EXHIBIT 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
ULTA SALON, COSMETICS & FRAGRANCE, INC.
ADOPTED ON
July 18, 2007
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES
1. Registered Office. The registered office of Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.
(the Corporation) in the State of Delaware shall be located at 32 Loockerman Square,
Suite L-100, Dover, Delaware, County of Kent. The name of the Corporations registered agent at
such address shall be The Prentice-Hall Corporation Systems, Inc. The registered office and/or
registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the Board of
Directors (the Board).
2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both
within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determine or the
business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
1. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held each year as and
to the extent required under applicable law for the purpose of electing directors and conducting
such other proper business as may come before the meeting. The date, time and place of the annual
meeting shall be determined by the Board.
2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called for any purpose or
purposes and may be held at such time and place as shall be stated in a notice of meeting or in a
duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Such meetings may be called at any time by a majority of
the entire Board, the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Corporation. The only matters
that may be considered at any special meeting of the stockholders are the matters specified in the
notice of the meeting.
3. Place of Meetings. The Board may designate any place, either within or without the
State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting. If
no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office of the
Corporation.
4. Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take action at a meeting,
written or printed notice stating the place, time, and, in the case of special meetings, the
purpose or purposes, of such meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting not less then 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. All such notices
shall be delivered, either personally, by mail, or, except as otherwise provided by law, by a form
of electronic transmission (consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is being given), by
or at the direction of the Board, the President or the Secretary. Any stockholder consent to
electronic transmission shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation.
If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the
records of the Corporation. Notice given by a form of electronic transmission shall be deemed
given (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has
consented to receive notice, (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to receive notice, (iii) if
by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such
specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice,
and (iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.
5. Stockholders List. The officer having charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation
shall make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address
of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of the 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 10 days before the date of 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 specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list
shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof,
and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
6. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock, present
in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders,
except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. A quorum, once
established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum and
the votes present may continue to transact business until adjournment. If a quorum is not present,
the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting, and entitled to vote at the meeting, may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or
place. When a specified item of business requires a vote by class or series (if the Corporation
shall then have outstanding shares of more than one class or series) voting as a class, the holders
of a majority of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum (as to such class or
series) for the transaction of such item of business.
7. Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, notice
need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the
meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact
any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for
more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting.
8. Vote Required. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation,
these By-Laws or the rules or regulations of any stock exchanges applicable to the
Corporation or
its securities, any question brought before any meeting of stockholders shall be decided by the
vote of the holders of a majority of the stock which are present in person or by proxy and entitled
to vote thereat. Where a separate vote by class is required, the affirmative vote of the majority
of shares of such class present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act
of such class.
9. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (DGCL) or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or any
amendments thereto, every stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one
vote in person or by proxy for each share of common stock held by such stockholder. The Board may
by resolution establish a method for stockholders to cast their votes by a secure electronic
method.
10. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express
consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or
persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after 3
years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
11. Business Brought Before a Meeting. At an annual meeting of the stockholders,
only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To
be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) brought before
the meeting by or at the direction of the Board, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the
meeting by a stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual
meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given Timely Notice (as hereinafter
defined) thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholders
notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to
the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event
that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70)
days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not
earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120) day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90) day prior to
such annual meeting or the tenth (10) day following the day on which notice of the date of the
meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the meeting was made, whichever first occurs (such
notice within such time periods, Timely Notice). A stockholders notice to the Secretary
shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i)
a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, (ii) the name
and record address of the stockholder proposing such business,
(iii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and
(iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business. Notwithstanding anything in these
By-Laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Section 11 of Article II. The presiding officer of an annual
meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before
the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11 of Article II; and if he
should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought
before the meeting shall not be transacted.
ARTICLE III.
DIRECTORS
1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of the Board.
