Exhibit 3.61
BY-LAWS
OF
RESERVE CLAIMS MANAGEMENT CO. f/k/a
AVIS LEASING INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
(A Delaware Corporation)
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
As used in these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the
term:
1.1 "Assistant Secretary" means an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation.
1.2 "Assistant Treasurer" means an Assistant Treasurer, of the
Corporation.
1.3 "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
1.4 "By-laws" means the initial by-laws of the Corporation, as
amended from time to time.
1.5 "Certificate of Incorporation" means the initial certificate of
incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, supplemented or restated from time
to time.
1.6 "Comptroller" means the Comptroller of the Corporation.
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1.7 "Corporation" means AVIS CANADA, INC.
1.8 "Directors" means directors of the Corporation.
1.9 "General Corporation Law" means the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.
1.10 "Office of the Corporation" means the executive office of the
Corporation, anything in Section 131 of the General Corporation Law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
1.11 "President" means the President of the Corporation.
1.12 "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Corporation.
1.13 "Stockholders" means stockholders of the Corporation.
1.14 "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Corporation.
1.15 "Vice President" means a Vice President of the Corporation.
ARTICLE 2
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. Every meeting of the stockholders shall be
held at the office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without
the State of Delaware as shall be specified or fixed in the notice of such
meeting or in the waiver of notice thereof.
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2.2 Annual Meeting. A meeting of stockholders shall be held annually
for the election of directors and the transaction of other business at such hour
as may be designated in the notice of meeting on the fourth Wednesday in May in
each year or, if such date falls on a legal holiday, on the first business day
thereafter which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
2.3 Deferred Meeting for Election of Directors, Etc. If the annual
meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of
other business is not held on the date fixed in Section 2.2, the Board shall
call a meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction
of other business as soon thereafter as convenient.
2.4 Other-Special Meetings. A special meeting of stockholders (other
than a special meeting for the election of directors), or a special meeting of
any class or series thereof, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be
called at any time by the Board or by the President or by the Secretary, and
shall be called by the President or by the Secretary on the written request of
holders of twenty percentum (20%) or more of the shares of capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote in an election of directors, which written request
shall state the purpose or purposes of such meeting. At any special meeting of
stockholders only such business may be transacted which is related to the
purpose or purposes of such meeting set forth
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in the notice thereof given pursuant to Section 2.6 of the By-laws or in any
waiver of notice thereof given pursuant to Section 2.7 of the By-laws.
2.5 Fixing Record Date. For the purpose of determining 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 for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or the 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 may fix, in advance, a
date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders. Such date
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 such record
date is fixed:
2.5.1 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;
2.5.2 The record date for determining stockholders entitled to
express consent to corporate action
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in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is
necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is
expressed;
2.5.3 The record date for determining stockholders for any
purpose other than that specified in Sections 2.5.1 and 2.5.2 shall
be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the
resolution relating thereto.
When a determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section 2.5 such
determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Board fixes a
new record date for the adjourned meeting.
2.6 Notice of Meetings of Stockholders. Except as otherwise provided
in Sections 2.5 and 2.7 of the By-laws, whenever under the General Corporation
Law or the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, stockholders are
required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, written notice shall be
given stating 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. A copy
of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less
than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, to each
stockholder entitled to notice of or to vote at such
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meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in
the United States mail, with postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his
address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. An affidavit of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent of the Corporation
that the notice required by this section has been given shall, in the absence of
fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. When a meeting is
adjourned to another time or place, 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, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be
transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
If, however, 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.
2.7 Waivers of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given to
any stockholder under any provision of the General Corporation Law or of the
Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, a written waiver thereof, signed by
the stockholder entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a stockholder at a
meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
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of such meeting, except when the stockholder 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 be specified in any written waiver of notice.
2.8 List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, or
cause to be prepared and made, 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 place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
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2.9 Quorum of Stockholders; Adjournment. The holders of one-third of
the shares of stock entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, present in
person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
any business at such meeting. When a quorum is once present to organize a
meeting of stockholders, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any
stockholders. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock present in person
or represented by proxy at any meeting of stockholders, including an adjourned
meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting to another
time and place.
