Exhibit 3.3
BYLAWS
OF
SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
TABLE OF CONTENTS*
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BYLAWS
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SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
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Section 1.1.
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Location
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Section 1.2.
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Change of Location
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ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF 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 Meetings
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Section 2.3.
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List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote
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Section 2.4.
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Notice of Meetings
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Section 2.5.
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Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof
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Section 2.6.
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Quorum
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Section 2.7.
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Voting
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Section 2.8.
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Action by Consent of Stockholders
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ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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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 of Directors
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Section 3.3.
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Qualification
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Section 3.4.
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Election
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Section 3.5.
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Term
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Section 3.6.
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Resignation and Removal
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Section 3.7.
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Vacancies
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Section 3.8.
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Quorum and Voting
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Section 3.9.
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Regulations
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Section 3.10.
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Annual Meeting
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Section 3.11.
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Regular Meetings
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Section 3.12.
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Special Meetings
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Section 3.13.
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Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice
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Section 3.14.
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Committees of Directors
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Section 3.15.
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Powers and Duties of Committees
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Section 3.16.
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Compensation of Directors
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Section 3.17.
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Action Without Meeting
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
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Section 4.1.
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Executive Officers; Election Qualifications; Term
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Section 4.2.
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Powers and Duties of Executive Officers
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ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
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Section 5.1.
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Issuance of Certificates of Stock
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Section 5.2.
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Signatures on Stock Certificates
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Section 5.3.
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Stock Ledger
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Section 5.4.
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Regulations Relating to Transfer
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Section 5.5.
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Transfers
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Section 5.6.
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Cancellation
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Section 5.7.
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Lost, Destroyed, Stolen and Mutilated Certificates
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Section 5.8.
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Fixing of Record Dates
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ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 6.1.
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Indemnification
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Section 6.2.
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Indemnification Insurance
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 7.1.
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Corporate Seal
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Section 7.2.
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Fiscal Year
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Section 7.3.
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Waiver of Notice
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Section 7.4.
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Execution of Instruments, Contracts, Etc.
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ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
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Section 8.1.
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By Stockholders
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Section 8.2.
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By Directors
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BY-LAWS
OF
SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1. Location. The address of the registered office of ServisFirst
Bancshares, Inc. (the Corporation) in the State of Delaware and the name of the registered agent
at such address shall be as specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or, if subsequently
changed, as specified in the most recent Statement of Change filed pursuant to law. The
Corporation may also have other offices at such places within or without the State of Delaware as
the Board of Directors may from time to time designate or the business of the Corporation may
require.
Section 1.2. Change of Location. In the manner permitted by law, the Board of
Directors or the registered agent may change the address of the Corporations registered office in
the State of Delaware and the Board of Directors may make, revoke or change the designation of the
registered agent.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation, or at
such other place within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may fix by
resolution or as set forth in the notice of the meeting. In the event
that the Board of Directors shall not otherwise fix the time, date and place of meeting, the
annual meeting shall be held at such place, on such date, and at
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such time as the Board of
Directors shall each year fix, which date shall be within thirteen (13) months of the last annual
meeting of stockholders or, if no such meeting has been held, the date of incorporation.
Section 2.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders, unless otherwise
prescribed by law, may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, by the President or by
order of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of stockholders prescribed by law for the
election of Directors shall be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the
President, or the Secretary whenever required to do so pursuant to applicable law. Special
meetings of stockholders shall be held at such time and such place, within or without the State of
Delaware, as shall be designated in the notice of meeting.
Section 2.3. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge of the
stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, or cause to be prepared and made, at least
ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list, based upon the record date for such
meeting determined pursuant to Section 5.8, of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting,
arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of
shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of
any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a
period of at least ten 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 such
place shall not be so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list also shall
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.
The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine
the stock ledger, the list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting, or to inspect the books
of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
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Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each annual and special
meeting of stockholders, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is otherwise
prescribed by law, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered or mailed, in
writing, at least ten but not more than fifty days before the date of such meeting, to each
stockholder entitled to vote thereat. If mailed, such notice shall be deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, directed to such stockholder at his address as the same appears on
the records of the Corporation. An affidavit of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the
transfer agent of the Corporation that notice has been duly given shall be evidence of the facts
stated therein.
Section 2.5. Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof. Any meeting of stockholders may
be adjourned to another time or place, and the Corporation may transact at any adjourned meeting
any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Notice need not be given of
the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken, unless (a) any adjournment or series of adjournments caused the original
meeting to be adjourned for more than thirty days after the date originally fixed therefor, or (b)
a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting. If notice of an adjourned meeting is given,
such notice shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting
in the manner prescribed in Section 2.4 for the giving of notice of meetings.
