SYNA 8-K
SYNAPTICS Inc (SYNA)
8-K
2025-07-31
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 29, 2025
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Item 5.03. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On July 29, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Synaptics Incorporated (the “Company”) approved and adopted an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), including to (i) align Article II with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s requirements regarding universal proxies pursuant to Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as well as to modernize certain requirements under the advance notice Bylaw provisions; (ii) modify Articles II and III to clarify that meetings of stockholders and the Board, respectively, may be held by means of remote communication; (iii) modify provisions in Articles II and IV related to procedures for adjournment of meetings of stockholders, lists of stockholders entitled to vote at stockholder meetings and electronic transmission of notices to stockholders, in each case to be consistent with amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law; (iv) update references to the “chairman” of the Board to “chair” throughout the Bylaws; (v) modify Article VI to modernize the ability to issue uncertificated shares; (vi) add Article VIII providing for an exclusive forum provision for certain internal corporate claims, consistent with Delaware law, which does not restrict stockholders from bringing federal securities claims in federal court; and (viii) make certain other minor changes and updates throughout. The amendment and restatement of the Bylaws was effective immediately. Under Delaware law and the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Board is authorized to amend the Company’s Bylaws without stockholder approval.
The foregoing summary of the changes effectuated by the amendment and restatement of the Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: | July 31, 2025 | By: | /s/ Lisa Bodensteiner | ||||||||
| Lisa Bodensteiner Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |||||||||||
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
Amended and Restated as of July 29, 2025
Table of Contents
ARTICLE I OFFICES 1
Section 1.1. Principal Office 1
Section 1.2. Other Offices 1
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS 1
Section 2.1. Place of Meetings; Remote Communications 1
Section 2.2. Annual Meetings 1
Section 2.3. Notice of Stockholder Business; Nominations 1
Section 2.4. Special Meetings 8
Section 2.5. Notice of Meetings 8
Section 2.6. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record 8
Section 2.7. Voting List; Right to Examine 9
Section 2.8. Postponements; Adjournments 9
Section 2.9. Quorum 9
Section 2.10. Organization 10
Section 2.11. Voting; Proxies 10
Section 2.12. Inspectors of Election 10
Section 2.13. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting 11
Section 2.14. Conduct of Meetings 11
ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS 12
Section 3.1. Number; Qualifications 12
Section 3.2. Resignation; Removal; Vacancies 12
Section 3.3. Regular and Special Meetings 12
Section 3.4. Quorum; Vote Required for Action 12
Section 3.5. Organization 12
Section 3.6. Committees 13
Section 3.7. Action of Directors in Lieu of Meeting 13
Section 3.8. Attendance Via Telecommunications 13
ARTICLE IV NOTICE - WAIVERS - MEETINGS 13
Section 4.1. Manner of Notice 13
Section 4.2. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors, and Committees 14
ARTICLE V OFFICERS 14
Section 5.1. Executive Officers; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies 14
Section 5.2. Powers and Duties of Executive Officers 14
ARTICLE VI CERTIFICATES OF STOCK 15
Section 6.1. Certificates 15
Section 6.2. Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates 15
ARTICLE VII RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION 15
Section 7.1. Right to Indemnification 15
Section 7.2. Prepayment of Expenses 16
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Section 7.3. Claims 16
Section 7.4. Nonexclusivity of Rights 16
Section 7.5. Other Indemnification 16
Section 7.6. Nature of Indemnification Rights; Amendment or Repeal 16
Section 7.7. Insurance for Indemnification 16
Section 7.8. Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses 17
ARTICLE VIII EXCLUSIVE FORUM 17
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS 17
Section 9.1. Fiscal Year 17
Section 9.2. Seal 17
Section 9.3. Form of Records 17
Section 9.4. Severability 18
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
(a Delaware corporation)
Adopted July 29, 2025
Article I
Offices
Offices
Section 1.1.Principal Office. The registered agent and office of Synaptics Incorporated (the “Corporation”) in the state of Delaware shall be The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle, or such other registered agent or office (which need not be a place of business of the Corporation) as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may designate from time to time in the manner provided by applicable law.
Section 1.2.Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices also at such other places within and without the state of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate or as the business of the Corporation may require.
Article II
Meetings of Stockholders
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 2.1.Place of Meetings; Remote Communications. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, if any, either within or without the state of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time; provided, that the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).
