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Exhibit 3.16
BY-LAWS
of
Broadlane Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
(A Delaware Corporation)
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE 2 STOCKHOLDERS |
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ARTICLE 3 DIRECTORS |
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ARTICLE 4 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD |
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ARTICLE 5 OFFICERS |
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ARTICLE 6 INDEMNIFICATION |
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ARTICLE 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
As used in these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:
1.1 “Assistant Secretary” means an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.
1.2 “Assistant Treasurer” means an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation.
1.3 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
1.4 “By-laws” means the By-laws of the Corporation, as amended.
1.5 “Certificate of Incorporation” means the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation,
as amended.
1.6 “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
1.7 “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
1.8 “Chief Financial Officer” means the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
1.9 “Corporation” means Broadlane Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
1.10 “DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
1.11 “Directors” means the directors of the Corporation.
1.12 “law” means any U.S. or non-U.S., federal, state or local law (statutory, common or
otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction,
judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a
governmental authority (including any department, court, agency or official, or non-governmental
self-regulatory organization, agency or authority and any political subdivision or instrumentality
thereof).
1.13 “Office of the Corporation” means the executive office of the Corporation, anything in
Section 131 of the DGCL to the contrary notwithstanding.
1.14 “President” means the President of the Corporation.
1.15 “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Corporation.
1.16 “Stockholders” means the stockholders of the Corporation.
1.17 “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the Corporation.
1.18 “Vice President” means a Vice President of the Corporation.
ARTICLE 2
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of Stockholders may be held at such place or solely by
means of remote communication or otherwise, as may be designated by the Board from time to time.
2.2 Annual Meeting. A meeting of Stockholders for the election of Directors and other
business shall be held annually at such date and time as may be designated by the Board from time
to time.
2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of Stockholders may be called at any time by
the Board and may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special
meeting of Stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
2.4 Record Date. (A) For the purpose of determining the Stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment thereof, unless otherwise
required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, the Board may fix a record date,
which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date was
adopted by the Board and shall not be more than 60 or less than ten days before the date of such
meeting. For the purposes of determining the Stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation
or applicable law, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on
which the resolution fixing the record date was adopted by the Board and shall not be more than ten
days after the date on which the record date was fixed by the Board. For the purposes of
determining the Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights, exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of
stock or take any other lawful action, unless otherwise required by the Certificate of
Incorporation or applicable law, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date was adopted by the Board and shall
not be more than 60 days prior to such action.
(B) If no such record date is fixed:
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(i) The record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting
of Stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice
is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which the meeting is held;
(ii) The record date for determining Stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting (unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation), when no prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, shall be the first
day on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is
delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law; and when prior action by the Board
is required by applicable law, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to express
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the
date on which the Board takes such prior action; and
(iii) When a determination of Stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of Stockholders has been made as provided in this Section 2.4, such determination shall
apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
2.5 Notice of Meetings of Stockholders. Whenever under the provisions of applicable
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, Stockholders are required or permitted to
take any action at a meeting, notice shall be given stating the place, if any, date and hour of the
meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be
deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the
purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by these By-laws or applicable
law, notice of any meeting shall be given, not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date
of the meeting, to each Stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall
be deemed to be given when deposited in the U.S. mail, with postage prepaid, directed to the
Stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. An affidavit of
the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice
required by this Section 2.5 has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence
of the facts stated therein. If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be
given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which
the adjournment is taken. Any business that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
called may be transacted at the adjourned meeting. If, however, the adjournment is for more than 30
days or, if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of
the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.6 Waivers of Notice. Whenever the giving of any notice to Stockholders is required
by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof, given by the
person entitled to said notice, whether before or after the event as to which such notice is
required, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance by a Stockholder at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such
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meeting except when the Stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the
beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not
been lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purposes of,
any regular or special meeting of the Stockholders need be specified in any waiver of notice.
