Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

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): December 23, 2016

 

 

CONDUENT INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   001-37817   81-2983623

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100

Basking Ridge, New Jersey

07920

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 758-1200

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):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The disclosure in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in this Item 3.03.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On December 23, 2016, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) of Conduent Incorporated (the “Company”) became effective. The Restated Certificate was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and Xerox Corporation (“Xerox”), in its capacity as sole stockholder of the Company, on December 23, 2016. On December 23, 2016, the Board and Xerox also approved the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the “By-Laws”), effective as of at 11:59 p.m. New York City time on December 31, 2016.

A summary of the material provisions of the Restated Certificate and By-Laws can be found in the section titled “Description of Our Capital Stock” of the Information Statement filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2016, which is incorporated herein by reference. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Certificate and By-Laws, filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

  

Description

  3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Conduent Incorporated
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Conduent Incorporated
99.1    The section titled “Description of Our Capital Stock” appearing on pages 170 to 175 of the Information Statement, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Amendment No. 6 to Conduent Incorporated’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2016, is incorporated herein by reference


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CONDUENT INCORPORATED
    By:  

/s/ J. Michael Peffer

      Name:   J. Michael Peffer
Date: December 23, 2016       Title:   Vice President and General Counsel


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

  3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Conduent Incorporated
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Conduent Incorporated
99.1    The section titled “Description of Our Capital Stock” appearing on pages 170 to 175 of the Information Statement, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to Amendment No. 6 to Conduent Incorporated’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2016, is incorporated herein by reference
EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CONDUENT INCORPORATED

UNDER SECTION 807 OF THE

BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

1. The name of the Corporation is “CONDUENT INCORPORATED”.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 9, 2016.

3. This restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation was authorized by the unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by the unanimous written consent of the holders of all of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote on the restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended or changed to effect the following amendments or changes authorized by the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York: (a) the amendment of Article FOURTH by the addition of a Subdivision 3 following Subdivision 2 thereof stating the number, designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Corporation’s Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, under authority granted to the Board of Directors in the Certificate of Incorporation and as permitted by Section 502 of the Business Corporation Law the State of New York, (b) the amendment of Article FIFTH by changing the address to which the Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against the Corporation served on him, (c) the amendment and replacement in its entirety of Article SEVENTH relating to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and (d) the addition of Article ELEVENTH relating to the selection of an exclusive forum. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby restated as amended or changed to read as herein set forth in full:

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is CONDUENT INCORPORATED.

SECOND: The purpose for which it is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, provided that the Corporation shall not engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

THIRD: The office of the Corporation is to be located in New York County, New York.

FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of the par value of $0.01 each (hereinafter referred to as “Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, of the par value of $0.01 each (hereinafter referred to as “Preferred Stock”).

1. The Board of Directors is authorized, at any time or from time to time, to provide for the issuance of Preferred Stock in series, and to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each such series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(a) the number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series;


(b) whether the holders thereof shall be entitled to cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative dividends and, with respect to shares entitled to dividends, the dividend rate or rates, including, without limitation, the methods and procedures for determining such rate or rates, and any other terms and conditions relating to such dividends;

(c) whether, and if so upon what terms and conditions, such shares shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, other securities or property;

(d) whether, and if so upon what terms and conditions, such shares shall be redeemable;

(e) whether the shares shall be subject to any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of such shares and, if so, the terms of such fund;

(f) whether the holders thereof shall be entitled to voting rights and, if so, the terms and conditions for the exercise thereof;

(g) whether, and if so to what extent and upon what terms and conditions, the holders thereof shall be entitled to rights upon the liquidation of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; and

(h) any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that series.

2. No holder of Common Stock or Preferred Stock shall be entitled as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class whatsoever, or of any obligations or other securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, any stock of any class whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized and whether issued for cash or other consideration or by way of dividend.

SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK

3. (a) Designation. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The number of shares constituting such series shall be 120,000.

(b) Definitions. As used herein with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have the following meanings, whether used in the singular or the plural:

accrued and unpaid dividends” means an amount computed at the annual dividend rate for the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock from the date on which dividends on such share became cumulative to and including the date to which such dividends are to be accrued, less the aggregate amount of all dividends theretofore paid on such share; but no interest shall be payable upon any arrearages.

Additional Shares” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(l)(i).

 

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Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Applicable Conversion Price” at any given time means the price equal to $1,000 divided by the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

Applicable Conversion Rate” means the Conversion Rate in effect at any given time.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act in the relevant matter on behalf of such board of directors.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks in New York City, New York are generally required or authorized by law to be closed.

Certificate of Incorporation” means the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Conduent Incorporated, as amended.

Close of Business” means 5:00 pm, New York City time, on the date in question.

Closing Price” of the Common Stock or any securities distributed in a Spin-Off, as the case may be, on any date of determination means:

(i) the closing sale price of the Common Stock or such other securities (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the Common Stock or such other securities) on the New York Stock Exchange on such date;

(ii) if the Common Stock or such other securities are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, the closing sale price of the Common Stock or such other securities (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the Common Stock or such other securities) as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock or such other securities are traded on such date;

(iii) if the Common Stock or such other securities are not traded on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such date, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock or such other securities on such date in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or similar organization; or

(iv) if the Common Stock or such other securities are not quoted by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization on such date, as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose.

 

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For purposes of this Subdivision 3, all references herein to the “Closing Price” and “last reported sale price” of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange shall be such closing sale price and last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the New York Stock Exchange (http://www.nyse.com).

Common Stock Outstanding” means, at any given time, the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding at such time.

Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(i)(v)(B).

Conversion Rate” means, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, 44.9438 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of this Subdivision 3.

Current Market Price” means, in the case of any distribution giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Subdivision 3(j)(iv), Subdivision 3(j)(v) or Subdivision 3(j)(vi) or a distribution upon conversion pursuant to Subdivision 3(j)(viii), the average Closing Price of the Common Stock during the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever successive adjustments to the Conversion Rate are called for pursuant to Subdivision 3(j), such adjustments shall be made to the Current Market Price as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of Subdivision 3(j) and to avoid unjust or inequitable results as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

Distributed Property” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(j)(v).

Dividend Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(d)(ii).

Dividend Period” means each period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date (or with respect to the initial Dividend Period, the Issue Date) to, but excluding, the following Dividend Payment Date.

Dividend Rate” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(d)(i).

Dividend Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(d)(iv).

Dividend Threshold Amount” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(j)(vi)(B).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Property” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(k)(i).

 

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Ex-Dividend Date” means the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the relevant dividend, distribution or issuance.

Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(j)(vii).

Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(j)(vii).

Fair Market Value” means the amount which a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm’s-length transaction as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors in good faith; provided, however, that with respect to Subdivision 3(o)(ii), Fair Market Value shall mean the value of the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose.

Fiscal Quarter” means, with respect to the Corporation, the fiscal quarter publicly disclosed by the Corporation.

Fundamental Change” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(i) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect ultimate “beneficial owner”, as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of common equity of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Stock;

(ii) consummation of any consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into another Person or any sale, lease or conveyance in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Corporation’s subsidiaries, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than:

(A) pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, Voting Shares of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Voting Shares representing a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of Voting Shares of the continuing or surviving Person immediately after the transaction; or

(B) any merger or consolidation primarily for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Corporation and resulting in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of common stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity; or

(iii) the Common Stock ceases to be listed on a U.S. national securities exchange or association (other than as a result of a transaction described in clause (ii) above);

 

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provided, however, that a Fundamental Change with respect to clauses (i) or (ii) above shall not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the consideration received by holders of the Common Stock in the transaction or transactions consists of common stock that is traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or that will be traded on a U.S. national securities exchange when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction.

Fundamental Change Notice” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(m)(ii).

Fundamental Change Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(m)(i).

Fundamental Change Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(m)(i).

Holder(s)” means the Person(s) in whose name the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the Corporation, as the absolute owner of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling the related conversions and for all other purposes. The initial Holder shall be Darwin Deason.

Issue Date” means the date upon which any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are first issued.

Junior Securities” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(c)(i).

junior stock” means the Common Stock and any other stock of the Corporation, now or hereafter authorized, over which the Series A Preferred Stock has preference or priority either in the payment of dividends or in the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

Liquidation Preference” means, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, at any time, $1,000.

Make-Whole Acquisition” means the occurrence of a transaction described under clauses (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Fundamental Change”.

Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion Period” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(l)(i).

Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(l)(i).

Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price” means the price paid per share of Common Stock in the event of a Make-Whole Acquisition. If the holders of shares of Common Stock receive only cash in the Make-Whole Acquisition, the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock. Otherwise, the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price shall be the average of the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the 10 Trading Days up to, but not including, the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date.

 

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Mandatory Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(h)(iii).

Notice of Mandatory Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(h)(iii).

Optional Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(o)(ii)(B).

Optional Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(o)(ii)(A).

Optional Redemption Transferred Shares” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(o)(ii).

Parity Securities” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(c)(ii).

