CYCLE COUNTRY ACCESSORIES CORP.
Bylaws
Article I: Stockholders
Section 1.1. Annual Meeting. There shall be an annual meeting of the
stockholders of CYCLE COUNTRY ASSESSORIES CORP. (the "Corporation") on the
second Tuesday in May of each year at 10:00 a.m. local time, or at such
other date or time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of
directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors") and stated in the
notice of the meeting, for the election of directors and for the transaction
of such other business as may come before the meeting.
Section 1.2. Special Meetings. A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Corporation may be called at anytime by the written resolution or
other request of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. Such
written resolution or request shall specify the purpose or purposes for
which such meeting shall be called.
Section 1.3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of
stockholders, whether annual or special, stating the date, hour and place
thereof, shall be served either personally or by mail, not less than ten nor
more than sixty days before the meeting, upon each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at such meeting and upon any other stockholder to whom the
giving of notice of such a meeting may be required by law. Notice of a
special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the
meeting is called and shall indicate that such notice is being issued by or
at the direction of the Board of Directors. If, at any meeting, action is
proposed to be taken that would, if taken, entitle stockholders to receive
payment for their stock pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State
of Nevada, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that
purpose and to that effect. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the United States mail or with any private
express mail service, postage or delivery fee prepaid, and shall be directed
to each such stockholder at its address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation, unless such stockholder shall have previously filed with the
secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for
such stockholder be mailed to some other address, in which case, it shall be
mailed to the address designated in such request.
Section 1.4. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate
any place, either in the State of Nevada or outside the State of Nevada, as
the place a stockholder meeting shall be held for any annual meeting or any
special meeting called by the Board of Directors. If no designation is
made, the place of such meeting shall be the principal office of the
Corporation.
Section 1.5. Fixing Date of Record. In order that the Corporation
may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors
may fix a record date which: (a) shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and
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(b) shall not be less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of
such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, 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. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such
meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any
rights or the stockholders 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 a record date which: (a) shall
not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted, and (b) shall be not more than sixty days prior to such action. If
no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for
determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution
relating thereto.
Section 1.6. Inspectors. At each meeting of the stockholders, the
polls shall be opened and closed, the proxies and ballots shall be received
and be taken in charge, and all questions touching the qualification of
voters, the validity of proxies and the acceptance or rejection of votes
shall be decided by one or more inspectors. Such inspectors shall be
appointed by the Board of Directors before or at such meeting or, if no such
appointment shall have been made, then by the presiding corporate officer at
the meeting. IF, for any reason, any of the inspectors previously appointed
shall fail to attend the meeting or shall refuse or be unable to serve,
inspectors in place of any inspectors so failing to attend or refusing or
being unable to serve shall be appointed in like manner.
Section 1.7. Quorum. At any meeting of the stockholders, the holders
of one-third of the outstanding shares of each class and series, if any, of
the capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum of the stockholders for all purposes,
unless the representation of a larger number shall be required by law, in
which case, the representation of the number so required shall constitute a
quorum.
If the holders of the amount of stock necessary to constitute a quorum
shall fail to attend in person or by proxy at the time and place fixed in
accordance with these Bylaws for an annual or special meeting, a majority in
interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy may adjourn,
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from time to time, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting,
until the requisite holders of the amount of stock necessary to constitute a
quorum shall attend. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall
be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted
at the meeting as originally notified.
Section 1.8. Business. The chairman, if any, of the Board of
Directors, the president of the Corporation or, in his absence the vice-
chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors or an executive vice-president
of the Corporation, inn the order named, shall call meetings of the
stockholders to order and shall act as the chairman of such meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors or the executive committee,
if any, may appoint any stockholder to act as the chairman of any meeting in
the absence of the chairman of the Board of Directors. The secretary of the
Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the stockholders, but
in the absence of the secretary at any meeting of the stockholders, the
presiding corporate officer may appoint any person to act as the secretary
of the meeting.