2.7 List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten days
before every meeting of Stockholders, a complete, alphabetical list of the Stockholders entitled to
vote at the meeting, and showing the address of each Stockholder and the number of shares
registered in the name of each Stockholder. Such list may be examined by any Stockholder, at the
Stockholder’s expense, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten days
prior to the meeting, during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the
Corporation or on a reasonably accessible electronic network as provided by applicable law. If the
meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of
the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any Stockholder who is present.
If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, the list shall also be open for
inspection as provided by applicable law. Except as provided by applicable law, the stock ledger
shall be the only evidence as to who are the Stockholders entitled to examine the list of
Stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders.
2.8 Quorum of Stockholders; Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by these
By-laws, at each meeting of Stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a
majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting of
Stockholders, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at such meeting. In the
absence of a quorum, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock present in
person or represented by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders, including an adjourned meeting, may
adjourn such meeting to another time and place. Shares of its own stock belonging to the
Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election
of Directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall
neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to
its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
2.9 Voting; Proxies. At any meeting of Stockholders, all matters other than the
election of directors, except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these
By-laws or any applicable law, shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting
power of shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. At
all meetings of Stockholders for the election of Directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be
sufficient to elect. Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of Stockholders or to express
consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or
persons to act for such Stockholder by proxy but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after
three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be
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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. A Stockholder may revoke any proxy that
is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary
a revocation of the proxy or by delivering a new proxy bearing a later date.
2.10 Voting Procedures and Inspectors at Meetings of Stockholders. The Board, in
advance of any meeting of Stockholders, may appoint one or more inspectors, who may be employees of
the Corporation, to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Board may designate
one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no
inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting, the person presiding at the meeting may appoint
one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of
his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with
strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall (A)
ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, (B) determine the shares
represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (C) count all votes and
ballots, (D) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any
challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and (E) certify their determination of the
number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The
inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the
performance of their duties. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, the date and time of the
opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the Stockholders will vote at a
meeting shall be determined by the person presiding at the meeting and shall be announced at the
meeting. No ballot, proxies, votes or any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted
by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware upon application by a Stockholder shall determine otherwise. In determining the validity
and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of Stockholders, the inspectors may
consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for
office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
2.11 Conduct of Meetings; Adjournment. The Board may adopt such rules and procedures
for the conduct of Stockholder meetings as it deems appropriate. At each meeting of Stockholders,
the President or, in the absence of the President, the Chairman or, if there is no Chairman or if
there be one and the Chairman is absent, a Vice President and, in case more than one Vice President
shall be present, that Vice President designated by the Board (or in the absence of any such
designation, the most senior Vice President present), shall preside over the meeting. Except to the
extent inconsistent with the rules and procedures as adopted by the Board, the person presiding
over the meeting of Stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene, adjourn and
reconvene the meeting from time to time, to prescribe such additional rules and procedures and to
do all such acts as, in the judgment of such person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the
meeting. Such rules and procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the person
presiding over the meeting, may include, (A) the establishment of an agenda or order of business
for the meeting, (B) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the
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meeting and the safety of those present, (C) limitations on attendance at or participation in
the meeting to Stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted
proxies or such other persons as the person presiding over the meeting shall determine, (D)
restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof and (E)
limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The person presiding
over any meeting of Stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be
appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, may determine and declare to the meeting that a matter
or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so
determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly
brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent
determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of Stockholders shall
not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. The Secretary
or, in his or her absence, one of the Assistant Secretaries, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
If none of the officers above designated to act as the person presiding over the meeting or as
secretary of the meeting shall be present, a person presiding over the meeting or a secretary of
the meeting, as the case may be, shall be designated by the Board and, if the Board has not so
acted, in the case of the designation of a person to act as secretary of the meeting, designated by
the person presiding over the meeting.
2.12 Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of Stockholders
shall be as determined by the person presiding over the meeting.