Section 2.6. Quorum. At any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise
expressly required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of record of a
majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote or act at such meeting shall
be present or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
business, but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be
present. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, the
quorum cannot be destroyed by the subsequent withdrawal or revocation of the proxy of any
stockholder. Shares of capital stock owned by the Corporation or by another corporation, if a
majority of the shares of such other corporation entitled
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to vote in the election of Directors is
held by the Corporation, shall not be counted for quorum purposes or entitled to vote.
Section 2.7. Voting. At any meeting of stockholders, each stockholder holding, as of
the record date, shares of stock entitled to be voted on any matter at such meeting shall have one
vote on each such matter submitted to vote at such meeting for each such share of stock held by
such stockholder, as of the record date, as shown by the list of stockholders entitled to vote at
the meeting, unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides for more or less than one vote for
any share, on any matter, in which case every reference in these Bylaws to a majority or other
proportion of stock shall refer to such majority or other proportion of the votes of such stock.
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or
dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to
act for him by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from
its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be
irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only so long as, it is coupled with an
interest, whether in the stock itself or in the Corporation generally, sufficient in law to support
an irrevocable power.
The Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President, or the person presiding at a
meeting of stockholders may appoint one or more persons to act as inspectors of voting at any
meeting with respect to any matter to be submitted to a vote of stockholders at such meeting, with
such powers and duties, not inconsistent with applicable law, as may be appropriate.
Section 2.8. Action by Consent of Stockholders. Unless otherwise provided in
the Certificate of Incorporation, whenever any action by the stockholders at a meeting thereof is
required or permitted
by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-laws, such action may be taken without a
meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action
so taken, shall be signed by all of the holders of the outstanding stock having not less than the
minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting
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which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of
such action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those
stockholders who have not consented in writing.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3.1. General Powers. The property, business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may
exercise all such powers of the Corporation and have such authority and do all such lawful acts and
things as are permitted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws.
Section 3.2. Number of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall
consist of one or more members. The exact number of Directors which shall constitute the whole
Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the
whole Board of Directors. Until the number of Directors has been so fixed by the Board of
Directors, the number of Directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be six (6).
After fixing the number of Directors constituting the whole Board of Directors, the Board of
Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, from time to
time change the number of Directors constituting the whole Board of Directors.
Section 3.3. Qualification. Directors must be natural persons but need not be
stockholders of the Corporation. Directors who willfully
neglect or refuse to produce a list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting for the
election of Directors shall be ineligible for election to any office at such meeting.
Section 3.4. Election. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-laws, after the first meeting of the Corporation at which Directors are
elected, Directors of the Corporation shall be elected in each year at the annual meeting of
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stockholders, or at a special meeting in lieu of the annual meeting called for such purpose, by a
plurality of votes cast at such meeting. The voting on Directors at any such meeting shall be by
written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 3.5. Term. Each Director shall hold office until his successor is duly
elected and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of his term of office by
reason of death, resignation, removal or other reason.
Section 3.6. Resignation and Removal. Any Director may resign at any time upon
written notice to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President or the
Secretary. The resignation of any Director shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at
such later time as shall be specified in such notice, and unless otherwise specified therein, the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Any Director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the
holders of a majority of the shares of capital stock then entitled to vote at an election of
Directors, except as otherwise provided by applicable law.
Section 3.7. Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors and newly created
Directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors shall be filled by
a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
Director.
If one or more Directors shall resign from the Board of Directors effective at a future
date, a majority of the Directors then in office, including those who have so resigned at a future
date, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect and the
vacancy to be filled when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each
Director so chosen shall hold office as provided in this Section 3.7 in the filling of other
vacancies.
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Each Director chosen to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors shall hold office until the
next annual election of Directors and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
Section 3.8. Quorum and Voting. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides
otherwise, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of Directors
shall be present to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A Director interested in
a contract or transaction may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of
the Board of Directors which authorizes the contract or transaction. In the absence of a quorum, a
majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum shall be present.
Unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, members of the Board of Directors
or any committee designated by the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of
Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation
in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
The vote of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws
shall require a vote of a greater number.
Section 3.9. Regulations. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations
for the conduct of the business and management of the Corporation, not inconsistent with law or the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, as the Board of Directors may deem proper. The
Board of Directors may hold its meetings and cause the books and records of the Corporation to be
kept at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may
from time to time determine. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee
designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of his duties, be fully protected in
relying in good faith upon the books of account or reports made to the Corporation by any of its
officers, by an independent certified public accountant, or by an appraiser selected with
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care by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors or in relying
in good faith upon other records of the Corporation.
Section 3.10. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be
called and held for the purpose of organization, election of officers and transaction of any other
business. If such meeting is held promptly after and at the place specified for the annual meeting
of stockholders, no notice of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors need be given.
Otherwise, such annual meeting shall be held at such time (not more than thirty days after the
annual meeting of stockholders) and place as may be specified in a notice of the meeting.