Section 1.9. Stockholder Proposals. No proposal by a stockholder
shall be presented for vote at an annual meeting of stockholders unless such
stockholder shall, not later than the close of business on the last business
day of the month of January, provide the Board of Directors or the secretary
of the Corporation with written notice of its intention to present a
proposal for action at the forthcoming meeting of stockholders. No proposal
by a stockholder shall be presented for vote at a special meeting of
stockholders unless such stockholder shall, not later than the close of
business on the tenth calendar day following the date on which notice of
such meeting is first given to stockholders, provide the Board of Directors
or the secretary of the Corporation with written notice of its intention to
present a proposal for action at the forthcoming special meeting of
stockholders. Any such notice shall be given by personal delivery or shall
be sent via first class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid and shall include the name and address of such stockholder, the
number of voting securities that such stockholder holds of record and a
statement that such stockholder holds beneficially (or if such stockholder
of record does not own such shares beneficially, including the executed
consent and authorization of the beneficial stockholder), the text of the
proposal to be presented for vote at the meeting and a statement in support
of the proposal.
Any stockholder who was a stockholder of record on the applicable
record date may make any other proposal at an annual or special meeting of
stockholders and the same may be discussed and considered; provided however,
that unless stated in writing and filed with the Board of Directors or the
secretary prior to the date set forth hereinabove, such proposal shall
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be laid over for action at an adjourned, special, or annual meeting of the
stockholders taking place sixty days or more thereafter, at a time, place
and date to be determined by the Board of Directors. This provision shall
not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at an annual
meeting of reports of officers, directors, and committees, but in connection
with such reports, no new business proposed by a stockholder, qua
stockholder, shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated and
filed as herein provided.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, the Corporation
shall be under no obligation to include any stockholder proposal in its
proxy statement materials or otherwise present any such proposal to
stockholders at a special or annual meeting of stockholders if the Board of
Directors reasonably believes the proponents thereof have not complied with
Sections 13 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder; nor shall the Corporation be required
to include any stockholder proposal not required to be included in its
proxy materials to stockholders in accordance with any such section, rule or
regulation.
Section 1.10. Voting; Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a
stockholder entitled to vote may vote either in person or by proxy executed
in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.
Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation at or before
the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of
its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Section 1.11. Voting by Ballot. The votes for directors, and upon
the demand of any stockholder or when required by law, the votes upon any
question before the meeting, shall be by ballot.
Section 1.12. Voting Lists. The corporate officer who has charged of
the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten
days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical
order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares
of stock registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be
open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to such
meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least ten days
prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city in which such
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 such 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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Section 1.13. Voting of Stock of Certain Holders. Shares of capital
stock of the Corporation standing in the name of another corporation,
domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the
bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or in the absence of such
provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.
Shares of capital stock of the Corporation standing in the name of a
deceased person, a minor ward or an incompetent person may be voted by such
person's administrator, executor, court-appointed guardian or conservator,
either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such stock into the name
of such administrator, executor, court-appointed guardian or conservator.
Shares of capital stock of the Corporation standing in the name of a trustee
may be voted by such trustee, either in person or by proxy.
Shares of capital stock of the Corporation standing in the name of a
receiver may be voted by such receiver, either in person or by proxy, and
stock held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such
receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority to do so is
contained in any appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was
appointed.
A stockholder whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote such
stock, either in person or by proxy, until the stock has been transferred
into the name of the pledgee; thereafter, the pledgee shall be entitled to
vote, either in person or by proxy, the stock so transferred.
Shares of its own capital stock belonging to the Corporation shall not
be voted, directly or indirectly at any meeting and shall not be counted in
determining the total number of outstanding shares of capital stock at any
given time; however, shares of the Corporation's own capital stock held by
it in a fiduciary capacity may be voted and shall be counted in determining
the total number of shares of outstanding capital stock at any given time.