2.13 Written Consent of Stockholders Without a Meeting. Any action to be taken at
any annual or special meeting of Stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice
and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action to be 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 shall be delivered (by hand or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested) to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office
in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation
having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of Stockholders are recorded. Every
written consent shall bear the date of signature of each Stockholder who signs the consent, and no
written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within
60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 2.13,
written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the
Corporation as aforesaid. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by
less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by applicable law, be given to
those Stockholders who have not consented in writing, and who, if the action had been taken at a
meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had
been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action
were delivered to the Corporation.
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ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of the Board. The Board may adopt such rules and procedures, not inconsistent
with the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws or applicable law, as it may deem proper for
the conduct of its meetings and the management of the Corporation.
3.2 Number; Term of Office. The Board shall consist of one or more members, the number
thereof to be determined from time to time by the Board. Directors need not be Stockholders of the
Corporation. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or in these By-laws, the
number of Directors that shall constitute the whole Board may be increased or decreased from time
to time by resolution of the Board. Each Director shall hold office until a successor is duly
elected and qualified or until the Director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or
removal.
3.3 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Any newly created directorships
resulting from an increase in the authorized number of Directors and any vacancies occurring in the
Board, may be filled by the affirmative votes of a majority of the remaining members of the Board,
although less than a quorum. A Director so elected shall be elected to hold office until the
earlier of the expiration of the term of office of the Director whom he or she has replaced, a
successor is elected and qualified or the Director’s death, resignation or removal. In lieu of
filling any vacancy, the Board may by resolution reduce the number of Directors, except as
otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation.
3.4 Removal. To the extent permitted by the DGCL or other applicable law, a Director
may be removed from office with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
shares entitled to vote in an election of Directors.
3.5 Resignation. Any Director may resign at any time by notice given in writing or by
electronic transmission to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of
receipt of such notice or at such later time as is therein specified..
3.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such
times and at such places as may be determined from time to time by the Board or its Chairman.
3.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be held at such times and at
such places as may be determined by the Chairman or the President on at least 24 hours’ notice to
each Director given by one of the means specified in Section 3.10 hereof other than by mail or on
at least three days’ notice if given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Chairman,
President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of any two or more
Directors.
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3.8 Telephone Meetings. Board or Board committee meetings may be held by means of
telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating
in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by a Director in a meeting pursuant to this
Section 3.8 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.9 Adjourned Meetings. A majority of the Directors present at any meeting of the
Board, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn and
reconvene such meeting to another time and place. At least 24 hours’ notice of any adjourned
meeting of the Board shall be given to each Director whether or not present at the time of the
adjournment, if such notice shall be given by one of the means specified in Section 3.1 0 hereof
other than by mail, or at least three days’ notice if by mail. Any business may be transacted at an
adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
3.10 Notice Procedure. Subject to Sections 3.7 and 3.11 hereof, whenever notice is
required to be given to any Director by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
By-laws, such notice shall be deemed given effectively if given in person or by telephone, mail
addressed to such Director at such Director’s address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation, telegram, telecopy or by other means of electronic transmission.
3.11 Waiver of Notice. Whenever the giving of any notice to Directors is required by
applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof, given by the
Director entitled to the notice, whether before or after such notice is required, shall be deemed
equivalent to notice. Attendance by a Director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
such meeting except when the Director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at
the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was
not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
regular or special Board or committee meeting need be specified in any waiver of notice.
3.12 Organization. At each meeting of the Board, the Chairman or, in his or her
absence, another Director selected by the Board shall preside. The Secretary shall act as secretary
at each meeting of the Board. If the Secretary is absent from any meeting of the Board, an
Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from
any such meeting of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the person presiding at the
meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
3.13 Quorum of Directors. The presence of a majority of the Board shall be necessary
and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board.
3.14 Action by Majority Vote. Except as otherwise expressly required by these
By-laws or the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote of a majority of the Directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.
