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Exhibit 3.8
BYLAWS
OF
BK CDE, INC.
ARTICLE I
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at such
time and place and on such date in each year as may be fixed by the board of directors and stated
in the notice of the meeting, for the election of directors, the consideration of reports to be
laid before such meeting and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before
the meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders shall be called
upon the written request of the chairman of the board of directors, the president, the directors
by action at a meeting, a majority of the directors acting without a meeting, or of the holders of
shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to
vote thereat. Calls for such meetings shall specify the purposes thereof. No business other than
that specified in the call shall be considered at any special meeting.
Section 3. Notices of Meetings. Unless waived, and except as provided in Section 230
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, written notice of each annual or special
meeting stating the date, time, place and purposes thereof shall be given by personal delivery or
by mail to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at or entitled to notice of the meeting, not
more than sixty days nor less than ten days before any such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall
be directed to the stockholder at his address as the same appears upon the records of the
Corporation. Any stockholder, either before or after any meeting, may waive any notice required to
be given by law or under these Bylaws.
Section 4. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal
office of the Corporation unless the board of directors determines that a meeting shall be held at
some other place within or without the State of Delaware and causes the notice thereof to so
state.
Section 5. Quorum. The holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the
voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote at any meeting, present in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business to be considered at such meeting;
provided, however, that no action required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws to be authorized or taken by the holders of a designated proportion of the shares of any
particular class or of each class may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion; and provided,
further, that if a separate class vote is required with respect to any matter, the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of such class, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute
a quorum of such class, and the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class so
present
shall be the act of such class. The holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a
meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting from time to time, until a
quorum shall be present.
Section 6. Record Date. The board of directors may fix a record date for any lawful
purpose, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the determination of
stockholders entitled to (i) receive 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, (ii)
receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or (iii) exercise
any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock. Such record date shall not
precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of
directors. Such record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days
before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for the
payment of any dividend or distribution or the date fixed for the receipt or the exercise of
rights, nor more than ten (10) days after the date on which the resolution fixing the record date
for such written consent is adopted by the board of directors, as the case may be.
If a record date shall not be fixed in respect of any such matter, the record date shall be
determined in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 7. Proxies. A person who is entitled to attend a stockholders’ meeting, to
vote thereat, or to execute consents, waivers or releases, may be represented at such meeting or
vote thereat, and execute consents, waivers and releases, and exercise any of his other rights, by
proxy or proxies appointed by a writing signed by such person.
Section 8. Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the
stockholders, or any action which may 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 is 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. Any such
writing shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of stockholders.
ARTICLE II
Directors
Section 1. Number of Directors. Until changed in accordance with the provisions of
this section, the number of directors of the Corporation, none of whom need be stockholders, shall
be not less than four or the number of stockholders, whichever is less, nor more than eight. The
number of directors may be fixed or changed by amendment of these Bylaws or by resolution of the
board of directors.
Section 2. Election of Directors. Directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of stockholders, but when the annual meeting is not held or directors are not elected
thereat, they may be elected at a special meeting called and held for that purpose or by the
voting stockholders pursuant to their written consent in lieu of any such meeting as provided
in Section 8 of Article I. Such election shall be by ballot whenever requested by any
stockholder entitled to vote at such election, but unless such request is made the election
may be conducted in any manner approved at such meeting,
At each meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the persons receiving
the greatest number of votes shall be directors.
Section 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until the annual
meeting next succeeding his election and until his successor is elected and qualified, or
until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death.
Section 4. Removal. All the directors, or all the directors of a particular
class, or any individual director may be removed from office, without assigning any cause,
by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitling them to elect
directors in place of those to be removed.
Section 5. Vacancies. Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a majority
vote of the remaining directors until an election to fill such vacancies is held. Stockholders
entitled to elect directors shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the board (whether the same
has been temporarily filled by the remaining directors or not) at any meeting of the stockholders
called for that purpose, and any directors elected at any such meeting of stockholders shall
serve until the next annual election of directors and until their successors are elected and
qualified.
