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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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20-5961564
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Research Triangle Park
637 Davis Drive
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.
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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.
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Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-137980
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class
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each class is to be registered |
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Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
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The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrants Securities to be Registered
The following description of the Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Harris
Stratex Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Harris Stratex), is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Harris Stratex Networks, which are set forth as Exhibit 3.1
and Exhibit 3.2 to this registration statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
A description of the Harris Stratex Networks Class A common stock is set forth under
Description of Harris Stratex Capital Stock in Harris Stratexs registration statement on Form
S-4 (File No. 333-137980), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) on October 13, 2006, and most recently amended on January 5, 2007 (the
Registration Statement), including any form of prospectus contained therein filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which description is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits
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The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement: |
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3.1 |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., effective January 26, 2007 |
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3.2 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Harris Stratex Networks,
Inc., effective January 26, 2007 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
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HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC. |
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Dated January 26, 2007
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By:
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/s/ Juan Otero |
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Name:
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Juan Otero |
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Title:
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General Counsel and Secretary |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
3.1 |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.,
effective January 26, 2007 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., effective January 26, 2007 |
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC.
Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (the Corporation), a corporation organized and
existing under, and by virtue of, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(DGCL) hereby certifies as follows:
(1) The name of the Corporation is Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.
(2) The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary
of the State of Delaware on October 5, 2006.
(3) This amended and restated certificate of incorporation which restates, integrates and
amends the Corporations certificate of incorporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented, has
been duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the Board) and by the
stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL, and has been
duly executed by an officer of the Corporation and filed in accordance with Section 103 of the
DGCL.
(4) The text of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as restated, integrated
and amended (the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) shall read, in its
entirety, as follows:
Article I
Name
The name of the Corporation is Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.
Article II
Registered Agent
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209
Orange Street, the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the name of its registered agent
at that address is The Corporation Trust Corporation.
Article III
Purpose
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the DGCL.
Article IV
Capitalization
The total number of shares of all classes that this Corporation is authorized to issue is
450,000,000 shares, of which (i) 50,000,000 shares shall be designated as preferred stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the Preferred Stock), (ii) 300,000,000 shares shall be designated
as Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (Class A Common Stock), and (iii)
100,000,000 shares shall be designated as Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Class B Common Stock and, collectively with the Class A Common Stock, the Common
Stock).
Except for issuances expressly provided for in this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, the Corporation shall not issue any shares of Class B Common Stock or any securities
or other rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Class B Common Stock without
the prior approval of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding
prior to such issuance (each such issuance requiring such prior approval is hereinafter referred to
as an Additional Class B Issuance).
Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall have the same rights and privileges and shall
rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters.
(a) Voting. Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or required by law, the Common Stock shall vote together as a
single class on all matters presented to the stockholders, with each holder of Common Stock
being entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on
such matters; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing as long as any shares of
Class B Common Stock are outstanding (i) the holders of the Class B Common Stock shall have
the sole and exclusive right to elect or remove the Class B Directors (as defined below) and
no holder of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation shall have any voting
rights with respect to such matters and (ii) the Corporation shall not, without the prior
approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B Common Stock voting
separately as a class: (A) amend, alter or repeal (including by merger or otherwise) any
provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation so as to adversely
affect the rights, preferences, privileges or protections of the Class B Common Stock, (B)
effect or agree to effect any Additional Class B Issuance or (C) take any other action upon
which a separate class vote of the Class B Common Stock shall be required by law.
(b) Dividends. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock, holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and
distributions (whether payable in cash or otherwise) as may be declared on the Common Stock
by the Board from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available
therefor; provided, however, that the Board shall declare no dividend or distribution, and
no dividend or distribution shall be paid, with respect to any outstanding
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share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, whether in cash or otherwise
(including any dividend in shares of Class A Common Stock on or with respect to shares of
Class A Common Stock or any dividend in shares of Class B
Common Stock on or with respect to shares of Class B Common Stock (collectively, Stock Dividends)), unless the same
dividend or distribution is simultaneously declared or paid, as applicable, with respect to
each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. If a Stock Dividend
is declared or paid with respect to one class of Common Stock, then a Stock Dividend shall
likewise be declared or paid with respect to the other class of Common Stock and shall
consist of the number of shares of such other class which bears the same relationship to the
total number of shares of such other class outstanding immediately prior to the payment of
such Stock Dividends as the number of shares to be issued in the Stock Dividend with respect
to the first referenced class of Common Stock bears to the total number of shares of such
first referenced class outstanding immediately prior to the payment of such Stock Dividends.
Stock Dividends with respect to Class A Common Stock may be paid only with shares of Class A
Common Stock. Stock Dividends with respect to Class B Common
Stock may be paid only with shares of Class B Common Stock.
