Shareholder
Proposal Notice Provisions
There
is no specific statutory requirement under California or Delaware law with regard to advance notice of director nominations and
shareholder proposals. Absent a bylaw restriction, director nominations and shareholder proposals are subject to federal securities
laws, which generally provide that shareholder proposals that the proponent wishes to include in the Company’s proxy materials
must be received not less than 120 days in advance of the anniversary of the date on which the proxy statement was released in
connection with the previous year’s annual meeting.
The
California Bylaws do not currently contain any provisions related to shareholder nominations for directors.
The
Delaware Bylaws provide that notice must be received by the Secretary at IGNG’s principal executive offices not later than
the close of business on the 45th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 75th day prior to the one-year anniversary
of the date on which the Corporation first mailed proxy materials, or a notice of availability of proxy materials (whichever is
earlier) for the preceding year’s annual meeting, provided, however, that, in the event that no annual meeting was held
in the previous year or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 50
days after the one-year anniversary of the date of the previous year’s meeting, then for notice by the stockholder to be
timely, it must be received by the secretary not earlier than the close of business on the 120ty day prior to such annual meeting
an not later than the close of business of the later of (i) the 90
th
day prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the tenth
day following the day of which a public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
Majority
Voting
California
law provides that in uncontested elections of directors, the approval of the shareholders, as defined in Section 153 of the California
Corporations Code, will be required to elect each director. If an incumbent director fails to be elected by approval of the shareholders
in an uncontested election, then, unless the incumbent director has earlier resigned, the term of the incumbent director shall
end on the date that is the earlier of ninety (90) days after the date on which the voting results are determined or the date
on which the Board selects a person to fill the office held by such incumbent director. The California Bylaws follow California
law.
Under
the DGCL, shareholders can adopt a bylaw amendment that specifies the vote necessary for the election of directors, such as a
majority vote. Additionally, the DGCL specifically allows a director to tender his or her resignation in advance, with the resignation
to be effective when delivered, at a later date or only upon the occurrence of future events, such as not obtaining a majority
of the vote in an uncontested election of directors. The Delaware Bylaws provide for majority voting for the election of directors.
However, if the number of nominees to the board of directors exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall
be elected by plurality voting.
Significant
Differences Between the Corporation Laws of California and Delaware
The
General Corporation Laws of California and Delaware differ in many respects and, consequently, it is not practical to summarize
all of the differences in this Proxy Statement. The following provides a summary of major substantive differences between the
California General Corporation Law and the DGCL beyond those discussed in “The Charters and Bylaws of IGNG-CA and IGNG-DE
Compared and Contrasted” above. The following is not intended to be an exhaustive description of all differences between
the laws of the two states. Accordingly, all statements herein are qualified in their entirety by reference to the respective
General Corporation Laws of California and Delaware.
Shareholder
Voting in Acquisitions
The
California and Delaware laws are substantially similar in terms of when shareholder approval is required for a corporation to
undertake various types of acquisition transactions. Both California and Delaware law generally require that the holders of the
outstanding shares representing a majority of the voting power of both the acquiring and target corporations approve a statutory
merger. In addition, both California and Delaware law require that a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a corporation
be approved by the holders of the outstanding shares representing a majority of the voting power of the corporation selling its
assets.
The
DGCL does not require a shareholder vote of the surviving corporation in a merger (unless provided otherwise in the corporation’s
certificate of incorporation) if:
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The
merger agreement does not amend the existing certificate of incorporation;
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Each share of stock of the surviving corporation outstanding immediately before the transaction is an identical outstanding
share after the merger; and
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Either:
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no
shares of common stock of the surviving corporation (and no shares, securities or obligations convertible into such stock)
are to be issued in the merger, or
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the shares of common stock of the surviving corporation to be issued in the merger (including shares issuable upon conversion
of any other shares, securities or obligations to be issued in the merger) do not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the shares of
common stock of the surviving corporation outstanding immediately prior to the transaction.
California
law contains a similar exception to its voting requirements for reorganizations, where shareholders or the corporation itself
immediately prior to the reorganization will own immediately after the reorganization equity securities constituting more than
five-sixths (5/6) of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring corporation or its parent entity.