Section 6. Quorum and Transaction of Business. A majority of the whole
authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
except that a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum for filling a
vacancy on the board. Whenever less than a quorum is present at the time and place appointed
for any meeting of the board, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time
to the, until a quorum shall be present. The act of a majority of the directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board.
Section 7. Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of the board of directors shall be
held immediately following annual meetings of the stockholders, or as soon thereafter as is
practicable. If no annual meeting of the stockholders is held, or if directors are not
elected thereat, then the annual meeting of the board of directors shall be held immediately
following any special meeting of the stockholders at which directors are elected or the
election of directors by the written consent of the stockholders, or as soon thereafter as
is practicable. If such annual meeting of directors is held immediately following a meeting
of the stockholders, it shall be held at the same place at which such
stockholders’ meeting was held.
Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held
at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may,
by resolution, from time to time determine. The secretary shall give notice of each such resolution
to any director who was not present at the time the same was adopted, but no further notice of such
regular meeting need be given.
Section 9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called
by the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president or any two members of the board of
directors, and shall be held at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as
may be specified in such call.
Section 10. Notice of Annual or Special Meetings. Notice of the time and
place of each annual or special meeting shall be given to each director by the secretary or by the
person or persons calling such meeting. Such notice need not specify the purpose or purposes of
the meeting and may be given in any manner or method and at such time so that the director
receiving it may have reasonable opportunity to attend the meeting. Such notice shall, in all
events, be deemed to have been properly and duly given if mailed at least forty-eight (48) hours
prior to the meeting and directed to the residence of each director as shown upon the secretary’s
records. The giving of notice shall be deemed to have been waived by any director who shall attend
and participate in such meeting and may be waived, in a writing, by any director either before or
after such meeting.
Section 11. Compensation. The directors, as such, shall be entitled to receive such
reasonable compensation, if any, for their services as may be fixed from time to time by
resolution of the board, and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each
annual, regular or special meeting of the board. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefor. Members of any standing or special committee may by resolution of the board
be allowed such compensation for their services as the board may deem reasonable, and additional
compensation may be allowed to directors for special services rendered.
ARTICLE III
Committees; Advisory Board
Section 1. Committees. The board of directors may from time to time, by resolution
passed by a majority of the whole board, provide for any standing or special committees as it
deems desirable, and discontinue the same at its pleasure. Each such committee shall have such
powers and perform such duties, not inconsistent with law, as may be delegated to it by the board
of directors. The resolution establishing each such committee shall govern the appointment,
meeting and action of such committees. Vacancies in such committees shall be filled by the board
of directors or as the board of directors may provide.
Section 2. Community Accountability; Advisory Board. The board of directors shall
ensure that the Corporation maintains accountability to residents of low-income communities
consistent with Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “Code”), any
applicable temporary or final regulations promulgated under the Code (“Regulations”), any
guidance, rule, or procedure published by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund of
the United States Department of Treasury (“Guidance”) and in the manner provided for in the
Corporation’s application for certification as a Community Development Entity (as defined in
Section 45D(c)(1) of the Code), and in that regard:
(a) the Corporation shall establish an “advisory board” (the “Advisory Board”) as
such term is used in Section 45D of the Code, the Regulations and the Guidance (collectively,
the “NMTC Program Requirements”) and the Corporation’s application for certification as a
Community Development Entity
(b) the Advisory Board shall initially have three (3) members, and such number may
be changed by amendment of these Bylaws or by resolution of the board of directors;
(c) the Advisory Board shall be maintained and it shall be comprised of at least 20%
members and representatives of low-income communities throughout a national “service area”;
(d) the Advisory Board will meet at least quarterly in any year and thereafter as
frequently as agreed upon by the board of directors but in no event less frequently than may
be
required to maintain accountability pursuant to Section 45D of the Code, the Regulations and
the
Guidance;;
(e) the members of the Advisory Board will hold themselves available for solicitation
of input and advice between meetings as required by the NMTC Program Requirements and the
Corporation’s application for certification as a Community Development Entity;
(f) the board of directors shall, as it deems necessary or appropriate in its discretion,
seek the advice and input of the Advisory Board with respect to, among other things, the
overall
business strategy, the investment policies and the existing individual investments of the
Corporation, as well as on the community impacts of the foregoing; provided, however, that the
Advisory Board shall serve solely in an advisory capacity and shall have no authority to take
any
action by or on behalf of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 1. General Provisions. The board of directors shall elect a president, such
number of vice presidents, if any, as the board may from time to time determine, a secretary and a
treasurer. The board of directors may also elect a chairman of the board of directors and may from
time to time create such offices and appoint such other officers, subordinate officers and
assistant officers as it may determine. The chairman of the board, if one be elected, shall be,
but the other officers need not be, chosen from among the members of the board of directors. Any
two or more of such offices, other than those of president and vice president, may be held by the
same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one
capacity.
