Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): January 6, 2011
VERINT SYSTEMS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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001-34807 |
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11-3200514 |
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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330 South Service Road, Melville, New York
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11747 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (631) 962-9600
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None
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(Former name or former address if changed since last report.) |
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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o 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 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On January 6, 2011, the Board of Directors of Verint Systems Inc. (Verint) unanimously
approved amendments to the Amended and Restated By-Laws (as amended and restated, the By-Laws) of
Verint effective as of January 6, 2011 as described below:
Stockholder Meeting Organization and Order of Business: The By-Laws were amended to
state that only such business will be conducted or considered as is properly brought before a
stockholder meeting and to provide express authority to the presiding officer to determine such
business and regulate such conduct (Article I, Sections 3, 5, 7(a) and (c) and Article II, Section
3(f)).
Advance Notice Provisions: The By-Laws were amended to clarify advance notice timing
requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations (Article I, Section 7(b) and
Article II, Section 3(c)).
Stockholder Proposals: The By-Laws were amended to expand the information requirements
for a written stockholder request to bring a stockholder proposal of business at an annual
stockholders meeting or make a director nomination to be considered in proper form (Article I,
Section 7(b) and Article II, Section 3(d)).
Issuances of Equity Securities. The
By-Laws were amended to adjust existing provisions related to the issuance of equity securities to
clarify the approvals required for such issuances or to amend such requirement (Article I,
Section 9 and Article IX).
Annual Meetings of Directors: The By-Laws were amended to state that following the
annual stockholders meeting, the Board of Directors may meet (rather than requiring the Board of
Directors to meet) (Article II, Section 6).
Electronic Transmission: The By-Laws were amended to provide that electronic
transmission may be used to deliver notice, take action by unanimous written consent, or to waive
notice (Article II, Sections 9 and 13 and Article VII).
Board Committees: The By-Laws were amended to delete or revise certain provisions
relating to committees of the Board of Directors already addressed by committee charters or
resolutions (Article III).
Officers: The By-Laws were amended to provide that the term of office of all officers
is one year or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified and to provide
that any officer may be removed at any time by the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors
(Article IV, Sections 2 and 3).
Stock Certificates: The By-Laws were amended to revise certain provisions relating to
stock certificates and uncertificated shares (Article V).
Streamlining Changes: The By-Laws were amended to delete or revise certain provisions
that were duplicative of statutory provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The descriptions of the amendments to the By-Laws are qualified in their entirety by reference
to the full text of the By-Laws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Fiscal 2010 Annual Meeting of Verints stockholders was held on January 6, 2011 (the
Annual Meeting). At the Annual Meeting, the following persons were elected as directors to serve
until their successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or
removal:
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Votes For |
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Votes Against |
Paul D. Baker
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35,659,541
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4,756,104 |
Dan Bodner
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36,074,337
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4,341,308 |
John Bunyan
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35,712,187
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4,703,458 |
Charles Burdick
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40,291,248
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124,397 |
Andre Dahan
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35,217,822
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5,197,823 |
Victor A. DeMarines
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33,651,566
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6,764,079 |
Larry Myers
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33,815,023
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6,600,622 |
Howard Safir
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33,815,062
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6,600,583 |
Shefali Shah
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35,248,579
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5,167,066 |
In addition, Verints stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as
Verints independent registered public accountants for the year ending January 31, 2011 with the
following votes:
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Votes For |
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Votes Against |
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Votes Abstain |
43,164,535
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282,601
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429 |
Item 8.01 Other Events
In connection with the Annual Meeting, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Verint on
January 6, 2011, Charles Burdick joined the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (as the
chair of such committee) and the Audit Committee, and Howard Safir joined the Compensation
Committee.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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3.1
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Amended and Restated By-Laws of Verint Systems Inc. |
SIGNATURES
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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Verint Systems Inc.
