Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
CO-DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
A Utah Corporation
(as adopted amended
by the Board of Directors on March 31, 2022 November
4, 2024)
CONTENTS
Article I. Corporate Offices. | 1 | |
Section 1.1. | Registered Office and Agent. | 1 |
Section 1.2. | Other Offices. | 1 |
Article II. Meetings of Stockholders. | 1 | |
Section 2.1. | Place of Meetings. | 1 |
Section 2.2. | Annual Meetings. | 1 |
Section 2.3. | Special Meetings. | 1 |
Section 2.4. | Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings. | 1 |
Section 2.5. | Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice. | 1 |
Section 2.6. | Quorum. | 2 |
Section 2.7. | Adjourned Meeting; Notice. | 2 |
Section 2.8. | Conduct of Business. | 2 |
Section 2.9. | Voting. | 2 |
Section 2.10. | Waiver of Notice. | 3 |
Section 2.11. | Action Without a Meeting. | 3 |
Section 2.12. | Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting; Giving Consents. | 3 |
Section 2.13. | Nominations and Proposals for Annual Meetings of Stockholders. | 4 |
Section 2.14. | List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. | 8 |
Section 2.15. | Proxies. | 8 |
Article III. Directors. | 8 | |
Section 3.1. | Powers. | 8 |
Section 3.2. | Number | 8 |
Section 3.4. | Place of Meetings; Remote Meetings. | 9 |
Section 3.5. | Regular Meetings. | 9 |
Section 3.6. | Special Meetings; Notice. | 9 |
Section 3.7. | Quorum. | 10 |
Section 3.8. | Waiver of Notice. | 10 |
Section 3.9. | Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. | 10 |
Section 3.10. | Fees and Compensation of Directors. | 10 |
Section 3.11. | Approval of Loans. | 10 |
Section 3.12. | Removal of Directors. | 11 |
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Article IV. Committees. | 11 | |
Section 4.1. | Committees of Directors. | 11 |
Section 4.2. | Committee Minutes. | 11 |
Section 4.3. | Meetings and Action of Committees. | 11 |
Article V. Officers. | 12 | |
Section 5.1 | Officers | |
Section 5.2. | Appointment of Officers. | 12 |
Section 5.3. | Subordinate Officers. | 12 |
Section 5.4. | Removal and Resignation of Officers. | 12 |
Section 5.5. | Vacancies in Offices. | 13 |
Section 5.6. | Chairperson of the Board. | 12 |
Section 5.7. | Chief Executive Officer. | 12 |
Section 5.8. | Chief Financial Officer. | 13 |
Section 5.9. | Vice Presidents. | 13 |
Section 5.10. | Secretary. | 13 |
Section 5.11. | Assistant Secretary. | 14 |
Section 5.12. | Assistant Treasurer. | 14 |
Section 5.13. | Representation of Shares of Other Corporations. | 14 |
Section 5.14. | Authority and Duties of Officers. | 14 |
Article VI. Indemnity. | 14 | |
Section 6.1. | Third-Party Actions. | 14 |
Section 6.2. | Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. | 15 |
Section 6.3. | Successful Defense. | 15 |
Section 6.4. | Determination of Conduct. | 15 |
Section 6.5. | Payment of Expenses in Advance. | 15 |
Section 6.6. | Indemnity Not Exclusive. | 15 |
Section 6.7. | Insurance Indemnification. | 15 |
Section 6.8. | The Corporation. | 16 |
Section 6.9. | Employee Benefit Plans. | 16 |
Section 6.10. | Indemnity Fund. | 16 |
Section 6.11. | Indemnification of Other Persons. | 16 |
Section 6.12. | Savings Clause. | 16 |
Section 6.13. | Continuation of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. | 16 |
Section 6.14. | Conflicts. | 17 |
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Article VII. Records and Reports. | 17 | |
Section 7.1. | Maintenance and Inspection of Records. | 17 |
Section 7.2. | Inspection by Directors. | 17 |
Article VIII. Notice by Electronic Transmission. | 18 | |
Section 8.1. | Notice by Electronic Transmission. | 18 |
Section 8.2. | Definition of Electronic Transmission. | 18 |
Article IX. General Matters. | 18 | |
Section 9.1. | Checks. | 18 |
Section 9.2. | Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments. | 19 |
Section 9.3. | Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares. | 19 |
Section 9.4. | Special Designation on Certificates. | 19 |
Section 9.5. | Lost Certificates. | 20 |
Section 9.6. | Construction; Definitions. | 20 |
Section 9.7. | Dividends. | 20 |
Section 9.8. | Fiscal Year. | 20 |
Section 9.9. | Seal. | 20 |
Section 9.10. | Transfer of Stock Certificates; Recordation of Transfer. | 20 |
Section 9.11. | Stock Transfer Agreements. | 20 |
Section 9.12. | Registered Stockholders. | 20 |
Section 9.13. | Conflicts with Certificate of Incorporation. | 20 |
Article X. Amendments. | 21 | |
Section 10.1. | Amendment by Directors. | 21 |
Section 10.2. | Amendment by Stockholders. | 21 |
Article XI. Exclusive Forum. | 21 |
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Article I. Corporate Offices.