Section 2.2.Annual Meetings. If required by law, annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such date and time as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors and as set forth in the notice of meeting required by Section 2.5, at which time they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact any other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 2.3.Notice of Stockholder Business; Nominations.
(A)Annual Meetings of Stockholders. Nominations of one or more individuals to the Board of Directors (each, a “Nomination,” and more than one, “Nominations” and the individual who is the subject of a Nomination, a “Nominee”) and the proposal of business other than Nominations (“Business”) to be considered by the stockholders of the Corporation may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (1) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), provided, however, that reference in the Corporation’s notice of meeting to the election of directors or to the election of members of the Board of Directors shall not include or be deemed to include Nominations, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (3) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.3 is received by the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of such meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.3 and with any other requirements of applicable law. Subclause (3) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make Nominations or submit Business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereto) under the Exchange Act (“Rule 14a-8”) and indicated in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
(B)Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such Business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting; provided, however, that reference in the Corporation’s notice of meeting to the election of directors or to the election of members of the Board of Directors shall not include or be deemed to include Nominations. Nominations may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting as aforesaid (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting,
by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.3 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.3. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may make Nominations of one or more individuals (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 2.3(C)(1) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.3(C)(1)(e).
(C)Stockholder Nominations and Business. For Nominations and Business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.3(A)(3), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in compliance with this Section 2.3, and any such proposed Business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. For Nominations to be properly brought before a special meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.3(B)(2), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in compliance with this Section 2.3. In either case, the stockholder shall also provide an Update (as defined below) at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.3.
(1)Stockholder Nominations.
(a)Only individual(s) subject to a Nomination made in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3 shall be eligible for election at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, and any individual(s) subject to a Nomination not made in compliance with this Section 2.3 shall not be considered nor acted upon at such meeting of stockholders. In no event may a stockholder provide notice with respect to a greater number of director candidates (as alternates or otherwise) than are subject to election by stockholders at the applicable meeting.
(b)For Nominations to be properly brought before an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.3(A)(3) or Section 2.3(B)(2), respectively, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2.3. To be timely, the stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation as provided in Section 2.3(C)(1)(c) or Section 2.3(C)(1)(d), in the case of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, and Section 2.3(C)(1)(e), in the case of a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, respectively. In addition, the stockholder shall provide an Update at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.3.
(c)In the case of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, to be timely, any Nomination made pursuant to Section 2.3(A)(3) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s 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 must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. In addition, the stockholder shall provide an Update at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.3. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting.
(d)Notwithstanding Section 2.3(C)(1)(c), in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, the stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.3 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
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(e)In the case of a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, to be timely, any Nomination made pursuant to Section 2.3(B)(2) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of such special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such special meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. In addition, the stockholder shall provide an Update at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.3. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the special meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such special meeting.
(f)To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice of Nomination(s) pursuant to Section 2.3(A)(3) or Section 2.3(B)(2) shall set forth: (i) as to any Nomination to be made by such stockholder, (A) all information relating to the individual subject to such Nomination that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), without regard to the application of the Exchange Act to either the Nomination or the Corporation, and (B) such individual’s written consent to being named in any proxy statement related to such meeting and accompanying proxy cards as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, and (C) the actions proposed to be taken by such individual if elected; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the Nomination is made (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (B) the class, series, and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (C) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and such stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such Nomination, (D) a description of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding between such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and the individual subject to such Nomination, and (E) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the individual subject to the Nomination and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders of the Corporation in support of such Nomination, including, as applicable, in accordance with Rule 14a-19, which requires delivery of a proxy statement and form of proxy to solicit the holders of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the voting power of shares entitled to vote on the election of directors. A notice as to a Nomination must also be accompanied by (A) a written representation and agreement of the Nominee (in the form provided by the Corporation upon written request of any stockholder of record thereof) that such nominee (1) is not and will not become a party to (i) any compensatory, payment, reimbursement, indemnification or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with service or action as a director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, (ii) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how the Nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (iii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with the Nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with his or her fiduciary duties under applicable law, (2) has read and agrees, if elected as a director of the Corporation, to sign and adhere to the Corporation’s corporate governance guidelines and codes of ethics and any other Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors, and (3) if elected as a director of the Corporation, intends to serve the entire term until the next Annual Meeting and (B) a written questionnaire required of the Corporation’s directors and officers completed by the Nominee (in the form provided by the Corporation upon written request of any stockholder of record thereof). The Corporation may require any individual subject to such Nomination to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such individual to serve as a director of the Corporation. Such representations, agreements or other information shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the request has been delivered to, or mailed and received by, the stockholder giving the notice.