Permitted Transferee(s)” means any of (w) the spouse of Darwin Deason, (x) any lineal descendant of Darwin Deason or any brother or sister of Darwin Deason, (y) any brother or sister of Darwin Deason, or (z) any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of exclusively Darwin Deason and/or the spouse of Darwin Deason; any lineal descendant of Darwin Deason or any brother or sister of Darwin Deason; or any brother or sister of Darwin Deason.

Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock corporation, limited liability company or trust.

Preferred Stock” means the Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 each, of the Corporation.

Record Date” means, with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution declared, paid or made on or with respect to any capital stock of the Corporation, the date fixed for the determination of the holders of such capital stock entitled to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution.

Registrar” means the Corporation or any other registrar appointed by the Corporation.

Reorganization Event” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(k)(i).

Senior Securities” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(c)(iii).

Series A Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(a).

Spin-Off” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(j)(v).

Spin-Off Valuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(j)(v).

 

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Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock or any securities distributed in a Spin-Off, as the case may be:

(i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the Close of Business; and

(ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.

Transfer” means, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, the sale, transfer, pledge, assignment, loan or other disposition or encumbrance of such share of Series A Preferred Stock.

Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(j)(xv).

Voting Shares” of a Person means shares of all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

(c) Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation, rank:

(i) senior to the Corporation’s Common Stock and each other class or series of capital stock that the Corporation may issue in the future the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks on a parity with or senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the “Junior Securities”);

(ii) on a parity with each class or series of Preferred Stock established after the Issue Date by the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the “Parity Securities”); and

(iii) subject to the approval of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to the extent required by Subdivision 3(n), junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock that the Corporation may issue in the future the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Senior Securities”).

For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation has the right to authorize and/or issue additional shares or classes or series of Junior Securities or Parity Securities without notice to or consent of the Holder(s).

(d) Dividends.

(i) The Holder(s) shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Series A Preferred Stock, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of any funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative cash dividends at a rate per annum equal to 8.0% of the Liquidation Preference (the “Dividend Rate”) in accordance

 

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with subdivision 1 of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation and this Subdivision 3(d); provided, however, that in the event that on any Dividend Payment Date there shall be accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend Period, the Dividend Rate shall equal 8.0% per annum of the sum of (x) the Liquidation Preference and (y) the amount of all such accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend Periods.

(ii) Dividends will accrue and cumulate from the Issue Date and are payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of January, April, July and October (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Dividend Payment Date following the Issue Date. If a Dividend Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividends will be paid on the next Business Day as if it were paid on the Dividend Payment Date and no interest will accrue in connection therewith. If dividends on any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be cumulative from a date less than thirty days prior to the first quarter-yearly dividend payment date in respect of such shares, the dividends accrued on such shares to such date shall not be payable on such date but shall be payable on the next following quarter-yearly dividend payment date.

(iii) The amount of dividends payable for each full quarterly Dividend Period will be computed by dividing the Dividend Rate by four. The amount of dividends payable for the initial Dividend Period, or any other Dividend Period shorter or longer than a full quarterly Dividend Period, will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such Dividend Period over a 360-day year.

(iv) Dividends will be paid to the Holder(s) as such Holder(s) appear in the records of the Corporation at the Close of Business on the 15th day of the immediately preceding calendar month in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls (the “Dividend Record Date”). The Dividend Record Date shall apply regardless of whether any particular Dividend Record Date is a Business Day.

(v) Dividends on any share of Series A Preferred Stock converted to Common Stock shall cease to accumulate on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date, as applicable.

(vi) In case the stated dividends and the amounts payable on liquidation are not paid in full, the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall share ratably in the payment of dividends (including accumulations, if any) in accordance with the sums which would be payable on said shares if all dividends were declared and paid in full, and in any distribution of assets other than by way of dividends in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such distributions if all sums payable were discharged in full.

(vii) So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, no dividend whatever shall be paid or declared at any time, and no distribution made, on any junior stock (other than in junior stock) nor shall any shares of junior stock be purchased or otherwise acquired for value or redeemed at any time by the Corporation or any subsidiary unless all dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for all past quarter-yearly dividend periods (other than the first quarter-yearly dividend period for any shares if the

 

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dividend on such shares for such period shall not then be payable pursuant to the provisions of Subdivision 3(d)(ii)) shall have been paid and the full dividends thereon for the then current quarter-yearly dividend period shall have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction in this Subdivision 3(d) shall not apply to the acquisition of any junior stock solely in exchange for, or solely out of the proceeds of sale of, any other junior stock. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Subdivision 3(d), and to any further limitations prescribed by the Board of Directors in accordance with subdivision 1 of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any junior stock from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor, and the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

(viii) The holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends thereon other than the dividends referred to in this Subdivision 3(d).

(e) Liquidation.

(i) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, the Holder(s) shall be entitled to receive for each share of Series A Preferred Stock out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof legally available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, after satisfaction of all liabilities, if any, to creditors of the Corporation and subject to the rights of holders of any Senior Securities, and before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Junior Securities, a liquidating distribution in an amount equal to (x) the Liquidation Preference and (y) an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on such share of Series A Preferred Stock through the date of such liquidating distribution. The holders of the Junior Securities shall be entitled, to the exclusion of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, to share ratably in all the remaining assets of the Corporation in accordance with their respective rights. After payment of the full amount of such liquidating distribution, the Holder(s) will not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by, and shall have no right or claim to any remaining assets, of the Corporation.

(ii) In the event the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on any Parity Securities, the Holder(s) and the holders of such Parity Securities shall share ratably in any distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective liquidating distributions which would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

(iii) Neither the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other entity, nor the consolidation or merger of any other entity with or into the

 

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Corporation, nor the sale, lease or other transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property or business or other assets shall, in and of itself, constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(f) Maturity. The Series A Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, unless converted in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation or redeemed either at the option of the Holder pursuant to Subdivision 3(m) or at the option of the Corporation pursuant to Subdivision 3(o)(ii).

(g) Conversion at the Holder’s Option. Each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, at any time and from time to time, to convert all or any portion of such Holder’s Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock at the Applicable Conversion Rate, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted through the date of such conversion, subject to compliance with the conversion procedures set forth in Subdivision 3(i).

(h) Mandatory Conversion at the Corporation’s Option.

(i) The Corporation shall have the right, at its option, at any time or from time to time to cause some or all of the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted into shares of Common Stock at the then Applicable Conversion Rate, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted through the Mandatory Conversion Date, if, for 20 Trading Days during any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days (including the last Trading Day of such period), ending on the Trading Day preceding the date the Corporation delivers a Notice of Mandatory Conversion, the Closing Price of the Common Stock exceeds 136.94% of the then Applicable Conversion Price.

(ii) If the Corporation elects to cause fewer than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted pursuant to this Subdivision 3(h), the Corporation shall select the Series A Preferred Stock to be converted on a pro rata basis or by another method the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, considers fair to the Holders. If the Corporation selects a portion of a Holder’s Series A Preferred Stock for partial mandatory conversion and such Holder converts a portion of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the converted portion will be deemed to be from the portion selected for mandatory conversion under this Subdivision 3(h).

(iii) If the Corporation elects to exercise the mandatory conversion right pursuant to this Subdivision 3(h), the Corporation shall provide notice of such conversion to each Holder (such notice, a “Notice of Mandatory Conversion”). The conversion date shall be a date selected by the Corporation (the “Mandatory Conversion Date”) and shall be no more than 7 days after the date on which the Corporation provides such Notice of Mandatory Conversion. In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Notice of Mandatory Conversion shall state, as appropriate:

(A) the Mandatory Conversion Date;

 

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(B) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock; and

(C) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted.

(i) Conversion Procedures.

(i) As provided in Subdivision 3(d)(v), dividends on any share of Series A Preferred Stock converted to Common Stock shall cease to accumulate on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date, as applicable, and such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding upon conversion.

(ii) Prior to the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date, shares of Common Stock (and/or other securities, if applicable) issuable upon conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and the Holder(s) shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock (and/or other securities, if applicable) issuable upon conversion (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock (and/or other securities, if applicable) issuable upon conversion and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock (and/or other securities, if applicable) issuable upon conversion) by virtue of holding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(iii) The Person(s) entitled to receive the Common Stock (and/or cash, securities or other property, if applicable) issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock (and/or other securities, if applicable) as of the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date. In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock (and/or cash, securities or other property, if applicable) and payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, and accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to be issued or paid upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the Corporation shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payments, in the name of the Holder and in the manner shown on the records of the Corporation.

(iv) Shares of Series A Preferred Stock duly converted in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation, or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation, will resume the status of authorized and unissued Preferred Stock, undesignated as to series and available for future issuance. The Corporation may from time-to-time take such appropriate action as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock; provided that no decrease shall reduce the authorized number of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding.

(v) Conversion into shares of Common Stock will occur on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any applicable Conversion Date as follows:

(A) On the Mandatory Conversion Date, certificates representing shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered to the Holder(s) or their designee upon presentation and surrender of the certificate evidencing the Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation and, if required, the furnishing of appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the payment of all transfer and similar taxes.

 

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(B) On the date of any conversion at the option of the Holder(s) pursuant to Subdivision 3(g), a Holder must do each of the following in order to convert:

(1) surrender the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation;

(2) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

(3) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes.