Article II: Board of Directors
Section 2.1. Number and Term of Office. The business and the
property of the Corporation shall be managed and controlled by the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of no fewer than two
directors (one if there is one stockholder) and no more than twelve
directors. Within the limits above specified, the number of directors shall
be determined by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by
a majority of the directors then in office. Each director shall hold office
for the term for which elected and until his or her successor shall be
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elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2.2. Classification. If there shall be more than one
director, the directors shall be classified, in respect solely to the time
for which they shall severally hold office, by dividing them into three
classes (two classes if there are only two directors), each such class to be
as nearly as possible equal in number of directors to each other class. If
there are three or more directors: (i) the first term of office of directors
of the first class shall expire at the first annual meeting after their
election, and thereafter such terms shall expire on each three year
anniversary of such date; (ii) the term of office of the directors of the
second class shall expire on the one year anniversary of the first annual
meeting after their election, and thereafter such terms shall expire on each
three year anniversary of such one year anniversary; and (iii) the term of
office of the directors of the third class shall expire on the two year
anniversary of the first annual meeting after their election, and thereafter
such terms shall expire on each three year anniversary of such two year
anniversary. If there are two directors: (i) the first term of office of
directors of the first class shall expire at the first annual meeting after
their election, and thereafter such terms shall expire on each two year
anniversary of such date; and (ii) the term of office of the directors of
the second class shall expire on the one year anniversary of the first
annual meeting after their election, and thereafter such terms shall expire
on each two year anniversary of such one year anniversary. If there is one
director, the term of office such director shall expire at the first annual
meeting after his election. At each succeeding annual meeting, the
stockholders of the Corporation shall elect directors for a full term or the
remainder thereof, as the case may be, to succeed those whose terms have
expired. Each director shall hold office for the term for which elected and
until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, or until he
or she shall resign or be removed as set forth below.
Section 2.3. Removal. Any director, any class of directors or the
entire Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause,
but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) or more
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors cast at a meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose.
Section 2.4. Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors,
including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors,
shall be filled only by the affirmative vote a majority of the remaining
directors then in office, although the same may represent less than a
quorum; except that vacancies resulting from removal from office by a vote
of the stockholders may be filled by the stockholders at the same meeting at
which such removal occurs; provided, however, that the holders of not less
than two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class and series,
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if any, of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote upon the
election of directors shall vote for each replacement director. All
directors elected to fill vacancies shall hold office for a term expiring at
the time at which the term of the class to which they have been elected
expires. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of
Directors shall shorten the term of an incumbent director. If there are no
directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner
provided by statute. If, at any time of filling any vacancy or any newly
created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less
than a majority of the Board of Directors (as constituted immediately prior
to any applicable increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of
any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total
number of the shares of capital stock at the time outstanding, taken
together as a class, having the right to vote for such directors, summarily
order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created
directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in
office.
Section 2.5. Place of Meetings, etc. The Board of Directors may hold
its meetings, and may have an office and keep the books of the Corporation
(except as otherwise may be provided by law), in such place or places in the
State of Nevada or outside of the State of Nevada, as the Board of Directors
may determine from time to time. Any director may participate telephonically
in any meeting of the Board of Directors and such participation shall be
considered to be the same as his physical presence thereat.
Section 2.6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held on the day of the annual meeting of stockholders
after the adjournment thereof and at such other times and places as the
Board of Directors may fix. No notice shall be required for any such
regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held whenever called by direction of the chairman of the
Board of Directors, the president of the Corporation, an executive vice-
president of the Corporation or two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then in
office. The secretary of the Corporation shall give notice of each special
meeting, stating the date, hour and place thereof, by delivering the same
personally or by mail, at least five days before such meeting, to each
director; however, such notice may be waived by any director. If mailed,
notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the Unites States
mail or with any private express document delivery service, postage or
delivery fee prepaid. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any
and all business may be transacted at a special meeting. At any meeting at
which every director shall be present, even though without any notice, any
business may be transacted.
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Section 2.8. Quorum; Actions by Board. A majority of the total
number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business; however, if at any meeting of the Board of
Directors there be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present
may adjourn the meeting from time to time. At any meeting of the Board of
Directors at which a quorum is present, action may be taken by the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors in attendance at such meeting, unless otherwise set forth herein.
