BY-LAWS
OF
CONSTELLATION
BRANDS, INC.
(AS
AMENDED AND RESTATED ON DECEMBER 6, 2007)
ARTICLE
I
STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION
1.1 Annual
Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the
election of directors at such date, time and place, either within or without
the
State of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors
from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the
annual meeting.
SECTION
1.2 Special
Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or
purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, or by a committee
of the Board of Directors which has been duly designated by the Board of
Directors, and whose powers and authority, as expressly provided in a resolution
of the Board of Directors, include the power to call such meetings, but such
special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons.
SECTION
1.3 Notice of
Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take
any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which
shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of
a
special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the written notice of any
meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before
the
date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his
address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
SECTION
1.4 Adjournments. Any
meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time
to
reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of
any
such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the
meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting
the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted
at
the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty
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
1.5 Quorum. The
Corporation’s authorized capital stock consists of Class A Common Stock (the
“Class A Common”), Class B Common Stock (the “Class B Common”), Class 1 Common
Stock (the “Class 1 Common”) and Preferred Stock (the “Preferred
Stock”). At each meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise
provided by law, the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
these By-Laws, the holders of shares representing a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast at the meeting by the holders of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute
a
quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time in
the
manner provided in Section 1.4 of these By-Laws until a quorum shall
attend. Such an adjournment may be approved by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders present
or
represented by proxy at such meeting notwithstanding that a quorum is not
present. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to
another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the
election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly,
by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for
quorum
purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right
of any
corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held
by
it in a fiduciary capacity.
SECTION
1.6 Voting. At
each meeting of stockholders (a) each holder of Class A Common present in
person
or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on a matter shall
be
entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of Class A Common held by such
holder, (b) each holder of Class B Common present in person or represented
by
proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on a matter shall be entitled to
cast
ten (10) votes for each share of Class B Common held by such holder, (c)
each
holder of Class 1 Common present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting and entitled to vote on a matter shall be entitled to cast one (1)
vote
for each share of Class 1 Common held by such holder, and (d) each holder
of
Preferred Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting
shall
be entitled to such voting rights as shall be provided for in the Certificate
of
Designations relating to the Preferred Stock held by such
holder. Except as otherwise provided by law, Section 2.2 of these
By-Laws pertaining to the election of directors, or the Corporation’s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, all classes of stock entitled to vote with
respect
to a matter shall vote together as a single class and the affirmative vote
of a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast by stockholders present in person
or
represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall
be
the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law or
by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may
require
a larger vote upon any election or question.
SECTION
1.7 Organization. Meetings
of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any,
or
in his absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in his absence
by
the Chief Executive Officer, or in his absence by the President or in the
absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of
Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen at
the
meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in
his absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as
secretary of the meeting.
SECTION
1.8 Proxies. Each
stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another
person or persons to act for him by proxy in any manner permitted by the
General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, but no such proxy shall be voted
or
acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for
a
longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it
states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled
with an
interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A
stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the
meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking
the
proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary
of
the Corporation.
SECTION
1.9 Fixing Date for
Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
at
any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent
to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, 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 nor less than
ten
days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any
other action. If no record date is fixed: (1) the record
date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting
of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding
the
day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business
on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and (2) the
record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at
the
close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of
record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall
apply
to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of
Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
SECTION
1.10 List of
Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The Secretary shall prepare and
make, at least ten 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 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 offices of the transfer agent. 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. The
stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled
to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the
Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders.
SECTION
1.11 Action by Consent
of Stockholders. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to
be
taken at any annual or special meeting of the 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
1.12 Business at
Meetings of Stockholders. At an annual meeting of the
stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly
brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual
meeting, business must be (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
of
the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be
delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of
the
Corporation not less than 120 days before the date of the Corporation’s proxy
statement that was released to stockholders in connection with its previous
annual meeting of stockholders. If the date of the annual meeting has been
changed by more than 30 days from the date of the previous year’s annual meeting
or if no annual meeting was held during the previous year, then the notice
must
be received a reasonable time before the Corporation begins to print and
mail
its proxy materials. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as
to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:
(w)
a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual
meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting,
(x)
the name, address and telephone number of the stockholder proposing such
business, (y) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are
beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (z) any material interest of the
stockholder in such business. A stockholder who makes a proposal shall provide
the Corporation with such additional information regarding the proposal as
shall
be reasonably requested by the Corporation, including, without limitation,
any
information necessary for the Corporation to comply with federal securities
laws. The Chairman of the annual 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 1.12, and if he
should
so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not
properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
ARTICLE
II
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
SECTION
2.1 Number;
Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or
more members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected at
the annual meeting of stockholders and each director elected shall hold office
until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be
stockholders.