(g)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3, unless otherwise required by law, (A) no stockholder giving notice shall solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Corporation’s nominees unless such stockholder has complied with Rule 14a-19 in connection with the solicitation of such proxies, including the provision to the Corporation of notices required hereunder in a timely manner, and (B) if any stockholder giving notice (1) provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) and (2) subsequently fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) and Rule 14a-19(a)(3), including the provision to the Corporation of notices required thereunder in a timely manner, or fails to timely provide reasonable evidence sufficient to satisfy the Corporation that such stockholder has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) in accordance with the following sentence, then the Corporation shall treat any proxies or votes solicited for such
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stockholder’s candidates as abstentions rather than votes for such stockholder’s candidates. If any stockholder providing notice provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b), then such stockholder shall (x) promptly notify the Corporation if it subsequently fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) and Rule 14a-19(a)(3), (y) deliver to the Corporation, no later than seven business days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable evidence that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) and (z) comply with Rule 14a-19(c) by notifying the Secretary of the Corporation in writing at the principal executive offices of the Corporation within two (2) business days of the change of intention.
(2)Stockholder Business.
(a)Only such Business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as shall have been brought before such meeting in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3, and any Business not brought in accordance with this Section 2.3 shall not be considered nor acted upon at such meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the Business is otherwise subject to Rule 14a-8, the notice requirements of this Section 2.3(C)(2) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her, or its intention to present such Business at an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Rule 14a-8, and such Business has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.
(b)In the case of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, to be timely, any such written notice of a proposal of Business pursuant to Section 2.3(A)(3) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s 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 must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(c)A stockholder’s notice of a proposal of Business pursuant to Section 2.3(A)(3) shall set forth: (i) as to the Business proposed by such stockholder, a brief description of the Business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or Business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such Business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such Business at the meeting and any material interest in such Business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (B) the class, series, and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (C) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and such stockholder (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such Business, and (D) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposed Business and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders of the Corporation in support of such Business.
(D)General.
(1)Except as otherwise provided by law, the chair of the meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a Nomination or Business proposed to be brought before such meeting was made or proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3, and (b) if any proposed Nomination or Business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.3, to declare that such Nomination or Business shall be disregarded or that such proposed Nomination or Business shall not be considered or transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a Nomination or Business, such Nomination or Business shall be disregarded and such Nomination or Business shall not be considered or transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.
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(2)For purposes of this Section 2.3, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service, or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(3)Nothing in this Section 2.3 shall be deemed to affect (a) the rights or obligations, if any, of stockholders of the Corporation to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (to the extent that the Corporation or such proposals are subject to Rule 14a-8), or (b) the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).
(4)A stockholder proposing a Nomination or Nominations or Business shall update and supplement its notice (an “Update”) to the Corporation of its intent to propose Nominations or Business at an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such Update shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of an Update required to be made as of such record date) and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of an Update required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof) (such Updates within such time periods, “Timely Updates”). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal or new or additional Nominee, including by changing or adding matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders.
Section 2.4.Special Meetings. A special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by (i) resolution of the Board of Directors or (ii) by a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authority, as provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors or in these Bylaws, include the power to call such meetings, and may not be called by any other person or persons, such special meeting to be held at such date and time as shall be designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof. Only business within the purposes described in the Corporation’s notice of meeting required by Section 2.5 may be conducted at the special meeting.
Section 2.5.Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), the written notice of any meeting shall be given no fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his, her, or its address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
Section 2.6.Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date: (a) 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 (b) 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: (i) 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 (ii) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to
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notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 2.7.Voting List; Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. Except as otherwise required by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 2.8.Postponements; Adjournments. The Board of Directors, acting by resolution, may postpone and reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken or are provided in any other manner permitted by the DGCL. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (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. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.
Section 2.9.Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.8 until a quorum shall attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
Section 2.10.Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or in his or her absence by the Chair of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the President, or in his or her absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chair designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation, by a chair chosen at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 2.11.Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder that has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law, including Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 14a-19”), filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation. Any stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use of the Board of Directors. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors a majority of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast. For purposes of these Bylaws, “votes cast” shall mean all votes cast in favor of and against a particular proposal or matter, but shall not include abstentions or broker non-votes.