Section 2.9. Business. Business shall be transacted at meetings of
the Board of Directors in such order as the Board of Directors may
determine. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the chairman, if any,
of the Board of Directors, the president of the Corporation, or in his
absence the vice-chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors, or an
executive vice-president of the Corporation, in the order named, shall
preside.
Section 2.10. Contracts. No contract or transaction between the
Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the
Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other
organization in which one or more of the Corporation's directors or officers
have a financial interest or are directors or officers, shall be void or
voidable solely for this reason or solely because such director or officer
is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or
committee thereof which authorizes such contract or transaction or solely
because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(A) The material facts relating to such officer's or director's
relationship or interest and relating to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or committee thereof, and
the Board of Directors or committee thereof in good faith authorizes the
contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
disinterested directors, although the disinterested directors may represent
less than a quorum; or
(B) The material facts relating to such officer's or director's
relationship or interest and relating to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the
contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of
the stockholders; or
(C) The contract or transaction is fair with respect to the
Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the
Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders.
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For purposes of the foregoing provisions, interested directors may be
counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or of a committee thereof which authorizes such a contract or
transaction.
Section 2.11. Compensation of Directors. Each director of the
Corporation who is not a salaried officer or employee of the Corporation or
of a subsidiary of the Corporation shall receive such allowances for serving
as a director and such fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of
Directors, the executive committee or any other committee appointed by the
Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine.
Section 2.12. Election of Officers and Committees. At the first
regular meeting of the Board of Directors in each year (at which a quorum
shall be present) held next after the annual meeting of stockholders, the
Board of Directors shall elect the principal officers of the Corporation and
members of the executive committee, if any, to be elected by the Board of
Directors under the provisions of Article III and Article IV of these
Bylaws. The Board of Directors may designate such other committees with
such power and authority (to the extent permitted by law, the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect, and these Bylaws), as may be
provided by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.13. Nomination. Subject to the rights of holders of any
class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock of the
Corporation as to dividends or upon liquidation, nominations for the
election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any
stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors generally.
However, any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors
generally may nominate one or more persons for election as directors at a
meeting only if written notice of such stockholder's intention to make such
nomination or nominations has been given, either by personal delivery or by
United States first class certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested and to the secretary of the Corporation not later than: (a) wit
respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders, the
close of business on the last day of the month of January, and (b) with
respect to an election to beheld at a special meeting of stockholders for
the election of directors, the close of business on the tenth day following
the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to stockholders.
Each such notice shall set forth: (i) the name and address of the
stockholder who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons
to be nominated; (ii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of
record of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting
and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the
person or persons specified in the notice; (iii) a description of all
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arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and
any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to
which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (iv)
such other information regarding each such nominee as would be required to
be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission had the nominee been nominated, or
intended to be nominated by the Board of Directors; and (v) the consent of
each such nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected.
The presiding corporate officer at the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the
nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing
procedure.
Section 2.14. Action by Written Consent. 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 of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in
writing and such writing is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the
Board of Directors or the committee.
Section 2.15. Participation by Conference Telephone. Members of the
Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a regular or
special meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof by means of
conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which
all persons participating in such meeting can hear one another and such
participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Article III: Executive Committee
Section 3.1. Number and term of Office. The Board of Directors, by
resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of
the Board of Directors, create an executive committee and elect the members
thereof from among the directors then in office. The executive committee
shall consist of such number of members as may be fixed from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors in accordance with and as permitted by
applicable law. Those directors who serve as officers of the Corporation,
by virtue of their offices, shall be members of the executive committee.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, each elected member of
the executive committee shall continue to be a member thereof until the
expiration of his term of service as a director.
Section 3.2. Powers. The executive committee may, while the Board of
Directors is not in session, exercise all or any of the powers of the Board
of Directors in all cases in which specific directions shall not have been
given by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the executive
committee shall not have the power or authority of the Board of Directors
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with respect to amending the Corporation's 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, amending
the Bylaws, declaring a dividend, authorizing the issuance of stock or
adopting a certificate of ownership and merger.