Limitations
on Certain Business Combinations
Delaware,
like a number of states, has adopted special laws designed to make certain kinds of “unfriendly” or “hostile”
corporate takeovers, or other non-board approved transactions involving a corporation and one or more of its significant shareholders,
more difficult.
Under
Section 203 of the Delaware statute, a Delaware corporation is prohibited from engaging in a “business combination”
with an “interested shareholder” for three years following the date that such person or entity becomes an interested
shareholder. With certain exceptions, an interested shareholder is a person or entity that owns, individually or with or through
other persons or entities, fifteen percent (15%) or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock (including rights
to acquire stock pursuant to an option, warrant, agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion or
exchange rights, and also stock as to which the person has voting rights only). The three-year moratorium imposed by Section 203
on business combinations does not apply if:
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Prior to the date on which the interested shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the board of directors of the corporation
approves either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the person or entity becoming an interested shareholder;
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Upon consummation of the transaction that makes the person or entity an interested shareholder, the interested shareholder owns
at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the corporation’s voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced (excluding,
for purposes of determining voting stock outstanding, shares owned by directors who are also officers of the corporation and shares
held by employee stock plans that do not give employee participants the right to decide confidentially whether to accept a tender
or exchange offer); or
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On or after the date the person or entity becomes an interested shareholder, the business combination is approved both by the
board of directors and by the shareholders at a meeting by sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding voting
stock not owned by the interested shareholder.
California
law does not have a section similar to Delaware Section 203, but it does have different provisions that may limit a corporation’s
ability to engage in certain business combinations. California law requires that, in a merger of a corporation with a shareholder
(or its affiliate) who holds more than fifty percent (50%) but less than ninety percent (90%) of the corporation’s common
stock, the other shareholders of the corporation must receive common stock in the transaction, unless all the corporation’s
shareholders consent to the transaction. This provision of California law may have the effect of making a “cash-out”
merger by a majority shareholder (possibly as the second step in a two-step merger) more difficult to accomplish. Delaware law
does not have an analogue to the California law in this respect. However, under some circumstances Section 203 does provide similar
protection to shareholders against coercive two-tiered bids for a corporation in which the shareholders are not treated equally.
California
law also provides that, except in certain circumstances, when a tender offer or a proposal for a reorganization or sale of assets
is made by an interested party (generally a controlling or managing party of the corporation), the interested party must provide
the other shareholders with an affirmative written opinion as to the fairness of the consideration to be paid to the shareholders.
This fairness opinion requirement does not apply to corporations that have fewer than 100 shareholders of record or to a transaction
that has been qualified under California state securities laws. Furthermore, if a tender of shares or a vote is sought pursuant
to an interested party’s proposal and a later proposal is made by another party at least 10 days prior to the date of acceptance
of the interested party’s proposal, the shareholders must be informed of the later offer and be afforded a reasonable opportunity
to withdraw their vote, consent or proxy, and to withdraw any tendered shares. The DGCL has no comparable provision.
Cumulative
Voting
Under
California law, any shareholder may cumulate his or her votes in the election of directors upon proper notice of his or her intention
to do so, except that corporations with securities listed on the American or New York Stock Exchanges or on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market may eliminate cumulative voting with shareholder approval. The California Articles eliminate cumulative voting for
the election of directors for so long as the Company remains a listed corporation within the meaning of Section 301.5 of the California
Corporations Code. Under the DGCL, cumulative voting in the election of directors is not mandatory and the Delaware Certificate
does not provide for cumulative voting.
In
an election of directors under cumulative voting, each share of voting stock is entitled to vote the number of votes to which
such share would normally be entitled, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. A shareholder may then cast all such
votes for a single candidate or may allocate them among as many candidates as the shareholder may choose. Cumulative voting may
enable a minority shareholder or group of shareholders to elect at least one representative to the board. Without cumulative voting,
the holders of a majority of the shares present at an annual meeting would have the power to elect all the directors to be elected
at that meeting, and no person could be elected without the support of a majority of the shareholders voting. Without cumulative
voting, any director or the entire board of directors of a corporation may be removed with or without cause with the approval
of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.