Section 1.1. Registered Office and Agent. The registered office of Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (the “Company”) within the State of Utah shall be located in such location as the Company’s board of directors shall, from time-to-time, establish. The registered agent shall be such person or entity as the board of directors may in its sole discretion designate.
Section 1.2. Other Offices. The board of directors may at any time establish other offices at any place or places, either within or outside of the State of Utah, where the corporation is qualified to do business.
Article II. Meetings of Stockholders.
Section 2.1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place designated by the board of directors (a) within or outside the State of Utah, or (b) by means of remote communication (a “Virtual Meeting”), in each case as may be determined by the board of directors from time to time. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the registered office of the Company, or the board of directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but will instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under Section 16-10a-708 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act (“URBCA”).
Section 2.2. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the board of directors, which date shall be within thirteen (13) months of the last annual meeting of the stockholders or, if no such meeting has been held, the date of incorporation. At the meeting, directors shall be elected, and any other proper business may be transacted.
Section 2.3. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the board of directors pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, unless otherwise required by law.
Section 2.4. Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings. All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in the form of a writing or electronic transmission and shall be sent or otherwise given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 2.5 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall specify 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. The means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting shall also be provided in the notice.
Section 2.5. Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice. Notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, or if electronically transmitted as provided in Section 8.1 of these bylaws. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of the corporation that the notice has been given by mail or by a form of electronic transmission, as applicable, shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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Section 2.6. Quorum. The holders of thirty-three and one-third percent (33⅓%) of the 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 is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting or (ii) 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 is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.
When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any questions brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the bylaws, the URBCA or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.
Section 2.7. Adjourned Meeting; Notice. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. 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 2.8. Conduct of Business. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such matters as the regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business.
Section 2.9. Voting. The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 of these bylaws and subject to the provisions of Sections 16-10a-721, 16-10a-722, 16-10a-730, and 16-10a-731 of the URBCA (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors, and joint owners of stock and to voting trusts and other voting agreements). The corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance of any meeting of the stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of the stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or inspectors.
Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder.
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nominee for director shall be elected to the board of directors if the votes cast for such nominee’s election exceed the votes
cast against such nominee’s election; provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any
meeting of stockholders for which (i) the secretary of the corporation receives a notice that a stockholder has nominated a person for
election to the board of directors in compliance with the certificate of incorporation and these bylaws, to the extent applicable, and
applicable law and (ii) such nomination has not been withdrawn by such stockholder on or before the tenth day before the corporation
first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the stockholders. If directorsAt
each election of directors, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or the URBCA, every shareholder entitled to
vote at the election has the right to cast, in person or by proxy, all of the votes to which the shareholder’s shares are entitled
for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder has the right to vote. Directors
are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast,
stockholders shall not be permitted to vote against a nominee. by
the shares entitled to vote in the election, at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present. The corporation shall
not directly or indirectly vote any shares of its own stock; provided, however, that the corporation may vote shares which it holds in
a fiduciary capacity to the extent permitted by law.
Section 2.10. Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the URBCA, the certificate of incorporation, or these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission 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 need to be specified in any written waiver of notice, or any waiver by electronic transmission, unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section 2.11. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company and may not be effected by written consent.