The date on which a Holder complies with the procedures in this Subdivision 3(i)(v) is the “Conversion Date”.

(vi) Fractional Shares.

(A) No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as a result of any conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(B) In lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of any conversion pursuant to Subdivision 3(g) or Subdivision 3(h), the Corporation shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price of the Common Stock determined as of the second Trading Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date.

(C) If more than one share of the Series A Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so surrendered.

(j) Anti-Dilution Adjustments.

(i) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Corporation in accordance with this Subdivision 3(j).

 

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(ii) If the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its Common Stock to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR0 x

 

 

    OS1    

 
        OS0      

where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; and
OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such dividend or distribution.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(ii) shall become effective immediately after the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution that is the subject of this Subdivision 3(j)(ii) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Subdivision 3(j)(ii), the number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution shall not include shares of Common Stock held in treasury, if any.

(iii) If the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, (x) subdivide the then Common Stock Outstanding into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or (y) combine the then Common Stock Outstanding into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR0 x

 

 

    OS1    

 
        OS0      

where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination;
OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding at the Close of Business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination; and
OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such subdivision or combination.

 

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Any adjustment made pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(iii) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

(iv) If the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, distribute to holders of all or substantially all of the Common Stock any rights or warrants (other than a distribution of rights issued pursuant to a stockholder’s rights plan, to the extent such rights are attached to shares of Common Stock (in which event the provisions of Subdivision 3(j)(xv) shall apply), a dividend reinvestment plan or an issuance in connection with a transaction in which Subdivision 3(k) applies) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days from the issuance date of such distribution, shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR’ = CR0 x

 

 

    OS0 + X     

 
        OS0 + Y      

where,

 

CR0   

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
CR’    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date for such distribution;
OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
X    =    the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants; and
Y    =    the number of shares of Common Stock equal to (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by (y) the Current Market Price of the Common Stock.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(iv) shall become effective immediately after the Record Date for such distribution. If such rights or warrants described in this Subdivision 3(j)(iv) are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to distribute such rights or warrants, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. To the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate which would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the distribution of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights or warrants, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation upon

 

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exercise of such rights and warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Subdivision 3(j)(iv), the number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution shall not include shares of Common Stock held in treasury, if any.

(v) If the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation, evidences of its indebtedness, assets, property or rights or warrants to acquire the Corporation’s capital stock or other securities, but excluding:

(A) any dividends or distributions referred to in Subdivision 3(j)(ii);

(B) any rights or warrants referred to in Subdivision 3(j)(iv);

(C) any dividends or distributions referred to in Subdivision 3(j)(vi);

(D) any dividends and distributions in connection with a transaction to which Subdivision 3(k) shall apply; and

(E) any Spin-Offs to which the provision set forth below in this Subdivision 3(j)(v) shall apply,

(any such shares of capital stock, indebtedness, assets, property or rights or warrants to acquire Common Stock or other securities, hereinafter in this Subdivision 3(j)(v) called the “Distributed Property”), then, in each such case, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR’ = CR0 x

 

 

    SP0     

 
        SP0 – FMV      

where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
CR’    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date for such distribution;
SP0    =    the Current Market Price of the Common Stock; and
FMV    =    the Fair Market Value on the Record Date for such distribution of the Distributed Property, expressed as amount per share of Common Stock.

If the transaction that gives rise to an adjustment pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(v) is one pursuant to which the payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock consists of shares of capital stock of, or similar equity interests in, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Corporation (a “Spin-Off”) that are, or when issued will be,

 

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traded or listed on the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or any other U.S. national securities exchange or association, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR’ = CR0 x

 

 

    (FMV + MP0)    

 
        MP0      

where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
CR’    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date for such distribution;
FMV    =    the average of the Closing Prices of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off (the “Spin-Off Valuation Period”); and
MP0    =    the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock over the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(v) shall become effective immediately after the Record Date for such distribution. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Subdivision 3(j)(v) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required under this Subdivision 3(j)(v), delivery of any additional shares of Common Stock that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required under this Subdivision 3(j)(v) shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Subdivision 3(j)(v).

(vi) If the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, by dividend or otherwise make a distribution to all or substantially all holders of its outstanding shares of Common Stock consisting exclusively of cash, but excluding:

(A) any dividend or distribution in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (whether voluntary or involuntary), or upon a transaction to which Subdivision 3(k) applies, or

(B) regular cash dividends to the extent that such dividends do not exceed $0.25 per share in any Fiscal Quarter (the “Dividend Threshold Amount”),

 

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then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR0 x

 

 

    SP0    

 
        SP0 – DIV      

where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP0    =    the Current Market Price of the Common Stock; and
DIV    =    the amount in cash per share of Common Stock of the dividend or distribution, as determined pursuant to the following sentences. If any adjustment is required to be made as set forth in this Subdivision 3(j)(vi) as a result of a distribution (1) that is a regularly scheduled quarterly dividend, such adjustment would be based on the amount by which such dividend exceeds the Dividend Threshold Amount or (2) that is not a regularly scheduled quarterly dividend, such adjustment would be based on the full amount of such distribution. The Dividend Threshold Amount is subject to adjustment on an inversely proportional basis whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted; provided that no adjustment shall be made to the Dividend Threshold Amount for any adjustment made to the Conversion Rate as described under this Subdivision 3(j)(vi).

Any adjustment made pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(vi) shall become effective immediately after the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Subdivision 3(j)(vi) is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(vii) If the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, make a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for all or any portion of the Common Stock subject to the tender offer rules, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

CR1 = CR0 x

 

 

    FMV + (SP1 x OS1)    

 
        SP1 x OS0      

 

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where,

 

CR0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect at the Close of Business on the Expiration Date;
CR1    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Expiration Date;
FMV    =    the Fair Market Value, on the Expiration Date, of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for shares of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Date;
OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer (the “Expiration Time”);
OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Time; and
SP1    =    the average of the Closing Price of Common Stock during the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(vii) shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date. If the Corporation, or one of its subsidiaries, is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Corporation or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, if the application of this Subdivision 3(j)(vii) to any tender offer or exchange offer would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer or exchange offer under this Subdivision 3(j)(vii). If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required under this Subdivision 3(j)(vii), delivery of any additional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Subdivision 3(j)(vii).

(viii) In cases where the Fair Market Value of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets (including cash), or securities or certain rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the Corporation, or the amount of the cash dividend or distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock, distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock:

(A) equals or exceeds the Current Market Price of the Common Stock; or

(B) the Current Market Price of the Common Stock exceeds the Fair Market Value of such assets, debt securities or rights, warrants or options or the amount of cash so distributed by less than $1.00,

rather than being entitled to an adjustment in the Conversion Rate, the Holder(s) will be entitled to receive upon conversion, in addition to shares of Common Stock, the kind and amount of shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, or securities or

 

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rights, warrants or options comprising the distribution, if any, that such Holder(s) would have received if such Holder(s) had held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held multiplied by the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution.

(ix) All calculations under this Subdivision 3(j) shall be made to the nearest 1/100,000 of a share of Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock. No adjustment in the Conversion Rate is required if the amount of such adjustment would be less than 1%; provided, however, that any such adjustment not required to be made pursuant to this Subdivision 3(j)(ix) will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.

(x) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made if the Holder(s) may participate in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment, as a result of holding the Series A Preferred Stock, without having to convert the Series A Preferred Stock, as if they held the full number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of the Series A Preferred Stock may then be converted.

(xi) The Corporation may, but is not required to, make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by Subdivision 3(j)(ii) through (vii), as the Board of Directors deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of Common Stock (or rights to acquire Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.

(xii) In addition to the foregoing, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange, the Corporation from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 Business Days, the increase is irrevocable during the period and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interests of the Corporation, which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall mail to Holder(s) a notice of the increase, which notice will be given at least 15 calendar days prior to the effectiveness of any such increase, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

(xiii) If during a period applicable for calculating the Closing Price of Common Stock or any other security, an event occurs that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the Closing Price of such security shall be calculated for such period in a manner reasonably determined by the Corporation to appropriately reflect the impact of such event on the price of such security during such period. Whenever any provision of this Subdivision 3 requires a calculation of an average of Closing Prices of Common Stock or any other security over multiple days, appropriate adjustments shall be made to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Record Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period during which the average is to be calculated.

 

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(xiv) Whenever the Conversion Rate is to be adjusted in accordance with Subdivision 3(j), the Corporation shall compute the Conversion Rate in accordance with Subdivision 3(j), taking into account Subdivision 3(j)(ix), and provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holder(s) of the occurrence of such event and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate.

(xv) Rights Plans. If the Corporation has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on the Mandatory Conversion Date or any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Holder of such shares will receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan relating to such Common Stock, unless, prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date or such Conversion Date, the rights have (x) become exercisable or (y) separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of such rights plan (the first of events to occur being the “Trigger Event”), in either of which cases the Conversion Rate will be adjusted, effective automatically at the time of such Trigger Event, as if the Corporation had made a distribution of such rights to all holders of the Common Stock as described in Subdivision 3(j)(iv) (without giving effect to the 60 day limit on the exercisability of rights and warrants ordinarily subject to such Subdivision 3(j)(iv)), subject to appropriate readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights prior to the exercise, deemed exercise or exchange thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any such stockholder rights are exchanged by the Corporation for shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be appropriately readjusted as if such stockholder rights had not been issued, but the Corporation had instead issued the shares of Common Stock issued upon such exchange as a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock subject to Subdivision 3(j)(ii).

