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8-K
Jul 9, 6:45 AM ET
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. 8-K
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Article IStockholders
Section 1.01. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the stockholders of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”) for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, or solely by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), on such date, and at such time as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) shall each year fix. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.
Section 1.02. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, but only for the purpose or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting, may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of directors then in office or the Chair of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer or President and shall be held at such place, or solely by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 211(a)(2) of the DGCL, on such date, and at such time as they or he or she shall fix.
Section 1.03. Notice of Meetings, Adjournment. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given in accordance with this Section 1.03 and Section 7.01, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise required by law, which shall state the place, if any, the date and time of the meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
Section 1.04. Quorum. At all meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, the holders of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, except to the extent that the presence of a larger percentage may be required by these By-Laws, by law or by the Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). If such majority (or larger such percentage) shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, either the Chair of the meeting or the stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting to another place, date or time.
Section 1.05. Stockholders Entitled to Vote; Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or 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, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on 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 any meeting of stockholders, nor more than 60 days prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described. If the Board of Directors fixes a record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, unless the Board
of Directors determines at the time it fixes such record date that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, (a) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held and (b) 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.
Section 1.06. Advance Notice Procedures for Annual Meetings.
Section 1.07. Advance Notice Procedures for Special Meetings.
Section 1.08. Presiding Officers of the Meeting. At all meetings of the stockholders, the Chair of the Board of Directors, or, in the Chair’s absence, in such order, the Lead Independent Director, any Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or, in the absence of all of the foregoing officers, a director or officer designated by the Board of Directors, shall act as Chair of the meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chair of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the dismissal of business not a proper matter for stockholder action or not properly presented, the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof, the opening and closing of the voting polls and the adjournment of the meeting, whether or not a quorum is present. The Board of Directors or the Chair of the meeting, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate regarding the conduct of the meeting, shall determine and declare to the meeting that a matter of business was not properly brought before the meeting, and, if the Chair of the meeting (or the Board of Directors) should so determine, the Chair of the meeting (or the Board of Directors) shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter of business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Except to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the Chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 1.09. Proxies. Every stockholder may authorize another individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other organization or entity (a “Person”) or Persons to act for him or her by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, including waiving any notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting by an instrument in writing or by an electronic transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedures established for the meeting. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission authorized pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. 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 sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. Any stockholder soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use by the Board of Directors.
Section 1.10. Voting by Fiduciaries and Pledgors. Persons holding stock in a fiduciary capacity shall be entitled to vote the shares so held, and Persons whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the Corporation he or she has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote such shares, in which case only the pledgee or his or her proxy may represent said stock and vote thereon.
Section 1.11. Method of Voting.
Section 1.12. Inspectors of Election. Before any meeting of stockholders, the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Board of Directors shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to appear or refuses to act. Such inspectors shall:
Section 1.13. Stockholders List. A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class or series of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in his or her name, shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation, provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days prior to the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date. If the Corporation makes the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders.
Section 1.14. Stockholder Action. No corporate action of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting and vote of stockholders.
Article IIBoard of Directors
Section 2.01. Management of Business; Qualifications of Directors. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2.02. Number and Election.
Section 2.03. Chair of the Board of Directors. The directors shall elect from among the members of the Board of Directors a Chair of the Board of Directors. The Chair of the Board of Directors may be deemed an officer of the Corporation and shall have such duties and powers as set forth in these By-Laws or as shall otherwise be conferred upon the Chair of the Board of Directors from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Chair of the Board of Directors shall, if present, preside over all meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall by resolution establish a procedure to provide for an acting Chair of the Board of Directors in the event the current Chair of the Board of Directors is unable to serve or act in that capacity.
Section 2.04. Removal of Directors. Except as provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated, directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any removal pursuant to this Section 2.04 may be filled only in the manner provided in Section 2.05 of these By-Laws. No decrease in the number of authorized directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent directors.
Section 2.05. Vacancies and Increases. Except as provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated, any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors and any newly-created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may only be filled by a majority of the remaining directors (though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors), and any
director so chosen shall hold office until (i) the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or (ii) his or her earlier death, resignation, removal or disqualification. The number of directors that constitutes the entire Board of Directors shall be automatically reduced, without any further action by the Board of Directors, to eliminate any vacancy on the Board of Directors immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy, but not to fewer directors than required by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
Section 2.06. Powers. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by law, and except as may otherwise be provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated, or by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors may exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as may be done by the Corporation which are not in violation of law, or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 2.07. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings shall be held only when called by the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a majority of the number of authorized directors.