2. Nomination of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board at the
annual meeting may be made at such meeting by or at the direction of the Board, by any committee
or persons appointed by the Board or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for
the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Article III, Section 2. Such nominations by any stockholder shall be made pursuant to Timely
Notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such stockholders notice to the Secretary
shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection as a director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person,
(B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class and number of shares of
capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the person, and (D) any other
information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies
for election of directors pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and (ii) as to the
stockholder giving the notice (A) the name and record address of the stockholder and (B) the class
and number of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder. The Corporation may require any
proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the
Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the
Corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. The officer of the Corporation
presiding at an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting
that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so
determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
3. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors which shall constitute
the whole Board shall be not less than three (3). The exact number of directors shall be
determined from time to time by resolution of the Board pursuant to the Certificate of
Incorporation. The directors need not be stockholders. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3
of this Article III, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and each
director elected shall hold office until such directors successor is elected and qualified or
until the earlier of such directors resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time
upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation as provided in
Article VIII, Section 4 of these Bylaws. When one or more directors so resigns, vacancies shall be
filled as provided in Section 4 of this Article III. Unless otherwise restricted by or provided in
the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, any director or the entire Board may be removed from
office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of 66 2/3%
of voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote at an election of
directors.
4. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these
By-Laws, vacancies on the Board by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification,
removal from office or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in
the authorized number of directors, shall be filled by a majority of the directors then in office,
although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen shall hold
office until the next annual election of directors and until such directors successor is duly
elected and qualified, or until such directors earlier resignation or removal..
5. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held without
other notice than this by-law after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders.
6. Other Meetings and Notices. Regular meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the
Board may be held without notice at such time, once every fiscal quarter, and at such place as
shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board. Special meetings of the Board
may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, the
President or two
directors on at least 24 hours notice to each director, either personally, by telephone, by
mail, by telegraph or by electronic transmission.
7. Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment. A majority of the total number of directors
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall
not be present at any meeting of the Board, 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.
8. Committees. The Board may designate one or more committees, each such committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more
directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member
at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee,
the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or
not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board
to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the composition and duties of any committee shall comply with the rules and regulations
of any stock exchange or quotation system applicable to the Corporation or any regulation or law
applicable to the Corporation or its securities. The delegation of any decision to a committee of
the Board, and the votes required for the making of such decision by such committee, shall have the
same approval requirements as the taking of such action by the Board. Any such committee, to the
extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, any committee
charter or in these By-Laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board
in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the
Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
9. Committee Rules. Each committee of the Board may fix its own rules of procedure and
shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be
provided by a
resolution of the Board designating such committee. In the event that a member and that members
alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board as provided in Section 8 of this Article III,
of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any
meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any
such absent or disqualified member.
10. Minutes of Committee Meetings. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its
meetings and report the same to the Board when required.
11. Meetings and Action of Committees. Unless the Board otherwise provides, each
committee designated by the Board may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its
business. In the absence of such rules, each committee shall conduct its business in the same
manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to the applicable sections of Article III
of these By-Laws.
12. Communications Equipment. Members of the Board or any committee thereof may
participate in and act at any meeting of such Board or committee through the use of a conference
telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to this section shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
13. Waiver of Notice and Presumption of Assent. Any member of the Board or any committee
thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed to have waived notice of such
meeting except when such member attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of
the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to any action taken unless
his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless his or her written
dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting
before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the Secretary of the
Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not
apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.
14. Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any
committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board 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 committee.
ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS
1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board and shall
consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial
Officer, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers and
assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Board. Any number of offices may
be held by the same person. In its discretion, the Board may choose not to fill any office for
any
period as it may deem advisable, except that the offices of Chief Executive Officer, President and
Secretary shall be filled as expeditiously as possible.
2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected
annually by the Board at its first meeting held after each annually meeting of stockholders or as
soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled
at any meeting of the Board.
The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer, acting
unanimously (and in consultation with the Compensation Committee) may make interim appointments of
officers between meetings of the Board, but such appointment shall only be effective until the next
Board meeting. Each officer elected by the Board shall hold office until a successor is duly
elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter
provided.
3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected by the Board may be removed by the Board
whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such
removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
4. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation,
removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the
term by the Board then in office.
5. Compensation. Compensation of all officers shall be fixed by the Board, and no
officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of his or her also being a
director of the Corporation.