Removal
of Directors
In
general, under California law, any director, or the entire board of directors, may be removed, with or without cause, with the
approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. In the case of a corporation with cumulative voting or whose
board is classified, however, no individual director may be removed (unless the entire board is removed) if the number of votes
cast against such removal would be sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting rules. In addition, shareholders holding
at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of any class may bring suit to remove any director in case of fraudulent
or dishonest acts or gross abuse of authority or discretion.
Under
the DGCL, any director, or the entire board of directors, of a corporation that does not have a classified board of directors
or cumulative voting may be removed with or without cause with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to
vote at an election of directors. In the case of a Delaware corporation whose board is classified, unless the certificate of incorporation
provides otherwise, shareholders may effect such removal only for cause. In addition, as in California, if a Delaware corporation
has cumulative voting, and if less than the entire board is to be removed, a director may not be removed without cause by a majority
of the outstanding shares if the votes cast against such removal would be sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting
rules. Delaware law also permits a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting
requirement in connection with the removal of directors.
The
California Articles and California Bylaws do not provide for a classified board of directors, nor do they permit cumulative voting.
The Delaware Certificate and Delaware Bylaws similarly do not provide for a classified Board or cumulative voting; however, if
the Company were not to remain a listed corporation as defined in Section 301.5 of the California Corporations Code, and remain
domiciled in California, shareholders would be entitled to cumulate votes for the election of directors.
Shareholder
Power to Call Special Shareholders’ Meeting
Under
California law, a special meeting of shareholders may be called by the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President,
the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes at such meeting and such persons as are authorized by the
articles of incorporation or bylaws. Under the DGCL, a special meeting of shareholders may be called by the board of directors
or by any other person authorized to do so in the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws. Although permitted to do so, the
Delaware Bylaws do not eliminate the right of shareholders to call a special meeting; instead, to remain consistent with the California
Bylaws, the Delaware Bylaws provide that such a meeting may be called by Quest (Delaware)’s Board, the Chairman of the Quest
(Delaware) Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes at such
meeting.
Limitation
of Liability and Indemnification
California
and Delaware have similar laws respecting the liability of directors of a corporation and the indemnification by the corporation
of its officers, directors, employees and other agents for damages they incur. The laws of both states also permit corporations
to adopt a provision in their charters eliminating the liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for breach of the director’s fiduciary duty of care. Nonetheless, as discussed below, there are certain differences
between the laws of the two states respecting indemnification and limitation of liability. In general, Delaware law is somewhat
broader in allowing corporations to indemnify and limit the liability of corporate agents, which the Board believes, among other
things, helps Delaware corporations in attracting and retaining outside directors.
Elimination
of Director Personal Liability for Monetary Damages
One
provision of the revised DGCL permits a corporation to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation which limits or
eliminates the personal liability of a director for monetary damages arising from breaches of his or her fiduciary duties to the
corporation or its shareholders, subject to certain exceptions. Such a provision may not, however, eliminate or limit director
monetary liability for:
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in which the director received an improper personal benefit.
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Such
a limitation of liability provision also may not limit a director’s liability for violation of, or otherwise relieve the
Company or directors from the necessity of complying with, federal or state securities laws, or affect the availability of non-monetary
remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.
California
law contains similar authorization for a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages, except
where such liability is based on:
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intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violation of law;
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acts or omissions that a director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that
involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director;
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receipt of an improper personal benefit;
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acts or omissions that show reckless disregard for the director’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders, where the
director in the ordinary course of performing a director’s duties should be aware of a risk of serious injury to the corporation
or its shareholders;
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acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s duty
to the corporation and its shareholders;
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transactions between the corporation and a director who has a material financial interest in such transaction; and
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liability
for improper distributions, loans or guarantees.
In
the present case, the current California Articles eliminate the liability of directors to the Company for monetary damages to
the fullest extent permissible under California law. The Delaware Certificate similarly eliminates the liability of directors
to the Company for monetary damages to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law. As a result, following the Reincorporation,
directors of IGNG-DE cannot not be held liable for monetary damages even for gross negligence or lack of due care in carrying
out their fiduciary duties as directors, so long as that gross negligence or lack of due care does not involve bad faith or a
breach of their duty of loyalty to the Company.