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Date: January 7, 2011
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/s/ Peter Fante
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Peter Fante |
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Title: |
Chief Legal Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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3.1
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Amended and Restated By-Laws of Verint Systems Inc. |
Exhibit 3.1
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
VERINT SYSTEMS INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
(as amended as of September 11, 2007 and January 6, 2011)
ARTICLE I
Stockholders
SECTION 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors
and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be
held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of
Directors shall determine.
SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such
business as may properly come before the meeting may be called by order of (i) the Board of
Directors, or (ii) the Chairman, if any. Special meetings shall be held at such date and time,
within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified by such order.
SECTION 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be
given to each stockholder not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of
any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
to be held.
SECTION 4. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation (the Certificate of Incorporation), a quorum for the transaction of business at any
meeting of stockholders shall consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in
person or by proxy. If there be no such quorum, the Chairman, if any, or holders of a majority of
such shares so present or represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further
notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by
the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.
SECTION 5. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if
any, or if none or in the Chairmans absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the
Vice-Chairmans absence the President, if any, or if none or in the Presidents absence a
Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the
stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. Unless
otherwise determined by the Board of Directors prior to the meeting, the presiding officer of the
meeting of stockholders will also determine the order of business of the meeting and have the
authority in his or her sole discretion to determine the rules of procedure and regulate the
conduct of any such meeting, including, without limitation, by imposing restrictions on the persons
(other than stockholders of the Corporation or their duly appointed proxy holders) that may attend
any such meeting, by ascertaining whether any stockholder or his or her proxy holder may be
excluded from any such meeting based upon any determination by the presiding officer, in his or her
sole discretion, that any such person has disrupted the proceedings thereat, by
determining the circumstances in which any person may make a statement or ask questions at any
meeting, by ruling on all procedural questions that may arise during or in connection with the
meeting, and by determining whether any nomination or business proposed to be brought before the
meeting has been properly brought before the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the
Secretarys absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither
the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall
appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.
SECTION 6. Voting; Proxies; Required Vote. At each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder
shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy authorized in a manner permitted by Section 212 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and, unless the Certificate of Incorporation
provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote registered in the
name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the applicable record date fixed
pursuant to these By-laws. At all meetings of the stockholders at which a quorum is present,
except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, directors shall be elected
by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting
and entitled to vote on the election of directors. At all elections of directors the voting may
but need not be by ballot. At all meetings of the stockholders at which a quorum is present,
except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, all matters other than the
election of directors shall be acted upon by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares
present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject
matter.
SECTION 7. Order of Business. (a) At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business
(other than the nomination of candidates for election as directors of the Corporation, which is
governed by Article II, Section 3 of these By-laws) will be conducted or considered as is properly
brought before the annual meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must
be (i) specified in the notice of the annual meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors in accordance with Article I, Section 3 of these By-laws, (ii)
otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by the presiding officer or by or at the
direction of a majority of the entire Board, or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be brought
before the annual meeting by a stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 7.
For purposes of these By-laws, entire Board refers to the total number of directors which the
Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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For business to be properly requested by a stockholder to be brought before an
annual meeting, (i) the stockholder must be a stockholder of the Corporation of record
at the time of the giving of the notice for such annual meeting, (ii) the stockholder
must be entitled to vote at such meeting, (iii) the stockholder must have given timely
notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary, and (iv) if the stockholder, or
the beneficial owner on whose behalf any business is brought before the meeting, has
provided the Corporation with a Proposal Solicitation Notice (as defined below), such
stockholder or beneficial owner must have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy
to the holders of at the least the percentage of shares of the Corporation entitled to
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such annual meeting and included in such materials the Proposal Solicitation Notice.