(k) Reorganization Events.

(i) In the event that there occurs:

(A) any consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into another Person;

(B) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation;

(C) any reclassification, recapitalization or reorganization of the Corporation; or

(D) any statutory exchange of the outstanding shares of Common Stock for securities of another Person (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger or other business combination);

and in each case, the holders of the Common Stock receive stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for the Common Stock (any such event or transaction, a “Reorganization Event”) each share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without notice to or

 

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consent of the Holder(s) and subject to Subdivision 3(k)(v), become convertible (but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be automatically converted in connection with such Reorganization Event) into the kind of securities, cash and other property received in such Reorganization Event by the holders of the Common Stock (other than the counterparty to the Reorganization Event or an Affiliate of such counterparty) (such securities, cash and other property, the “Exchange Property”).

(ii) In the event that holders of the shares of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the consideration that the Holder(s) are entitled to receive upon conversion shall be deemed to be the types and amounts of consideration received by a majority of the holders of the shares of Common Stock that did make an affirmative election.

(iii) The above provisions of this Subdivision 3(k) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Subdivision 3(j) shall apply to any shares of capital stock received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

(iv) The Corporation (or any successor) shall, within 20 days of the consummation of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holder(s) of such consummation of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Subdivision 3(k).

(v) The Corporation shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event unless:

(A) such agreement provides for, or does not interfere with or prevent (as applicable), conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into the Exchange Property in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to this Subdivision 3(k); and

(B) to the extent that the Corporation is not the surviving corporation in such Reorganization Event or will be dissolved in connection with such Reorganization Event, proper provision shall be made in the agreements governing such Reorganization Event for the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into stock of the Person surviving such Reorganization Event or, in the case of a Reorganization Event described in Subdivision 3(k)(i)(B), an exchange of Series A Preferred Stock for the stock of the Person to whom the Corporation’s assets are conveyed or transferred, and such stock of the Person surviving such Reorganization Event or to whom the Corporation’s assets are conveyed or transferred shall have voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights as nearly equal as possible to those provided in this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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(l) Holder’s Right to Convert Upon a Make-Whole Acquisition.

(i) In addition to any other rights of conversion set forth herein, in the event a Make-Whole Acquisition occurs, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion of such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock during the period (the “Make-Whole Acquisition Conversion Period”) beginning on the effective date of the Make-Whole Acquisition (the “Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date”) and ending on the date that is 30 calendar days after the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date at the Applicable Conversion Rate, plus a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) determined pursuant to Subdivision 3(l)(ii), plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted through the date of such conversion, subject to compliance with the conversion procedures set forth in Subdivision 3(i).

(ii) The number of Additional Shares per share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be determined by reference to the table below for the applicable Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date and the applicable Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price:

 

     Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price  

Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date

   $ 18.75       $ 20.00       $ 22.26       $ 25.00       $ 30.47   

February 1, 2015 and thereafter

     8.3909         7.1500         5.2565         3.4092         0.0000   

The exact Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price and Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:

(A) if the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price is between two Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price amounts in the table or the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date is between two Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price amounts and the two Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year;

(B) if the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price is in excess of $30.47 per share (subject to adjustment pursuant to Subdivision 3(j)), no Additional Shares will be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock;

(C) if the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Price is less than $18.75 per share (subject to adjustment pursuant to Subdivision 3(j)), no Additional Shares will be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock; and

(D) if the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date is after the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, then the number of Additional Shares will be determined by reference to the last row in the table.

The Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Prices set forth in the table above shall be adjusted pursuant to Subdivision 3(j) as of any date the Conversion Rate is adjusted. The adjusted Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Prices will equal the Make-Whole Acquisition Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such

 

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adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. Each of the number of Additional Shares in the table shall also be subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Subdivision 3(j).

(iii) On or before the 20th calendar day prior to the date the Corporation anticipates the Make-Whole Acquisition being consummated or within two Business Days of becoming aware of a Make-Whole Acquisition of the type set forth in clause (i) of the definition of Make-Whole Acquisition, a written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holder(s) as they appear in the records of the Corporation. Such notice shall contain:

(A) the date as of which the Make-Whole Acquisition is anticipated to be effective or the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date, as applicable; and

(B) the date by which a Make-Whole Acquisition conversion pursuant to this Subdivision 3(l) must be exercised.

(iv) On the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter, another written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holder(s) as they appear in the records of the Corporation. Such notice shall contain:

(A) the date that shall be 30 calendar days after the Make-Whole Acquisition Effective Date;

(B) the number of Additional Shares;

(C) the amount of cash, securities and other consideration receivable by a Holder upon conversion; and

(D) the instructions a Holder must follow to exercise its Make-Whole Acquisition conversion right pursuant to this Subdivision 3(l).

(v) To exercise its Make-Whole Acquisition conversion right pursuant to this Subdivision 3(l), a Holder must, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on or before the date specified in the notice sent pursuant to Subdivision 3(l)(iv), comply with the procedures set forth in Subdivision 3(i), and indicate that it is exercising its Make-Whole Acquisition conversion right pursuant to this Subdivision 3(l).

(vi) If a Holder does not elect to exercise its Make-Whole Acquisition conversion right pursuant to this Subdivision 3(l), the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or successor security held by it shall remain outstanding (unless otherwise converted as provided herein), but the Holder will not be eligible to receive Additional Shares.

(vii) Upon a Make-Whole Acquisition conversion, the Conversion Agent shall, except as otherwise provided in the instructions provided by the Holder thereof in the

 

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written notice provided to the Corporation or its successor as set forth in Subdivision 3(l)(v), deliver to the Holder such cash, securities or other property as are issuable with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted.

(viii) In the event that a Make-Whole Acquisition conversion is effected with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock or a successor security representing less than all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or a successor security held by a Holder, upon such Make-Whole Acquisition conversion, the Corporation or its successor shall execute and the Registrar shall, unless otherwise instructed in writing, countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation or its successors, a certificate evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or such successor security held by the Holder as to which a Make-Whole Acquisition conversion was not effected.

(m) Holder’s Redemption Right Upon a Fundamental Change.

(i) Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, each Holder shall have the option, during the period commencing on the date the applicable Fundamental Change Notice (as defined below) is mailed to Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and ending at the Close of Business on the 45th Business Day thereafter (the “Fundamental Change Redemption Date”), to require the Corporation to redeem all, or any portion, of such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the redemption price per share equal to the Liquidation Preference per share of Series A Preferred Stock plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so redeemed to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Redemption Date (the “Fundamental Change Redemption Price”).

(ii) Within 30 days following a Fundamental Change, the Corporation shall mail to each Holder of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock a notice (the “Fundamental Change Notice”) setting forth the details of the Fundamental Change and the special redemption rights occasioned thereby. In addition to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange upon which the Series A Preferred Stock may be listed or admitted to trading, such notice shall state: (a) the Fundamental Change Redemption Date; (b) the Fundamental Change Redemption Price; (c) the place or places where certificates for shares may be surrendered for payment of the Fundamental Change Redemption Price, including any procedures applicable to redemption to be accomplished through book-entry transfers; (d) the procedures that the Holder of Series A Preferred Stock must follow to exercise such Holder’s rights under this Subdivision 3(m); and (e) that dividends on the shares tendered for redemption will cease to accumulate on the Fundamental Change Redemption Date.

(iii) To exercise such Holder’s special redemption right under this Subdivision 3(m), a Holder must (a) surrender the certificate or certificates evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed, duly endorsed in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, at the office of the Corporation and (b) notify the Corporation at such office that such Holder elects to exercise such Holder’s fundamental change redemption rights and the number of shares such Holder wishes to have redeemed. In the event that a Holder fails to notify the Corporation of the number of

 

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shares of Series A Preferred Stock which such Holder wishes to have redeemed, such Holder shall be deemed to have elected to have redeemed all shares represented by the certificate or certificates surrendered for redemption.

(iv) Exercise by a Holder of such Holder’s special redemption right following a Fundamental Change is irrevocable, except that a Holder may withdraw its election to exercise such Holder’s special redemption right at any time on or before the Fundamental Change Redemption Date by delivering a written or facsimile transmission notice to the Corporation at the address or facsimile number specified in the Fundamental Change Notice. Such notice, to be effective, must be received by the Corporation prior to the close of business on the Fundamental Change Redemption Date. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock tendered for redemption pursuant to the Holder’s fundamental change redemption rights as described herein and not withdrawn shall be redeemed at or prior to the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Redemption Date. From and after the Fundamental Change Redemption Date, unless the Corporation defaults in payment of the Fundamental Change Redemption Price, dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock tendered for redemption shall cease to accumulate, and said shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and shall not have the status of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and all rights of Holders thereof as shareholders of the Corporation (except the right to receive from the Company the Fundamental Change Redemption Price) shall cease. As soon as practical after the Fundamental Change Redemption Date, the Corporation shall deliver a new certificate representing the unredeemed portion, if any, of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by the certificate or certificates surrendered for redemption.