Indemnification
California
law requires indemnification when the individual has defended the action successfully on the merits. Delaware law requires indemnification
of expenses when the individual being indemnified has successfully defended any action, claim, issue or matter therein, on the
merits or otherwise. Delaware law generally permits indemnification of expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and
reasonably incurred in the defense or settlement of a derivative or third-party action, provided there is a determination by a
majority vote of a disinterested quorum of the directors, by independent legal counsel or by the shareholders that the person
seeking indemnification acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in best interests of the corporation. Without
court approval, however, no indemnification may be made in respect of any derivative action in which such person is adjudged liable
for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation. Expenses incurred by an officer or director
in defending an action may be paid in advance under Delaware law or California law, if the director or officer undertakes to repay
such amounts if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification. In addition, the laws of both states
authorize a corporation to purchase indemnity insurance for the benefit of its officers, directors, employees and agents whether
or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify against the liability covered by the policy.
California
law permits a California corporation to provide rights to indemnification beyond those provided therein to the extent such additional
indemnification is authorized in the corporation’s articles of incorporation. Thus, if so authorized, rights to indemnification
may be provided pursuant to agreements or bylaw provisions which make mandatory the permissive indemnification provided by California
law. The California Articles do not authorize indemnification. Delaware law also permits a Delaware corporation to provide indemnification
in excess of that provided by statute. Delaware law does not require authorizing provisions in the certificate of incorporation.
Inspection
of Shareholder Lists and Books and Records
Both
California and Delaware law allow any shareholder to inspect a corporation’s shareholder list for a purpose reasonably related
to the person’s interest as a shareholder. California law provides, in addition, for an absolute right to inspect and copy
the corporation’s shareholder list by persons holding an aggregate of five percent (5%) or more of the corporation’s
voting shares, or shareholders holding an aggregate of 1% or more of such shares who have contested the election of directors.
Delaware law also allows the shareholders to inspect the list of shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting within a ten-day period
preceding a shareholders’ meeting for any purpose germane to the meeting. Delaware law, however, contains no provisions
comparable to the absolute right of inspection provided by California law to certain shareholders.
Under
California law any shareholder may examine the accounting books and records and the minutes of the shareholders and the board
and its committees, provided that the inspection is for a purpose reasonably related to the shareholder’s interests as a
shareholder. The DGCL may be slightly more favorable to shareholders in this respect, in that a shareholder with a proper purpose
is not limited to inspecting accounting books and records and minutes, and may examine other records as well. In addition, California
law limits the right of inspection of shareholder lists to record shareholders, whereas Delaware has extended that right to beneficial
owners of shares.
Appraisal
Rights
Under
both California and Delaware law, a shareholder of a corporation participating in certain major corporate transactions may, under
varying circumstances, be entitled to appraisal rights, by which the shareholder may demand to receive cash in the amount of the
fair market value of his or her shares in lieu of the consideration he or she would otherwise receive in the transaction.
Under
Delaware law, fair market value is determined without reference to any element of value arising from the accomplishment or expectation
of the merger or consolidation, and appraisal rights are generally not available to:
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shareholders with respect to a merger or consolidation by a corporation the shares of which are either listed on a national securities
exchange or are held of record by more than 2,000 holders if such shareholders receive only shares of the surviving corporation
or shares of any other corporation that are either listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000
holders;
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shareholders of a corporation surviving a merger if no vote of the shareholders of the surviving corporation is required to approve
the merger under Delaware law.
The
limitations on the availability of appraisal rights under California law are different from those under Delaware law. Shareholders
of a California corporation whose shares are listed on a national securities exchange generally do not have such appraisal rights
unless the holders of at least 5% of the class of outstanding shares claim the right or the corporation or any law restricts the
transfer of the shares to be received. Appraisal rights are also not available if the shareholders of a corporation or the corporation
itself, or both, immediately prior to the reorganization will own immediately after the reorganization equity securities representing
more than 5/6th of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring corporation or its parent entity. Thus, appraisal rights are
not available to shareholders of the Company under California law with respect to the Reincorporation.