Section 2.12. Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting; Giving Consents. 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 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 (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) | 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 | |
(b) | 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.
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Section 2.13. Nominations and Proposals for Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) | set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (B) the class or series and number of shares of the corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, as of the date of such notice (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), and (C) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”); |
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(2) | if the notice relates to any business other than the nomination of a director that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business, and (B) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; | |
(3) | set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (A) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (B) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any Affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and | |
(4) | with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the board of directors, include the completed and signed questionnaire, representation, and agreement required by Section 2.13(d) below. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee. |
(c) | Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (b) of this Section 2.13 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors of the corporation at an annual meeting is increased, whether by increase in the size of the board of directors, or by any vacancy in the board of directors to be filled at such annual meeting, and there is no public announcement by the corporation naming all of the nominees for directors or specifying the size of the increased board of directors at least 75 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.13 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any such vacant positions and for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation. |
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(d) | To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under paragraphs (b) and (c) above) to the secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation a completed, written and signed questionnaire (in the form customarily used by the corporation for its directors) with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the secretary upon written request) that such person: |
(1) | is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the corporation or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such persons’ ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law; | |
(2) | is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein; and | |
(3) | in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the corporation. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.13, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.13, and nothing in this Section 2.13 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereof) and, to the extent required by such rule, have such proposals considered and voted on at an annual meeting.
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(e) General.
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Section 2.14. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. 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 (but not the electronic address or other electronic contact information) of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) during ordinary business hours, 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 or (ii) by a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting. If the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is only available to the stockholders. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then 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. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
Section 2.15. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the stockholder’s name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, facsimile, electronic or telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholder’s attorney-in-fact. 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 proxy may remain irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally.
Article III. Directors.
Section 3.1. Powers. Subject to the provisions of the URBCA and any limitation in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed, and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors.
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3.2. Number and Classification of Directors. The board of directors shall consist of three or more members but no
more than ten, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. The
board of directors shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible, being Class I, Class II and Class III. Each
director shall serve for a term ending on the third annual meeting following the annual meeting at which such director was elected; provided,
however, that the directors first elected to Class I shall serve for a term ending on the annual meeting following their first election
or appointment as Class I directors, the directors first appointed to Class II shall serve for a term ending on the second annual meeting
following their first appointment as Class II directors, and the directors first appointed to Class III shall serve a full term as hereinabove
provided. The foregoing notwithstanding, each director shall serveDirectors
need not be shareholders or residents of the State of Utah. Directors shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting and until
his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified,
or until he or she becomes disabled or is otherwise removed. The board of directors
is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to such classes as it may determine at the time the classification of the
Board of Directors becomes effective.such director’s
earlier death, resignation or removal. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director
prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office. When the number of directors is changed, each director then serving as
such shall nevertheless continue as a director until the expiration of his or her current term.
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Section 3.3. Election and Removal of Directors; Vacancies.
Section 3.4. Place of Meetings; Remote Meetings. The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Utah. 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, by means of conference telephone, video, or other 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 3.5. Regular Meetings. 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.
Section 3.6. Special Meetings; Notice. Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the board, the chief executive officer, or any two (2) directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
(a) | delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone; | |
(b) | sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid; or | |
(c) | sent by electronic mail, in each case directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the corporation’s records. |
If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, or (ii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to a director. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the corporation’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting.
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Section 3.7. Quorum. At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the authorized number of directors then in office 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 or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
Section 3.8. Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the URBCA, the certificate of incorporation, or these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission 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 other purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors, or a committee of directors, need to be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section 3.9. Board Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission.
Section 3.10. Fees and Compensation of Directors. 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 3.11. Approval of Loans. The corporation shall not, either directly or indirectly, including through any subsidiary, extend or maintain credit, arrange for the extension of credit, or renew an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director, executive officer (or equivalent thereof), or control person, but may lend money to and use its credit to assist any employee, excluding such executive officers, directors, or other control persons of the corporation or of a subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guarantee, or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guarantee or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.