2.10 Voting; Proxies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate
of Incorporation every stockholder of record shall be entitled at every meeting
of stockholders to one vote for each share of capital stock standing in his name
on the record of stockholders determined in accordance with Section 2.5 of the
By-laws. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides for more or less than one
vote for any share, on any matter, every reference in the By-laws or the General
Corporation Law to a majority or other proportion of stock shall refer to such
majority or other proportion of the votes of such stock. The provisions of
Sections 212 and 217 of the General Corporation Law shall apply in determining
whether any shares of capital stock may be voted and the persons, if any,
entitled to vote such shares; but the Corporation shall be protected in treating
the persons in whose names shares of capital stock stand on the record of
stockholders as owners thereof for
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all purposes. At any meeting of stockholders, a quorum being present, all
matters, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by the By-laws, shall be decided by a majority of the votes
cast at such meeting by the holders of shares present in person or represented
by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. All elections of directors shall be by
written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. In
voting on any other question on which a vote by ballot is required by law or is
demanded by any stockholder entitled to vote, the voting shall be by ballot.
Each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting or by his proxy, and shall
state the number of shares voted. On all other questions, the voting may be viva
voce. Every stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to
express consent or dissent without a meeting may authorize another person or
persons to act for him by proxy. The validity and enforceability of any proxy
shall be determined in accordance with Section 212 of the General Corporation
Law.
2.11 Selection and Duties of Inspectors at Meetings of Stockholders.
The Board, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, may appoint one or more
inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If inspectors are
not so appointed, the person presiding at such meeting may, and on the request
of any stockholder entitled to vote thereat shall, appoint one or more
inspectors. In case any person
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appointed fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made
by the Board in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding
thereat. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall
take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such
meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The
inspector or inspectors shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the
voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a
quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or
consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection
with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents,
determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or
vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at
the meeting or any stockholder entitled to vote thereat, the inspector or
inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter
determined by him or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him or
them. Any report or certificate made by the inspector or inspectors shall be
prima facie evidence of the facts stated and of the vote as certified by him or
them.
2.12 Organization. At every meeting of stockholders, the President,
or in the absence of the President a Vice Presi-
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dent, and in case more than one Vice President shall be present, that Vice
President designated by the Board (or in the absence of any such designation,
the most senior Vice President, based on age, present), shall act as chairman of
of the meeting. In case none of the officers above designated to act as chairman
of the meeting shall be present, a chairman of the meeting shall be chosen by a
majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of shares of capital
stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the
meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence one of the Assistant Secretaries,
shall act as secretary of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary and any
Assistant Secretary, the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act
as secretary of the meeting.
2.13 Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of
stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting, but the
order of business to be followed at any meeting at which a quorum is present may
be changed by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of
shares of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled
to vote at the meeting.
2.14 Written Consent of Stockholders Without a Meeting. Unless
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by
the General Corporation Law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders
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of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special
meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present
and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting
by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate
of Incorporation or by applicable law, the business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by the Board. The Board may adopt such rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation or the
By-laws or applicable laws, as it may deem proper for the conduct of its
meetings and the management of the Corporation. In addition to the powers
expressly conferred by the By-laws, the Board may exercise all powers and
perform all acts which are not required, by the By-laws or the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, to be exercised and performed by the stockholders.
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3.2 Number; Qualification; Term of Office. The Board shall consist
of one or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed initially by the
incorporator and may thereafter be changed from time to time by action of the
stockholders or of the Board. Directors need not be stockholders. Each director
shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his
earlier death, resignation or removal.
3.3 Election. Directors shall, except as otherwise required by law
or by the Certificate of Incorporation, be elected by a plurality of the votes
cast at a meeting of stockholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in
the election.
3.4 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, newly created directorships
resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in
the Board for any reason, including the removal of directors without cause, may
be filled by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less
than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, at any meeting of the Board or
may be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares of
capital stock entitled to vote in the election at a special meeting of
stockholders called for that purpose. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall
be elected to hold
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office until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death,
resignation or removal.
3.5 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by written
notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time
therein specified, and, unless otherwise specified, the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
3.6 Removal of Directors. Any or all of the directors may be removed
(i) for cause, by vote of the stockholders or by action of the Board, and (ii)
without cause, by vote of the stockholders.