(c) Subdivisions, Combinations and Mergers. If the Corporation shall in any
manner split, subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of either class of Common Stock,
the outstanding shares of the other class of Common Stock shall likewise be split,
subdivided or combined in the same manner proportionately and on the same basis per share.
In the event of any merger, statutory share exchange, consolidation or similar form of
corporate transaction involving the Corporation (whether or not the Corporation is the
surviving entity), the holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common
Stock shall be entitled to receive the same per share consideration, if any.
(d) Rights on Liquidation. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series
of Preferred Stock, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Corporation (whether voluntary or involuntary), the assets of the Corporation available for
distribution to stockholders shall be distributed in equal amounts per share to the holders
of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock, as if such classes
constituted a single class. For purposes of this paragraph, a merger, statutory share
exchange, consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Corporation (whether
or not the Corporation is the surviving entity), or the sale, transfer or lease by the
Corporation of all or substantially all its assets, shall not constitute or be deemed a
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.
(e) Exchange. At any time or from time to time, any holder of Class B Common
Stock may exchange (i) any outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock held by such holder
for an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock or (ii) any outstanding shares of
Class B Common Stock for an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock, in each case by
surrendering the certificates, if any, for such shares together with written notice duly
signed by such holder requesting such exchange and accompanied by all payments required for
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in connection with such
exchange or evidence reasonably satisfactory to
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the Corporation that all such taxes have been paid. To the extent permitted by law,
such exchange shall be deemed to have been effected at the close of business on the date of
such surrender.
(f) Automatic Conversion. Each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock shall
convert into one outstanding share of Class A Common Stock automatically and without any
further action by the Corporation or any other Person: (i) at the first time the holders of
all of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock (assuming
that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have
been so exchanged) are collectively entitled to cast less than 10% of the Total Voting Power
(as defined below) and (ii) if such Class B Common Stock is transferred by a holder to any
Person who is not an Affiliate (as defined below) of such holder or a Nominee (as defined
below) of such holder or one of its Affiliates; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing no such conversion shall occur pursuant to this clause (ii) if such transfer is
part of a transfer by such holder and its Affiliates of all of the shares of Class B Common
Stock then owned by them (either directly or through a Nominee) to any other Person or to
any other Person and its Affiliates. From and after any such conversion, each certificate,
if any, formerly representing shares of Class B Common Stock shall represent the same number
of shares of Class A Common Stock and upon surrender of such certificate to the Corporation
the holder of such certificate shall be entitled to receive a new certificate or book-entry
interest representing such number of shares of Class A Common Stock. Immediately upon any
such conversion of any shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock,
the rights of the holders of such shares of Class B Common Stock as such shall cease and
such holders shall be treated for all purposes as having become the
record owners of the shares of Class A Common Stock into which such shares of Class B Common Stock were
converted; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing such holders shall be
entitled to receive when paid any dividends or other distributions declared on such shares
of Class B Common Stock with a record date preceding the time of such conversion and which
have not yet been paid as of the time of such conversion subject to the following sentence.
Upon any such conversion of any shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common
Stock, any dividend or other distribution declared on such shares of Class B Common Stock
with a record date or payment date after the time of such conversion shall be deemed to have
been declared, and shall be payable, with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock into
which such shares of Class B Common Stock shall have been so converted and any such dividend
payable in shares of Class B Common Stock shall be deemed to have been declared, and shall
be payable, in shares of Class A Common Stock.
(g) Reservation of Shares. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep
available, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, such number of shares
of Class A Common Stock as would become issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B
Common Stock then outstanding.
(h) Certain Definitions. In this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, any reference herein to any law, rule or regulation shall be deemed to be a
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reference to any successor or replacement law, rule or regulation and the following
terms shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
(i) Affiliate shall have the meaning assigned to such term by Rule
405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(ii) Director means any member of the Board.
(iii) Class A Director means (i) initially William A. Hasler,
Clifford H. Higgerson, Charles D. Kissner, and Edward F. Thompson and (ii)
thereafter, any Director other than a Class B Director.
(iv) Class B Director means (i) initially Guy M. Campbell, Eric C.
Evans, Howard L. Lance, Dr. Mohsen Sohi and Dr. James C. Stoffel and (ii)
thereafter, any Director who is elected by a separate class vote of the Class B
Common Stock or who was appointed to fill a vacancy in respect of any Director so
elected.
(v) Nominee means, with respect to any Person, any nominee, custodian
or other Person who holds shares of Common Stock for such Person without investment
discretion.
(vi) Person means any individual, corporation (including
not-for-profit), general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, estate, trust, association, organization, government entity or other entity
of any kind or nature.
