AtriCure, Inc.
Extract: Bylaws Amended/Restated (Plain English Desc) from a 10-Q on 07/31/2024   Download
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Effective July 30, 2024, the Board of Directors approved the Amended and Restated Bylaws of AtriCure, Inc. (“Amended and Restated Bylaws”). The Amended and Restated Bylaws include updates and changes related to the following:
Revisions to reflect and conform to the current provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), including, but not limited to, provisions relating to the manner of providing notice of stockholder meetings, the adjournment of stockholder meetings, the list of stockholders entitled to vote at stockholder meetings, and stock certificates;
Revisions to clarify (i) that the Board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of stockholder meetings, and (ii) the authority of a stockholder meeting chair to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the conduct of stockholder meetings, including rules related to when polls open and close and procedures for maintaining order at meetings and safety for attendees;
Stockholders soliciting proxies must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use of the Board;
For a person to be qualified to stand for election or re-election as a director, the person is required to timely deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the secretary of the Company both (i) such person’s written consent to be named in a proxy
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statement relating to the meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected and (ii) a completed and signed questionnaire with respect to background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence;
For a person nominated by a stockholder to be qualified to stand for election or re-election as a director, the nominating stockholder must timely deliver to the secretary of the Company certain representations, to ensure compliance with the applicable requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and, if such stockholder, any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is submitted or any person who controls either of the foregoing stockholder or beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, acts contrary to any such representations, such nominee will be disqualified from standing for election or re-election as a director;
Revisions to the indemnification and advancement provisions to, among other things, (i) clarify that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, and advance expenses incurred in defending a proceeding to, any person who was or is made a party or threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Company or, while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, (ii) clarify that the prohibition on indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by an indemnitee does not apply to a proceeding, or part thereof, initiated to enforce a right to indemnification or advancement or a compulsory counterclaim, and (iii) provide than an indemnitee can bring an action to enforce a right to advancement of expenses if a claim therefor is not paid in full within 20 days.
The Delaware Court of Chancery shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder to bring certain actions, including, without limitation, derivative actions, claims for breach of fiduciary duty, claims arising under the DGCL, claims governed by the internal affairs doctrine, and actions in the right of the Company asserting claims as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction to the Delaware Court of Chancery;
The federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Implementing other ministerial changes, clarifications, and conforming revisions.