Except as
otherwise provided by law, to be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to
or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not
less than 90, nor more than 120, calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding years annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if there
was no annual meeting in the preceding year or the date of the annual meeting is
advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to, or delayed by more than 30 calendar
days after the anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business
on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th
calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such
meeting is first made. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment of
an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders
notice as described above. To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to
the Secretary of the Corporation must set forth (A) as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (1) a description in
reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting;
(2) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions
proposed for consideration and, if the business includes a proposal to amend these
By-laws or the Certificate of Incorporation, the language of the proposed
amendment); and (3) the reasons for conducting the business at the annual meeting;
and (B) as to each stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associate (as
defined below): (1) the name and address of the stockholder, as they appear on the
Corporations stock ledger, and, if different, the current name and address of the
stockholder, and the name and address of any Stockholder Associate; (2) a
representation that at least one of these persons is a holder of record or
beneficially of securities of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and
intends to remain so through the date of the meeting and to appear in person or by
proxy at the meeting to present the business stated in the stockholders notice; (3)
the class, series and number of any securities of the Corporation that are owned of
record or beneficially by any of these persons as of the date of the stockholders
notice; (4) a description of any material interests of any of these persons in the
business proposed and of all agreements, arrangements and understanding between
these persons and any other person (including their names) in connection with the
proposal of the business by the stockholder; (5) a description of any proxy,
contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which any of these
persons has a right to vote any shares of any securities of the Corporation; (6) a
description of any derivative positions related to any class or series of securities
of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by the stockholder or any
Stockholder Associate; (7) a description of whether and the extent to which any
hedging, swap or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into
by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including
any short position or any borrowing or lending of securities) has been made, the
effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or manage risk of stock price
changes for, or to increase the voting power of, the stockholder or any Stockholder
Associate with respect to any securities of the Corporation; and (8) a
representation that after the date of the stockholders
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notice and until the date of the annual meeting, each of these persons will provide
written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation as soon as practicable following
a change in the number of securities of the Corporation held as described in
response to subclause (3) above that equals 1% or more of the then-outstanding
shares of the Corporation, and/or entry, termination, amendment or modification of
the agreements, arrangements or understandings described in response to subclause
(6) above that results in a change that equals 1% or more of the then-outstanding
shares of the Corporation or in the economic interests underlying those agreements,
arrangements or understandings; and (C) a representation as to whether the
stockholder giving notice and any Stockholder Associate intends, or intends to be
part of a group that intends (an affirmative statement of such intent, a Proposal
Solicitation Notice): (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to
holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital stock
required to approve or adopt the proposal; and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies
from stockholders in support of the proposal. For purposes of this Section 7 and
Article II, Section 3 of these By-laws, (x) public disclosure means disclosure in
a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Reuters,
Bloomberg or comparable national news service or in a document filed by the
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act
of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or furnished by the Corporation to its stockholders and
(y) Stockholder Associate of any stockholder means (1) any person controlling,
directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, the stockholder; (2) any
beneficial owner of securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by
the stockholder; and (3) any person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with the Stockholder Associate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 7, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder
proposal in the Corporations proxy statement and form of proxy for a meeting of
stockholders, a stockholder must provide notice as required by, and otherwise comply
with, all of the applicable requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or
any comparable successor rule or regulation). Nothing in this Section 7 will be
deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the
Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any
comparable successor rule or regulation).
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At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business may be conducted or
considered as is properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a
special meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of the meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given in accordance with these By-laws or (ii) otherwise properly
brought before the meeting by the presiding officer or by or at the direction of a
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The determination of whether any business sought to be brought before any
annual or special meeting of the stockholders is properly brought before such meeting
in accordance with this Section 7 will be made by the presiding officer of such
meeting. If the presiding officer determines that any business is not properly
brought before such meeting, he or she will so declare to the meeting and any such
business will not be conducted or considered. |
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SECTION 8. Consents in Lieu of Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders,
may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if: (i) a consent in
writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock
having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and (ii)
prompt notice of the taking of such corporate action by less than unanimous written consent is
given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
SECTION 9. Issuance of Equity Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in these By-laws, until such time as the Corporations majority stockholder as of September 11,
2007 ceases to hold a majority of the Corporations voting securities, the affirmative vote of 75%
of the members of the Board of Directors or the affirmative vote of the holders of the majority of
the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporations common stock shall be required to authorize
the issuance of any equity security of the Corporation, except for issuances pursuant to share
incentive or similar employee compensation plans approved by the Board of Directors. For purposes
of this Section 9, an equity security shall mean any shares of capital stock or other equity
interest or any subscription, warrant, option or other right to acquire capital stock or other
equity interest, or any security convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or other equity
interest.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors
SECTION 1. General Powers. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed under the direction of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Qualification; Number; Term; Remuneration. (a) Each director shall be at least 18
years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident
of the State of Delaware. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less
than three (3) or more than twenty (20), the exact number fixed from time to time by affirmative
vote of a majority of the directors then in office, one of whom may be selected by the Board of
Directors to be its Chairman.