(vii) Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (A) any
corporation of which such Person, any of its Subsidiaries or any combination of the
foregoing own, directly or indirectly, outstanding capital stock or other securities
of such corporation which are collectively entitled to cast a majority of all the
votes entitled to be cast by all the holders of all classes of capital stock or
other securities of such corporation which are entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors of such corporation or (B) any Person other than a corporation
in which such Person, any of its other Subsidiaries or any combination thereof has,
directly or indirectly, majority economic ownership or the power to direct or cause
the direction of the policies, management and affairs thereof; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing neither the Corporation nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of any holder of Class B Common
Stock or any other Subsidiary of such holder.
(viii) Total Voting Power means, at any time, the total number of
votes then entitled to be cast generally in the election of the Class A Directors by
all the holders of Voting Securities.
(ix) Voting Securities means, at any time, all classes of capital
stock or other securities of the Corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote
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generally in the election of the Class A Directors (which includes the Class B
Common Stock).
(i) Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more
series from time to time by the Board, and the Board is expressly authorized to fix by
resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the
qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of each series of
Preferred Stock, including without limitation the following:
(i) the distinctive serial designation of such series which shall distinguish
it from other series;
(ii) the number of shares included in such series;
(iii) the dividend rate (or method of determining such rate) payable to the
holders of the shares of such series, any conditions upon which such dividends shall
be paid and the date or dates upon which such dividends shall be payable;
(iv) whether dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative and, in
the case of shares of any series having cumulative dividend rights, the date or
dates or method of determining the date or dates from which dividends on the shares
of such series shall be cumulative;
(v) the amount or amounts which shall be payable out of the assets of the
corporation to the holders of the shares of such series upon voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up the Corporation, and the relative
rights of priority, if any, of payment of the shares of such series;
(vi) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the
terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series may be redeemed, in whole
or in part, at the option of the Corporation or at the option of the holder or
holders thereof or upon the happening of a specified event or events;
(vii) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to purchase or redeem shares
of such series pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise and the price or prices at
which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which
the shares of such series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(viii) whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible or
exchangeable, at any time or times at the option of the holder or holders thereof or
at the option of the Corporation or upon happening of a specified event or events,
into shares of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, and the price
or prices or rate or rates of exchange or conversion and any adjustments applicable
thereto; and
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(ix) whether or not the holders of the shares of such series shall have voting
rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and if so the terms of
such voting rights.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized
shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the
number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of such class or series, voting together as a single class, irrespective of
the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.
Article V
Section 203 of the DGCL
The Corporation hereby elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL until the first
time (the Section 203 Time) on which the holders of all the outstanding shares of Class B
Common Stock (assuming that all of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then
exchangeable for Class B Common Stock are so exchanged) are collectively entitled to cast less than
15% of the Total Voting Power. At the Section 203 Time, Section 203 of the DGCL shall begin to
apply prospectively to the Corporation, but no Person shall be deemed to be an interested
stockholder (as such term is defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) solely because such Person became
an interested stockholder prior to the Section 203 Time.
Article VI
Class B Directors
The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time pursuant to the
amended and restated bylaws of the Corporation, as may be further amended from time to time (the
Bylaws); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the Bylaws
to the contrary:
(a) At all times when the holders of all the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock
(assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then
exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged) are collectively entitled to
cast a majority of the Total Voting Power: (i) the Board shall be comprised of nine
Directors, (ii) the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled, voting separately as a class, to
elect five of such Directors to serve as Class B Directors, (iii) the quorum for action by
the Board shall be a majority of the Board, which majority shall include at least four Class
B Directors, and (iv) the remaining four Directors will be Class A Directors nominated by a
nominating committee consisting solely of the Class A Directors then in office (the
Nominating Committee) and elected by the holders of the Common Stock, voting
together as a single class; provided, however, that at all times when Rule 4350(d)(2)(A) of
the NASDAQ Rules applies to the Corporation a sufficient number of the Class A Directors
must satisfy the requirements of that Rule with respect to the Corporation so that, together
with any Class B Directors which may also satisfy such requirements with respect to the
Corporation, there are enough Directors to constitute an audit committee of the Board which
complies with the requirements of Rule
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4350(d) of the NASDAQ Rules. As used herein, NASDAQ Rules means the rules
promulgated by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. which apply to issuers whose common stock is
listed on the Nasdaq Global Market.