Section 3.11. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be
held at the time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be
determined by the Board of Directors. After there has been such determination and notice thereof
has been given to each member of the Board of Directors, no further notice shall be required for
any such regular meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, any business may be transacted at
any regular meeting.
Section 3.12. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may, unless otherwise prescribed by law, be
called from time to time by the Chairman of the Board or the President, and shall be called by
the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary upon the written request of a majority of
the whole Board of Directors directed to the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary.
Except as provided below, notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, stating the
time, place and purpose of such special meeting, shall be given to each Director.
Section 3.13. Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the
Board of Directors shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director (i) if mailed to such Director
addressed to him at his address as it appears upon the books of the Corporation, or at the address
last made known in writing to the Corporation by such Director as the address to which such notices
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least five days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or (ii) if
sent to him at such address by telegraph, cable, radio or wireless not later than the day before
the day on which such meeting is to be held, or (iii) if delivered to him personally or orally, by
telephone or otherwise, not later than the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held.
Each such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and the purposes thereof.
Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any Director if waived by
him in writing (or by telegram, cable, radio or wireless and confirmed in writing) whether before
or after the holding of such meeting, or if such Director is present at such meeting. Any meeting
of the Board of Directors shall be a duly constituted meeting without any notice thereof having
been given if all Directors then in office shall be present thereat.
Section 3.14. Committees of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or
resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation.
Except as hereinafter provided, vacancies in membership of any committee shall be filled by
the vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one
or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of a
committee (and his alternate appointed pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, if any), the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not
he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to
act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Members of a committee
shall hold office for such period as may be fixed by a resolution adopted by a majority of the
whole Board of Directors, subject, however, to removal at any time by the vote of a majority of the
whole Board of Directors.
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Section 3.15. Powers and Duties of Committees. Any committee, to the extent provided
in the resolution or resolutions creating such committee, shall have and may exercise all the
powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it. No such committee shall have the power or authority with regard to amending the
Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the
stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporations property
and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a
dissolution, or amending the By-laws. The Board of Directors may, in the resolution creating a
committee, grant to such committee the power and authority to declare a dividend or authorize the
issuance of stock.
Each committee may adopt its own rules of procedure and may meet at stated times or on such
notice as such committee may determine. Except as otherwise permitted by these By-laws, each
committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of
Directors when required.
Section 3.16. Compensation of Directors. Each Director shall be entitled to receive
for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or any duly constituted committee thereof
which he attends, such fee as is fixed by the Board and in connection therewith shall be reimbursed
by the Corporation for travel expenses. The fees to such Directors may be fixed in unequal amounts
among them, taking into account their respective relationships to the Corporation in other
capacities. These provisions shall not be construed to preclude any Director from receiving
compensation in serving the Corporation in any other capacity.
Section 3.17. Action Without Meeting. 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 a written consent thereto
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all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, and
such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such
committee.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 4.1. Executive Officers; Election Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation;
Removal; Vacancies.. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary, and
it may, if it so determines, elect other principal officers including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Accounting
Officer and one or more Executive Vice Presidents and choose, from among its members, a Chairman of
the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board. In addition to the principal officers, the corporation
may have such other subordinate officers as the Board of Directors may deem advisable, each of whom
shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board of Directors or any officer
designated by the Board of Directors may determine. The Board of Directors at any time may appoint
and remove, or may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint and to remove, any
subordinate officer.
Subject to the foregoing, each such officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the
Board of Directors after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his election, and until
his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. Any officer
may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. The Board of Directors may remove
any officer with or without cause at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the
contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the corporation. Any number of offices may be
held by the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death,
resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board
of Directors at any regular or special meeting.
Section 4.2. Powers and Duties of Executive Officers The officers of the corporation
shall have such powers and duties in the management of the corporation as may be prescribed in a
resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to
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respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors
may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his
duties.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 5.1. Issuance of Certificates of Stock. Each stockholder of the Corporation
shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates in such form as shall be approved by the Board
of Directors, certifying the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned by such
stockholder.
Section 5.2. Signatures on Stock Certificates. Certificates for shares of capital
stock of the Corporation shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice President and by, or in the name of the corporation by, the
Secretary, the Treasurer, an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer. Any of or all the
signatures on the certificates 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, such certificate may be issued by
the Corporation with the same effect as if such signer were such officer at the date of issue.
Section 5.3. Stock Ledger. A record of all certificates for capital stock
issued by the Corporation shall be kept by the Secretary or any other officer or employee of the
Corporation designated by the Secretary or by any transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed
pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof. Such record shall show the name and address of the person, firm or
corporation in which certificates for capital stock are registered, the number of shares
represented by each such certificate, the date of each such certificate, and in case of
certificates which have been canceled, the dates of cancellation thereof.
