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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 14, 2007
EXPRESS-1 EXPEDITED SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware
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000-49606
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03-0450326 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
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429 Post Road, Buchanan, Michigan 49107
(Address of principal executive offices zip code)
(269) 695-4920
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
The Board of Directors of Express-1 Expedited Solutions, Inc. (the Company), at a meeting of the
Board of Directors on August 30, 2007, approved an amendment to Article VI of the Companys Bylaws
to remove the requirement that shares of stock issued by the Company be represented by stock
certificates (the Amendment). The Amendment is necessary in order for the Company to qualify for
the Direct Registration Service, a system that all companies listed on the American Stock Exchange
must implement by January 1, 2008. When implemented, the Direct Registration System will enable
the Companys shareholders to hold their securities in either electronic book-entry format or in
the form of a paper stock certificate. The Amendment is effective upon being filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K.
A copy of the 2nd Amended and Restated Bylaws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3(ii).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
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2nd Amended and Restated Bylaws |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dated September 14, 2007 |
Express-1 Expedited Solutions, Inc.
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/s/ Mike Welch
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Mike Welch |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 3(ii)
2nd AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
EXPRESS-1 EXPEDITED SOLUTIONS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I OFFICES |
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Registered Office |
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Other Offices |
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ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS |
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Place of Meetings |
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Annual Meeting |
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List of Stockholders |
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Special Meetings |
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Notice |
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Quorum |
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Voting |
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Method of Voting |
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Record Date |
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Action by Consent |
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Stockholder Proposals |
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Nomination of Directors |
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ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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Management |
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Qualification: Election: Term |
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Number |
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Removal |
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Vacancies |
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Annual Meeting |
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Regular Meetings |
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Special Meetings |
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Quorum |
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Interested Directors |
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Committees |
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Action by Consent |
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Compensation of Directors |
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ARTICLE IV NOTICE |
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Form of Notice |
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Waiver |
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ARTICLE V OFFICERS AND AGENTS |
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In General |
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Election |
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Other Officers and Agents |
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Compensation |
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Term of Office and Removal |
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Employment and Other Contracts |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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President |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Secretary |
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Bonding |
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ARTICLE VI CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES |
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Transfer of Shares |
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Registered Stockholders |
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Dividends |
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Reserves |
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Telephone and Similar Meeting |
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Books and Records |
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Fiscal Year |
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Seal |
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Advances of Expenses |
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Indemnification |
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Insurance |
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Resignation |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
EXPRESS-1 EXPEDITED SOLUTIONS, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office and registered agent of Express-1
Expedited Solutions, Inc. (the Corporation) will be as from time to time set forth in the
Corporations Certificate of Incorporation (as may be amended from time to time) or in any
certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both
within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine
or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of Directors
will be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be fixed from time to
time by the Board of Directors. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such
time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be stated in the notice of the
meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETING. An annual meeting of the stockholders will be held at such time as
may be determined by the Board of Directors, at which meeting the stockholders will elect Directors
as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, and transact such other business
as may properly be brought before the meeting.
SECTION 3. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, a
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order,
with the address of and the number of voting shares registered in the name of each, will be
prepared by the officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books. Such list will be open
to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary
business hours, for a period of at least ten day prior to the meeting. Such list will be produced
and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and will be
subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present.
SECTION 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, may
be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of
Directors. Business transacted at all special meetings will be confined to the purposes stated in
the notice of the meeting unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent.
SECTION 5. NOTICE. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of any meeting of
the stockholders and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting
is called, will be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the
meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary, or the officer or person calling the
meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If mailed, such notice will
be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at
his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation, with postage thereon
prepaid.
SECTION 6. QUORUM. At all meetings of the stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of
the holders of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote will be
necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise
provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If, however, such quorum is not
present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote
thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, will have power to adjourn the meeting from
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or
represented. 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 will be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting
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at which a quorum is presented or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
SECTION 7. VOTING. When a quorum is present at any meeting of the Corporations stockholders,
the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on, and voted for or against,
any matter will decide any questions brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon
which, by express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a different
vote is required, in which case such express provision will govern and control the decision of such
question. The stockholders present in person or by proxy at a duly organized meeting may continue
to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to
leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 8. METHOD OF VOTING. Each outstanding share of the Corporations capital stock,
regardless of class, will be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting
of stockholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class or classes
are limited or denied by the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended from time to time. At any
meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder having the right to vote will be entitled to vote in
person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and
bearing a date not more than three years prior to such meeting, unless such instrument provides for
a longer period. Each proxy will be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable
and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an
irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it
is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. Such
proxy will be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting.