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Section 3.12. Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, only with cause and only by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the shares then entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. At least thirty (30) days prior to any meeting of stockholders at which it is proposed that any director be removed from office. written notice of such proposed removal shall be sent to the director whose removal will be considered at the meeting. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “cause” with respect to the removal of any director, shall mean only (i) conviction of a felony, (ii) declaration of unsound mind by order of a court, (iii) gross dereliction of duty, (iv) commission of any act involving moral turpitude, or (v) commission of an act that constitutes intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law if such action in either event results both in an improper substantial personal benefit to such director and a material injury to the corporation.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office.
Article IV. Committees.
Section 4.1. Committees of Directors. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, with 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 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 or in the bylaws of the corporation, 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 that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve, adopt or recommend to the stockholders any action or matter the URBCA expressly requires be submitted to the stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend, or repeal the bylaws.
Section 4.2. Committee Minutes. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.
Section 4.3. Meetings and Action of Committees. Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Section 3.4 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.5 (regular meetings), Section 3.6 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.7 (quorum), Section 3.8 (waiver of notice), and Section 3.9 (action by written consent without a meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.
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Article V. Officers.
Section 5.1. Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer and a secretary and such other officers (including without limitation, a chairperson of the board, president, vice presidents, assistant secretaries and a treasurer) as the board from time to time may determine. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 5.2. Appointment of Officers. The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections Section 5.3 or Section 5.5 of these bylaws, shall be appointed by the board of directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
Section 5.3. Subordinate Officers. The board of directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.4. Removal and Resignation of Officers. Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
Section 5.5. Vacancies in Offices. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.
Section 5.6. Chairperson of the Board. The chairperson of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and of the stockholders at which he or she shall be present, and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these bylaws. If there is no chief executive officer, then the chairperson of the board shall also be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5.7 of these bylaws.
Section 5.7. Chief Executive Officer. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the board of directors to the chairperson of the board, if there be such an officer, the chief executive officer shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers of the corporation. He or she shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a chairperson of the board, at all meetings of the board of directors. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
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The chief executive officer 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 5.8. Chief Financial Officer. The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with 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, shall render to the chief executive officer and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all his transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
Section 5.9. Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all 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. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board of directors, these bylaws, the chief executive officer or the chairperson of the board.
Section 5.10. Secretary. The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or such other place as the board of directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, whether regular or special (and, if special, how authorized and the notice given), the names of those present at directors’ meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors required to be given by law or by these bylaws. He or she shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
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Section 5.11. Assistant Secretary. The assistant secretary, or, if there is more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the stockholders or 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 may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
Section 5.12. Assistant Treasurer. The assistant treasurer, or, if there is more than one, the assistant treasurers, in the order determined by the stockholders or 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 or her 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 may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
Section 5.13. Representation of Shares of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise directed by the board of directors or the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Chief Financial Officer shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the stockholders of or with respect to any action of the stockholders of any other corporation in which the corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which the corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.
Section 5.14. Authority and Duties of Officers. In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of the corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the corporation as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or the stockholders.
Article VI. Indemnity.
Section 6.1. Third-Party Actions. Subject to the provisions of this Article VI, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he 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, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the corporation, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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Section 6.2. Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to the provisions of this Article VI, Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VI, no person shall be indemnified hereunder for any expenses or amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action to recover short-swing profits under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Section 6.3. Successful Defense. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in Sections Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
Section 6.4. Determination of Conduct. Any indemnification under Sections Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, as applicable. Such determination shall be made (i) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit, or proceeding or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, as a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation shall be entitled to contest any determination that the director, officer, employee, or agent has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 by petitioning a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 6.5. Payment of Expenses in Advance. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding, by an individual who may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article VI.
Section 6.6. Indemnity Not Exclusive. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to the other sections of this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 6.7. Insurance Indemnification. The corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under this Article VI.
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Section 6.8. The Corporation. For purposes of this Article VI references to the “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the power and authority to indemnify its directors and officers, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under and subject to the provisions of this Article VI (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 6.4 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
Section 6.9. Employee Benefit Plans. For purposes of this Article VI, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Article VI.
Section 6.10. Indemnity Fund. Upon resolution passed by the board, the corporation may establish a trust or other designated account, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit), to ensure the payment of certain of its obligations arising under this Article VI and/or agreements which may be entered into between the corporation and its officers and directors from time to time.