The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of shares of capital stock as
shown on the stock ledger as the owner thereof and as the person entitled to receive dividends
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thereon, to vote such shares and to receive notice of meetings, and for all other purposes. The
Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any
share of capital stock on the part of any other person whether or not the Corporation shall have
express or other notice thereof.
Section 5.4. Regulations Relating to Transfer. The Board of Directors may make such
rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-laws, concerning issuance, transfer and registration of certificates for
shares of capital stock of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may appoint, or authorize any
principal officer to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or
more registrars and may require all certificates for capital stock to bear the signature or
signatures of any of them.
Section 5.5. Transfers. Transfers of capital stock shall be made on the books of the
Corporation only upon delivery to the Corporation or its transfer agent of (i) a written direction
of the registered holder named in the certificate or such holders attorney lawfully constituted in
writing, (ii) the certificate for the shares of capital stock being transferred, and (iii) a
written assignment of the shares of capital stock evidenced thereby.
Section 5.6. Cancellation. Each certificate for capital stock surrendered to
the Corporation for exchange or transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate or certificates
shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate (other than pursuant to Section 5.7) until
such existing certificate shall have been canceled.
Section 5.7. Lost, Destroyed, Stolen and Mutilated Certificates. In the event that
any certificate for shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be mutilated, the Corporation
shall issue a new certificate in place of such mutilated certificate. In case any such certificate
shall be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation may, in the discretion of the Board of
Directors or a committee designated thereby with power so to act, issue a new certificate for
capital stock in the
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place of any such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate. The applicant for
any substituted certificate or certificates shall surrender any mutilated certificate or, in the
case of any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, furnish satisfactory proof of such loss, theft
or destruction of such certificate and of the ownership thereof. The Board of Directors or such
committee may, in its discretion, require the owner of a lost or destroyed certificate, or his
representatives, to furnish to the Corporation a bond with an acceptable surety or sureties and in
such sum as will be sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made
against it on account of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or the issuance of such new
certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when, in the judgment of the
Board of Directors, it is proper to do so.
Section 5.8. Fixing of Record Dates.
(a) The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than
fifty nor less than ten days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than fifty
days prior to any other action, for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at such meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, or to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action.
(b) If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors:
(i) 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;
(ii) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent
to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board
of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first consent is expressed;
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(iii) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall
be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto.
(c) 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 that the Board of Directors
may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6.1. Indemnification. The Corporation shall, to the full extent permitted by
applicable law, indemnify any person (and the heirs, executors and administrators of such person)
who, by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation or of a constituent corporation absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or
merger or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation or such constituent corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, was or is a party or is threatened to be a party to:
(a) any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or
in the right of the Corporation), against expenses (including attorneys fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, or,
(b) any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of
the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, against expenses (including
attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit.
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Any indemnification by the Corporation pursuant hereto shall be made only in the manner and to
the extent authorized by applicable law, and any such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled.
Section 6.2. Indemnification Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase
and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out
of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under applicable law.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7.1. Corporate Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form
with the name of the Corporation in the circumference and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware in
the center. The seal may be used by causing it to be affixed or impressed, or a facsimile thereof
may be reproduced or otherwise used in such manner as the Board of Directors may determine.
Section 7.2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors.
Section 7.3. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under any
provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-laws, a written waiver thereof,
signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the
purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, Directors, or members of a
committee of Directors,
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need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the
Certificate of Incorporation.
Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except when the person attends a meeting 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 7.4. Execution of Instruments, Contracts, Etc.
(a) All checks, drafts, bills of exchange, notes or other obligations or orders for the
payment of money shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the President or such other
officer or officers or person or persons, as the Board of Directors may from time to time
designate.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board of Directors, any committee given
specific authority in the premises by the Board of Directors, or any committee given authority to
exercise generally the powers of the Board of Directors during the intervals between meetings of
the Board of Directors, may authorize any officer, employee or agent, in the name of and on behalf
of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and
other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific
instances.
(c) All applications, written instruments and papers required by or filed with any department
of the United States Government or any state, county, municipal or other governmental official or
authority, may, if permitted by applicable law, be executed in the name of the Corporation by any
principal officer or subordinate officer of the Corporation, or, to the extent designated for such
purpose from time to time by the Board of Directors, by an employee or agent of the Corporation.
Such designation may contain the power to substitute, in the discretion of the person named, one or
more other persons.
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ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 8.1. By Stockholders. These By-laws may be amended, altered or repealed, or
new By-laws may be adopted, at any meeting of stockholders by the vote of the holders of not less
than a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereat, provided that, in the
case of a special meeting, notice that an amendment is to be considered and acted upon shall be
inserted in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.
Section 8.2. By Directors. To the extent permitted by the Certificate of
Incorporation, these By-laws may be amended, altered or repealed, or new By-laws may be adopted, at
any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the whole Board.
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