3.7 Compensation. Each director, in consideration of his service as
such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such amount per annum or
such fees for attendance at directors' meetings, or both, as the Board may from
time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable expenses
incurred by him in connection with the performance of his duties. Each director
who shall serve as a member of any committee of directors in consideration of
his serving as such shall be entitled to such additional amount per annum or
such fees for attendance at committee meetings, or both, as the Board may from
time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable expenses
incurred by him in the performance of his duties. Nothing in this section
contained shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or its
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subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.
3.8 Place and Time of Meetings of the Board. Meetings of the Board,
regular or special, may be held at any place within or without the State of
Delaware. The times and places for holding meetings of the Board may be fixed
from time to time by resolution of the Board or (unless contrary to resolution
of the Board) in the notice of the meeting.
3.9 Annual Meetings. On the day when and at the place where the
annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors is held, and as
soon as practicable thereafter, the Board may hold its annual meeting, without
notice of such meeting, for the purposes of organization, the election of
officers and the transaction of other business. The annual meeting of the Board
may be held at any other time and place specified in a notice given as provided
in Section 3.11 of the By-laws for special meetings of the Board or in a waiver
of notice thereof.
3.10 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at
such times and places as may be fixed front time to time by the Board. Unless
otherwise required by the Board, regular meetings of the Board may be held
without notice. If any day fixed for a regular meeting of the Board shall be a
Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday at the
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place where such meeting is to be held, then such meeting shall be held at the
same hour at the same place on the first business day thereafter which is not a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
3.11 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board shall be held
whenever called by the President or the Secretary or by any two or more
directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall, if mailed, be
addressed to each director at the address designated by him for that purpose or,
if none is designated, at his last known address at least two days before the
date on which the meeting is to be held; or such notice shall be sent to each
director at such address by telegraph, cable or wireless, or be delivered to him
personally, not later than the day before the date on which such meeting is to
be held. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but
need not state the purposes of the meeting, except to the extent required by
law. If mailed, each notice shall be deemed given when deposited, with postage
thereon prepaid, in a post office or official depository under the exclusive
care and custody of the United States post office department. Such mailing shall
be by first class mail.
3.12 Adjourned Meetings. A majority of the directors present at any
meeting of the Board, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is
present, may
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adjourn such meeting to another time and place. Notice of any adjourned meeting
of the Board need not be given to any director whether or not present at the
time of the adjournment. Any business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting
that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
3.13 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given to
any director or member of a committee of directors under any provision of the
General Corporation Law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, a
written waiver thereof, 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
directors, or members of a committee of directors, need be specified in any
written waiver of notice.
3.14 Organization. At each meeting of the Board, the President, or
in the absence of the President, a chairman chosen by the majority of the
directors present, shall preside. The Secretary shall act as secretary at each
meeting of the
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Board. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board, an
Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and
in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries,
the person presiding at the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary
of the meeting.
3.15 Quorum of Directors. A majority of the total number of
directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or of any
specified item of business at any meeting of the Board.
3.16 Action by the Board. All corporate action taken by the Board or
any committee thereof shall be taken at a meeting of the Board, or of such
committee, as the case may be, except that any action required or permitted to
be taken at any meeting of the Board, 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, and the writing or writings are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Members of the Board, or any
committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or
of such committee, as the case may be, 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
Section 3.16 shall constitute presence in
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person at such meeting. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present
(including those who participate by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment) at the time of the vote, if a quorum (including those
who so participate) is present at such time, shall be the act of the Board.
ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The Board 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 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 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, shall
have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the
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management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the
seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no
such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the
Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation,
recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets, recommending to the
stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution,
or amending the By-laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution
designating it expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.
ARTICLE 5
OFFICERS
5.1 Officers. The Board shall elect a President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer, and may elect or appoint one or more Vice Presidents, a Comptroller,
one or more Associate Treasurers, one or more Assistant Treasurers and such
other officers as it may determine. The Board may designate one or more Vice
Presidents as Executive Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents or Senior Vice
Presidents, and may use de-
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scriptive words or phrases to designate the standing, seniority or area of
special competence of the Vice Presidents elected or appointed by it. Each
officer shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified or
until his earlier death, resignation or removal in the manner provided in
Section 5.2 of the By-laws. Any two or more offices may be held by the same
person. The Board may require any officer to give a bond or other security for
the faithful performance of his duties, in such amount and with such sureties as
the Board may determine. All officers as between themselves and the Corporation
shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the
Corporation as may be provided in the By-laws or as the Board may from time to
time determine.