(b) At all times when the holders of all of the outstanding shares of Class B Common
Stock (assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock which are then
exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged) are collectively entitled to
cast a percentage of the Total Voting Power (the Voting Percentage) which is less
than a majority but equal to or greater than 10% of the Total Voting Power: (i) the Class B
Common Stock shall be entitled, voting separately as a class, to elect a number of Class B
Directors which represents the Voting Percentage of the total number of Directors then
comprising the entire Board (rounded down to the next whole number of Directors), and (ii)
the remaining Directors will be Class A Directors nominated by the Nominating Committee (the
composition of which shall comply with the requirements of Rule 4350(c)(4) of the NASDAQ
Rules) and elected by the holders of the Common Stock, voting together as a single class;
provided, however, that at all times when such rules apply to the Corporation a sufficient
number of the Class A Directors must (A) qualify as an Independent Director with respect to
the Corporation as such term is defined in Rule 4200(15) of the NASDAQ Rules so that Board
complies with Rule 4350(c)(1) of the NASDAQ Rules and (B) satisfy the requirements of Rule
4350(d)(2)(A) of the NASDAQ Rules with respect to the Corporation so that, together with any
Class B Directors which may also satisfy such requirements with respect to the Corporation,
there are enough Directors to constitute an audit committee which complies with the
requirements of Rule 4350(d) of the NASDAQ Rules.
(c) The holders of the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class, shall have
the sole right to remove the Class B Directors with or without cause at any time and for any
reason and the sole right to appoint successor Directors to fill any vacancies on the Board
caused by any such removals. The holders of the Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a
class, shall have the sole right to remove the Class A Directors without cause and the sole
right to appoint successor Directors to fill any vacancies on the Board caused by any such
removals. The holders of the Common Stock, voting together as a single class, shall have the
sole right to remove the Class A Directors for cause and the sole right to appoint successor
Directors to fill any vacancies on the Board caused by any such removals. Any vacancy
created by any resignation, death or incapacity of any Class B Director shall be filled by
the remaining Class B Directors then in office or, if there are none, by the holders of the
Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class. Any vacancy created by the resignation,
death or incapacity of any Class A Director shall be filled by the remaining Class A
Directors then in office or, if there are none, by the holders of the Class A Common Stock,
voting separately as a class.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, if any transaction or transactions occur which entitle the holders of Class B Common
Stock to preemptive rights under Article VIII hereof, then no determination of the percentage of
the Total Voting Power collectively entitled to be cast by the holders of all of the outstanding
Class B Common Stock (assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A
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Common Stock which are then exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged)
shall be made for any purpose of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation until after
the exercise or expiration of all such preemptive rights in respect of all such transactions by
such holders.
Article VII
Corporate Opportunities
Nothing in this Article VII will impair the Corporations ability to enter into contractual
arrangements with a stockholder of the Corporation which restrict the stockholder from engaging in
activities otherwise allowed by this Article and the following provisions shall be subject to the
terms of any such contractual arrangements. The provisions of this Article VII shall be effective
to the maximum extent permitted by Law and are not intended to be enforceable to any further
extent.
Except as expressly provided in the proviso to the last sentence of this Article VII, each
holder of Class B Common Stock shall have the right to, and none of such holders shall have any
fiduciary duty or other obligation to the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any stockholder
of any of the foregoing not to, take any of the following actions:
(a) engage in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the Corporation or
any Subsidiary or develop or market any products or services that compete, directly or
indirectly, with those of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) invest or own any interest in, or develop a business relationship with, any Person
engaged in the same or similar activities or lines of business as, or otherwise in
competition with, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c) do business with any client or customer of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(d) employ or otherwise engage any former officer or employee of the Corporation or any
of its Subsidiaries.
No holder of Class B Common Stock nor any of its Affiliates nor any officer, director,
employee or former employee of any such holder or Affiliate that is not currently an employee of
the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (including any Class B Directors) shall have any
obligation, or be liable, to the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any stockholder of any of
the foregoing for or arising out of the conduct described in the immediately preceding paragraph or
the exercise of any rights under the Formation, Contribution and Merger Agreement, dated as of
September 5, 2006, as may be amended from time to time (the Formation Agreement), between
Harris Corporation and Stratex Networks, Inc. or any other agreement attached thereto as an exhibit
or contemplated thereby and none of them shall be deemed to have acted (i) in bad faith, (ii) in a
manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their shareholders or (iii) in a manner inconsistent with, or opposed to, any fiduciary duty owed
by them to the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries
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or any of their stockholders by reason of any such conduct or exercise of such rights or any
of their participation therein.