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Section 2.12.Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chair of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by applicable law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
Section 2.13.Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of common stock of the Corporation may not act without a meeting.
Section 2.14.Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chair of the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chair of the meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations, and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair of the meeting, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations, or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chair of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting, (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies, or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine, (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The chair of the meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting or are otherwise contemplated by Section 2.3(D) hereof, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and, if such chair of the meeting should so determine, such chair of the meeting shall so declare to the meeting, and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Article III
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Section 3.1.Number; Qualifications. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors of the Corporation shall consist of not fewer than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) members, the exact number to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors; provided, however, no director’s term shall be shortened by reason of a resolution reducing the number of directors. Directors must be natural persons who are 18 years of age or older but need not be residents of the state of Delaware, stockholders of the Corporation, or citizens of the United States.
Section 3.2.Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, at a special meeting of stockholders called expressly for that purpose, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, only by the affirmative vote of 66-2/3 percent or more of the total voting power of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any newly created directorship or any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors for any cause may be filled solely and exclusively by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum, or by the sole
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remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he has replaced or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
Section 3.3.Regular and Special Meetings.
(A) Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the state of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and if so determined, notices thereof need not be given.
(B) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the state of Delaware whenever called by the Chief Executive Officer, President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or by at least two members of the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting to each director in accordance with these Bylaws.
Section 3.4.Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide, the vote of a majority of the votes cast by directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 3.5.Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chair of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Chief Executive Officer (if also a director), or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chair chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 3.6.Committees.
(A) The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she, or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
(B) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors 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 of Directors conducts its business pursuant to this Article III of these Bylaws.
Section 3.7.Action of Directors in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if such minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if such minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 3.8.Attendance Via Telecommunications. Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.8 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
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Article IV
Notice - Waivers - Meetings
Notice - Waivers - Meetings
Section 4.1.Manner of Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses (or by electronic transmission directed to the stockholder’s or director’s electronic mail address, as applicable) appearing on the books of the Corporation. Notice to directors may be given by telecopier, telephone, or other means of electronic transmission.
Section 4.2.Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors, and Committees. Any written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
Article V
Officers
Officers
Section 5.1.Executive Officers; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary or Treasurer, and it may, if it so determines, choose a Chair of the Board of Directors and a Vice Chair of the Board of Directors from among its members. The Board of Directors may also elect a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as the Board of Directors deems necessary. Each such officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer, with or without cause, at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.
Section 5.2.Powers and Duties of Executive Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective officers, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent, or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.
Article VI
Certificates of Stock
Certificates of Stock
Section 6.1.Certificates. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chair or Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, if any, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation; provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any of or all 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. The Corporation shall not have the power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
Section 6.2.Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New 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 owner’s 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.
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Article VII
Right to Indemnification
Right to Indemnification
Section 7.1.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 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 is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense, (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation, or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.
Section 7.2.Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a current director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VII or otherwise.
Section 7.3.Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of the relevant proceeding) or payment of expenses under this Article VII is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee 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 expenses of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.
Section 7.4.Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Section 7.5.Other Indemnification. The Corporation's obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, or nonprofit enterprise.
Section 7.6.Nature of Indemnification Rights; Amendment or Repeal. Each person who was, is, or becomes a director or officer, or who serves at the request of the Corporation, shall be deemed to have served or to have continued to serve in such capacity in reliance upon the rights provided to him or her in this Article VII. All rights to indemnification (and the advancement of expenses) under this Article VII shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Corporation and the person who serves or has served as a director or officer of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VII shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
Section 7.7.Insurance for Indemnification. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under applicable law.
Section 7.8.Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This Article VII 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 those discussed in this Article VII when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
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Article VIII
Exclusive Forum
Exclusive Forum
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery lacks jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware unless said court lacks subject matter jurisdiction in which case the Superior Court of the State of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (A) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (B) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (C) any action asserting a claim arising under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws or (D) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of the preceding sentence is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, then such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (1) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the preceding sentence and (2) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder. Additionally, unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a claim or cause of action arising under the federal securities laws of the United States. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this bylaw.
Article IX
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Section 9.1.Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 9.2.Seal. The corporate seal, if any, shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 9.3.Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, microphotographs, or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time.
Section 9.4.Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and to the fullest extent possible the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable.
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