(n) Voting Rights.

(i) Unless the consent of the Holder(s) of a greater number of shares shall then be required by law and except as provided in Subdivisions 3(n)(ii), 3(n)(iii) and 3(n)(iv), the consent of the Holder(s) of at least two-thirds of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at any special or annual meeting called for the purpose, at which the Series A Preferred Stock shall vote separately as a class, shall be necessary to permit, effect or validate any one or more of the following:

(A) The authorization of, or any increase in the authorized amount of, any class of stock ranking prior to the Series A Preferred Stock;

(B) The amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of the By-Laws of the Corporation (whether, directly or indirectly, by merger, consolidation or otherwise) which would affect adversely any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock or of the Holder(s) thereof; and

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consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other Person, except any such sale, lease or conveyance (other than by mortgage) of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Corporation or consolidation or merger or other business combination wherein none of the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock or the Holder(s) thereof are adversely affected.

(ii) The Holder(s) shall have no voting rights with respect to any consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into any other Person if:

(A) to the extent the Corporation is not the surviving Person in such transaction, the Holder(s) will receive the stock of the Person surviving such transaction and such stock shall have voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights as nearly equal as possible to those provided in this Certificate of Incorporation; and

(B) upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or the stock of the Person surviving such transaction issued in accordance with Subdivision 3(k)(v), the Holder(s) will receive Exchange Property in accordance with Subdivision 3(k).

(iii) The Holder(s) shall have no voting rights with respect to any sale, lease or conveyance (other than by mortgage) of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Corporation if:

(A) to the extent the Corporation is not the surviving Person in such transaction, the Holder(s) will receive the stock of the Person to whom all or substantially all of the property or business of the Corporation is sold, leased or conveyed and such stock shall have voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights as nearly equal as possible to those provided in this Certificate of Incorporation; and

(B) upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or the stock of the Person to whom all or substantially all of the property or business of the Corporation is sold, leased or conveyed issued in accordance with Subdivision 3(k)(v), the Holder(s) will receive Exchange Property in accordance with Subdivision 3(k).

(iv) The Holder(s) shall not have any voting rights if, at or prior to the effective time of the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been converted into shares of Common Stock.

(v) Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and except as otherwise provided by law, voting rights upon any and all matters shall be vested exclusively in the holders of the Common Stock.

 

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(vi) Unless and until six quarter-yearly dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be in default, in whole or in part, the entire voting power, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, shall be vested exclusively in the Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of, and except as otherwise expressly provided in, the Certificate of Incorporation. If and whenever six full quarter-yearly dividends (whether or not consecutive) payable on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be in arrears, in whole or in part, the number of Directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall be increased by two and the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be entitled to elect the two additional directors at any annual meeting of shareholders or special meeting held in place thereof, or at a special meeting of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock called as hereinafter provided. Whenever all arrears in dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been paid and dividends thereon for the current quarter-yearly dividend period shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, then the right of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to elect such additional two Directors shall cease (but subject always to the same provisions for the vesting of such voting rights in the case of any similar future arrearages in dividends), and the terms of office of all persons elected as Directors by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall forthwith terminate and the number of the Board of Directors shall be reduced accordingly. At any time after such voting power shall have been so vested in the Series A Preferred Stock, the Secretary of the Corporation may, and upon the written request of any holder of the Series A Preferred Stock (addressed to the Secretary at the principal office of the Corporation) shall, call a special meeting of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock for the election of the two Directors to be elected by them as herein provided, such call to be made by notice similar to that provided in the By-Laws for a special meeting of the shareholders or as required by law. If any such special meeting required to be called as above provided shall not be called by the Secretary within twenty days after receipt of any such request, then any holder of Series A Preferred Stock may call such meeting, upon the notice above provided, and for that purpose shall have access to the stock books of the Corporation. The Directors elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders or special meeting held in place thereof. In case any vacancy shall occur among the Directors elected by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, a successor shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of the shareholders or special meeting held in place thereof by the then remaining Director elected by the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock or the successor of such remaining Director.

In any case in which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or pursuant to law, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share thereof held.

(o) Transfer; Optional Redemption by the Corporation Upon Transfer.

(i) The Transfer of the Series A Preferred Stock by the Holder(s) thereof shall not be restricted other than pursuant to the requirements of applicable law; provided, however, that, with respect to any such Transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the shares so Transferred must have an aggregate Liquidation Preference of at least $1

 

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million and, if applicable, any shares owned by the Holder effecting such Transfer following such Transfer must have an aggregate Liquidation Preference of at least $1 million.

(ii) Upon a Transfer of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Subdivision 3(o)(i) to a Person other than a Permitted Transferee, the Corporation shall have the right, at its option, to redeem, in part or in whole, such Transferred shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Optional Redemption Transferred Shares”) at any time on or following the fifth anniversary of the date of such Transfer at a redemption price per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the then Fair Market Value of such Optional Redemption Transferred Shares and an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on such Optional Redemption Transferred Shares to, but not including, the Optional Redemption Date.

(A) If the Corporation exercises its optional redemption right to redeem the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares pursuant to Subdivision 3(o)(ii), a written notice (the “Optional Redemption Notice”) shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holder(s) of such Optional Redemption Transferred Shares, which shall contain the number of Optional Redemption Transferred Shares, the name of the nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Corporation to determine the Fair Market Value of the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares to be redeemed, the Fair Market Value of the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares (on a per share and aggregate basis) and such other information required by applicable law.

(B) The date of the redemption of the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares shall be a date selected by the Corporation that is not less than 30 calendar days and not more than 60 calendar days after the date on which the Corporation provides Optional Redemption Notice (the “Optional Redemption Date”).

(C) If, on or before the Optional Redemption Date specified in the Optional Redemption Notice, the Corporation has set aside all funds necessary for such redemption, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the Holder(s) of the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares so called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, all the Optional Redemption Transferred Shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding on and after such Optional Redemption Date, and the right to receive dividends thereon and all other rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such Optional Redemption Date cease and terminate, except only the right of the Holder(s) thereof to receive the amount payable on redemption thereof without interest.

 

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(iii) A Holder effecting a Transfer pursuant to this Subdivision 3(o) must notify the Registrar of the Transfer on the date of the Transfer. Any purported Transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock not in accordance with this Subdivision 3(o) shall be void and have no effect; provided, however, that the failure to notify the Registrar of any Transfer shall not cause such Transfer to be void and of no effect.

(p) Reservation of Common Stock.

(i) The Corporation has reserved and shall continue at all times to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock or shares acquired by the Corporation, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as provided in this Subdivision 3, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding. The Corporation shall take all such corporate and other actions as from time to time may be necessary to ensure that all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the Conversion Rate in effect from time to time will, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any preemptive or similar rights. For purposes of this Subdivision 3(p), the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock acquired by the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as (x) any such acquired shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders) and (y) all such acquired shares have all the same attributes as any other share of Common Stock then outstanding, including without limitation any rights that may then be attached to all or substantially all of the Common Stock then outstanding pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan or similar arrangement.

(iii) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holder(s)).

(iv) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.

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securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Corporation will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

(q) Replacement Certificates. The Corporation shall replace any mutilated Series A Preferred Stock certificate at the Holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the Holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may reasonably be required by the Corporation.

(r) Miscellaneous.

(i) All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and, unless otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three Business Days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered or certified mail with postage prepaid, addressed: (x) if to the Corporation, to its office at 233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, Attention: General Counsel, or (y) if to any Holder, to such Holder at the address of such Holder as listed in the stock record books of the Corporation or (z) to such other address as the Corporation or any such Holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.

(ii) No Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class whatsoever, or of any obligations or other securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, any stock of any class whatsoever, whether now or hereafter authorized and whether issued for cash or other consideration or by way of dividend.

(iii) The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any voting powers, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law.

FIFTH: The Secretary of State of the State of New York is hereby designated as the agent of the Corporation upon whom process in any action or proceeding against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served on him is:

Conduent Incorporated

233 Mount Airy Road, Suite 100

Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920

Attention: General Counsel

SIXTH: Its duration is to be perpetual.

 

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SEVENTH: The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more directors, with the exact number to be determined in the manner prescribed by the By-Laws.

1. Unless the election is contested, each director shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast for or against the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. In a contested election, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election. An election shall be considered contested if as of the record date there are more nominees for election than positions on the Board of Directors to be filled by election at the meeting.

2. Until such time that a single person or entity or “group” of persons or entities who have filed as a “group” as defined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, owns at least a majority of the outstanding stock of the Corporation, no director may be removed from the Board of Directors without cause. Following such time, (a) shareholders of the Corporation shall have the power to remove (without cause) and replace directors at a special meeting called in accordance with the terms of the By-Laws of the Corporation and (b) any such removal and replacement shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon (an abstention shall not count as a vote cast).

3. Newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors for any reason may only be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum of the Board of Directors exists.