Dissolution
Under
California law, the holders of 50% or more of a corporation’s total voting power may authorize the corporation’s dissolution,
with or without the approval of the corporation’s board of directors, and this right may not be modified by the articles
of incorporation. Under Delaware law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, the dissolution must be
unanimously approved by all the shareholders entitled to vote on the matter. Only if the dissolution is initially approved by
the board of directors may the dissolution be approved by a simple majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. In addition,
Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in
connection with such a board-initiated dissolution. In the present case, however, the Delaware Certificate contains no such supermajority
voting requirement.
Interested
Director Transactions
Under
both California and Delaware law, certain contracts or transactions in which one or more of a corporation’s directors has
an interest are not void or voidable simply because of such interest, provided that certain conditions, such as obtaining required
disinterested approval and fulfilling the requirements of good faith and full disclosure, are met. With certain minor exceptions,
the conditions are similar under California and Delaware law.
Shareholder
Derivative Suits
California
law provides that a shareholder bringing a derivative action on behalf of a corporation need not have been a shareholder at the
time of the transaction in question, if certain tests are met. Under Delaware law, a shareholder may bring a derivative action
on behalf of the corporation only if the shareholder was a shareholder of the corporation at the time of the transaction in question
or if his or her stock thereafter came to be owned by him or her by operation of law.
California
law also provides that the corporation or the defendant in a derivative suit may make a motion to the court for an order requiring
the plaintiff shareholder to furnish a security bond. Delaware does not have a similar bonding requirement.
Dividends
and Repurchases of Shares
Delaware
law is more flexible than California law with respect to payment of dividends and implementing share repurchase programs. Delaware
law generally provides that a corporation may redeem or repurchase its shares out of its surplus. In addition, Delaware law generally
provides that a corporation may declare and pay dividends out of surplus or, if there is no surplus, out of net profits for the
fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or for the preceding fiscal year. Surplus is defined as the excess of a corporation’s
net assets (i.e., its total assets minus its total liabilities) over the capital associated with issuances of its common stock.
Moreover, Delaware law permits a board of directors to reduce its capital and transfer such amount to its surplus.
Under
California law, a corporation may not make any distribution to its shareholders unless either:
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the corporation’s retained earnings immediately prior to the proposed distribution equal or exceed the amount of the proposed
distribution; or
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immediately after giving effect to the distribution, the corporation’s assets (exclusive of goodwill, capitalized research
and development expenses and deferred charges) would be at least equal to one and one fourth (1 1/4) times its liabilities (not
including deferred taxes, deferred income and other deferred credits), and the corporation’s current assets would be at
least equal to its current liabilities (or one and one fourth (1 1/4) times its current liabilities if the average pre-tax and
pre-interest expense earnings for the preceding two fiscal years were less than the average interest expense for such years).
These
tests are applied to California corporations on a consolidated basis.
Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws to be in Effect After the Reincorporation
Following
the reincorporation, we will be subject to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of IGNG-DE. A copy of the articles of incorporation
of IGNG-DE is attached to this information statement as Appendix B, and a copy of the bylaws of IGNG-DE is attached to this information
statement as Appendix C. Approval of the reincorporation by our stockholders will automatically result in the adoption of the
certificate of incorporation and bylaws of IGNG-DE.
Required
Vote
The
approval of the reincorporation from California to Delaware, which will also constitute approval of (1) the Merger Agreement,
the Certificate of Incorporation of IGNG-DE, the Bylaws of IGNG-DE in substantially the forms attached as Appendices B, C and
D, respectively and (2) the assumption of IGNG-CA’s 2014 Stock Option Plan and outstanding stock options by IGNG-DE requires
the affirmative “FOR” vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at
the Special Meeting and entitled to vote thereon. Unless marked to the contrary, proxies received will be voted “FOR”
the proposal to reincorporate from California to Delaware.
Recommendation
Our
Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the proposal to change our state of incorporation from California to Delaware.
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By
Order of the Board of Directors
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/s/
Dane Medley
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Dane
Medley
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Chairman
of the Board and President
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September
22, 2017
Burbank,
California
APPENDIX
A
CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT
OF
AMENDED
AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
IMAGING3,
INC.