5.2 Removal of Officers. Any officer elected or appointed by the
Board may be removed by the Board with or without cause. The removal of an
officer without cause shall be without prejudice to his contract rights, if any.
The election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract
rights.
5.3 Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time in writing by
notifying the Board or the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall
take effect at the
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date of receipt of such notice or at such later time as is therein specified,
and, unless otherwise specified, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective. The resignation of an officer shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights of the Corporation, if any.
5.4 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause may be filled for the
unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in the By-laws for the
regular election or appointment to such office.
5.5 Compensation. Salaries or other compensation of the officers may
be fixed from time to time by the Board. No officer shall be prevented from
receiving a salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that he is also a
director.
5.6 President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of
the Corporation and shall report directly to the Board. The President shall have
general supervision over the business of the Corporation, subject, however, to
the control of the Board and of any duly authorized committee of directors. The
President shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and at meetings of the
Board. He may, with the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or
an Assistant Treasurer, sign certificates for shares of capital
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stock of the Corporation. He may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation
deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts and other instruments, except in cases where
the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or
by the By-laws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be
required by law otherwise to be signed or executed; and, in general, he shall
perform all duties incident to the office of the President and chief executive
officer and such other duties consistent therewith as from time to time may be
assigned to him by the Board.
5.7 Vice Presidents. At the request of the President (or in the
President's absence, at the request of the Board), the Vice President shall (in
such order as may be designated by the President or the Board or in the absence
of any such designation in order of seniority based on age perform all of the
duties of the President and so acting shall have all the powers of and be
subject to all restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may also,
with the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant
Treasurer, sign certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation; may
sign and execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds,
contracts or other
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instruments authorized by the Board, except in cases where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by the By-laws to
some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law
otherwise to be signed or executed; and shall perform such other duties as from
time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or by the President.
5.8 Secretary. The Secretary, if present, shall act as secretary of
all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board, and shall keep the minutes
thereof in the proper book or books to be provided for that purpose; he shall
see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and
served; he may, with the President or a Vice President, sign certificates for
shares of capital stock of the Corporation; he shall be custodian of the seal of
the Corporation and may seal with the seal of the Corporation, or a facsimile
thereof, all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation and all
documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its
corporate seal is authorized in accordance with the provisions of the By-laws;
he shall have charge of the stock ledger and also of the other books, records
and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization and management as a
Corporation, and shall see
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that the reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly
kept and filed; and shall, in general, perform all the duties incident to the
office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned
to him by the Board or by the President.
5.9 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and
be responsible for, all funds, securities and notes of the Corporation; receive
and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any sources
whatsoever; deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such
banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance
with these By-laws; against proper vouchers, cause such funds to be disbursed by
checks or drafts on the authorized depositaries of the Corporation signed in
such manner as shall be determined in accordance with any provisions of the
By-laws, and be responsible for the accuracy of the amounts of all moneys so
disbursed; regularly enter or cause to be entered in books to be kept by him or
under his direction full and adequate account of all moneys received or paid by
him for the account of the Corporation; have the right to require, from time to
time, reports or statements giving such information as he may desire with
respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation from the
officers
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or agents transacting the same; render to the President or the Board, whenever
the President or the Board, respectively, shall require him so to do, an account
of the financial condition of the Corporation and of all his transactions as
Treasurer; exhibit at all reasonable times his books of account and other
records to any of the directors upon application at the office of the
Corporation where such books and records are kept; and in general, perform all
the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from
time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or by the President; and he may
sign with the President or a Vice President certificates for shares of capital
stock of the Corporation.
5.10 Assistant Secretaries, Associate Treasurers and Assistant
Treasurers. Assistant Secretaries, Associate Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers
shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or by
the Treasurer, respectively, or by the Board or by the President. Assistant
Secretaries, Associate Treasurers and Assistant Treasurers may, with the
President or a Vice President, sign certificates for shares of capital stock of
the Corporation.