Voting on any question or in any election, other than for directors, may be by voice vote or show
of hands unless the presiding officer orders, or any stockholder demands, that voting be by written
ballot.
SECTION 9. RECORD DATE. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the
purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders,
which record date will not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date will not be less than ten nor more than
sixty days prior to such meeting. In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors, the close
of business on the date next preceding the day on which the notice is given will be the record
date, or, if notice is waived, the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the
meeting is held will be the record date.
SECTION 10. ACTION BY CONSENT. Any action required or permitted by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may
be taken without a meeting if a consent or consents 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 and will be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its
registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the
Corporation having custody of the minute book.
SECTION 11. STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS. No proposal by a stockholder made pursuant to this Article
II may he voted upon at a meeting of stockholders unless such stockholder shall have delivered or
mailed in a timely manner (as set herein) and in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation (i)
notice of such proposal, (ii) the text of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal, if such
proposal relates to a proposed change to the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws,
(iii) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Secretary of the Corporation of such stockholders
status as such and of the number of shares of each class of capital stock of the Corporation of
which such stockholder is the beneficial owner, (iv) a list of the names and addresses of other
beneficial owners of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, if any, with whom such
stockholder is acting in concert, and the number of shares of each class of capital stock of the
Corporation beneficially owned by each such beneficial owner and (v) an opinion of counsel, which
counsel and the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Board
of Directors of the Corporation, to the effect that the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws
resulting from the adoption of such proposal would not be in conflict with the laws of the State of
Delaware, if such proposal relates to a proposed change to the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws. To be timely in connection with an annual meeting of stockholders, a
stockholders notice and other aforesaid items shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety nor more than 180 days prior to
the earlier of the date of the meeting or the corresponding date on which the immediately preceding
years annual meeting of stockholders was held. To be timely in connection with the voting on any
such proposal at a special meeting of the stockholders, a stockholders notice and other aforesaid
items shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than forty days nor more than sixty days prior to the date of such meeting,
provided, however, that in the event that less than fifty days notice or prior public disclosure of
the date of the special meeting of the stockholders is given or made to
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the stockholders, such stockholders notice and other aforesaid items to be timely must be so
received not later than the close of business on the seventh day following the day on which such
notice of date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Within thirty days (or
such shorter period that may exist prior to the date of the meeting) after such stockholder shall
have submitted the aforesaid items, the Secretary and the Board of Directors of the Corporation
shall respectively determine whether the items to be ruled upon by them are reasonably satisfactory
and shall notify such stockholder in writing of their respective determinations. If such
stockholder fails to submit a required item in the form or within the time indicated, or if the
Secretary or the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines that the items to be ruled upon
by them are not reasonably satisfactory, then such proposal by such stockholder may not be voted
upon by the stockholders of the Corporation at such meeting of stockholders. The presiding person
at each meeting of stockholders shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting
that a proposal was not
made in accordance with the procedure prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he
should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective proposal shall be
disregarded. The requirements of this Section II shall be in addition to any other requirements
imposed by these Bylaws, by the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or the law.
SECTION 12. NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS. Nominations for the election of directors may be made by
the Board of Directors or by any stockholder (a Nominator) entitled to vote in the election of
directors. Such nominations, other than those made by the Board of Directors, shall be made in
writing pursuant to timely notice delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary of the
Corporation as set forth in this Section. To be timely in connection with an annual meeting of
stockholders, a Nominators notice, setting forth the name and address of the person to be
nominated, shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than ninety days nor more than 180 days prior to the earlier of the date of
the meeting or the corresponding date on which the immediately preceding years annual meeting of
stockholders was held. To be timely in connection with any election of a director at a special
meeting of the stockholders, a Nominators notice, setting forth the name and address of the person
to he nominated, shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of
the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which
such notice of date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first
occurs. At such time, the Nominator shall also submit written evidence, reasonably satisfactory to
the Secretary of the Corporation, that the Nominator is a stockholder of the Corporation and shall
identify in writing (i) the name and address of the Nominator, (ii) the number of shares of each
class of capital stock of the Corporation of which the Nominator is the beneficial owner, (iii) the
name and address of each of the persons with whom the Nominator is acting in concert and (iv) the
number of shares of capital stock of which each such person with whom the Nominator is acting in
concern, is the beneficial owner pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made. At
such time, the Nominator shall also submit in writing (i) the information with respect to each such
proposed nominee that would be required to be provided in a proxy statement prepared in accordance
with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) a notarized
affidavit executed by each such proposed nominee to the effect that, if elected as a member of the
Board of Directors, he will serve and that he is eligible for election as a member of the Board of
Directors. Within thirty days (or such shorter time period that may exist prior to the date of the
meeting) after the Nominator has submitted the aforesaid items to the Secretary of the Corporation,
the Secretary of the Corporation shall determine whether the evidence of the Nominators status as
a stockholder submitted by the Nominator is reasonably satisfactory and shall notify the Nominator
in writing of his determination. If the Secretary of the Corporation finds that such evidence is
not reasonably satisfactory, or if the Nominator fails to submit the requisite information in the
form or within the time indicated, such nomination shall be ineffective for the election at the
meeting at which such person is proposed to be nominated. The presiding person at each meeting of
stockholders shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination
was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws, and if he should so
determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
The requirements of this Section shall be in addition to any other requirements imposed by these
bylaws, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. MANAGEMENT. The business and affairs of the Corporation will be managed by or under
the direction of its Board of Directors who may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do
such lawful acts and things as are not by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these
Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
SECTION 2. QUALIFICATION; ELECTION; TERM. None of the Directors need to be a stockholder of
the Corporation or a resident of the State of Delaware. The Directors shall be divided into three
classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may
be possible, of one-third of the number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors.