Dane
Medley and Xavier Aguilera hereby certify that:
1.
They are the President and the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, respectively, of Imaging3, Inc.,
a California corporation (the “Corporation”).
2.
Article III of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation to the date of the filing of this certificate,
is amended to read in full as follows:
“The
Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares. On class of shares shall be designated as common stock and the total
number of common shares which this Corporation is authorized to issue is 1,000,000,000. The other class of shares shall be designated
as preferred stock and the total number of preferred shares which this Corporation is authorized to issue is 1,000,000. The preferred
stock is authorized by these Articles of Incorporation shall be issued in series. The Board of Directors of this Corporation is
authorized to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued
series of preferred stock, and within the limitations or restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors original fixing the number of shares of any such series then outstanding, the number of shares of any such series subsequent
to the issue of shares of that series, to determine the designation and par value of any series, and to fix the number of shares
of any series.
Upon
the amendment of this Article to read as herein set forth, (the “Effective Time”), each [8 to 30] outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be combined and converted automatically into one (1) share of Common Stock. In lieu of
any fractional shares to which a holder would be otherwise entitled, the Corporation shall round up fractional shares to the nearest
whole share.”
3.
This Certificate of Amendment has been duly approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
4.
The foregoing Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, has been duly approved by the required vote of
the shareholders in accordance with Sections 902 and 903 of the Corporations Code. The outstanding shares of the Corporation consist
of shares of ___________________Common Stock. The number of shares of each class voting in favor of the amendments equaled or
exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required for the approval of the amendments was more than 50 percent of each class
entitled to vote.
We
further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate
are true and correct of our own knowledge.
Executed
this ____day of _________, 2017 at Burbank, California.
Dane
Medley
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Xavier
Aguilera
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President
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Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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APPENDIX
B
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (“
Plan of Merger
”) made as of this 22
nd
day of September 2017, is by
and between Imaging3, Inc., a California corporation (“
IGNG-CA
”), and Imaging3, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“
IGNG-DE
”). IGNG-CA and IGNG-DE are sometimes referred to hereinafter as the “
Constituent Corporations
.”
RECITALS
A. The
authorized capital stock of IGNG-CA consists of the following: 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value per share (the
“
Common Stock
”) of which 295,443,077 shares are currently issued and outstanding (subject to adjustment for
any reverse stock splits), 3,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the “
Series A Preferred
Stock
”) of which no shares are currently issued and outstanding, and 997,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock,
no par value per share (the “
Blank Check Preferred Stock
”) none of which is currently issued and outstanding.
B. Upon
completion of the merger contemplated hereby, the authorized capital stock of IGNG-DE will consist of the following: 1,000,000,000
shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of which 295,443,077 shares will be issued and outstanding (subject to
adjustment for any reverse stock splits).
C. The
directors of the Constituent Corporations deem it advisable and to the advantage of such corporations that IGNG-CA merge with
and into IGNG-DE upon the terms and conditions herein provided.
D. The
parties intend that the merger contemplated hereby shall be a tax free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereby adopt the plan of merger encompassed by this Plan of Merger and, for good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, do hereby agree that IGNG-CA shall merge with and into IGNG-DE on
the following terms and conditions:
ARTICLE
1.
Terms and Conditions of the Merger
1.1
Merger
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As soon as practicable following the fulfillment (or waiver, to the extent permitted herein) of the conditions specified herein,
IGNG-CA shall be merged with and into IGNG-DE (the “
Merger
”), and IGNG-DE shall survive the Merger.
1.2
Effective
Date
. The Merger shall be effective upon the filing of Articles of Merger, together with a copy of this Plan of Merger, with
the California Secretary of State, and the filing of Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State, as provided by
the California Revised Statutes and the Delaware Business Corporation Act (the “
Effective Date
”).
1.3
Surviving
Corporation
. On the Effective Date, IGNG-DE, as the surviving corporation (the “
Surviving Corporation
”),
shall continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Delaware and shall succeed to all of the rights, privileges,
powers, and property of IGNG-CA in the manner of and as more fully set forth in Section 252 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, and the separate corporate existence of IGNG-CA, except insofar as it may be continued by operation of law, shall cease and
be terminated.