EIGHTH: The Corporation may purchase, acquire, hold and dispose of the stocks, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of any corporation, domestic or foreign, and may issue in exchange therefor, its stock, bonds or other obligations.

NINTH: A person who is or was a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty in such capacity, except to the extent that the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York as in effect from time to time expressly provides that this Article shall not eliminate or limit such personal liability. Nothing in this Article shall directly or indirectly increase the liability of any such person based upon acts or omissions occurring before the adoption hereof. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article shall adversely affect any right or protection of any director that exists at the time of such change.

TENTH: The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 912 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, as the same may be amended and supplemented.

ELEVENTH: Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, any state or federal court located in New York County in the State of New York (any such court, a “Chosen Court”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding purportedly brought on behalf of

 

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the Corporation, (ii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer or other employee or shareholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s shareholders, (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Corporation’s By-Laws (with respect to each, as may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim otherwise governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person holding, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be (a) deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article ELEVENTH, and (b) deemed to have waived any argument relating to the inconvenience of the Chosen Court in connection with any action or proceeding described in this Article ELEVENTH. If any action or proceeding the subject matter of which is within the scope of this Article ELEVENTH is filed in a court other than a Chosen Court (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any shareholder, such shareholder shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of any Chosen Court in connection with any action or proceeding brought in any such court to enforce this Article ELEVENTH (an “Enforcement Action”) and (ii) having service of process made upon such shareholder in any such Enforcement Action by service upon such shareholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such shareholder.

TWELFTH: The By-Laws of the Corporation may be amended, repealed or adopted by the Board of Directors, except the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, repeal or adopt any By-Law that is inconsistent with the first sentence of Article I, Section 2 of the By-Laws. Any By-Law adopted by the Board of Directors may be amended or repealed by shareholders entitled to vote thereon in the manner prescribed by the By-Laws.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been signed this 23rd day of December, 2016.

 

CONDUENT INCORPORATED
by  

/s/ Douglas H. Marshall

  Name:   Douglas H. Marshall
  Title:   Secretary

[Signature page to Conduent Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

of

CONDUENT INCORPORATED

December 31, 2016

 

 

ARTICLE I

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. Annual Meetings: A meeting of shareholders entitled to vote shall be held for the election of directors and the transaction of other business each year in such month and on such day (except a Saturday, Sunday or holiday) as determined by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors or the Secretary at the request, in proper form and meeting the delivery and other requirements of this Section 2, of the holders of record of not less than 20% of the outstanding shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) which shares are determined to be “Net Long Shares” in accordance with this Section 2 (the “Requisite Percentage”).

For purposes of this Section 2 and for determining the Requisite Percentage, Net Long Shares shall be limited to the number of shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any shareholder or beneficial owner that constitute such holder’s “net long position” as defined in Rule 14e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), provided that (x) for purposes of such definition, in determining such holder’s “short position,” the reference in such Rule to “the date the tender offer is first publicly announced or otherwise made known by the bidder to the holders of the security to be acquired” shall be the date of the relevant shareholder request for a special meeting and the reference to the “highest tender offer price or stated amount of the consideration offered for the subject security” shall refer to the closing sales price of the Common Stock on the primary stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed on such date (or, if such date is not a trading day, the next succeeding trading day) and (y) the net long position of such holder shall be reduced by the number of shares as to which such holder does not, or will not, have the right to vote or direct the vote at the special meeting or as to which such holder has entered into any derivative or other agreement, arrangement or understanding that hedges or transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such shares. Whether the requesting holders have complied with the requirements of this Section 2 and related provisions of these By-Laws shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Corporation and the shareholders.


(a) To be in proper form, such shareholder request for a special meeting shall:

(1) be directed to the Secretary in writing and shall be signed by each shareholder of record requesting the special meeting, or a duly authorized agent of such shareholder of record, and by each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the request is being made;

(2) be accompanied by a written notice setting forth the specific purpose(s) of the special meeting and information required by Section 6, including, without limitation, the information as to any nominations proposed to be presented and any other business proposed to be conducted at such special meeting and as to the shareholder(s) of record requesting the special meeting and the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the request is being made; and

(3) a representation by the shareholder(s) of record requesting the special meeting and the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the request is being made that such person is a shareholder of record of Common Stock or a beneficial owner of Common Stock, as applicable, entitled to vote at the special meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the special meeting to propose the action specified in the request.

(b) A special meeting requested by shareholders shall be held at such date, time and place as may be designated by the Board of Directors or Chairman of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any such special meeting shall be not more than 90 days after receipt by the Secretary of a request satisfying the requirements of this Section 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a special meeting requested by shareholders shall not be held if:

(1) a valid request is not delivered in the manner and form prescribed pursuant to this Section 2;

(2) the shareholder request for a special meeting is delivered during the period commencing 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders and ending on the date of the next annual meeting;

(3) the stated business to be brought before the special meeting is not a proper subject for shareholder action under applicable law or these By-Laws;

(4) the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors has called or calls for an annual or special meeting of shareholders to be held within 120 days of the time the Secretary receives the shareholder request for the special meeting and the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the business of such annual or special meeting includes (among any other matters properly brought before the annual or special meeting) the business specified in the shareholder request;

(5) an identical or substantially similar item, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, was presented at any meeting of shareholders held within 12 months prior to the shareholder request for a special meeting;

(6) documentary evidence of the record and beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as of the record date is not established as required by this Section 2 and Section 6; or

(7) the shareholder request for a special meeting was made in a manner that involved a violation of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act or other applicable law.

 

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(c) A shareholder may revoke a request for a special meeting at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary, and if, following such revocation, there are unrevoked requests from shareholders holding in the aggregate less than the requisite number of shares of Common Stock entitling the shareholders to request a special meeting be called in Section 2(a), the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors, in their discretion, may cancel the special meeting. If none of the shareholders who submitted the request for a special meeting appears or sends a qualified representative to present the nominations proposed to be presented or other business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting, the Corporation need not present such nominations or other business for a vote at such meeting.

(d) Business transacted at special meetings shall be confined to the purposes stated in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting or in any supplemental notice delivered by the Corporation in accordance with Section 4. Business transacted at a special meeting held pursuant to a shareholder request shall not include the removal of members of the Board of Directors or the election of members of the Board of Directors (which matters shall only be taken at the annual meeting of the shareholders or at a special meeting called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors), until such time that a single person or entity or “group” of persons or entities who have filed as a “group” as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, owns at least a majority of the outstanding stock of the Corporation. Following such time, the removal, replacement and election of directors may occur at a special meeting held pursuant to a shareholder request.

(e) Any shareholder(s) requesting a special meeting shall promptly provide any information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

SECTION 3. Place of Meetings: Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place, within or without the State of New York, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings:

(a) Notice of each meeting of shareholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting. Notice of a special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes for which it is being called and shall also indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting. If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken which would, if taken, entitle shareholders, fulfilling the requirements of Section 623 of the Business Corporation Law to receive payment for their shares of stock of the Corporation, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect.

(b) A copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally, electronically or by mail, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his or her address as it appears on the record of shareholders, or, if he or she shall have filed with the Secretary a written request that notices to him or her be mailed to some other address, then directed to him or her at such other address.

(c) Notice of meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy, whether before or after the meeting. The attendance of any shareholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, without protesting prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice of such meeting, shall constitute a waiver of notice by him or her.

 

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SECTION 5. Quorum and Adjourned Meetings:

(a) At any annual or special meeting the holders of a majority of the votes of shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, provided that when a specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or series, voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the votes of shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such specified item of business. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any shareholders.

(b) Despite the absence of a quorum, the shareholders present may adjourn the meeting to another time and place, and it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted that might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting. If after the adjournment, however, the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder on the new record date entitled to notice under Section 4 of this Article I of these By-Laws.

SECTION 6. Nominations and Business at Meetings:

(a) At any annual or special meeting of shareholders, only persons who are nominated or business which is proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-Laws shall be eligible for election as directors or considered for action by shareholders.

(b) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made or business proposed at an annual or special meeting of shareholders (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (2) by any shareholder of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting who complies with the notice and other procedures set forth in these By-Laws. Such nominations or business proposals, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be properly requested by a shareholder pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 6 and such business proposals must, under applicable law, be a proper matter for shareholder action. For nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors or proposals of other business to be properly requested by a shareholder to be made at an annual meeting, or brought before a special meeting, a shareholder must (A) in the case of a special meeting, with respect to (x) nominations of persons for election to the Board, either have called such meeting in accordance with Section 2 or be making nominations solely in response to nominations made by the Corporation or by another shareholder who has properly called such special meeting in accordance with Section 2 or (y) proposals of business to be conducted at such special meeting, have properly called such special meeting in accordance with Section 2, (B) be a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice of such annual or special meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors and at the time of the annual or special meeting, (C) be entitled to vote at such annual or special meeting and (D) comply with the procedures set forth in these By-Laws as to such business or nomination.