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Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors
who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall
hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors
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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 meeting of
the Board of Directors or a stated salary as 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 may be
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SECTION 3. Nomination of Directors. (a) Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) to elect directors under
circumstances specified in a Preferred Stock Designation (as defined in the Certificate of
Incorporation), only persons who are nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3
will be eligible for election as directors at a meeting of stockholders.
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Nominations of persons for election as directors may be made only at a meeting
of stockholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee
thereof or (ii) by any stockholder that is a stockholder of record at the time of
giving the notice provided for in this Section 3, who is entitled to vote for the
election of directors at such annual meeting, and who makes the nomination pursuant to
timely notice in proper written form to the Secretary in compliance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 3. |
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Except as otherwise provided by law, to be timely, a stockholders notice with
respect to nominations of persons for election as directors of the Corporation must be
delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than 90, nor more than 120, calendar days prior to the first
anniversary of the date for the preceding years annual meeting of stockholders;
provided, however, that if there was no annual meeting in the preceding year or the
date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to, or delayed
by more than 30 calendar days after the anniversary of the preceding years annual
meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the
close of business on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to such annual meeting or
the 10th calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such
meeting is first made. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment of an
annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as
described above. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3 to the contrary, if the
number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is
increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the
nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at
least 100 calendar days prior to the anniversary of the mailing of proxy materials for
the prior years annual meeting of stockholders, then a stockholders notice required
by this Section 3 shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any
new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Secretary of the
Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth calendar day following
the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation. |
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To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice must set forth: |
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as to each person who is not an incumbent director of the
Corporation whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a
director, (A)
the name, age, business address and residence address of such person; (B)
the principal occupation or employment of such person; (C) the class, series
and number of securities of the Corporation that are owned of record or
beneficially by such person; (D) the date or dates the securities were
acquired and the investment intent of each acquisition; (E) any other
information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation
14A under the Exchange Act (or any comparable successor rule or regulation);
and (F) any other information relating to such person that the Board of
Directors or any nominating committee of the Board of Directors reviews in
considering any person for nomination as a director, as will be provided by
the Secretary of the Corporation upon request; |
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as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder
Associate, (A) the name and address of the stockholder, as they appear on the
Corporations stock ledger, and, if different, the current name and address of
the stockholder, and the name and address of any Stockholder Associate; (B) a
representation that at least one of these persons is a holder of record or
beneficially of securities of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting
and intends to remain so through the date of the meeting and to appear in
person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified
in the stockholders notice; (C) the class, series and number of securities of
the Corporation that are owned of record or beneficially by each of these
persons as of the date of the stockholders notice; (D) a description of any
material relationships, including legal, financial and/or compensatory, among
the stockholder giving the notice, any Stockholder Associate and the proposed
nominee(s); (E) a description of any derivative positions related to any class
or series of securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by
the stockholder or any Stockholder Associate; (F) a description of whether and
the extent to which any hedging, swap or other transaction or series of
transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement,
arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or
lending of securities) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to
mitigate loss to, or manage risk of stock price changes for, or to increase the
voting power of, the stockholder or any Stockholder Associate with respect to
any securities of the Corporation; and (G) a representation that after the date
of the stockholders notice and until the date of the annual meeting each of
these persons will provide written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation
as soon as practicable following a change in the number of securities of the
Corporation held as described in response to subclause (C) above that equals 1%
or more of the then-outstanding shares of the Corporation, and/or entry,
termination, amendment or modification of the agreements, arrangements or
understanding described in response to subclause (F) above that results in a
change that equals 1% or more of the then-outstanding shares of the Corporation
or in the economic interests underlying these agreements, arrangements or
understanding; |
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a representation as to whether the stockholder giving notice
and any Stockholder Associate intends, or intends to be part of a group that
intends: (A) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to stockholders;
and/or (B) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of the
proposed nominee; and |