Section 3.3. Meetings. Regular meetings of the executive committee
may be held without notice at such times and places as the executive
committee may fix from time to time by resolution. Special meetings of the
executive committee may be called by any member thereof upon delivery of not
less than five days notice, given in person, by mail, by telegraph or by
facsimile (if allowed by law), stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting, but such notice may be waived by any member of the executive
committee. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited
in the United States mail or with any private express mail service, postage
or delivery fee prepaid. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof,
any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting. At any meeting
at which every member of the executive committee shall be present, in person
or by telephone, even though without any notice, any business may be
transacted.
Section 3.4. Presiding Officer. At all meetings of the executive
committee the chairman of the executive committee, who shall be designated
by the Board of Directors from among the members of the committee, shall
preside, and the Board of Directors shall designate a member of such
committee to preside in the absence of the chairman thereof. The Board of
Directors may also similarly elect from its members one or more alternate
members of the executive committee to serve at the meetings of such
committee in the absence or disqualification of any regular member or
members, and, in case more than one alternate is elected, shall designate at
the time of election the priorities as between them.
Section 3.5. Vacancies. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office,
shall fill vacancies in the executive committee by election from the
directors.
Section 3.6. Rules of Procedure; Quorum. All action by the executive
committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors at the next succeeding
meeting of the Board of Directors after such action has been taken and shall
be subject to revision or alteration by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that no rights or acts of third parties shall be affected by any
such revision or alteration. The executive committee shall fix its own
rules of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by
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resolution of the Board of Directors, but in every case the presence of a
majority of the total number of members of the executive committee shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum. In every case, the affirmative vote of a
majority of all of the members of the executive committee present at the
meeting shall be necessary for the adoption of any resolution.
Article IV: Officers
Section 4.1. Number and Term of Office. The officers of the
Corporation shall be a president, a chief executive officer, one or more
executive vice-presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers
as may be elected or appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors,
including such additional vice-presidents with such designations, if any, as
may be determined by the Board of Directors and such assistant secretaries
and assistant treasurers as may be determined by the Board of Directors. In
addition, the Board of Directors may elect a chairman thereof and may also
elect a vice-chairman as officers of the Corporation (each of whom shall be
a director). Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except
that the offices of president and secretary may not be held by the same
person. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may leave unfilled any
office except those of president, treasurer and secretary.
The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or appointed annually
by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors
held after each annual meeting of stockholders. Each officer shall hold
office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected or appointed,
until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been
removed by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.2. Vacancies. Vacancies or new offices may be filled at
any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board
of Directors.
Each of the salaried officers of the Corporation shall devote his
entire time, skill and energy to the business of the Corporation, unless the
contrary is expressly consented to by the Board of Directors or the
executive committee, if any.
Section 4.3. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the Board of
Directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation
would be served thereby.
Section 4.4. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman,
if any, of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of
stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall have such other
authority and perform such other duties as are prescribed by law,
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by these Bylaws and by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may
designate the chairman thereof as chief executive officer, in which case he
shall have such authority and perform such duties as are prescribed by these
Bylaws and the Board of Directors for the chief executive officer.
Section 4.5. The Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. The vice-
chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors shall have such authority and
perform such other duties as are prescribed by these Bylaws and by the Board
of Directors. In the absence or inability to act of the chairman of the
Board of Directors and of the president of the Corporation, the vice-
chairman shall preside at the meetings of the stockholders and of the Board
of Directors and shall have and exercise all of the powers and duties of the
chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate the
vice-chairman as chief executive officer, in which case he shall have such
authority and perform such duties as are prescribed by these Bylaws and the
Board of Directors for the chief executive officer.
Section 4.6. The President. The president of the Corporation shall
have such authority and perform such duties as are prescribed by law, by
these Bylaws, by the Board of Directors and by the chief executive officer
(if the president is not the chief executive officer). If there is no
chairman of the Board of Directors, or in the chairman's absence or the
chairman's inability to act as the chairman of the Board of Directors, the
president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of
Directors. Unless the Board of Directors designates the chairman of the
Board of Directors or the vice-chairman as chief executive officer, the
president shall be the chief executive officer, in which case he shall have
such authority and perform such duties as are prescribed by these Bylaws and
the Board of Directors for the chief executive officer.