5.11 Comptroller. The Comptroller shall be responsible for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records of all assets, liabilities and
transactions of the Corporation. The Comptroller shall prepare and render such
balance sheets, budgets and other financial reports as the Board or the
President
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may require, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed in these
By-laws or assigned to him by the Board or the President and all other acts
incident to the position of Comptroller. Assistant Comptrollers shall perform
such duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Comptroller or
by the Board or the President. In the event of the absence of the Comptroller or
of his incapacity or inability to act, then any Assistant Comptroller may
perform any of the duties and may exercise any of the powers of the Comptroller.
ARTICLE 5
CONTRACTS, CHECKS, DRAFTS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
6.1 Execution of Contracts. The Board may authorize any officer,
employee or agent, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into
any contract or execute and satisfy any instrument, and any such authority may
be general or confined to specific instances, or otherwise limited.
6.2 Loans. The President or any other officer, employee or agent
authorized by the By-laws or by the Board may effect loans and advances at any
time time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company or other institutions
or from any firm, corporation or individual and for such loans and advances may
make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds or other certificates or
evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation,
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and when authorized so to do may pledge and hypothecate or transfer any
securities or other property of the Corporation as security for any such loans
or advances. Such authority conferred by the Board may be general or confined to
specific instances or otherwise limited.
6.3 Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts and other orders for the
payment of money out of the funds of the Corporation and all notes or other
evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed on behalf of the
Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by
resolution of the Board.
6.4 Deposits. The funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed
shall be deposited from time to time to the order of the Corporation in such
banks, trust companies or other depositaries as the Board may select or as may
be selected by an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to whom such
power may from time to time be delegated by the Board.
ARTICLE 7
STOCK AND DIVIDENDS
7.1 Certificates Representing Shares. The shares of capital stock of
the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form (consistent
with the provisions of Section 158 of the General Corporation Law) as shall be
approved by the
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Board. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President
and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile
thereof. The signatures of the officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles, if
the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar other than the
Corporation itself or its employee. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar
before such certificate is issued, such certificate may, unless otherwise
ordered by the Board, be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if
such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
7.2 Transfer of Shares. Transfers of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder
thereof or by his duly authorized attorney appointed by a power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary or a transfer agent of the Corporation,
and on surrender of the certificate or certificates representing such shares of
capital stock properly endorsed for transfer and upon payment of all necessary
transfer taxes. Every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the
Corporation shall be marked
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"Cancelled," with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary or the transfer agent of the Corporation. A person in whose name
shares of capital stock shall stand on the books of the Corporation shall be
deemed the owner thereof to receive dividends, to vote as such owner and for all
other purposes as respects the Corporation. No transfer of shares of capital
stock shall be valid as against the Corporation, its stockholders and creditors
for any purpose, except to render the transferee liable for the debts of the
Corporation to the extent provided by law, until such transfer shall have been
entered on the books of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom
transferred.
7.3 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to
time maintain one or more transfer offices or agents and registry offices or
agents at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the
Board.
7.4 Lost, Destroyed, Stolen and Mutilated Certificates. The holder
of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the
Corporation of any loss, destruction, theft or mutilation of the certificate
representing such shares, and the Corporation may issue a new certificate to
replace the certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or
mutilated. The Board may, in its discretion, as a condition to the issue of any
such new certificate, require the owner of the lost, destroyed, stolen
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or mutilated certificate, or his legal representatives, to make proof
satisfactory to the Board of such loss, destruction, theft or mutilation and to
advertise such fact in such manner as the Board may require, and to give the
Corporation and its transfer agents and registrars, or such of them as the Board
may require, a bond in such form, in such sums and with such surety or sureties
as the Board may direct, to indemnify the Corporation and its transfer agents
and registrars against any claim that may be made against any of them on account
of the continued existence of any such certificate so alleged to have been lost,
destroyed, stolen or mutilated and against any expense in connection with such
claim.
7.5 Regulations. The Board may make such rules and regulations as it
may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the By-laws or with the Certificate of
Incorporation, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates
representing shares of its capital stock.
7.6 Restriction on Transfer of Stock. A written restriction on the
transfer or registration of transfer of capital stock of the Corporation, if
permitted by Section 202 of the General Corporation Law and noted conspicuously
on the certificate representing such capital stock, may be enforced against the
holder of the restricted capital stock or any successor or transferee of the
holder including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other
fiduciary entrusted with like
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responsibility for the person or estate of the holder. Unless noted
conspicuously on the certificate representing such capital a stock, a
restriction, even though permitted by Section 202 of the General Corporation Law
shall be ineffective except against a person with actual knowledge of the
restriction. A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of
capital stock of the Corporation may be imposed either by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by an agreement among any number of stockholders or among such
stockholders and the Corporation. No restriction so imposed shall be binding
with respect to capital stock issued prior to the adoption of the restriction
unless the holders of such capital stock are parties to an agreement or voted in
favor of the restriction.