The term of office of the initial Class I Directors will expire in 2008, the term of office of the
initial Class II Directors will expire in 2009 and the term of office of the initial Class III
Directors will expire in
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2010. At each annual meeting of stockholders, successors to the Directors whose terms expired at
that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. A Director shall hold office until the
annual meeting for the year in which his term expires and until his successor shall be elected and
qualified, subject, however, to such Directors prior death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification or removal from office. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of
the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of
Directors at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.
SECTION 3. NUMBER. The number of Directors of the Corporation will be at least one and not
more than nine. The number of Directors authorized will be fixed as the Board of Directors may from
time to time designate, or if no such designation has been made, the number of Directors will be
the same as the number of members of the initial Board of Directors as set forth in the Certificate
of Incorporation.
SECTION 4. REMOVAL. Any Director may be removed, only for cause, at any special meeting of
stockholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in number of all outstanding
voting stock entitled to vote; provided that notice of the intention to act upon such matter has
been given in the notice calling such meeting.
SECTION 5. VACANCIES. If the number of Directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be
apportioned among the classes so as to maintain, as nearly as possible, an equal number of
Directors in each class. In the event an increase or decrease makes it impossible to maintain an
equal number of Directors in each class, increases shall be allocated to the class or classes with
the longest remaining term, and decreases shall be allocated to the class with the shortest
remaining term. Any Director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class
shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class. In no event
will a decrease in the number of Directors result in the elimination of an entire class of
Directors, cause any class to contain a number of Directors two or more greater than any other
class, or shorten the term of any incumbent Director. Any Director elected to fill a vacancy not
resulting from an increase in the number of Directors shall have the same remaining term as that of
his or her predecessor. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors, whether resulting from an increase
in the number of Directors or otherwise, shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the Directors then holding office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
SECTION 6. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be
held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 7. ANNUAL MEETING. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors will be
held without further notice immediately, following the annual meeting of stockholders and at the
same place, unless by unanimous consent, the Directors then elected and serving change such time or
place.
SECTION 8. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without
notice at such time and place as is from time to time determined by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 9. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President on oral or written notice to
each Director, given either personally, by telephone, by telegram or by mail; special meetings will
be called by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary in like
manner and on like notice on the written request of at least three Directors. The purpose or
purposes of any special meeting will be specified in the notice relating thereto.
SECTION 10. QUORUM. At all meetings of the Board of Directors the presence of a majority of
the number of Directors fixed by these Bylaws will be necessary and sufficient to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the
Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum will be the act of the Board of
Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors,
the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
SECTION 11. INTERESTED DIRECTORS. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one
or more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation,
partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of the Corporations Directors
or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, will be void or voidable solely
for this reason, solely because the Director or officer is present at or participates in the
meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof that authorizes the contract or transaction,
or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to
his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to
the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith
authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested
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Directors, even though the disinterested Directors be less than a quorum, (ii) the material facts
as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known
to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically
approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as
to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors,
a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in
determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee that
authorizes the contract or transaction.
SECTION 12. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
entire Board, designate committees, each committee to consist of two or more Directors of the
Corporation, which committees will have such power and authority and will perform such functions as
may be provided in such resolution. Such committee or committees will have such name or names as
may be designated by the Board and will keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the
same to the Board of Directors when required.