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3.15 Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by these Bylaws, any action
required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be
taken without a meeting if all Directors or members of such committee, as the case may be, consent
thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writings or electronic transmissions are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of
the Directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such
committee. If a member of a committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from voting
thereat, the remaining member or members present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting,
whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may, by a unanimous vote, appoint
another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified
member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall have and may exercise
all the powers and authority of the Board 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 that may
require it to the extent so authorized by the Board. Unless the Board provides otherwise, at all
meetings of such committee, a majority of the then authorized members of the committee shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members of
the committee present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings. Unless the Board provides otherwise,
each committee designated by the Board may make, alter and repeal rules and procedures for the
conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules and procedures each committee shall conduct
its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to ARTICLE 3.
ARTICLE 5
OFFICERS
5.1 Positions; Qualification. The officers of the Corporation shall be a
President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and any other officers, including, without limitation, a Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and one or more Vice Presidents (including Executive
Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents), Assistant Vice Presidents,, Assistant Treasurers and
Assistant Secretaries, as the Board may elect from time to time, who shall exercise such powers and
perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board from time to time. Any number of offices
may be held by the
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same person. No officer need be a Stockholder or a Director. Any officer may be required by
the Board to give a bond for the faithful performance of such officer’s duties in such amount and
with such sureties as the Board may determine.
5.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such
officer’s successor is elected and qualifies or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or
removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such
resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at such later time as is
therein specified. The resignation of an officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights
of the Corporation, if any. Any officer may be removed at any time with or without cause by the
Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board. The
election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.
5.3 Chairman. The Chairman, if one is elected and then in office, shall preside, when
present, at all meetings of the Board and shall exercise such powers and perform such other duties
as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.
5.4 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, if one is elected, shall
have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board may from time to time designate.
5.5 President. The President shall, subject to the direction of the Board and the
Chief Executive Officer, have general supervision over the business of the Corporation and other
duties incident to the office of President, and any other duties as may from time to time be
assigned to the President by the Board. If there is no Chairman, the President shall preside, when
present, at all meetings of stockholders and the Board.
5.6 Vice Presidents. Vice Presidents (including Executive Vice Presidents or Senior
Vice Presidents) and Assistant Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties that
may from time to time be assigned by the President or the Board.
5.7 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if one is elected, shall
have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board may from time to time designate.
5.8 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of
the Board and of the Stockholders, record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Board and of
the Stockholders in a book to be kept for that purpose and perform like duties for committees of
the Board, when required. In the absence of the Secretary from any such meeting, an Assistant
Secretary, or if such person is absent, a temporary secretary chosen at the meeting, shall record
the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all special
meetings of the Board and of the Stockholders and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
the Board or by the President. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the
Corporation, and
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the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same on any
instrument that may require it, and when so affixed, the seal may be attested by the signature of
the Secretary or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority
to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the same by such officer’s
signature. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary may also attest all instruments signed by the
President or any Vice President. The Secretary shall have charge of all the books, records and
papers of the Corporation relating to its organization and management, see that the reports,
statements and other documents required by applicable law are properly kept and filed and, in
general, perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary of a corporation and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by the Board or the President.
5.9 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for,
all funds, securities and notes of the Corporation, receive and give receipts for moneys due and
payable to the Corporation from any sources whatsoever; deposit all such moneys and valuable
effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositaries as may be designated
by the Board, against proper vouchers, cause such funds to be disbursed by checks or drafts on the
authorized depositaries of the Corporation signed in such manner as shall be determined by the
Board and be responsible for the accuracy of the amounts of all moneys so disbursed, regularly
enter or cause to be entered in books or other records maintained for the purpose full and adequate
account of all moneys received or paid for the account of the Corporation, have the right to
require from time to time reports or statements giving such information as the Treasurer may desire
with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation from the officers or agents
transacting the same, render to the President or the Board, whenever the President or the Board
shall require the Treasurer so to do, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and
of all financial transactions of the Corporation,
disburse the funds of the Corporation as ordered by the Board and, in general, perform all
duties incident to the office of Treasurer of a corporation and such other duties as may from time
to time be assigned to the Treasurer by the Board or the President.
5.10 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Secretaries and
Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or by
the Treasurer, respectively, or by the Board or the President.