7.7 Dividends, Surplus, Etc. Subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation and of law, the Board:
7.7.1 May declare and pay dividends or make other
distributions on the outstanding shares of capital stock in such amounts
and at such time or times as, in its discretion, the condition of the
affairs of the Corporation shall render advisable;
7.7.2 May use and apply, in its discretion, any of the surplus
of the Corporation in purchasing or acquiring any shares of capital stock
of the Corporation, or purchase warrants therefor, in accordance
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with law, or any of its bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other
securities or evidences of indebtedness;
7.7.3 May set aside from time to time out of such surplus or
net profits such sum or sums as, in its discretion, it may think proper,
as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends or
for the purpose of maintaining or increasing the property or business of
the Corporation, or for any purpose it may think conducive to the best
interests of the Corporation.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Indemnification of Officers and Directors. 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, by reason of the fact that he
is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding to the fullest extent and in the manner set forth in and permitted by
the General Corporation Law, and any other applicable law, as
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from time to time in effect. Such right of indemnification shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which such director or officer may be entitled
apart from the foregoing provisions. The foregoing provisions of this Section
8.1 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director
and officer who serves in such capacity at any time while this Article 8 and the
relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law and other applicable law, if
any, are in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any
rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or
theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter
brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
8.2 Indemnification of Other Persons. The Corporation may
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 by reason of the fact that he
is or was an 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
expenses (including attorneys' fees) judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
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connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the extent and in the manner
set forth in and permitted by the General Corporation Law, and any other
applicable law, as from time to time in effect. Such right of indemnification
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such person may
be entitled apart from the foregoing provisions.
ARTICLE 9
BOOKS AND RECORDS
9.1 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and
complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings
of the stockholders, the Board and any committee of the Board. The Corporation
shall keep at the office designated in the Certificate of Incorporation or at
the office of the transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation in Delaware, a
record containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number and
class of shares held by each and the dates when they respectively became the
owners of record thereof.
9.2 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, microphotographs, or any other information storage
device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into
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clearly legible written 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.
9.3 Inspection of Books and Records. Except as otherwise provided by
law, the Board shall determine from time to time whether, and, if allowed, when
and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts, books, minutes and
other records of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the
inspection of the stockholders.
9.4 Reliance on Books and Records. Each officer, director or member
of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance
of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of
account of or reports made to the Corporation by any of its officers or by an
independent public accountant or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care
by the Board of Directors or by any such committee and in relying in good faith
upon other books and records of the Corporation.
ARTICLE 10
SEAL
The Board may adopt a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a
circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation, the year of its
incorporation and the word "Delaware."
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ARTICLE 11
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined, and may be
changed, by resolution of the Board.
ARTICLE 12
VOTING OF SHARES HELD
Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board, the President
may, from time to time, appoint one or more attorneys or agents of the
Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes
which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as a stockholder or otherwise in
any other corporation, any of whose shares or securities may be held by the
Corporation, at meetings of the holders of stock or other securities of such
other corporation, or to consent in writing to any action by any such other
corporation, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the
manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to
be executed on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or
otherwise, such written proxies, consents, waivers or other instruments as he
may deem necessary or proper in the premises; or the President may himself
attend any meeting of the holders of the stock or other securities of any such
other corporation and thereat vote or exercise any or all other
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powers of the Corporation as the holder of such stock or other securities of
such other corporation.
ARTICLE 13
AMENDMENTS
The By-laws may be altered, amended, supplemented or repealed, or
new By-laws may be adopted, by vote of the holders of the shares entitled to
vote in the election of directors. The By-laws may be altered, amended,
supplemented, repealed, or new By-laws may be adopted, by the Board, provided
that the vote of a majority of the entire Board shall be required to change the
number of authorized directors. Any By-laws adopted, altered, amended, or
supplemented by the Board may be altered, amended, supplemented or repealed by
the stockholders entitled to vote thereon.