SECTION
2.2 Election;
Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. At every meeting of stockholders called for
the election of directors, the holders of Class A Common, voting as a class,
shall be entitled to elect one-fourth (1/4) of the number of directors to
be
elected at such meeting (rounded, if the total number of directors to be
elected
at such meeting is not evenly divisible by four (4), to the next higher whole
number), and the holders of Class B Common, voting as a class, shall be entitled
to elect the remaining number of directors to be elected at such
meeting. Irrespective of the foregoing, if the number of outstanding
Class B Common shares is less than 12 1/2% of the total number of outstanding
shares of Class A Common and Class B Common, then the holders of the Class
A
Common shall be entitled to elect one-fourth (1/4) of the number of directors
to
be elected at such meeting (rounded, if the total number of directors to
be
elected at such meeting is not evenly divisible by four (4), to the next
higher
whole number) and shall be entitled to participate with the holders of the
Class
B Common voting as a single class in the election of the remaining number
of
directors to be elected at such meeting, provided that the holders of Class
A
Common shall have one (1) vote per share and the holders of Class B
Common
shall have ten (10) votes per share. In each case, the directors
shall be elected by a plurality of the votes entitled to be cast by the
stockholders who are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting
and entitled to vote on the election of directors. If, during the
interval between annual meetings for the election of directors, the number
of
directors who have been elected by either the holders of the Class A Common
or
the Class B Common shall, by reason of resignation, death, retirement,
disqualification or removal, be reduced, the vacancy or vacancies in directors
so created may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors then
in
office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director. Any director so elected by the remaining directors to fill
any such vacancy may be removed from office by the vote of the holders of
a
majority of the shares of the Class A Common and the Class B Common voting
as a
single class, provided that the holders of Class A Common shall have one
(1)
vote per share and the holders of Class B Common shall have ten (10) votes
per
share.
SECTION
2.3 Regular
Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times
as the
Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and if so determined
notices
thereof need not be given.
SECTION
2.4 Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called
by
the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice-President,
the
Secretary, or by any two members of the Board of Directors. At least
one days’ notice thereof shall be given by the person or persons calling the
meeting, either personally, by mail or by telegram.
SECTION
2.5 Telephonic
Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of Directors, or any
committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of such Board
or
committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other,
and participation in a meeting pursuant to this By-Law shall constitute presence
in person at such meeting.
SECTION
2.6 Quorum; Vote
Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a
majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of
business. Except in cases in which the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws otherwise provide, the vote of a majority
of the
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the
act of
the Board of Directors.
SECTION
2.7 Organization. Meetings
of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board,
if any, or in his absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in
his
absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in his absence by the President,
or
in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman chosen at the
meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in
his absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as
secretary of the meeting.
SECTION
2.8 Informal Action by
Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee
thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or such
committee, as the case may be, consent
thereto
in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the Board or committee.
ARTICLE
III
COMMITTEES
SECTION
3.1 Committees. The
Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board,
designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more
of
the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more
directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent
or
disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence
or disqualification of a member of the 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 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
power or authority in reference to amending the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, adopting an agreement of merger or
consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange
of
all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending
to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of
dissolution, or amending these By-Laws; and, unless the resolution expressly
so
provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare
a
dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.
SECTION
3.2 Committee
Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each
committee designated by the Board may make, alter and repeal rules for the
conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee
shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts
its business pursuant to Article II of these By-Laws.
ARTICLE
IV
OFFICERS
SECTION
4.1 Executive
Officers; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal;
Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall choose a President and Secretary,
and it may, if it so determines, choose a Chairman of the Board and a Vice
Chairman of the Board from among its members. The Board of Directors may
also
choose a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Vice-Presidents, one or more
Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers,
and may
choose such other officers as it may deem necessary, each of whom shall have
such titles and duties as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
Each
such officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors
after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding this election, and
until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation
or
removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the
Corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without
cause
at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual
rights
of
such officer, if any, with the Corporation. Any number of offices may be
held by
the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by
reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the
unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or
special meeting.
SECTION
4.2 Chairman of the
Board. The Chairman of the Board, if there be one, shall preside at all
meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders, and shall perform
such other duties as the Board may direct.
SECTION
4.3 Chief Executive
Officer. The Board of Directors may designate whether the Chairman of the
Board, if one shall have been chosen, or the President shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation. If a Chairman of the Board has not
been
chosen, or if one has been chosen but not designated Chief Executive Officer,
then the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
The
Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal executive officer of the
Corporation and shall in general supervise and control all of the business
and
affairs of the Corporation, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.
He shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors
under the circumstances described in Section 1.7 or 2.7, respectively, and
shall
see that orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into
effect. He shall have general powers of supervision and shall be the final
arbiter of all differences among officers of the Corporation and his decision
as
to any matter affecting the Corporation shall be final and binding as between
the officers of the Corporation subject only to the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
4.4 President. If
the Chairman of the Board has not been chosen Chief Executive Officer or,
if the
Chairman of the Board has been so chosen, in the event of his inability or
refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive
Officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject
to all
the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer. At all other times, the
President shall have the active management of the business of the Corporation
under the general supervision of the Chief Executive Officer. In general,
he
shall perform all duties incident to the office of President, and such other
duties as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may from
time to
time prescribe. If the Chairman of the Board has been chosen Chief
Executive Officer, the President shall preside at meetings of the stockholders
and of the Board of Directors under the circumstances described in Section
1.7
or 2.7, respectively.
SECTION
4.5 Vice-Presidents.
In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal
to
act, the Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President,
the Vice-Presidents in the order designated, 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
4.6 Secretary. 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
stockholders 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.
He
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 Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision he shall
be. He
shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and he, 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
4.7 Assistant
Secretary. 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 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
4.8 Treasurer. The
Treasurer 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. He 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 Chief Executive Officer 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. If required by the Board of Directors, he 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 property of
whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the
Corporation.
SECTION
4.9 Assistant
Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there 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 Treasurer or in the event of his inability or refusal
to act,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may
from
time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE
V
STOCK
SECTION
5.1 Certificates.
The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates
except to the extent that the Board of Directors has adopted one or more
resolutions providing that some or all of any or all classes or series of
the
Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors that relates to outstanding
shares
represented by a certificate shall not apply to such outstanding shares until
such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of
stock represented by
certificates
shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the
Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if
any,
or the President or a Vice-President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation,
certifying the class and number of shares of the Corporation registered in
certificate form that are owned by him. Any of or all the signatures on the
certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon
a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with
the
same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the
date
of issue. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of
uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner
thereof a written notice setting forth the class and number of shares of
the
Corporation registered in his name. Any stock certificates issued and
any notices given shall include such other information and legends as shall
be
required by law or necessary to give effect to any applicable transfer, voting
or similar restrictions.
SECTION
5.2 Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The Corporation
may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore
issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the
Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate,
or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to
indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of
the
alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance
of
such new certificate. If shares represented by a stock certificate
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed have become uncertificated
shares, the Corporation may, in lieu of issuing a new certificate, cause
such
shares to be reflected on its books as uncertificated shares and may require
the
owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative,
to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim
that
may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction
of
any such certificate.
SECTION
5.3 Transfers of
Stock. 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, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be
the
duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate or evidence of the issuance
of uncertificated shares to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old
certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon the
receipt by the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of proper
evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer with respect
to
uncertificated shares, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to record
the
transaction upon its books.
SECTION
5.4 Registered
Stockholders. 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 he 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 the
State of Delaware.
SECTION
5.5 Transfer Agents;
Registrars; Regulations. The Board of Directors may appoint a
transfer agent and one or more co-transfer agents and registrar and one or
more
co-
registrars
and may make, or authorize any such agent to make, all such rules and
regulations deemed expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration
of
shares of stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
6.1 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be March 1 to the last day of February,
unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
6.2 Seal. The
corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and
shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
6.3 Waiver of Notice
of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. Any written waiver of
notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after
the
time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of
a
person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except
when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at
the
beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the
meeting
is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted
at,
nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders,
directors, or member of a committee of directors need be specified in any
written waiver of notice.
SECTION
6.4 Interested
Directors; Quorum. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and
one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and
any
other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which
one
or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a
financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or
solely
because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting
of
the Board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction,
or
solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (1) the
material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract
or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the
committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract
or
transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority
of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be
less
than a quorum; or (2) the material facts as to his relationship or interest
and
as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders
entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically
approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (3) the contract or
transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized,
approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or
the
stockholders. All directors, including interested directors, may be counted
in
determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors
or
of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
SECTION
6.5 Form of
Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of
its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books,
may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs,
micro
photographs,
or any other information storage device, provided that the records so kept
can
be converted into clearly legible form within a reasonable time. The Corporation
shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled
to
inspect the same.
SECTION
6.6 Amendment of
By-Laws. These By-Laws may be altered or repealed, and new By-Laws made, by
the Board of Directors, but the stockholders may make additional By-Laws
and may
alter and repeal any By-Laws whether adopted by them or otherwise.