SECTION 13. ACTION BY CONSENT. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without such a
meeting if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by, all
the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be.
SECTION 14. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Directors will receive such compensation for their
services and reimbursement for their expenses as the Board of Directors, by resolution, may
establish; provided that nothing herein contained will be construed to preclude any Director from
serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICE
SECTION 1. FORM OF NOTICE. Whenever by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or of these
Bylaws, notice is to be given to any Director or stockholder, and no provision is made as to how
such notice will be given, such notice may be given in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to such Director or stockholder at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation. Any
notice required or permitted to be given by mail will be deemed to be given at the time the same is
deposited in the United States mail.
SECTION 2. WAIVER. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or Director
of the Corporation as required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver
thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after
the time stated in such notice, will be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a
stockholder or Director at a meeting will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except
where such stockholder or Director attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning
of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been
lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS AND AGENTS
SECTION 1. IN GENERAL. The officers of the Corporation will consist of a Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary and such other officers as shall be
elected by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person.
SECTION 2. ELECTION. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of
stockholders, will elect the officers, none of whom need be a member of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. The Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer may
also elect and appoint such other officers and agents as it or he deems necessary, who will be
elected and appointed for such terms and will exercise such powers and perform such duties as may
be determined from time to time by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
SECTION 4. COMPENSATION. The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation will
be fixed by the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board, if so authorized by the Board.
SECTION 5. TERM OF OFFICE AND REMOVAL. Each officer of the Corporation will hold office until
his death, his resignation or removal from office, or the election and qualification of his
successor, whichever occurs first. Any officer
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or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may be
removed at any time, for or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire
Board of Directors or at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer (without regard to how the
agent or officer was elected), but such removal will not prejudice the contract rights, if any, of
the person so removed. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may
be filled by the Board of Directors or, in the case of a vacancy in the office of officer other
than Chief Executive Officer and President, such vacancy may be filled by the Chief Executive
Officer.
SECTION 6. EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER CONTRACTS. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or
officers or agent or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the
name or on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific
instances. The Board of Directors may, when it believes the interest of the Corporation will best
be served thereby, authorize executive employment contracts that will have terms no longer than ten
years and contain such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
Nothing herein will limit the authority of the Board or Directors to authorize employment contracts
for shorter terms.
SECTION 7. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. If the Board of Directors has elected a
Chairman of the Board, he will preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 8. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer will be the chief executive
officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, will supervise
and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall
have the authority to elect any officer of the Corporation other than the Chief Executive Officer
or President. He will, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer will have all powers and
perform all duties incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer and will have such other
powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
During the absence or disability of the President, the Chief Executive Officer will exercise the
powers and perform the duties of President.
SECTION 9. PRESIDENT. The President will have responsibility, for oversight of the
Corporations operating and development activities. In the absence or disability of the Chief
Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board, the President will exercise the powers and perform
the duties of the Chief Executive Officer. The President will render to the Directors whenever they
may requires it an account of the operating and development activities of the Corporation and will
have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to
time prescribe or as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time delegate to him.
SECTION 10. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer will have principal
responsibility for the financial operations of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer will
render to the Directors whenever they may require it an account of the operating results and
financial condition of the Corporation and will have such other powers and perform such other
duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the Chief Executive Officer
may from time to time delegate to him.
SECTION 11. SECRETARY. The Secretary will attend all meetings of the stockholders and record
all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary
will perform like duties for the Board of Directors and committees thereof when required. The
Secretary will give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special
meetings of the Board of Directors. The Secretary will keep in safe custody the seal of the
Corporation. The Secretary will be under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer. The
Secretary will have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may
from time to time prescribe or as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time delegate to
him.
SECTION 12. BONDING. The Corporation may secure a bond to protect the Corporation from loss in
the event of defalcation by any of the officers, which bond may be in such form and amount and with
such surety as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES
SECTION 1. FORM OF CERTIFICATES. The Corporation may issue certificates, in such form as may
be determined by the Board of Directors, representing shares to which stockholders are entitled,
but is not required to do so. Any certificate so issued will state on the face thereof the
holders name, the number, class of shares, and the par value of such shares or a statement that
such shares are without par value. They will be signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President
and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or
a facsimile
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thereof. If any certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or an assistant transfer agent or
registered by a registrar, either of which is other than the Corporation or an employee of the
Corporation, the signatures of the Corporations officers may be facsimiles. In case any officer or
officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on such
certificate or certificates, ceases to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether
because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been
delivered by the Corporation or its agents, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be
adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed
such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon
had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. LOST CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors may direct that a new certificate be
issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost
or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate
to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors,
in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of
such lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such
manner as it may require and/or to give the Corporation a bond, in such form, in such sum, and with
such surety or sureties as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against
the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When a
certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the holder of record fails
to notify the Corporation within a reasonable time after such holder has notice of it, and the
Corporation registers a transfer of the shares represented by the certificate before receiving such
Notification, the holder of record is precluded from making any claim against the Corporation for
the transfer of a new certificate.