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a written consent of each proposed nominee to serve as a
director of the Corporation, if elected, and a representation that the proposed
nominee (A) does not or will not have any undisclosed voting commitments or
other arrangements with respect to his or her actions as a director; and (B)
will comply with these By-laws and all applicable publicly disclosed corporate
governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and
trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation. |
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At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of
Directors for election as a director must furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation
that information required to be set forth in a stockholders notice of nomination which
pertains to the nominee or such other information as it may reasonably require to
determine the eligibility of such nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. |
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The presiding officer of any annual meeting will, if the facts warrant,
determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed
by this Section 3, and if he or she should so determine, he or she will so declare to
the meeting and the defective nomination will be disregarded. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 3, a stockholder must also comply with all
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the matters set forth in
this Section 3, including without limitation any such rule or regulations relating to
the delivery of a proxy statement and form of proxy. Nothing in the foregoing
provision obligates the Corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any proxy
statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation
or the Board of Directors information with respect to any nominee for directors
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SECTION 4. Quorum and Manner of Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of
the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or
not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without
notice. Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or by
Article I, Section 9 of these By-laws, 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.
SECTION 5. Places of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place
within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.
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SECTION 6. Annual Meeting. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected
Board of Directors may meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the
transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may
be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at
which such stockholders meeting is held.
SECTION 7. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such
times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine.
SECTION 8. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held
whenever called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or by a majority of the
directors then in office.
SECTION 9. Notice of Meetings. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or
purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the
same at least two days before the meeting, or by faxing or telephoning the same or by delivering
the same personally or by electronic transmission not later than the day before the day of the
meeting.
SECTION 10. Organization. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or
if none or in the Chairmans absence or inability to act the President, or in the Presidents
absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in
such Vice-Presidents absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall
preside.
SECTION 11. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the
Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or
Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any or all of the directors may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and
entitled to vote for the election of directors.
SECTION 12. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of
Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the
authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or at a
special meeting of the stockholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote for the election of
directors.
SECTION 13. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent
thereto in writing, which shall include electronic transmission, and the writing or writings are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE III
Committees
SECTION 1. How Constituted and Powers. The Board of Directors, by resolution of a majority of
the directors then in office, may appoint from among its members the committees
enumerated in the By-laws and may appoint one or more other committees. The Board of
Directors may designate one member of each committee as its chairman. Any such committee, to the
extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in the By-laws of the Corporation,
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, but no such committee shall have the
power or authority in reference to the following matters:
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matter expressly required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to be
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The Board of Directors, by resolution of a majority of directors then in office, may: (i)
fill any vacancy in any committee; (ii) appoint one or more alternate members of any committee to
act in the absence or disability of members of such committees with all the powers of such absent
or disabled members; or (iii) remove any director from membership on any committee.
SECTION 2. Audit Committee. The Board of Directors shall appoint an Audit Committee. The
Audit Committee shall consist of not less than three (3) members, none of whom is (i) an officer or
employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, or (ii) an individual having a relationship which,
in the opinion of the Board of Directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment
in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The Audit Committee shall: (i) select each
year a firm of independent accountants to be the auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing fiscal
year; (ii) review and discuss with the auditors and report to the Board of Directors thereon the
plan and results of the annual audit of the Corporation; (iii) review and discuss with the auditors
their independence, fees, functions and responsibilities, the internal auditing, control, and
accounting systems of the Corporation and other related matters as the Audit Committee from time to
time deems necessary or desirable and evaluate such control functions; and (iv) perform such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors with respect to matters
related to the Corporations accounting and/or finances, including without limitation, related to
the Corporations accounting systems and/or internal controls.