Section 2.08. Place of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.09 hereof, meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be stated in the notice of meeting or waiver thereof.
Section 2.09. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless a greater number is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated, or these By-Laws. If, at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum is obtained. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action take is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
Section 2.10. Board of Directors’ Notices. At least twenty-four hours’ notice of each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors, stating the time and place for the meeting, shall be given to each director, by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mail, postage paid, by overnight courier such as Federal Express, by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other similar means of transmission or by personal communication either over the telephone or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02.
Section 2.11. Compensation. Directors shall receive such fixed sums and expenses or such compensation for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or any Committee established in accordance with Section 3.01 as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 2.12. Director Action Without a Meeting. 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 consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such Committee, as the case may be, and such written consent or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or the Committee.
Section 2.13. Resignation. Any director may resign effective on providing notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for the resignation to become effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the Board of Directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof.
Article IIICommittees
Section 3.01. How Constituted. The Board of Directors shall have an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, an Executive Committee and such other Committees as the Board of Directors may determine (each, a “Committee”). Each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Executive
Committee shall consist of at least 3 members, with the specific number of members fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, and all members of such committees shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The members of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be independent directors under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange. Each other Committee shall consist of such number of directors, who shall not be required to be independent directors under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, as from time to time may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and any such Committee may be abolished or redesignated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.02. Chairpersons of such Committees. The Board of Directors shall designate the chairpersons of each Committee.
Section 3.03. Powers. Each Committee, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall have and may exercise such powers of the Board of Directors as may be provided by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors. No Committee shall have the power or authority (a) to approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to the stockholders for approval or (b) to adopt, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.
Section 3.04. Proceedings. Each Committee may fix its own rules of procedure and may meet at such place (within or without the State of Delaware), if any, at such time and upon such notice, if any, as it shall determine from time to time. Each Committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings and shall report such proceedings to the Board of Directors at the meeting of the Board of Directors next following any such proceedings.
Section 3.05. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution creating a Committee, at all meetings of any Committee, the presence of members (or alternate members) constituting a majority of the total authorized membership of such Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of the majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such Committee. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of any Committee may be taken without a meeting, if all members of such Committee shall consent to such action in writing or by electronic transmission and such writing, writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are in paper form and shall be in
electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. The members of any Committee shall act only as a Committee, and the individual members of a Committee shall have no power in their individual capacities unless expressly authorized by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.06. Action by Telephonic Communications. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, members of any Committee may participate in a meeting of such Committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can speak and hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.07. Resignations. Any member (and any alternate member) of any Committee may resign at any time by delivering a notice in writing or by electronic transmission of resignation by such member to the Board of Directors or the Chair of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.
Section 3.08. Removal. Any member (and any alternate member) of any Committee may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
Section 3.09. Vacancies. If any vacancy shall occur in any Committee, by reason of disqualification, death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the remaining members (and any alternate members) shall continue to act, and any such vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Article IVOfficers
Section 4.01. General. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and, if deemed necessary, expedient, or desirable by the Board of Directors, a Chair of the Board of Directors, one or more Vice-Chairs of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Executive Vice-Presidents, one or more Group Vice-Presidents, one or more Senior Vice-Presidents or other Vice-Presidents, a Controller, a General Counsel, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers with such titles as the resolution of the Board of Directors choosing them shall designate. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, no officer other than the Chair or a Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, if any, need be a director. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, as the directors may determine.
Section 4.02. Term. Unless otherwise provided in these By-Laws or in the resolution choosing him or her, each officer shall be chosen for a term which shall continue until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor shall have been chosen and qualified.
Section 4.03. Duties. All officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management and operation of the Corporation as shall be prescribed in the resolutions of the Board of Directors and shall have such additional authority and duties as are assigned to them from time to time by the Chair of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer or President or are incident to their office, except to the extent that the authority and duties may be inconsistent with such resolutions. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or any director or officer of the Corporation acting, at the request of the Board of Directors or a Committee thereof, as secretary of such meeting, shall record all of the proceedings of all meetings and actions in writing of the stockholders, Board of Directors, and Committees of the Board of Directors, and shall exercise such additional authority and perform such additional duties as the Board of Directors shall assign to him or her.