If any holder of Class B Common Stock, any Subsidiary of such holder or any director, officer
or employee of such holder or any of such Subsidiaries, including any such individuals who are also
directors, officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, (collectively, the
Class B Entities) acquires knowledge of a potential opportunity, transaction or matter
which may be a corporate opportunity for both a Class B Entity, on the one hand, and the
Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand (each, a Corporate
Opportunity), then each Class B Entity shall have the right to, and none of them shall have
any fiduciary duty or other obligation not to, pursue such Corporate Opportunity for itself or
direct such Corporate Opportunity to any of its Affiliates or any third party and none of the Class
B Entities (i) shall have any duty to communicate, offer or present such Corporate Opportunity to
the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any director, officer or employee of any of the
foregoing, (ii) shall have any liability to the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty or other duty as a stockholder, director,
officer or employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise, (iii) shall be
deemed to have acted (x) in bad faith, (y) in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the
Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their stockholders or (z) in a manner inconsistent
with, or opposed to, any fiduciary duty or other duty owed by them to the Corporation, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their stockholders, in each case by reason of the fact that any Class B
Entity pursues or acquires such Corporate Opportunity for itself, directs such Corporate
Opportunity to any of its Affiliates or any third party, or does not communicate information
regarding such Corporate Opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, directors,
officers or employees; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Article VII to the
contrary a Corporate Opportunity offered to an individual who is a director or officer of both the
Corporation and the holder of Class B Common Stock shall belong to the Corporation if such
Corporate Opportunity is expressly offered to such individual in writing solely in his or her
capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation.
Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this Article VII nor the adoption of any
provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article
VII nor the conversion or exchange of Class B Common Stock shall eliminate or reduce the effect of
this Article VII in respect of any Corporate Opportunity any Class B Entity began pursuing, any
matter occurring or any cause of action, suit or claim that, absent this Article VII, would have
accrued or arisen prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal, adoption, conversion or exchange.
Article VIII
Preemptive Rights
After the Effective Time (as defined in the Formation Agreement), if the Corporation proposes
to issue (a Proposed Issuance) any capital stock of the Corporation or any securities
convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such capital stock (collectively, the
Offered Securities) at any time when the holders of all the outstanding shares of Class B
Common Stock (assuming that all the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock
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which are then exchangeable for Class B Common Stock have been so exchanged) are collectively
entitled to cast a majority of the Total Voting Power, the Corporation shall give written notice of
the Proposed Issuance to the holders of Class B Common Stock (the Offer Notice) at least
30 days prior to such issuance. Such notice shall describe all the material terms and conditions of
such Proposed Issuance. Each holder of Class B Common Stock shall have the right to acquire at the
same price and on the same terms and conditions, an additional amount of the Offered Securities so
that the percentage of the outstanding Common Stock and Total Voting Power then owned by such
holder shall not change as a result of such acquisition and Proposed Issuance; provided, however,
that notwithstanding the foregoing (i) such holder may elect to acquire a lesser number of
additional Offered Securities as it may determine in its sole discretion and (ii) if the Offered
Securities are, or are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, Class A Common Stock,
then in lieu thereof such holder shall be entitled to purchase Class B Common Stock or Offered
Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class B Common Stock, as applicable.
If any holder of Class B Common Stock fails to accept such offer by written notice received by the
Corporation within fifteen (15) days following the date on which such holder received the Offer
Notice, the Proposed Issuance may be consummated free and clear of the preemptive right granted to
the holders of Class B Common Stock under this Article VIII. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
purchase price for any Proposed Issuance is to be paid in whole or in part other than in cash, then
the holders of Class B Common Stock may pay the purchase price in cash in an amount per Offered
Security equal to the fair market value of the aggregate non-cash consideration so payable, as
reasonably determined in good faith by the Board, divided by the total number of Offered Securities
to be issued without giving effect to the preemptive right granted by this Article VIII.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the preemptive right granted by this Article VIII shall not
apply to any Proposed Issuance pursuant to any stock option, restricted stock or employee benefit
plan of the Corporation;
provided, however, at the end of each month the Corporation shall give the
holders of Class B Common Stock written notice of all such Proposed Issuances during such month
(the
Monthly Offer Notice) and each holder of Class B Common Stock shall have the right,
exercisable by delivering written notice to the Corporation (each, a
Monthly Exercise
Notice) within fifteen days after the date on which such holder received the Monthly Offer
Notice, to purchase for cash a sufficient number of shares of Class B Common Stock so that the
percentage of the outstanding Common Stock and Total Voting Power then owned by such holder shall
not change as a result of such acquisition and Proposed Issuances;
provided, however, that such
holder may elect to acquire a lesser number of such shares of Class B Common Stock as it may
determine it its sole discretion. The per share purchase price for any purchase of Class B Common
Stock pursuant to a Monthly Exercise Notice shall be (i) if the Class A Common Stock is then listed
on a national securities exchange or quoted on an automated inter-dealer quotation system, the
closing price of the Class A Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date on
which the Corporation received the Monthly Exercise Notice or (ii) in all other cases, the fair
market value of one share of Class A Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board.
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Article IX
Limitation of Liability
A Director shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent that such exemption from liability or
limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may
hereafter be amended. If the DGCL is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further
limiting or eliminating the liability of Directors to the Corporation or its stockholders, then
without any further action by any Person such liability shall be so limited or eliminated to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended. No adoption, amendment, modification or repeal
of this Article IX or any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
shall adversely affect any right or protection of a Director existing at the time of such adoption,
amendment, modification or repeal with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such time.