ARTICLE 6
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be
amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by
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reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative,
is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the
Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another entity or enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans,
against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably
incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.4, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in
connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the
commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized by the
Board.
6.2 Prepayment of Expenses. To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the
Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in
defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however,
that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final
disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered
Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person
is not entitled to be indemnified under this ARTICLE 6 or otherwise.
6.3 Insurance. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf
and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the
corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any
liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this
Article 6.
6.4 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this
ARTICLE 6 is not paid in full within 30 days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person
has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount
of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of
prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden
of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or
advancement of expenses under applicable law.
6.5 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this
ARTICLE 6 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of these By-laws, the Certificate of Incorporation, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
6.6 Other Sources. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance
expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another entity or enterprise shall be reduced by any
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amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such
other entity or enterprise.
6.7 Amendment or Repeal. Any amendment or repeal of the foregoing provisions of this
ARTICLE 6 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment or repeal.
6.8 Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this Article 6, references to “the
corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its
separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors,
officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this Article 6 with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
6.9 Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This ARTICLE 6 shall not limit
the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to
indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by
appropriate corporate action.
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL PROVISIONS
7.1 Certificates Representing Shares. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be
represented by certificates or all of such shares shall be uncertificated shares that may be
evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the registrar of such stock, or a combination of
both. If shares are represented by certificates (if any) such certificates shall be in the form
approved by the Board. The certificates representing shares of stock of each class shall be signed
by, or in the name of, the Corporation by the Chairman, the President or any Vice President, and by
the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. Any or all such
signatures may be facsimiles. Although any officer, transfer agent or registrar whose manual or
facsimile signature is affixed to such a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer
agent or registrar before such certificate has been issued, it may nevertheless be issued by
the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or registrar were still
such at the date of its issue.
7.2 Transfers. Subject to any restrictions on transfer, shares of stock may be
transferred on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer
agent of the certificate therefor properly endorsed or accompanied by a
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written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, with transfer stamps (if necessary)
affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer
agent may reasonably require.
7.3 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one
or more transfer offices or agents and registry offices or agents at such place or places as may be
determined from time to time by the Board.
7.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed 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, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate or his legal representative to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to
indemnify it 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 such new certificate.
7.5 Subscriptions for Stock. Unless otherwise provided for in the subscription
agreement, subscriptions for shares shall be paid in full at such time, or in such installments and
at such times, as shall be determined by the Board. Any call made by the Board for payment on
subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same class or as to all shares of the same
series. In case of default in the payment of any installment or call when such payment is due, the
corporation may proceed to collect the amount due in the same manner as any debt due the
corporation.
7.6 Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course
of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be maintained
on any information storage device or method; provided that the records so kept can be
converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so
convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records
pursuant to applicable law.
7.7 Execution of Instruments. All deeds, leases, transfers, contracts, bonds, notes
and other obligations to be entered into by the Corporation in the ordinary course of business
without action by the Board may be executed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive
Officer, if one is elected, the President, any Vice President or the Treasurer, or by any other
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as the Board may authorize.
7.8 Voting of Securities. Unless the Board otherwise provides, the Chief Executive
Officer, if one is elected, the President, any Vice President or the Treasurer may waive notice of
and act on behalf of this Corporation, or appoint another person or persons to act as proxy or
attorney in fact for this Corporation with or without discretionary power or power of substitution,
at any meeting of stockholders or shareholders of any other corporation or organization, any of the
securities of which are held by this Corporation.
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7.9 Seal. The corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon
and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board. The seal may be used
by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.
7.10 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall terminate on the last day
of December in each year.
7.11 Amendments. These By-laws may be amended or repealed and new By-laws may be
adopted by the Board, but the Stockholders may make additional By-laws and may alter and repeal any
By-laws whether such By-laws were originally adopted by them or otherwise.
7.12 Conflict with Applicable Law or Certificate of Incorporation. These
By-laws are adopted subject to any applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Whenever
these By-laws may conflict with any applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, such
conflict shall be resolved in favor of such law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
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