Section 2. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office during
the pleasure of the board of directors, and, unless sooner removed by the board of directors,
until the annual meeting of the board of directors following the date of their election and until
their successors are chosen and qualified. The board of directors may remove any officer at any
time, with or without cause. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of Article V of these Bylaws,
a vacancy in any office, however created, shall be filled by the board of directors.
ARTICLE V
Duties of Officers
Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if one be elected, shall
be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the board of
directors and meetings of stockholders and shall have such other powers and duties as may be
prescribed by the board of directors.
Section 2. President. The president shall be the chief operating officer of the
Corporation and shall exercise supervision over the business of the Corporation and over its
several officers, subject, however, to the control of the board of directors and the chairman of
the board, if one be elected. If no chairman of the board be elected, the president shall be the
chief executive officer of the Corporation. In the absence of the chairman of the board, or if none
be elected, the president shall preside at meetings of stockholders. The president shall have
authority to sign all certificates for shares and all deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes,
and other instruments requiring his signature; and shall have all the powers and duties prescribed
by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and such others as the board of directors
may from the to time assign to him.
Section 3. Vice Presidents. The vice presidents shall have such powers and duties as
may from time to time be assigned to them by the board of directors, the chairman, or the
president. At the request of the president, or in the case of his absence or disability, the vice
president designated by the president (or in the absence of such designation, the vice president
designated by the board) shall perform all the duties of the president and, when so acting, shall
have all the powers of the president. The authority of vice presidents to sign in the name of the
Corporation certificates for shares and deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes and other
instruments shall be coordinate with like authority of the president.
Section 4. Secretary. The secretary shall keep minutes of all the proceedings of the
stockholders and the board of directors and shall make proper record of the same, which shall be
attested by him; shall have authority to execute and deliver certificates as to any of such
proceedings and any other records of the Corporation; shall have authority to sign all
certificates for shares and all deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes and other instruments
to be
executed by the Corporation which require his signature; shall give notice of meetings of
stockholders and directors; shall produce on request at each meeting of stockholders a certified
list of stockholders arranged in alphabetical order; shall keep such books and records as may be
required by law or by the board of directors; and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to
the office of secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the
board of directors, the chairman of the board or the president.
Section 5. Treasurer. The treasurer shall have general supervision of all finances;
he shall have in charge all money, bills, notes, deeds, leases, mortgages and similar property
belonging to the Corporation, and shall do with the same as may from time to time be required by
the board of directors. He shall cause to be kept adequate and correct accounts of the business
transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts,
disbursements, gains, losses, stated capital and shares, together with such other accounts as may
be required; and he shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned
to him by the board of directors, the chairman of the board or the president.
Section 6. Assistant and Subordinate Officers. Each other officer shall perform such
duties as the board of directors, the chairman of the board or the president may prescribe. The
board of directors may, from time to time, authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate
officers, to prescribe their authority and duties, and to fix their compensation.
Section 7. Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. In the absence of any officer
of the Corporation, or for any other reason the board of directors may deem sufficient, the board
of directors may delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such
officers to any other officer or to any director.
