of the
Corporation.
Section 2. Lost Certificates. The Board of
Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates
to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates previously issued by the Corporation
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon
the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen,
or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new
certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors
may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost,
stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or
his or her legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the
Corporation against any claim that may be made against
the Corporation on account of the loss, theft or
destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of
such new certificate.
Section 3. Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder
Meetings. 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,
the Board of Directors 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 of Directors, and which record date shall not be
more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of
such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board
of Directors, the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business
on the next day 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. A determination of stockholders of record
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors
may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 4. Fixing a Record Date for Other
Purposes. In order that the Corporation may determine
the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment or any
rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any
rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange
of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful
action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date,
which record date shall not precede the date upon which
the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and
which record date shall be not more than 10 days prior
to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record
date for determining stockholders for and such purpose
shall be at the close of business on the day on which
the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating
thereto.
Section 5. Registered Stockholders. Prior to
the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or
certificates for a share or shares of stock with a
request to record the transfer of such share or shares,
the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the
person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to
receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the
rights and powers of an owner.
ARTICLE VI
General Provisions
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the
capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any,
may be declared by the Board of Directors at any
regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends
may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the
capital stock, subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any
dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of
the Corporation available for dividends such sum or
sums as the directors from time to time, in their
absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or
reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing
dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property
of the Corporation, or any other purpose and the
directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.
Section 2. Checks, Drafts or Orders. All
checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money
by or to the Corporation and all notes and other
evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the
Corporation shall be signed by such officer or
officers, agent or agents of the Corporation, and in
such manner, as shall be determined by resolution of
the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee
thereof.
Section 3. Contracts. The Board of Directors
may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or
agents, of the Corporation to enter into any contract
or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of
and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority
may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 4. Loans. The Corporation may lend
money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise
assist any officer or other employee of the Corporation
or of its subsidiary, including any officer or employee
who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiary,
whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan,
guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to
benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other
assistance may be with or without interest, and may be
unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of
Directors shall approve, including, without limitation,
a pledge of shares of stock of the Corporation.
Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to
deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or
warranty of the Corporation at common law or under any
statute.
Section 5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the
Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board
of Directors.
Section 6. Corporate Seal. The Board of
Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be
in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the Corporation and the words
Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by
causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or
affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section 7. Voting Securities Owned By the
Corporation. Voting securities in any other
Corporation held by the Corporation shall be voted by
the President, unless the Board of Directors
specifically confers authority to vote with respect
thereto, which authority may be general or confined to
specific instances, upon some other person or officer.
Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the
power to appoint proxies, with general power of
substitution.
Section 8. Section Headings. Section headings
in these By-Laws are for convenience of reference only
and shall not be given any substantive effect in
limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.
Section 9. Inconsistent Provisions. In the
event that any provision of these By-Laws is or becomes
inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware or any other applicable law, the provisions
of these By-Laws shall not be given any effect to the
extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be
given full force and effect.
ARTICLE VII
Amendments
These By-Laws may be amended, altered or repealed
and new By-Laws adopted at any meeting of the Board of
Directors by a majority vote. The fact that the power
to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws has been
conferred upon the Board of Directors shall not divest
the stockholders of the same powers.