6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have the powers and perform
the duties as may be prescribed by the Board or provided in these By-Laws. Whenever the Chief
Executive Officer or the President is unable to serve, by reason of sickness, absence or otherwise,
the Chairman of the Board shall perform all the duties and functions and exercise all the powers of
the respective office.
7. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall be in
general and active charge of the entire business and all of the affairs of the Corporation, shall
be its chief policy-making officer and shall be responsible for implementing all decisions of the
Board. Subject to the further direction from time to time from the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer shall have the authority to execute any and all documentation on behalf of the Corporation
and shall have all of the powers and perform all the duties incident to the position as well as
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or as may be prescribed in these By-Laws.
8. President. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer if that position is not
filled by another individual and shall have the powers and perform the duties incident to that
particular position; if the Chief Executive Officer position has been filled by another individual,
the President shall assist the Chief Executive Officer in the performance of the duties of Chief
Executive Officer and shall, at the request of the Chief Executive Officer, represent such Chief
Executive Officer at public or private functions and ceremonies and perform such other functions
as
may be reasonably requested by the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall serve as the
direct supervisor for various operating departments of the Corporation as determined from time to
time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Board. Subject to the
further direction from time to time of the Board, the President shall have the authority to execute
any and all documentation on behalf of the Corporation and shall have all of the powers and perform
all the duties incident to the position as well as such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Board or as may be prescribed in these By-Laws.
9. Chief Operating Officer. The Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation shall also be
a Vice-President of the Corporation and shall subject to specific direction by the direction of the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the Board, be in general and active charge
of the business operations of the Corporation. The Chief Operating Officer shall consult and
coordinate regularly with the Chief Executive Officer and the President and shall serve as the
direct supervisor for various operating departments of the Corporation as determined from time to
time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board.
Subject to the further direction from time to time from the Board, the Chief Operating Officer
shall have the authority to execute any and all documentation on behalf of the Corporation and
shall have all of the powers and perform all the duties incident to the position as well as such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or as may be prescribed in these By-Laws.
10. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation shall
responsible for the financial operations of the Corporation, including the maintenance of financial
records, the preparation and reporting of financial results and related tax returns, the
co-ordination of the reporting practices of the Corporation with outside auditors, the negotiation
of credit arrangements with the Corporations lenders and investors and related budgeting,
tax-planning and forecasting functions. Subject to the further direction from time to time from
the Board, the Chief Financial Officer shall have the authority to execute documentation on behalf
of the Corporation and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties incident to the
position as well as such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or as may be prescribed in
these By-Laws.
11. Vice-Presidents. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the
Vice-Presidents in the order and with the responsibilities and status determined by the Board,
shall, be responsible for specific departments or functions of the Corporation and in the event of
the death, or disability of the senior executive officers described in Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
of this Article IV (Senior Executive Officers) act with all of the powers and be subject to all
the restrictions of such Senior Executive Officers. Vice-Presidents may be designated (in order of
seniority) as Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President or Vice-President, with such addition
or additions to the title (e.g. Vice-President Finance) as may be deemed appropriate to indicate
the area of responsibility within the Corporation. Subject to the further direction from time
to time of the Board, each Vice-President shall have the authority to execute any and all
documentation on behalf of the Corporation relating to the area of their responsibility and shall
have all of the powers and perform all the duties incident to the position as well as such other
duties as may be prescribed by the Board or as may be prescribed in these By-Laws.
12. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of
the Board, all meetings of the committees thereof and all meetings of the stockholders and record
all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary:
shall give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these By-Laws or by law and
shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or these By-Laws may, from time to
time, prescribe; and shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation. The Secretary,
or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any instrument
requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of
such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The Assistant
Secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the
Board, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board
may, from time to time, prescribe.
13. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the
corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements
in books belonging to the Corporation; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the
name and to the credit of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board; shall cause the funds of
the Corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper
vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to the Chief Financial Officer and the Board, at
its regular meeting or when the Board so requires, an account of the Corporation; shall have such
powers and perform such duties as the Board or these By-Laws may, from time to time, prescribe. If
required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond (which shall be rendered
every 6 years) in such sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board
for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Treasurer and for the restoration to
the Corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement, or removal from office, of all books,
papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the possession or under the control
of the Treasurer belonging to the Corporation. The assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more
than one, the assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board, shall in the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. The
assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may,
from time to time, prescribe.
14. Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents. Officers, assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided
for in these By-Laws, shall have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be
prescribed by resolution of the Board.
15. Absence or Disability of Officers. In the case of the absence or disability of any
officer of the Corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such officers place
during such officers absence or disability, the Board may be resolution delegate the powers and
duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or to any other person whom it may
select.
ARTICLE V.
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
1. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any
person (a Covered Person) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is
otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (a proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom
he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while
a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee, agent or manager of another corporation or of a partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including
attorneys fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, except as otherwise provided in this Article V, the Corporation shall be required to
indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such
Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person
was authorized in the specific case by the Board of the Corporation.
2. Prepayment of Expense. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not
prohibited by applicable law, pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a Covered
Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that,
to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all
amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to
be indemnified under this Article V or otherwise.
3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such
action, suit or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article V is not paid in full
within thirty days (30) after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by
the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and,
if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such
suit. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that
the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification and/or advancement of
expenses under applicable.
4. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this
Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or
hereafter acquire under any law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
5. Other Sources. The Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance
expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,
employee, agent or manager of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person
may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.
6. Amendment, Modification or Repeal. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the
foregoing provisions of this Article V shall not adversely affect any right or protection
hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of
such repeal or modification.
7. Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This Article V shall not limit
the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and
to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate
corporate action.
ARTICLE VI.
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
1. Certificates. The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution that some or all shares of any or
all series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.
Every holder of shares of stock of the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to
have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by (i) the chairperson or vice
chairperson of the Board, or the president or a vice president, and (ii) the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer of the Corporation, certifying the
number of shares represented by the certificate owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.
2. Signatures on Certificates. Any or all of the signatures 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 such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date
of issue.
3. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new
certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond
sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged
loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
4. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders (a) entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, (b) to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, (c) to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock or (d) for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may
fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing
the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date: (i) in the case of determination
of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall,
unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before
the date of such meeting and (ii) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty
(60) days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (1) the record
date for
determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at
the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is
waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held
and (2) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close
of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto. 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 may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.
5. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of
record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other
person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided
by the DGCL.
ARTICLE VII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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 at any regular or special
meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital
stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. 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 directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or
maintaining any property of the Corporation, or any other purpose and the directors may modify or
abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
2. Checks, Drafts or Orders. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of
money by or to the Corporation and all notes and 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 by resolution of the Board or a duly authorized
committee thereof.
3. Contracts. The Board may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents,
of the Corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name
of and on behalf of the company, and such authority may be general or confined to specific
instances.
4. Loans. No loans shall be made or contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no
evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by resolution or other
specific approval of the Board. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
Board.
6. Corporate Seal. The Board may provide a corporate seal which, if provided, shall be
in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation 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.
7. Voting Securities Owned By Corporation. Voting securities in any other corporation
held by the Corporation shall be voted by the President, unless the Board specifically confers
authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may be general or confined to specific
instances, upon some other person or
officer. Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies,
with general power of substitution.
8. Inspection of Books and Records. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney
or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right
during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporations stock
ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts
therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean any purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as
a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks
the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such
other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder.
The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered office in the State of
Delaware or at its principal place of business.
9. 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 herein.
10. Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these By-Laws is or
becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL 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.
ARTICLE VIII.
AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws may be amended, altered, or repealed and new by-laws adopted at any meeting of
the Board by a majority vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of these
By-Laws or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that a
lesser percentage or separate class vote may be specified or permitted by law, these By-Laws or the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation), any proposal to amend or repeal, or to adopt any
provision of these By-Laws inconsistent with Sections 2 and 11 of Article II, Sections 2 and 3 of
Article III and Article VIII of these By-Laws shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of
not less than 66 2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all the then outstanding
shares of stock then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a
single class.