Section 4.04. Removal. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.05. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice-Chair, or any Vice-President, or any other officer of the Corporation authorized by the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or President, shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders or equity holders or with respect to any action of stockholders or equity holders of any other corporation or entity in which the Corporation may hold securities, and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation or entity, and to dispose of such securities.
Article VBooks, Documents and Accounts
Section 5.01. Inspection of Books. The Corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these By-Laws as amended to date, accounting books and other records.
Article VIStock
Section 6.01. Stock Certificates. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated. Every holder of stock in the Corporation that is certificated shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation, by the Chair of the Board of Directors, the President, a Vice-Chair, or a Vice-President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. All signatures on any such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers, 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, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate is issued, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation with the same effect as if 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, transfer agent, or registrar.
Section 6.02. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law, unless otherwise restricted by agreement between any of the stockholders or any of the stockholders and the Corporation.
Section 6.03. Registered Holders. Except as otherwise restricted by agreement between any of the stockholders or any of the stockholders and the Corporation, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share of stock or any warrant, right or option is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share, warrant, right or option on the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice thereof, save as may be expressly provided otherwise by law. Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the Corporation kept at an office of the Corporation or by a transfer agent or agents designated to transfer shares of the stock of the Corporation.
Section 6.04. New Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the Board of Directors or the President may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal
representatives, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient (in the sole judgment of the Board of Directors or the President, as the case may be) to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Article VIINotices
Section 7.01. Notices.
Section 7.02. Waivers. A written waiver or a waiver by electronic transmission of any notice, signed by a stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent, or a waiver
thereof by electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.
Article VIIIIndemnification
Section 8.01. Right to Indemnification. Each Person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceedings is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 8.02. Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.01, the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, pay the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such
indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VIII or otherwise.
Section 8.03. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under this Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Further, in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking by a director or officer, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit.
Section 8.04. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated, or By-Laws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 8.05. Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such Person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL or otherwise.
Section 8.06. Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
Section 8.07. Settlement of Claims. The Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify any indemnitee under this Article VIII (a) for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without the Corporation’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (b) for any judicial award if the Corporation was not given a reasonably timely opportunity to participate, at its expense, in the defense of such action, but only to the extent that the failure to give such notice prejudiced the Corporation’s ability to defend such action.
Section 8.08. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Article VIII, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents reasonably necessary to enable the Corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
Section 8.09. No Duplication of Payments. The Corporation shall not be liable under this Article VIII to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the indemnitee to the extent the indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, agreement, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.
Article IXMiscellaneous
Section 9.01. Offices. The principal office or place of business of the Corporation in the State of Delaware will be in the City of Wilmington, Delaware. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and/or without the State of Delaware.
Section 9.02. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.
Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 9.04. Dividends. Subject to any applicable provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated, dividends upon the shares of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors and any such dividend may be paid in cash, property, or shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.
Section 9.05. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may similarly modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 9.06. Execution of Instruments. The Board of Directors may authorize, or provide for the authorization of, officers, employees or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Any such authorization may be general or limited to specific contracts or instruments; and unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or in any amount.
Section 9.07. Corporate Indebtedness. No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name, unless authorized by the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 9.08. Deposits. Any funds of the Corporation may be deposited from time to time in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as may be determined by the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, or by such officers or agents as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer to make such determination.
Section 9.09. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner, as the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer from time to time may determine.
Section 9.10. Sale, Transfer, etc. of Securities. To the extent authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer or any other officers designated by the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may sell, transfer, endorse, and assign any shares of stock, bonds or other securities owned by or held in the name of the Corporation, and may make, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation, under its corporate seal, any instruments that may be appropriate to effect any such sale, transfer, endorsement or assignment.
Section 9.11. Amendment of By-Laws. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as subsequently amended or restated, these By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any meeting of the stockholders (provided such matter is properly brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 1.06) or by the Board of Directors.
Section 9.12. Section Headings. The headings of the Articles and Sections of these By-Laws are inserted for convenience or reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part thereof or used in the construction or interpretation thereof.