ARTICLE VI
Indemnification and Insurance
Section 1. Indemnification in Non-Derivative Actions. 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, 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 or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has
agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, 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 and any appeal
therefrom 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 proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Indemnification in Derivative Actions. 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 or has agreed to become a director or officer of the
Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, trustee, 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 and any appeal
therefrom 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 except that no indemnification shall he made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of 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. Indemnification as a Matter of Right. To the extent that a director,
officer, or employee of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense
of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI, 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.
Section 4. Determination of Conduct. Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of
this Article VI (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 Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI. Such determination shall be made (1) 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 (2) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote
of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or,
even if obtainable, if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion,
or (4) by the stockholders.
Section 5. Advance Payment of Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending an action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
officer, or employee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VI. Such expenses
incurred by other employees may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the board of
directors deems appropriate.
Section 6. Nonexclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 7. Liability Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power to 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 to indemnify him
against such liability under the provisions of this Article VI.
Section 8. Corporation. For purposes of this Article VI, 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 VI with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to
such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
Section 9. Continuation. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
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 a person.
ARTICLE VII
Certificates for Shares
Section 1. Form and Execution. Certificates for shares, certifying the number of full-paid
shares owned, shall be issued to each stockholder in such form as shall be approved by the board of
directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of
directors or the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or
the treasurer or an assistant treasurer; provided, however, that the signatures of any of such
officers and the seal of the Corporation upon such certificates may be facsimiles, engraved,
stamped or printed. If any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature
shall have been used, printed or stamped on any certificate or certificates for shares, shall cease
to be such officer or officers, because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate
or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates
shall nevertheless be as effective in all respects as though signed by a duly elected,
qualified and authorized officer or officers, and as though the person or persons who signed
such certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used
thereon, had not ceased to be an officer or officers of the Corporation.
Section 2. Registration of Transfer. Any certificate for shares of the Corporation
shall be transferable in person or by attorney upon the surrender thereof to the Corporation or
any transfer agent therefor (for the class of shares represented by the certificate surrendered)
properly endorsed for transfer and accompanied by such assurances as the Corporation or such
transfer agent may require as to the genuineness and effectiveness of each necessary endorsement.
Section 3. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. A new share certificate or
certificates may be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation which
is alleged to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken upon (i) the execution and delivery to
the Corporation by the person claiming the certificate to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken of an affidavit of that fact, specifying whether or not, at the time of such alleged loss,
destruction or taking, the certificate was endorsed, and (ii) the furnishing to the Corporation of
indemnity and other assurances, if any, satisfactory to the Corporation and to all transfer agents
and registrars of the class of shares represented by the certificate against any and all losses,
damages, costs, expenses or liabilities to which they or any of them may be subjected by reason of
the issue and delivery of such new certificate or certificates or in respect of the original
certificate.
Section 4. Registered Stockholders. A person in whose name shares are of record on
the books of the Corporation shall conclusively be deemed the unqualified owner and holder thereof
for all purposes and to have capacity to exercise all rights of ownership. Neither the Corporation
nor any transfer agent of the Corporation shall be bound to recognize any equitable interest in or
claim to such shares on the part of any other person, whether disclosed upon such certificate or
otherwise, nor shall they be obliged to see to the execution of any trust or obligation.
ARTICLE VIII
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on such date in each year as shall be
designated from time to time by the board of directors. In the absence of such designation, the
fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on July 1 in each year.
ARTICLE IX
Seal
The board of directors may provide a suitable seal containing the name of the Corporation. If
deemed advisable by the board of directors, duplicate seals may be provided and kept for the
purposes of the Corporation.
ARTICLE X
Amendments
These Bylaws shall be subject to alteration, amendment, repeal, or the adoption of new Bylaws
either by the affirmative vote or written consent of a majority of the whole board of directors, or
by the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of record of a majority of the
outstanding stock of the Corporation, present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to
vote in respect thereof, given at an annual meeting or at any special meeting at which a quorum
shall be present.
Adopted as of March 3, 2009.