Section 4.7. The Chief Executive Officer. Unless the Board of
Directors designates the chairman of the Board of Directors or the vice-
chairman as chief executive officer, the president shall be the chief
executive officer of the Corporation. Subject to the supervision and
direction of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer of the
Corporation shall have general supervision of the business, property and
affairs of the Corporation, including the power to appoint and discharge
agents and employees, and the powers vested in him or her by the Board of
Directors, by law or by these Bylaws or which usually attach or pertain to
such office.
Section 4.8. The Executive Vice-Presidents. In the absence of the
chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, the president of the
Corporation, and in the event of the inability or refusal of the president
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of the Corporation to act, the vice-chairman, if any, of the Board of
Directors, or in the event of the inability or refusal of either of them to
act, the executive vice-president of the Corporation (or in the even there
is more than one executive vice-president of the Corporation, the executive
vice-presidents thereof in the order designated, or in the absence of any
designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties
of the chairman of the Board of Directors, of the president of the
Corporation and of the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, and when so
acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions
upon the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president of the
Corporation and the vice-chairman of the Corporation. Any executive vice-
president of the Corporation may sign, with the secretary of the Corporation
or an authorized assistant secretary, certificates for stock of the
Corporation and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be
assigned to him or her by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the
president of the Corporation, the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors,
the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
Section 4.9. The Vice-Presidents. The vice-presidents of the
Corporation, if any, shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them
from time to time by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president,
the vice-chairman, the Board of Directors, or these Bylaws.
Section 4.10. The Treasurer. Subject to the direction of the chief
executive officer of the Corporation and the Board of Directors, the
treasurer of the Corporation shall: (a) have charge and custody of all the
funds and securities of the Corporation; (b) when necessary or proper,
endorse for collection or cause to be endorsed on behalf of the Corporation,
checks, notes and other obligations, and cause the deposit of the same to
the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks or depositary as the
Board of Directors may designate or as the Board of Directors by resolution
may authorize; (c) sign all receipts and vouchers for payments made to the
Corporation other than routine receipts and vouchers, the signing of which
he or she may delegate; (d) sign all checks made by the Corporation
(provided, however, that the Board of Directors may authorize and prescribe
by resolution the manner in which checks drawn on banks or depositaries
shall be signed, including the use of facsimile signatures, and the manner
in which officers, agents or employees shall be authorized to sign); (e)
unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, sign with
an officer-director all bills of exchange and promissory notes of the
Corporation; (f) sign with the president or an executive vice-president all
certificates representing shares of the capital stock; (g) whenever required
by the Board of Directors, render a statement of his or her cash account;
(h) enter regularly full and accurate account of the Corporation in books of
the Corporation to be kept by the treasurer for that purpose; (i) exhibit,
at all reasonable times, his or her books and accounts to any director of
the Corporation upon application at the treasurer's office during regular
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business hours; and (j) perform all acts incident to the position of
treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, the treasurer of the
Corporation shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her
duties in such sum as the Board of Directors may require.
Section 4.11. The Secretary. The secretary of the Corporation shall:
(a) keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors, the minutes
of all meetings of the stockholders and (unless otherwise directed by the
Board of Directors) the minutes of all committees, in books provided for
that purpose; (b) attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the
Corporation; (c) sign with an officer-director or any other duly authorized
person, in the name of the Corporation, all contracts authorized by the
Board of Directors or by the executive committee, and, when so ordered by
the Board of Directors or the executive committee, affix the seal of the
Corporation thereto; (d) have charge of the certificate books, transfer
books and stock ledgers, and such other books and papers as the Board of
Directors or the executive committee may direct, all of which shall, at all
reasonable times, be open to the examination of any director, upon
application at the secretary's office during regular business hours; and (e)
in general, perform all of the duties incident to the office of the
secretary, subject to the control of the chief executive officer and the
Board of Directors.
Section 4.12. The Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries.