Article X
Bylaws
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board is
expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, alter, amend and rescind from time to time any or all of the
Bylaws of the Corporation.
Article XI
Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
This Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained
in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter
prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred on stockholders herein are granted subject to this
reservation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this
26th day of January, 2006.
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of
New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within
and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall
be held at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other
place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by
the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any
other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall
be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on the third Monday in
October, if not a legal holiday and, if a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day
following, at the same hour and place, or at such other date and time as shall be designated from
time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall
elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be
brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour
of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than
ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.
Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation
shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete
list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane
to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be
specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is
to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during
the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section 5. Special meetings of stockholders shall be called by the president or
secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors or upon written
application of one or more stockholders who hold at least twenty percent (20%) of the total voting
power of all the capital stock entitled to vote at such meeting. Such request of the Board of
Directors or written application of the stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of the
proposed special meeting. The place, date and time
of any special meeting shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such determination shall
include the record date for determining the stockholders having the right to notice of and to vote
at such meeting.
Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour
of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less
than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder
entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 7. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting as shall
have been stated in the written notice of the meeting as the purpose or purposes for the meeting.
Section 8. The holders of capital stock entitled to cast a majority of the voting
power of all the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in
person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for
the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the
stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy,
shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement
at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which
a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30)
days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of
the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 9. In all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative
vote by the holders of capital stock entitled to cast a majority of the voting power of all the
capital stock present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting and entitled to vote on the
subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one upon which, by
express provision of any statute or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is
required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such
question.
Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each
stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by
proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no
proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
Section 11. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, and
subject to the provisions of Article II, Section 12 of these amended and restated bylaws (these
Bylaws), any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such
stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent
in writing setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock
having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt
notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written
consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
Section 12. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting pursuant to Article II, Section 11 of
these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the
date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and
which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution
fixing the record date is adopted by the
Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take
corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the secretary, request the Board of
Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten
(10) days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record
date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within such ten (10) day period,
the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law,
shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or
proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the
State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation
having custody of the book in which proceedings of stockholders meetings are recorded, to the
attention of the secretary of the corporation. Delivery shall be by hand or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of
Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date
for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting
shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution
taking such prior action.
Section 13. At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall
be conducted as shall be properly before the meeting. To be properly before an annual meeting,
business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a
stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary. To be timely, a
stockholders notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal place of business
of the corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the
meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than seventy (70) days notice or prior
public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth day
following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public
disclosure was made.1 A stockholders written notice to the secretary shall set
forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a
description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for
conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address as they appear on the
corporations books of the stockholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares
of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder, and (d) any material interest
of such stockholder in such business. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no
business shall be conducted at any annual meeting unless properly brought before such meeting in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 13. The chairman of the meeting shall, if
the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought
before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13 and if it shall be so
determined, the chairman of the meeting shall so declare this to the meeting and such business not
properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
Section 14. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 14 shall be eligible for election by the stockholders as Class A Directors
(as defined in the certificate of incorporation). Nominations of persons for election as Class A
Directors may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Class A Directors
(as defined in the certificate of incorporation) or by any stockholder of the corporation (other
than a stockholder who holds Class B Common Stock of the corporation) entitled to vote for the
election of directors at the meeting who
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complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 14. Such nominations, other than
those made by or at the direction of the Class A Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice
in writing to the secretary. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to or mailed
and received at the principal place of business of the corporation not less than sixty (60) nor
more than ninety (90) days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less
than seventy (70) days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or
made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not less than the
close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the
meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Such stockholders notice shall set forth
(a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a
director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the
principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the
corporation which are beneficially owned by such person and (iv) any other 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 and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (including without limitation such persons written consent to being named
in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (b) as to the
stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on the corporations books
of such stockholder, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially
owned by such stockholder, and (iii) any material relationship of the stockholder to the person the
stockholder proposes to nominate. At the request of the Board of Directors any person nominated by
the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the secretary that information
required to be set forth in a stockholders notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No
person shall be eligible for election as a Class A Director unless nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 14. The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 14 and if it shall be so determined, the chairman shall so declare this
to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Subject to any requirements in the certificate of incorporation, the
number of directors that shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed by resolution
of the Board of Directors but in no event shall be less than six (6). The directors shall be
elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article,
and each director elected shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
Directors need not be stockholders, but shall not be older than 75 years of age on the date of
their election or appointment to be eligible to serve as a director unless otherwise specifically
approved by resolution passed by the directors then in office or by the sole remaining director.