SECTION 3. Procedures, Quorum and Manner of Acting. Each committee shall fix its own rules of
procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of
Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then-appointed
members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee,
and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of
the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its
proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 4. Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the
members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the committee.
SECTION 5. Term; Termination. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the
Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee
appointed by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
SECTION 1. Election and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of
the Corporation, which shall include a President, a Chief Executive Officer, and a Secretary, and
may include, by election or appointment, a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice-Presidents (any one or more of
whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Treasurer and such assistant
secretaries, such Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from
time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by
these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President. Any two or more
offices may be held by the same person.
SECTION 2. Term of Office and Remuneration. The term of office of all officers shall be one
year or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be
removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any
vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by
the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the
Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.
SECTION 3. Resignation; Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to
the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or
Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal,
with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one,
shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties
as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5. Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there
shall be one, shall have such powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board
of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 6. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have such duties as
customarily pertain to that office. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of
the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and over its
other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees; and shall
see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into
effect. The Chief Executive Officer shall execute all contracts, bonds, mortgages and other
instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where
required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers
of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-laws or the Board
of Directors. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there
be none, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the
Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall also perform such other duties and may
exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him by these By-laws or by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 7. President. The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors
and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, have general supervision of the business of the
Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried
into effect. The President shall execute all contracts, bonds, mortgages and other instruments of
the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or
permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the
Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-laws, the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall also perform such other duties and
may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him by these By-laws, the
Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
SECTION 8. Vice-President. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the
Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the
duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by
the Board of Directors or the President.
SECTION 9. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if there shall be one, shall
have the care and custody of the Corporation funds and securities, maintain banking relationships
and execute credit and collection policies and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned
by the Board of Directors or the President; and may execute and deliver in the name of the
Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments.
SECTION 10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the
position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the
President.
SECTION 11. Secretary. The Secretary shall in general have all duties incident to the office
of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.
SECTION 12. Assistant Officers. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of
the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from
time to time prescribe.
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ARTICLE V
Certificates Representing Stock
SECTION 1. Certificates; Signatures. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or
resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated
shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such
certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates
shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman
or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice-President, and by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation,
representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all the signatures on
any such certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the
Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar
at the date of issue.
SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or
registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock represented by
certificates shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record
thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates
for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon.
SECTION 3. Fractional Shares. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue
fractions of a share, or the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as
of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in
registered or bearer form, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall
not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided.
SECTION 4. Authority Regarding Transfer. The Board of Directors shall have power and
authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue,
transfer and registration of uncertificated shares and of certificates representing shares of the
Corporation.
SECTION 5. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new
certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it,
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of
any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made
against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the
issuance of any such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
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ARTICLE VI
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the
Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the
Corporation shall end on the 31st day of January in each year.
ARTICLE VII
Waiver of Notice
Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to said
notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or
after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
ARTICLE VIII
Bank Accounts, Drafts, Contracts, Etc.
SECTION 1. Bank Accounts and Drafts. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized
by the Board of Directors, the primary financial officer or any person designated by said primary
financial officer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts
to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or
appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the
Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other
person so designated by the Treasurer.
SECTION 2. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name
and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds,
mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
SECTION 3. Proxies; Powers of Attorney; Other Instruments. The Chairman, the President or any
other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and deliver
proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in connection with
the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the
President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and delivered by
either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of stockholders of
any corporation in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of the
Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any
such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such
person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.
SECTION 4. Financial Reports. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial
officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to
stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case
may be, which may be required by any provision of law.
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ARTICLE IX
Amendments
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors is
expressly authorized to amend, alter, change, adopt or repeal any or all By-laws of the
Corporation; provided, however, that any By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be amended
or repealed by stockholders entitled to vote thereon and, provided further, that until such time as
the Corporations majority stockholder as of September 11, 2007 ceases to hold a majority of the
Corporations voting securities, Article I, Section 9 may be amended or repealed only by the
affirmative vote of 75% of the members of the Board of Directors or the affirmative vote of the
holders of the majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporations common stock.
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