 

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(c) In the case of an annual meeting, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days in advance of the date which is the anniversary of the date the Corporation’s proxy statement was released to security holders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting; provided, that, if the Corporation did not hold such previous year’s annual meeting or if the anniversary date of the current year’s annual meeting has been changed by more than 30 days from the date of the previous year’s annual meeting, then such shareholder’s notice shall be so delivered to the Secretary or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the 10th day following the date on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of shareholders, or the public announcement thereof, commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

(d) In the case of a special meeting, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the date of such special meeting; provided, that, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than 130 days prior to the date of such special meeting, then such shareholder’s notice shall be so delivered to the Secretary or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation no later than the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting of shareholders, or the public announcement thereof, commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

(e) In addition, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall further be updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation such that it is received not later than five business days after the record date for the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting, any adjournment or postponement thereof in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

(f) To be in proper form, such shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom such shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including, without limitation, such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (b) as to any other business that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration, and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these By-Laws, the text of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such person on whose behalf such proposal is made; and (c) as to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (i) the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such

 

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beneficial owner, if any, and of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith and (ii) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such shareholder, such beneficial owner and/or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation and no business shall be conducted at the meeting of shareholders unless nominated or proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6. The chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination or proposal was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6 and, if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination or proposal shall be disregarded.

(g) At the request of the Corporation, each person whom a shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director must (1) provide an executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors or its designee, that (a) such person has read and agrees, if elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors, to adhere to the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct and any other Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors, and (b) that such person is not and will not become a party to any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with his or her nomination, service or action as a director of the Corporation, or any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how such person would vote or act on any issue or question as a director, in each case that has not been fully disclosed to the Corporation; (2) submit completed and signed questionnaires required of the directors (forms of which shall be made available by the Secretary following written request); and (3) provide such additional information as necessary to permit the Board of Directors to determine if such person is independent under the listing standards of each principal U.S. exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed, any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing the independence of the directors. If any information or communications provided by or on behalf of the shareholder or the person whom such shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director to the Corporation or its shareholders ceases to be true and correct in all material respects or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the shareholder or the person whom such shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary of any defect in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct any such defect.

SECTION 7. Organization: At every meeting of the shareholders, the Chairman of the Board, or in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence, the President, or in his or her absence, a person selected by a majority of the directors present at the meeting, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary or, in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, and in the absence of both the Secretary and an Assistant Secretary, a person selected by a majority of the directors present at the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting.

SECTION 8. Voting:

(a) Whenever any corporate action is to be taken by vote of the shareholders, it shall, except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation be authorized by a majority of the votes cast in favor of or against such action at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. An abstention shall not constitute a vote cast.

(b) In an uncontested election, any incumbent nominee for director who receives a greater number of votes cast against his or her election than in favor of his or her election shall tender his or her resignation promptly after such election. The independent directors shall then decide, based on the relevant facts and circumstances, whether to accept or reject the resignation. The Board’s explanation of its decision shall be promptly disclosed on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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SECTION 9. Qualification of Voters:

(a) Every shareholder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled at every meeting of such shareholders to one vote for every share of Common Stock standing in his or her name on the record of shareholders.

(b) Shares of stock of the Corporation belonging to the Corporation and shares of stock of the Corporation held by another domestic or foreign corporation of any type or kind, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held by the Corporation, shall not be shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote or to be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation.

(c) Shares of stock of the Corporation having voting power held by an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, committee, or other fiduciary, except a trustee, may be voted by him or her, either in person or by proxy, without transfer of such shares into his or her name. Shares of stock of the Corporation having voting power held by a trustee may be voted by him or her, either in person or by proxy, only after the shares have been transferred into his or her name as trustee or into the name of his or her nominee.

(d) Shares of stock of the Corporation having voting power standing in the name of another domestic or foreign corporation of any type or kind may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the by-laws of such corporation may provide, or in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may provide.

SECTION 10. Proxies:

(a) Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy.

(b) No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except as otherwise provided by law.

(c) The authority of the holder of a proxy to act shall not be revoked by the incompetence or death of the shareholder who executed the proxy unless, before the authority is exercised, written notice of an adjudication of such incompetence or of such death is received by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

 

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(d) Without limiting the manner in which a shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her as proxy pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a shareholder may grant such authority:

(1) A shareholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for him or her as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the shareholder or the shareholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing his or her signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, without limitation, by facsimile signature.

(2) A shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for the shareholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be reasonably determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the shareholder. If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors shall specify the nature of the information upon which they relied.

(e) Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile, telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

SECTION 11. Inspectors of Election:

(a) The Board of Directors, in advance of any shareholders’ meeting, shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The Board of Directors may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed, or if such persons are unable to act at a meeting of shareholders, the person presiding at a shareholders’ meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability.

(b) The inspectors shall determine the number of outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting or any shareholder entitled to vote thereat, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by them and execute a certificate of any fact found by them. Any report or certificate made by them shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated and of the vote as certified by them.

 

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SECTION 12. List of Shareholders at Meetings: A list of shareholders as of the record date, certified by the Secretary or by the transfer agent, shall be produced at any meeting of shareholders upon the request thereat or prior thereto of any shareholder. If the right to vote at any meeting is challenged, the inspectors of election, or person presiding thereat shall require such list of shareholders to be produced as evidence of the right of the persons challenged to vote at such meeting, and all persons who appear from such list to be shareholders entitled to vote thereat may vote at such meeting.

ARTICLE II

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. Power of Board and Qualification of Directors: The business of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors, each of whom shall be at least eighteen years of age.

SECTION 2. Number, Term of Office and Classification:

(a) The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more directors. The number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office, provided that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. At each annual meeting of shareholders directors shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting.

(b) All directors shall have equal voting power.

SECTION 3. Organization: At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or in his or her absence, if the Chief Executive Officer is a director, the Chief Executive Officer, or if the Chief Executive Officer is not a director or in his or her absence, if the President is a director, the President, or if the President is not a director or in his or her absence, a chairman chosen by a majority of the directors present at the meeting shall preside. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the Board of Directors. In the event the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors present at the meeting shall select the secretary.

SECTION 4. Resignations and Removal: Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time be specified, then on delivery. No director may be removed from the Board of Directors without cause, except as provided in Section 2 of Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 5. Vacancies: Newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors for any reason may only be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum exists. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next annual meeting.

SECTION 6. Place of Meeting: The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of New York as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution determine.

 

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SECTION 7. First Meeting: On the day of each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business. Notice of such meeting need not be given. Such first meeting may be held at any other time which shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 8. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors without notice.

SECTION 9. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, or by any two of the directors. Oral, telegraphic, electronic or written notice shall be given, sent, transmitted or mailed not less than one day before the meeting and shall state, in addition to the purposes, the date, place and hour of such meeting.

SECTION 10. Waivers of Notice: Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him or her.

SECTION 11. Quorum and Manner of Acting:

(a) If the number of directors is twelve or more, seven directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or any specified item of business. If the number of directors is less than twelve, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum.

(b) A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place without notice to any director.

SECTION 12. Written Consents: Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or the committee consent in writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action. The resolution and the written consents thereto by the members of the Board or committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.

SECTION 13. Participation At Meetings By Telephone: Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

SECTION 14. Compensation: The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors for services in any capacity.

SECTION 15. Interested Directors:

(a) No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, firm, association or other entity in which one or more of its directors are directors or officers, or are financially interested, shall be either void or voidable for this reason alone or by reason alone that such director or directors

 

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are present at the meeting of the Board of Directors, or of a committee thereof, which approves such contract or transaction, or that his or her or their votes are counted for such purpose, provided that the parties to the contract or transaction establish affirmatively that it was fair and reasonable as to the Corporation at the time it was approved by the Board, a committee, or the shareholders.

(b) Any such contract or transaction may not be avoided by the Corporation for the reasons set forth in (a) if

(1) the material facts as to such director’s interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known to the Board or committee, and the Board or committee approves such contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote of such interested director or, if the votes of the disinterested directors are insufficient for such purpose, by unanimous vote of the disinterested directors (although common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which approves such contract or transactions), or

(2) the material facts as to such director’s interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and such contract or transaction is approved by vote of such shareholders.

SECTION 16. Loans to Directors: The Corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of a director of the Corporation unless the particular loan or guarantee is approved by the shareholders, with the holders of a majority of the shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon constituting a quorum, but shares of stock of the Corporation held of record or beneficially by directors who are benefited by such loan or guarantee shall not be entitled to vote or to be included in the determination of a quorum.

ARTICLE III

COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. How Constituted and Powers: The Board of Directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board may designate from among its members committees of the Board, each of which shall consist of one or more directors and shall have such authority as provided in the resolution designating the committee, except such committees shall have no authority as to the following matters:

(a) The submission to shareholders of any action that needs shareholders’ authorization.

(b) The filling of vacancies in the Board or in any committee.

(c) The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board or on any committee.

(d) The amendment or repeal of these By-Laws, or the adoption of new By-Laws.

 

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(e) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which, by its terms, shall not be so amendable or repealable.

(f) The declaration of dividends.

SECTION 2. Quorum and Manner of Acting: Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, a majority of each committee of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of all of the members of the committee, whether present or not, shall be the act of the committee. The members of the committee shall act only as a committee. The procedure of the committee and its manner of acting shall be subject at all times to the directions of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Alternate Members: The Board of Directors may designate one or more eligible directors as alternate members of any committee of the Board who may replace any absent or disqualified member or members at any meeting of any such committee.