1.4
Capital
Stock of IGNG-CA and IGNG-DE
. On the Effective Date, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of
the Constituent Corporations or their shareholders:
(a) Each
share of Common Stock of IGNG-CA issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be changed and converted
into one fully paid and nonassessable share of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of IGNG-DE (“
IGNG-DE Common
Stock
”); and
(b) Each
share of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, of IGNG-DE issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date (100
shares held by IGNG-CA) shall be canceled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued IGNG-DE Common Stock.
1.5
Stock
Certificates
. On and after the Effective Date, all of the outstanding certificates that, prior to that time, represented shares
of the capital stock of IGNG-CA shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership and to represent an equal number of shares
of the capital stock of IGNG-DE and shall be so registered on the books and records of IGNG-DE or its transfer agent. The registered
owner of any such outstanding stock certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been surrendered for transfer or conversion
or otherwise accounted for to IGNG-DE or its transfer agent, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with
respect to, and to receive any dividend or other distributions upon, the shares of IGNG-DE evidenced by such outstanding certificate
as above provided. After the Effective Date, whenever certificates which formerly represented shares of IGNG-CA are presented
for transfer or conversion, the Surviving Corporation will cause to be issued in respect thereof a certificate or certificates
representing the appropriate number of shares of the capital stock of IGNG-DE in accordance with Section 1.4 above.
1.6
Stock
Options and Warrants
. Upon the Effective Date, each outstanding option or warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock of IGNG-CA
shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, become an option or warrant to purchase,
upon the same terms and conditions, the number of shares of IGNG-DE Common Stock which is equal to the number of shares of Common
Stock of IGNG-CA which the optionee would have received had such optionee exercised his or her option or right in full immediately
prior to the Effective Date (whether or not such option or right was then exercisable). The exercise price per share under each
of such options or warrants shall be equal to the exercise price per share thereunder immediately prior to the Effective Date.
1.7
Convertible
Securities
. Upon the Effective Date, each outstanding security convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock of
IGNG-CA shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, become a security convertible
or exchangeable, upon the same terms and conditions, the number of shares of IGNG-DE Common Stock which is equal to the number
of shares of Common Stock of IGNG-CA which the holder would have received had such holder converted or exchanged such holder’s
security in full immediately prior to the Effective Date (whether or not such security was then convertible or exchangeable).
The conversion or exchange price per share of such convertible or exchangeable security shall be equal to the conversion or exchange
price per share thereunder immediately prior to the Effective Date.
1.8
Other
Employee Benefit Plans
. IGNG-DE will assume all of the obligations of IGNG-CA under any and all employee benefit plans in
effect as of the Effective Date or with respect to which employee rights or accrued benefits are outstanding as of the Effective
Date.
ARTICLE
2.
Charter Documents, Directors and Officers
2.1
Certificate
of Incorporation
. On the Effective Date, the Certificate of Incorporation of IGNG-DE will be the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation without change or amendment until duly amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable
law.
2.2
Bylaws
.
The Bylaws of IGNG-DE in effect on the Effective Date shall continue to be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation without change
or amendment until further amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable law.
2.3
Directors
.
The directors of IGNG-CA immediately preceding the Effective Date shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation on and after
the Effective Date to serve until the expiration of their terms or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
2.4
Officers
.
The officers of IGNG-CA immediately preceding the Effective Date shall continue to be the officers of the Surviving Corporation
on and after the Effective Date to serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
ARTICLE
3.
Miscellaneous
3.1
Further
Assurances
. From time to time and when required by the Surviving Corporation or by its successors and assigns there shall
be executed and delivered on behalf of IGNG-CA such deeds and other instruments and there shall be taken or caused to be taken
by it such further and other action as shall be appropriate or necessary in order to vest or perfect in or to confirm of record
or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation the title to and possession of all the property, interests, assets, rights, privileges,
immunities, powers, franchises and authority of IGNG-CA and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Plan of Merger and the
officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name and on behalf of IGNG-CA or otherwise to
take any and all such action and to execute and deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments.
3.2
Amendment
.