Section 6.11. Indemnification of Other Persons. The provisions of this Article VI shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not a director or officer of the corporation or is not serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, but whom the corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the URBCA or otherwise. The corporation may, in its sole discretion, indemnify an employee, trustee, or other agent as permitted by the URBCA. The corporation shall indemnify an employee, trustee, or other agent where required by law.
Section 6.12. Savings Clause. If this Article VI or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each person entitled to indemnification hereunder against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit, proceeding, or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, and whether internal or external, including a grand jury proceeding and an action or suit brought by or in the right of the corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VI that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.
Section 6.13. Continuation of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
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Section 6.14. Conflicts. No indemnification or advance shall be made under this Article VI, except where such indemnification or advance is mandated by law or the order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, in any circumstance where it appears:
(a) | That it would be inconsistent with a provision of the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, a resolution of the stockholders or an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of the action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or | |
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Article VII. Records and Reports.
Section 7.1. Maintenance and Inspection of Records. The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended to date, accounting books, and other records.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent in the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent so to act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in Utah or at its principal place of business.
A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in each such stockholder’s name, shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting in the manner provided by law. The stock list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law. This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
Section 7.2. Inspection by Directors. Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his position as a director.
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Article VIII. Notice by Electronic Transmission.
Section 8.1. Notice by Electronic Transmission. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the URBCA, the certificate of incorporation, or the bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. A corporation may give a notice by electronic mail without obtaining the consent noted herein. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice or electronic transmission to the corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice may not be given by an electronic transmission from and after the time that:
(a) | the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation; and | ||
(b) | such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice. | ||
However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. | |||
Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given: | |||
(1) | if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; | ||
(2) | if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and | ||
(3) | if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and | ||
(4) | if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. |
An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Section 8.2. Definition of Electronic Transmission. An “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
Article IX. General Matters.
Section 9.1. Checks. From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.
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Section 9.2. Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments. The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
Section 9.3. Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares. Shares of the corporation’s stock may be certified or uncertified, as provided under Utah law, and shall be entered in the books of the corporation and registered as they are issued. Certificates representing shares of the corporation’s stock shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the chairperson of the board or vice chairperson of the board or the chief executive officer or president or vice president and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the stockholder. Any or all of 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 has 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.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of the corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
Section 9.4. Special Designation on Certificates. If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the 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 shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided by the URBCA, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that 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, the designations, the preferences, and the 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.
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Section 9.5. Lost Certificates. Except as provided in this Section 9.5, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be 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 or uncertificated shares.
Section 9.6. Construction; Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the URBCA shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person.
Section 9.7. Dividends. The directors of the corporation, subject to any restrictions contained in (i) the URBCA or (ii) the corporation’s certificate of incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the corporation’s capital stock.
Before payment of any dividend, the directors of the corporation may set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may modify or abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, and meeting contingencies.
Section 9.8. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors and may be changed by the board of directors.
Section 9.9. Seal. The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the board of directors, and may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
Section 9.10. Transfer of Stock Certificates; Recordation of Transfer. 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 in its books.
Section 9.11. Stock Transfer Agreements. The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the URBCA.
Section 9.12. 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, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the 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 another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Utah.
Section 9.13. Conflicts with Certificate of Incorporation. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the corporation’s certificate of incorporation and these bylaws, the provisions of the certificate of incorporation shall govern.
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Article X. Amendments.
Section 10.1. Amendment by Directors. Except as provided otherwise by law, these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the board of directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office.
Section 10.2. Amendment by Stockholders. These bylaws may be amended or repealed at any annual meeting of stockholders, or special meeting of stockholders called for such purpose, by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that if the board of directors recommends that stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at such meeting of stockholders, such amendment or repeal shall only require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class.
Article XI. Exclusive Forum.
Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, State of Utah shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any stockholder (including a beneficial owner of stock) to bring (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of, or claim based on, breach of a fiduciary duty owed by, or other wrongdoing by, any director, officer, or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s stockholders (including a beneficial owner of stock), (iii) any action asserting a claim against the corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the URBCA, the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or these bylaws, or (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or bylaws, or (v) any action asserting a claim against the corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of stock of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI.
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