Section 2. Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,
vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of
directors elected by all of the stockholders having a right to vote as a single class may be filled
by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until
their successors are duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. If there are no directors
in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the
time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall
constitute less than a majority of the whole Board of Directors (as constituted immediately prior
to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or
stockholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the total voting power of all the outstanding
capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of such directors, summarily order an
election to be held to
fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the
directors then in office.
Section 3. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do
all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by
these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 4. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both
regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be
held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting
and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to
constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the
stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected Board of
Directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the
stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice
given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be
specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.
Section 6. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice
at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 7. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the president, any vice-president, the secretary or any two (2)
directors on four (4) days notice to each director by mail or two (2) days notice to each
director either personally or by telephone or electronic communication (e.g., electronic mail or
similar means of communication).
Section 8. Subject to any requirements in the certificate of incorporation, at
all meetings of the Board of Directors, one-third (1/3) of the authorized number of
directors, or two (2), whichever is greater, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a
quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided
by statute, by the certificate of incorporation or by Article III, Section 9 of these Bylaws. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat
may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting,
until a quorum shall be present.
Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken (i) at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or of any committee thereof or (ii) by the Class B Directors (as defined in the
certificate of incorporation) may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of
Directors or committee thereof or all Class B Directors, as the case may be, consent thereto in
writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee thereof.
Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors or any committee designated by the Board of
Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, by
means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or
more of the directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more
directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member
at any meeting of the committee.
In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in
the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall
have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of
the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be
affixed to all papers which may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or authority
in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or
consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially
all of the corporations property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the
corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the corporation, and,
unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee
shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Such
committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
Section 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report
the same to the Board of Directors when required.
Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.
The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of
Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a
stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation
in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing
committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
Section 14. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or
these Bylaws, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause,
by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.
Section 15. The Board of Directors shall appoint two (2) observers of the Board
of Directors, each of whom shall be an officer or employee of the corporation. Such observers shall
have the right to (i) receive notice of all meetings of the Board of Directors (other than any
meeting or portion thereof where employees of the corporation are intentionally excluded), (ii)
attend (in the same manner as the members of the Board of Directors whether in person or otherwise)
all meetings of the Board of Directors (other than any meeting or portion thereof where employees
of the corporation are intentionally excluded) as an observer with no right to vote on any matter
at such meeting and (iii) receive copies of all materials provided by the corporation at, or in
anticipation of, a meeting of the Board of Directors (but only to the extent such observer is
permitted to attend such meeting, or portion of such meeting, under this Section 15) at the same
time and in the same manner that the members of the Board of Directors receive such items. The
Board of Directors may remove any such observer, with or without cause at any time, and, following
such removal, may appoint (but in no case is required to so appoint), subject to this Section 15,
another individual to replace such observer.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of statutes or of the certificate of
incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it
shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail,
addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the
corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time
when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given
by telephone or electronic communication (e.g., electronic mail or similar means of communication).
Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of
the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board of
Directors and shall be a Chairman of the Board, a president, one or more vice-presidents, a
secretary and a chief financial officer. The Board of Directors may elect from among its members a
Vice Chairman of the Board and may also choose one or more assistant secretaries and assistant
treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of
incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide.
Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting
of stockholders shall choose the officers of the corporation.
Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as
it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers
and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be
fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their
successors are duly elected and qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of
Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of
Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of
Directors.
Section 6. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board
of Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be present and shall have and may exercise
such powers as are, from time to time, assigned by the Board of Directors and as may be provided by
law.
Section 7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, if
any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he
shall be present. The Vice Chairman shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to
time, assigned by the Board of Directors and as may be provided by law.
Section 8. The president shall be the general manager and chief executive officer
of the corporation, and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman, shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The president shall have
general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and
resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.
Section 9. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts
requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to
be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.
Section 10. In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or
refusal to act, the vice president, if any, (or in the event there be more than one vice president,
the vice presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation,
then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting,
shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. The vice
presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may
from time to time prescribe.
Section 11. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and
all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation
and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties
for the standing committees when required. The secretary shall give or cause to be given, notice of
all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or president, under whose
supervision he shall be. The secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation,
and the secretary or an assistant secretary shall have authority to affix the same to any
instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the
signature of such assistant secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
Section 12. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant
secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such
determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or in
the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of
the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 13. The chief financial officer may also be designated by the alternate
title of treasurer. The chief financial officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and
securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books
belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name
and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of
Directors.
Section 14. The chief financial officer shall disburse the funds of the
corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at its regular
meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as
treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.
Section 15. If required by the Board of Directors, the chief financial officer
shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with
such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful
performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his
death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession
or under his control belonging to the corporation.
Section 16. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the
assistant treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such
determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the chief financial
officer or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the chief financial officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
STOCK
Section 1. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a
certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors, or the president or a vice president and the treasurer or an assistant
treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of
shares owned by the stockholder in the corporation.
Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case upon the face or back of
the certificates issued to represent any such partly paid shares, the total amount of the
consideration to be paid therefor, and the amount paid thereon shall be specified.
If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one
series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or
other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face
or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of
stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the
certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a
statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the
powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In
case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been
placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were
such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to
be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged
to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a
new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition
precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate
or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall
require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any
claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the
corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue
a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the
transaction upon its books.
Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of
any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not
be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than
sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting:
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of
a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such
owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner
of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the
provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors
at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or
in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any
funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from
time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the
interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner
in which it was created.
Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be
signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may
from time to time designate.
Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors.
Section 5. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal having inscribed
thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words Corporate Seal,
Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or
reproduced or otherwise.
Section 6. Each person who was or is made a party to or witness or other
participant in or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in or is
otherwise involved in any action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other (hereinafter a
proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal
representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (hereinafter a designee), whether the basis
of the proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer or designee or
in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or designee, shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expenses (including
attorneys fees), judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, liability and loss
(including, without limitation, all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in
connection with or in respect of any of the foregoing) (hereinafter collectively expenses, which
expenses shall also include without limitation any expenses of establishing a right to
indemnification or advancement under this Section 6 or Article VII, Section 7 or 8) reasonably
incurred or suffered by such director, officer or designee in connection therewith; provided,
however, that, except as provided in Article VII, Section 8, the corporation shall indemnify any
such director, officer or designee seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such director, officer or designee only if such proceeding (or part thereof)
was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. The corporation may, by action of the
Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the corporation with the
same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors, officers and designees.
Section 7. Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any person in defending any
proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or designee of the
corporation shall be advanced by the corporation prior to the final disposition of such proceeding;
provided, however, that if the General Corporation Law of Delaware requires, the payment of such
expenses incurred by a director, officer or designee in his or her capacity as a director, officer
or designee (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while
a director, officer or designee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit
plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the
corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer or designee to repay all
amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director, officer or designee is
not entitled to be indemnified under Article VII, Section 6 or this Section 7 or otherwise.
Section 8. If a claim under either Article VII, Section 6 or 7 is not paid in
full by the corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the corporation,
the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be
paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other
than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in
advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been
tendered to the corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it
permissible under the General Corporation Law of Delaware for the corporation to indemnify the
claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the
corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including the Board of Directors, independent
legal counsel or the stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of Delaware, nor an
actual determination by the corporation (including the Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel or the stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the
applicable standard of conduct.
Section 9. Article VII, Sections 6 and 7 shall be deemed to be a contract between
the corporation and each director who serves in such capacity at any time while this Bylaw is in
effect, and
any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with
respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding
theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
Section 10. The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, to the extent
such additional rights to indemnification are authorized in the certificate of incorporation.
Persons seeking indemnification or advancement may seek either or both at his or her discretion and
the pursuit of one shall neither be deemed a waiver of such persons rights to pursue the other,
nor shall it have any effect on the outcome of such persons pursuit of the other. Nothing
contained in Article VII, Section 6, 7, 8 or 9 or this Section 10 shall affect any right to
indemnification to which persons other than directors, officers or designees may be entitled by
contract or otherwise. Nothing in this section shall restrict the power of the corporation to
indemnify its directors, officers, designees, employees or agents under any provision of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended from time to time, or under any other provision of
law from time to time applicable to the corporation, nor shall anything in Article VII, Section 6,
7, 8 or 9 or this Section 10 authorize the corporation to indemnify its directors, officers,
designees, employees or agents in situations prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware
or other applicable law.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be
adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when such power is conferred upon the
Board of Directors by the certificate of incorporation, at any regular meeting of the stockholders
or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of
Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in
the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws is conferred upon
the Board of Directors by the certificate of incorporation, it shall not divest or limit the power
of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.
Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision in these Bylaws, Sections 5, 12,
13, and 14 of Article II of these Bylaws and this Section 2 shall not be amended, modified or
repealed, directly or indirectly except by (i) the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) or more of
the Continuing Directors (as defined below) and the approval of the stockholders otherwise required
by applicable law or these Bylaws for such amendment; or (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders
of capital stock entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of
all the capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of Class A Directors.
Continuing Director shall mean any person then serving as a director of this corporation
(i) who was a member of the Board of Directors of this corporation on January 26, 2007, or (ii) who
becomes a director after January 26, 2007 and whose election, or nomination for election by this
corporations stockholders, was approved by a majority of the directors (or, in the case of a Class
B Director, the Class B Directors) who at that time are Continuing Directors, either by a specific
vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by this corporation on behalf of the Board of
Directors in which such person is named as nominee for director.