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Exhibit 3.4
Adopted May 15, 2006
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
BURGER KING CORPORATION.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office shall be established and maintained at the office of The Corporation Trust Company, in the City of Plantation, in the State of Florida, and said Corporation shall be the registered agent of this Corporation in charge thereof.
     SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of Florida, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the Corporation may require.
     SECTION 3. BOOKS. The books of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Florida as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors and for such other business as may be stated in the notice of the meeting shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Florida, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting.
     At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and they may transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

 


 

     SECTION 2. VOTING. Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the Articles of Incorporation and in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote for directors and the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; and all other questions shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on such question except as otherwise provided by these By-Laws, the Articles of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Florida.
     A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in his or her name, shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting in the manner provided by law.
     The stock list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law. This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
     SECTION 3. QUORUM. Except as otherwise required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders. In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of shares entitled to vote shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of shares entitled to vote shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed; but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
     SECTION 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office or by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 5. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

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     SECTION 6. ORGANIZATION. The Chairman of the Board of Directors or such person as the Chairman of the Board of Directors may have designated or, in the absence of such a person, such person as the Board of Directors may have designated or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall call to order any meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman of the meeting appoints.
     SECTION 7. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seems to him or her in order. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.
     SECTION 9. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares 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.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
     SECTION 1. NUMBER AND TERM. The stockholders shall elect a Board of Directors to oversee the Corporation’s business. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than 15 persons. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders.
     SECTION 2. RESIGNATIONS. Any director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
     SECTION 3. VACANCIES. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, the remaining directors, by affirmative vote of a majority thereof, expressed at a

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duly called meeting of the Board of Directors, whether or not constituting a quorum, may fill such vacancy for the unexpired term.
     SECTION 4. REMOVAL. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding stock of the Corporation.
     SECTION 5. POWERS. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the Corporation by a majority vote of the directors then in office, except such as are by law or by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders.
     SECTION 6. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more 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 the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
     Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in these By-Laws, 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 to (i) approve or recommend to the stockholders any action or matter expressly required by Florida law to be submitted to the stockholders for approval, (ii) fill vacancies on the board of directors or any committee thereof, (iii) adopt, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation, (iv) authorize or approve the reacquisition of shares unless pursuant to a general formula or method specified by the Board of Directors, or (v) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for the sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a voting group except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee (or a senior executive officer of the Corporation) to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 7. MEETINGS; NOTICE. Regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time at any location within or without the State of Florida specified in the notice thereof. Reasonable and sufficient notice of each meeting shall be given to each director. It shall be reasonable and sufficient notice to a director to send notice by first-class mail at least seven days, or by overnight delivery, electronic mail, facsimile or hand delivery at least twenty-four hours before the meeting, addressed to such director at such director’s usual business address.

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     Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director if a written waiver of notice, executed by such director before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any director who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to such director. Neither notice of a meeting nor a waiver of a notice need specify the purposes of the meeting.
     SECTION 8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, two or more directors or by one director in the event that there is only a single director in office.
     SECTION 9. MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALLS. The Board of Directors or any members of any committee of the Board of Directors designated by the directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors of such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
     SECTION 10. QUORUM; BOARD ACTION. A majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned. All matters shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the total number of directors present at such meeting at which there is a quorum, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws or as required by law.
     SECTION 11. COMPENSATION. The directors may be paid such compensation for their services and such reimbursement of expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.
     SECTION 12. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors, or of such committee as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee thereof.

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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
     SECTION 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Presidents, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect a Chairman and such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as they may deem proper. None of the officers of the Corporation need be directors. The officers may be elected by the Board of Directors at any time. More than two offices may be held by the same person.
     SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem advisable, 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.
     SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN. A Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the Board and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as are assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 5. PRESIDENTS. Each President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as are assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 6. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS. Each Executive Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 7. SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT. Each Senior Vice-President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 8. VICE-PRESIDENT. Each Vice-President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 9. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositaries 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, or the Chief Executive Officer, taking proper vouchers for such

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disbursements. He or she shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he or she shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
     SECTION 10. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors, and all other notices required by law or by these By-Laws, and in case of his or her absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the Chief Executive Officer, or by the Board of Directors, upon whose requisition the meeting is called as provided in these By-Laws. He or she shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the directors or the Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall have the custody of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when authorized by the directors or the Chief Executive Officer, and attest the same.
     SECTION 11. ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 12. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed as such, with or without case, by the Board of Directors at any time. Any officer of the Corporation may resign as such at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, at the time of its receipt by the Corporation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
     SECTION 1. ISSUANCE OF STOCK. Unless otherwise voted by stockholders and subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation or the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation held in its treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Board of Directors in such manner, for such consideration and on such terms as the Board of Directors may determine.
     SECTION 2. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. Every holder of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed by law and

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by the Board of Directors, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. Each such certificate shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice-President, and the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or Secretary or any Assistant Secretary. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.
     SECTION 3. LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the directors may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate, or the issuance of any such new certificate.
     SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF SHARES. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the Corporation by the delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such other person as the Board of Directors or proper officers of the Corporation may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A record shall be made of each transfer.
     SECTION 5. STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to 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 precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action.
     If no record date is fixed, 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 before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day before the day on which the meeting is held. The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating to such purpose.
     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. DIVIDENDS. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular

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or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANOUS
     SECTION 1. SEAL. The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the Corporation and the words “Incorporated 1967 — Florida”. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
     SECTION 2. FISCAL YEAR. Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on July 1st and end on June 30th of each year.
     SECTION 3. CHECKS. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolutions of the Board of Directors.
     SECTION 4. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. All references in these By-Laws to the Articles of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended or restated and in effect from time to time.
     SECTION 5. EVIDENCE OF AUTHORITY. A certificate by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the Corporation shall, as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith, be conclusive evidence of such action.
     SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY. Any determination that any provision of these By-Laws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these By-Laws.
     SECTION 7. PRONOUNS. All pronouns used in these By-Laws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.
     SECTION 8. SECTION HEADINGS. Section headings in these By-Laws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision hereof.

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     SECTION 9. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. In the event that any provision of these By-Laws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, the Business Corporation Act of the State of Florida or any other applicable law, the provision of these By-Laws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.
     SECTION 10. NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required by these By-Laws to be given to the stockholders, personal notice is not meant unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if made in the manner prescribed by these By-Laws or if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise required by law.
     Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws, 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
AMENDMENTS
     SECTION 1. BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. These By-Laws may be altered, amended and repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present.
     SECTION 2. BY THE STOCKHOLDERS. These By-Laws may be altered or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
     SECTION 1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the written request of the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee as a director, officer or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or

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other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is an alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Florida Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article VIII with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
     SECTION 2. RIGHT TO ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 1 of this Article VIII, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Florida Business Corporation Act requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VIII or otherwise.
     SECTION 3. RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT. If a claim under section 1 or 2 of this Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for

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indemnification set forth in the Florida Business Corporation Act. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Florida Business Corporation Act, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
     SECTION 4. REQUESTED SERVICE. Any person serving as a director, officer or equivalent executive of (i) another corporation of which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, or (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or of any corporation referred to in Clause (i), shall be deemed to be doing so at the written request of the Corporation’s chief executive officer for purposes of Section 1 of this Article VIII.
     SECTION 5. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereunder acquire under any statute, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise.
     SECTION 6. INSURANCE. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Florida Business Corporation Act.
     SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF THE CORPORATION. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

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     SECTION 8. NATURE OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer or trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VIII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

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