The assistant treasurers of the Corporation shall respectively, if required
by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their
duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors may
determine. The assistant secretaries of the Corporation as thereunto
authorized by the Board of Directors may sign with the chairman of the Board
of Directors, the president of the Corporation, the vice-chairman of the
Board of Directors or an executive vice-president of the Corporation,
certificates for stock of the Corporation, the issue of which shall have
been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The assistant
treasurers and assistant secretaries, in general, shall perform such duties
as shall be assigned to them by the treasurer or the secretary,
respectively, or chief executive officer, the Board of Directors, or these
Bylaws.
Section 4.13. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed
from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be
prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is
also a director of the Corporation.
Section 4.14. Voting Upon Stocks. Unless otherwise ordered by the
Board of Directors or by the executive committee, any officer-director or
any person or persons appointed in writing by any of them, shall have full
power and authority or behalf of the Corporation to attend, to act and to
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vote at any meetings of stockholders of any Corporation in which the
Corporation may hold stock, and at any such meeting shall possess and may
exercise any and all the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such
stock, and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have possessed
and exercised if present. The Board of Directors may confer like powers
upon any other person or persons.
Article V: Contracts and Loans
Section 5.1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute
and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation,
and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 5.2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the
Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name
unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority
may be general or confined to specific instances.
Article VI: Certificates for Stock and Their Transfer
Section 6.1. Certificates for Stock. Certificates representing
shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as may be
determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by
the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president of the Corporation,
the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors or an executive vice-president
of the Corporation and by the secretary or an authorized assistant secretary
and shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation. The seal may be a
facsimile. If a stock certificate is countersigned: (i) by a transfer agent
other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) by a registrar other than
the Corporation or its employee, any other signature on the certificate may be
a facsimile. In the event that any officer, transfer agent or registrar who
has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate
shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the
same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the
date of issue. All certificates for capital stock shall be consecutively
numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the person to whom the shares
of capital stock represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares
of capital stock and date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the
Corporation. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer
shall be canceled and no new certificates shall be issued until the former
certificate for a like number of shares of capital stock shall have been
surrendered and canceled, except that in the event of a lost, destroyed
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or mutilated certificate, a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and
indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
Section 6.2. Transfers of Stock. Transfers of capital stock of the
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder
of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper
evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized
by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the secretary of the
Corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such
capital stock. The person in whose name capital stock stands on the books
of the Corporation shall be deemed to be the owner thereof for all purposes
as regards the Corporation.
Article VII: Fiscal Year
Section 7.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall
begin on the first day of January in each year and end on the last day of
December in each year.
Article VIII: Seal
Section 8.1 Seal. The Board of Directors shall approve a corporate
seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon
the name of the Corporation.
Article IX: Waiver of Notice
Section 9.1. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be
given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation or under the provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, waiver thereof in writing, signed
by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after
the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such
notice. Attendance of any person at a meeting for which any notice is
required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws, the Certificate
of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevadashall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when the person attends
for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to
the transaction of any businesses because the meeting is not lawfully called
or convened.
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Article X: Amendments
Section 10.1. Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or
repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted at any meeting of the Board of
Directors by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the
members of the Board of Directors or by the affirmative vote of the holders
of two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of each class and series, if
any, of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of
directors cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.
Article XI: Indemnification and Advancement of Costs
Section 11.1 Indemnification and Advancement of Costs. The
Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to
the fullest extent permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation consistent
with General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, as amended from time
to time; and the Corporation may advance costs incurred by officers,
directors, employees and agents of the Corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in their defenses of
any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action or proceeding
asserted against one or more of them by reason of the fact of his, her, or
their serving or having served in such capacity or capacities at the request
of the Corporation and in advance of a final disposition of such action,
suit or proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the Certificate of
Incorporation consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of
Nevada, as amended from time to time, provided that the terms and
conditions of such advancement of costs is approved by the Board of
Directors. Nothing herein is intended to limit the Corporation's authority
to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents or to advance
funds in connection therewith, under the Nevada Revised Statutes, as amended
from time to time.
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