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Exhibit 3.20
BY-LAWS
OF
TPC NUMBER FOUR, INC.
(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation
shall be in the City of Dover, County of Kent, State of Delaware.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places
both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election
of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or
without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors
and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Annual Meetings of Stockholders shall
be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of
Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which meetings the stockholders shall elect
by a plurality vote a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be
brought before the meeting. Written notice of the Annual Meeting stating the place, date and hour
of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than
ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.
Section 3. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be
called by either (i) the Chairman, if there be one, or (ii) the President, and shall be called by
any such officer at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors or at the
request in writing of stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation issued
and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the
proposed meeting. Written notice of a
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Special Meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty
days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 4. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate
of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at
all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. If, however, such quorum shall
not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote
thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or
represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment
a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
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notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the
meeting.
Section 5. Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws, any question brought before any meeting of stockholders shall be
decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock represented and entitled to Vote
thereat. Each stockholder represented at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one
vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such
votes may be cast in person or by proxy but no proxy shall be voted on or after three years from
its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. The Board of Directors, in its
discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of stockholders, in his
discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 6. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any
Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation, may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing,
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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. Prompt
notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written
consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
Section 7. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the
Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least
ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote
at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the
number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business
hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city
where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or,
if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list
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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 of the Corporation who is present.
Section 8. Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the
only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list
required by Section 7 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or
by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number and Election of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of
not less than one nor more than fifteen members, the exact number of which shall initially be fixed
by the Incorporator and thereafter from time to time by the Board of Directors. Except as provided
in Section 2 of this Article, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at Annual
Meetings of Stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold office until the next Annual
Meeting and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or
removal. Any director
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may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be
stockholders.
Section 2. Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in
office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen
shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and
qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
Section 3. Duties and Powers. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation
and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation
or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold
meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular
meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may
from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called
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by the Chairman, if there be one, the President, or any two directors. Notice thereof
stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director either by mail not
less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or telegram on
twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such
meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Section 5. Quorum. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law,
the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a
majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall
be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board
of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 6. Actions of Board. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors or of any committee
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thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or
committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed
with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
Section 7. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise
provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a
meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7 shall constitute presence in
person at such meeting.
Section 8. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate
one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or
disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. In the absence or
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disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the
Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member
or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or
they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act
at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent
allowed by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may
exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business
and affairs of the Corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board
of Directors when required.
Section 9. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any,
of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance
at each 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 allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.
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Section 10. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction
between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation
and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of
its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or
voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or
participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the
contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if (i)
the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of
Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative
votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less
than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the
contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon,
and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders;
or
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(iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is
authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the
shareholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a
quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or
transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the
Board of Directors and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors,
in its discretion, may also choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director)
and one or more Vice-Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers.
Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be
stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
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Section 2. Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting held
after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall
hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall
be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation
shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier
resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any
office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers
of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney,
proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned
by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the President
or any Vice-President and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation,
take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any
meeting of security
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holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting
shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such
securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if
present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any
other person or persons.
Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation, and except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairman of
the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts,
certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of
Directors. During the absence or disability of the President, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other
powers as from time to time may be
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assigned to him by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. President. The President shall, subject to the control of the
Board of Directors and, if there be one, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, 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. He shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts 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 President. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or if there be none, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and
the Board of Directors. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President shall be
the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. 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
or by the Board of Directors.
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Section 6. Vice-Presidents. At the request of the President or in his
absence or in the event of his inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the
Board of Directors), the Vice-President or the Vice-Presidents if there is more than one (in the
order designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the President, and when
so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. Each Vice-President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairman of the Board of
Directors and no Vice-President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the
Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of
the President to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have
all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President .
Section 7. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board
of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or
books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the
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standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of
all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose
supervision he shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given
notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if
there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose
another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of
the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority
to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the
signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of
Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and
to attest the affixing by his signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports,
statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are
properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
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Section 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate
funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in
books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the
name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of
Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the
Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the
President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so
requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the
Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a
bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of
Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the
Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books,
papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control
belonging to the Corporation.
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Section 9. Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise provided in
these By-Laws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such
powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any
Vice-President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the
event of his disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so
acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
Section 10. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any,
shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors, the President, any Vice-President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in
the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his disability or refusal to act, shall perform the
duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer
shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be
satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful
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performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his
death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and
other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the
Corporation.
Section 11. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors
may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to
them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the
Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and
powers.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Form of Certificates. Every holder of stock in the Corporation
shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the
Corporation (i) by the Chairman
of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice-President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the
number of shares owned by him in the Corporation.
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Section 2. Signatures. Where a certificate is countersigned by (i) a
transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) a registrar other than the
Corporation or its employee, any other signature on the 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 he were
such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 3. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged
to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of
a new certificate, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal
representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall re-
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quire and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in
the manner prescribed by law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the
books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his attorney lawfully
constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, which shall be
cancelled before a new certificate shall be issued.
Section 5. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or
entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or
entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for
the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of such meet-
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ing, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of
record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment
of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the
adjourned meeting.
Section 6. Beneficial Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize
the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive
dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person
registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable
or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or
not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 1. Notices. whenever written notice is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a
committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member
of a committee or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the re-
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cords of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given
at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be
given personally or by telegram, telex or cable.
Section 2. Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee
or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed, by the person or persons entitled to said
notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation,
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board
of Directors at any regular or special meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares
of the capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of
the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to
time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
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contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of
the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any
such reserve.
Section 2. Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the
Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the
Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon
the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”.
The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced
or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other Than
Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII,
the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was
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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 (other than an action
by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
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proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right
of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty
to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
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Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this
Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent
is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made
(i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if
obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders. To the extent, however, that a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the mer-
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its or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, without the necessity of
authorization in the specific case.
Section 4. Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 3 of
this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful, if his action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation
or another enterprise, or on information supplied to him by the officers of the Corporation or
another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the
Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the
Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser
or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The term
“another enterprise” as used in this Section 4 shall mean
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any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise of which such
person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way
the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct
set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.
Section 5. Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary
determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII, and notwithstanding the
absence of any determination thereunder, any director, officer, employee or agent may apply to any
court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent
otherwise permissible under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such
indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the
director, officer, employee [or agent] is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may
be. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given
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to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application.
Section 6. Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses incurred in defending or
investigating a threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation
in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board
of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII.
Section 7. Non-exclusivity and Survival of Indemnification. The
indemnification provided by this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any By-Law, agreement, contract, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to the direction (howsoever embodied) of any
court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that
indemnification of the persons specified
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in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any
person who is not specified in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation has
the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, or otherwise. The indemnification provided by this Article VIII shall continue
as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
[or agent] and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
Section 8. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee [or agent] of the Corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee [or agent] of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him
against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.
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Section 9. Meaning of “Corporation” for Purposes of Article VIII. For
purposes of this Article VIII, 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 the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if
its separate existence had continued.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1 . These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part,
or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, provided, however,
that notice of such alter-
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ation, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such meeting of
stockholders or Board of Directors as the case may be. All such amendments must be approved by
either the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by a
majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office.
Section 2. Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article IX and in these
By-Laws generally, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of directors which
the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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