SECTION 3. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Shares of stock will be transferable only on the books of the
Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by such holders duly authorized attorney. Upon
surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of the shares accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it will be the duty of the
Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation to transfer the shares to the person entitled
thereto and to record the transaction upon its books.
SECTION 4. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The Corporation will be entitled to treat the holder of
record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, will not be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part
of any other person, whether or not it has express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise
provided by law.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board Directors at
any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be declared and paid in cash, in property, or in
shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions or the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record
date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, such
record date will not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted,
and such record date will not be more than sixty days prior to the payment date of such dividend.
In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors, the close of business on the date upon
which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution declaring such dividend will be the record date.
SECTION 2. RESERVES. There may be created by resolution of the Board of Directors out of the
surplus of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the Directors from time to time, in their
discretion, deem proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or
maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors may deem
beneficial to the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created. Surplus of the Corporation to the extent so reserved will not be
available for the payment of dividends or other distributions by the Corporation.
SECTION 3. TELEPHONE AND SIMILAR MEETINGS. Stockholders, directors and committee members may
participate in and hold meetings by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in
such a meeting will constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person
participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting,
to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or
convened.
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SECTION 4. BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Corporation will keep correct and complete books and records
of account and minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders and Board of Directors, and will keep
at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or
registrar, a record of its stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the
number and class of the shares held by each.
SECTION 5. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation will be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 6. SEAL. The Corporation may have a seal, and the seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Any officer of the
Corporation will have authority to affix the seal to any document requiring it.
SECTION 7. ADVANCES OF EXPENSES. The Corporation will advance to its directors and officers
expenses incurred by them in connection with any Proceeding, which term includes any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the
Corporation or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature
(including all appeals therefrom), in which a director or officer may be or may, have been involved
as a party or otherwise, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the
Corporation, by reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting as
such, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (Official, which term also includes directors
and officers of the Corporation in their capacities as directors and officers of the Corporation),
whether or not he is serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is
incurred; provided that the Official undertakes to repay all amounts advanced unless:
(i) in the case of all Proceedings other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the
Corporation, the Official establishes to the satisfaction of the disinterested members of the Board
of Directors that he acted in good faith or 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 proceeding, that
he did not have reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided that the termination
of any such Proceeding by judgment, order of court, settlement. conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent, shall not by itself create a presumption as to whether the Official
acted in good faith or 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 proceeding, as to whether he had
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; or
(ii) in the case of a Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation, the Official
establishes to the satisfaction of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors that he
acted in good faith or in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation, provided that if in such a Proceeding the Official is adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation, all amounts advanced to the Official for expenses must be repaid except
to the extent that the court in which such adjudication was made shall determine upon application
that despite such adjudication, in view of all the circumstances, the Official is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court may deem proper.
SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION. The Corporation will indemnify its directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and may, if and to
the extent authorized by the Board of Directors, so indemnify such other persons whom it has the
power to indemnify against any liability, reasonable expense or other matter whatsoever.
SECTION 9. INSURANCE. The Corporation may at the discretion of the Board of Directors purchase
and maintain insurance on behalf of the Corporation and any person whom it has the power to
indemnify pursuant to law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or otherwise.
SECTION 10. RESIGNATION. Any director, officer or agent may resign by giving written notice to
the President or the Secretary. Such resignation will take effect at the time specified therein or
immediately if no time is specified therein. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of
such resignation will not be necessary, to make it effective.
SECTION 11. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS. Other than as set forth herein, these Bylaws may be altered,
amended, or repealed at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at such meeting.
SECTION 12. INVALID PROVISIONS. If any part of these Bylaws is held invalid or inoperative for
any reason, the remaining parts, so far as possible and reasonable, will be valid and operative.
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SECTION 13. RELATION TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION. These Bylaws are subject to, and
governed by, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as amended from time to time.
The undersigned, being the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, confirms the approval
of the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws at a meeting of the Corporations Board of Directors
on August 30, 2007, to become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form 8-K.
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