ARTICLE IV

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND OFFICERS

SECTION 1. Chairman of the Board. There shall be a Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board may be, but need not be, an officer or employee of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen from among the directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders at which he or she is present. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the directors at which he or she is present and may attend any meeting of any committee of the Board, whether or not a member of such committee. The Chairman of the Board shall have such powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board.

SECTION 2. Number: The Board may elect a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may in its discretion determine. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, including, without limitation, by the Chairman of the Board.

SECTION 3. Term of Offices and Qualifications: The Chairman of the Board and those officers elected pursuant to Section 2 of this Article IV shall be chosen by the Board of Directors on the day of the annual meeting. Unless a shorter term is provided in the resolution of the Board electing the Chairman of the Board or such officer, the term of office of the Chairman of the Board or such officer, as applicable, shall extend to and expire at the meeting of the Board held on the day of the next annual meeting.

SECTION 4. Additional Officers: Additional officers other than those elected pursuant to Section 2 of this Article IV shall be elected for such period, have such authority and perform such duties, either in an administrative or subordinate capacity, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

SECTION 5. Removal of Chairman of the Board and Officers: The Chairman of the Board and/or any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause, at any time. Removal of the Chairman of the Board and/or an officer without cause shall be without prejudice to his or her contract rights, if any, but his or her election as Chairman of the Board and/or an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

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SECTION 6. Resignation: The Chairman of the Board and/or any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, or to the Chairman of the Board or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time be specified, then upon delivery.

SECTION 7. Vacancies: A vacancy in any office, including, without limitation, Chairman of the Board, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 8. Chief Executive Officer: The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the direction of the Board, have general and active control of the affairs and business of the Corporation and general supervision of its officers, officials, employees and agents. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, if he or she is also a director, meetings of directors at which he or she is present.

SECTION 9. President: The President shall, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, exercise the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall have such powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board.

SECTION 10. Vice Presidents: Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. With respect to seniority of Vice Presidents, unless the Board determines otherwise, Executive Vice Presidents shall be first in order of priority, Senior Vice Presidents shall be second in order of priority and Vice Presidents shall be third in order of priority.

SECTION 11. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall, if required by the Board of Directors, give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, in such sum and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall require. He or she shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Corporation, and deposit all such funds in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer may sign certificates for stock of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors. He or she shall also perform all other duties customarily incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 12. Secretary: It shall be the duty of the Secretary to act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, and of the shareholders, and to keep the minutes of all such meetings at which he or she shall so act in a proper book or books to be provided for that purpose; he or she shall see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and served; he or she may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation certificates for the stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments authorized by the Board of Directors; he or she shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, for use at meetings of shareholders the list of shareholders as of the record date referred to in Article I, Section 12 of these By-Laws and shall certify, or cause the transfer agent to certify, such list; he or she shall keep a current list of the Corporation’s directors and officers and their residence addresses; he or she shall be custodian of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the seal, or cause it to be affixed, to all agreements, documents and other papers requiring the same. The Secretary shall have custody of the Minute Book containing the minutes of all meetings of shareholders, directors, and the committees of the Board which may keep minutes, and of all other contracts and documents which are not in the custody of the Treasurer of the Corporation, or in the custody of some other person authorized by the Board of Directors to have such custody.

 

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SECTION 13. Appointed Officers: The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to appoint and to remove any subordinate officer, agent or employee.

SECTION 14. Assignment and Transfer of Stocks, Bonds, and Other Securities: The Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer, and each of them, shall have power to assign, or to endorse for transfer, under the corporate seal, and to deliver, any stock, bonds, subscription rights, or other securities, or any beneficial interest therein, held or owned by the Corporation.

ARTICLE V

CONTRACTS, CHECKS, DRAFTS AND BANK ACCOUNTS

SECTION 1. Execution of Contracts: The Board of Directors, except as these By-Laws otherwise provided, may authorize any officer or officers, agent, or agents, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; but, unless so authorized by the Board of Directors, or expressly authorized by these By-Laws, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily in any amount for any purpose.

SECTION 2. Loans: No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name unless specifically authorized by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. Checks, Drafts, etc.: All checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment of money out of the funds of the Corporation, and all notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. Deposits: All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VI

STOCKS AND DIVIDENDS

SECTION 1. Shares of Stock: Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates except to the extent that the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall provide by resolution that some or all of any or all classes and series of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares, provided that such resolution shall not apply to shares of stock of the Corporation represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

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SECTION 2. Certificates For Shares: To the extent that shares of stock of the Corporation are to be represented by certificates, the certificates therefor shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The certificates of stock shall be numbered in order of their issue, shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. The signature of the officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were an officer at the date of issue.

SECTION 3. Transfer of Stock: Transfers of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, on surrender of the certificate or certificates for stock represented by certificates, properly endorsed, or in the case of shares of stock of the Corporation not represented by certificates, on delivery to the Corporation of proper transfer instructions. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked “Canceled”, with the date of cancellation, and no new certificate shall be issued in exchange therefor until the old certificate has been surrendered and canceled. A person in whose name stock of the Corporation stands on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof as regards the Corporation; provided that, whenever any transfer of stock shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact, if known to the Secretary of the Corporation, or to its transfer agent shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation, or its shareholders for any purpose, until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation as specified in these By-Laws by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

SECTION 4. Transfer and Registry Agents: The Corporation may, from time to time, maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and/or registry offices at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and the Board of Directors may, from time to time, define the duties of such transfer agents and registrars and make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these By-Laws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for stock or uncertificated stock of the Corporation.

SECTION 5. Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates: The holder of any certificated stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of the certificate therefor. The Corporation may issue a new certificate or uncertificated stock in place of the lost or destroyed certificate, but as a condition to such issue, the holder of such certificate must make satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction thereof, and must give to the Corporation a bond of indemnity in form and amount and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary. Such bond of indemnity shall also name as obligee each of the transfer agents and registrars for the stock the certificate for which has been lost or destroyed.

SECTION 6. Record Dates for Certain Purposes: The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall fix a day and hour not more than 60 days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date for payment of any cash or stock dividend, or the date for the allotment of any rights of subscription, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of

 

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capital stock shall go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to receive any such allotment of rights of subscription, or entitled to exercise rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, and in such case, such shareholders and only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the day and hour so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such meeting or any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights of subscription, or to exercise rights in connection with such change or conversion or exchange of capital stock, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after such day and hour fixed as aforesaid.

SECTION 7. Dividends and Surplus: Subject to the limitations prescribed by law, the Board of Directors (1) may declare dividends on the stock of the Corporation whenever and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition of the affairs of the Corporation shall render it advisable, (2) may use and apply, in its discretion, any part or all of the surplus of the Corporation in purchasing or acquiring any of the shares of stock of the Corporation, and (3) may set aside from time to time out of such surplus or net profits such sum or sums as it in its absolute discretion, may think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends, or for the purpose of maintaining or increasing the property or business of the Corporation, or for any other purpose it may think conducive to the best interest of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII

OFFICES AND BOOKS

SECTION 1. Offices: The Corporation shall maintain an office at such place in the County of New York, State of New York, as the Board of Directors may determine. The Board of Directors may from time to time and at any time establish offices of the Corporation or branches of its business at whatever place or places seem to it expedient.

SECTION 2. Books and Records:

(a) There shall be kept at one or more offices of the Corporation (1) correct and complete books and records of account, (2) minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders, Board of Directors and the committees of the Board, (3) a current list of the directors and officers of the Corporation and their residence addresses, and (4) a copy of these By-Laws.

(b) The stock records may be kept either at the office of the Corporation or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar in the State of New York, if any, and shall contain the names and addresses of all shareholders, the number and class of shares of stock of the Corporation held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL

SECTION 1. Seal: The corporate seal shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation and the words and figures “Incorporated 2016, New York”.

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a party in any civil or criminal action or proceeding, including, without limitation, an action or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of any other corporation of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Corporation served in any capacity at the request of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that he or she, his or her testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or serves or served such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, in any capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein. Such indemnification shall include the right to be paid advances of any expenses incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, consistent with the provisions of applicable law. In addition to the foregoing, the Corporation is authorized to extend rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to such persons by (i) resolution of the shareholders, (ii) resolution of the directors or (iii) an agreement, to the extent not expressly prohibited by law.

ARTICLE IX

FISCAL YEAR

SECTION 1. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the 31st day of December in each year.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1. Amendments: These By-Laws may be amended, repealed or adopted by a majority of the voting power of all the shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. If, at any meeting of shareholders, action is proposed to be taken to amend, repeal or adopt By-Laws, the notice of such meeting shall include a brief statement or summary of the proposed action. These By-Laws may also be amended, repealed or adopted by the Board of Directors, except the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, repeal or adopt any provision inconsistent with the first sentence of Article I, Section 2 of these By-Laws. Any By-Law adopted by the Board may be amended or repealed by shareholders entitled to vote thereon as hereinabove provided. If any By-Law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of directors the By-Law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made.

 

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