At any time prior to the Effective Date, this Plan of Merger may be amended in any manner as may be determined in the judgment
of the respective Boards of Directors of IGNG-CA and IGNG-DE to be necessary, desirable, or expedient in order to clarify the
intention of the parties hereto or to effect or facilitate the purpose and intent of this Plan of Merger; provided, however, that
an amendment made subsequent to the adoption and approval of this Plan of Merger by the shareholders of any Constituent Corporation
shall not do any of the following: (1) alter or change the amount or kind of shares, securities, cash, property and/or rights
to be received in exchange for or on conversion of all or any of the shares of any class or series thereof of such Constituent
Corporation; (2) alter or change any term of the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation to be effected by the
Merger; or (3) alter or change any of the terms and conditions of this Plan of Merger if such alteration or change would adversely
affect the holders of any class or series thereof of such Constituent Corporation.
3.3
Conditions
of Merger
. The respective obligations of the Constituent Corporations to effect the transactions contemplated hereby is subject
to satisfaction of the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by either of the Constituent Corporations in its
sole discretion to the extent permitted by law):
(a) This
Plan of Merger shall have been approved by the stockholders of IGNG-CA in accordance with the California Corporations Code;
(b) IGNG-CA,
as sole shareholder of IGNG-DE, shall have approved this Plan of Merger in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law;
and
(c) Any
and all consents, permits, authorizations, approvals and orders deemed in the sole discretion of IGNG-CA to be material to consummation
of the Merger shall have been obtained.
3.4
Abandonment
or Deferral
. At any time before the date of filing, this Plan of Merger may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned
by the Board of Directors of either or both of the Constituent Corporations notwithstanding the approval of this Plan of Merger
by the stockholders of IGNG-CA, or the consummation of the Merger may be deferred for a reasonable period of time if, in the opinion
of the Boards of Directors of the Constituent Corporations, such action would be in the best interest of such Corporations. In
the event of termination of this Plan of Merger, this Plan of Merger shall become void and of no effect and there shall be no
liability on the part of either Constituent Corporation or its Board of Directors or shareholders with respect thereto, except
that IGNG-CA shall pay all expenses of the Constituent Corporations incurred in connection with the Merger.
3.5
Counterparts
.
In order to facilitate the filing and recording of this Plan of Merger, the same may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plan of Merger, having first been duly approved by the Boards of Directors of IGNG-CA and IGNG-DE, is hereby
executed on behalf of each of such corporations and attested by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
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IMAGING3,
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a
California corporation
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By
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/s/
Dane Medley
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Dane
Medley
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President
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IMAGING3,
INC.
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a
Delaware corporation
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By
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/s/
Dane Medley
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Dane
Medley
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President
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APPENDIX
C
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
Imaging3,
Inc.
ARTICLE
I
The
name of the corporation is Imaging3, Inc. (the “
Company
”).
ARTICLE
II
The
address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Vcorp Services, LLC 1013 Centre Road Suite 403-B,
Wilmington DE 19805, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Vcorp Services, LLC.
ARTICLE
III
The
purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended from time to time.
ARTICLE
IV
This
corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares designated respectively “Common Stock” and “Preferred
Stock” and referred to herein as Common Stock or Common Shares and Preferred Stock or Preferred Shares, respectively. The
total number of shares of Common Stock this corporation is authorized to issue is 1,000,000,000 and each such share shall have
a par value of $0.0001, and the total number of shares of Preferred Stock this corporation is authorized to issue is 1,000,000
and each such share shall have a par value of $0.0001. The Preferred Shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series.
The board of directors is authorized to fix the number of shares of any series of Preferred Shares and to determine the designation
of any such series. The board of directors is also authorized to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions
granted to or imposed upon any privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of Preferred
Shares and, within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the board of directors originally fixing
the number of shares constituting any series, to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series then
outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series.
ARTICLE
V
The
name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:
Greg
Carney
11900
West Olympic Blvd., Suite 770
Los
Angeles, CA 90064
ARTICLE
VI
In
furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the Company is expressly authorized
to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Company.
ARTICLE
VII
Elections
of directors need not be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the bylaws of the Company.
ARTICLE
VIII
To
the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended from time
to time, a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or to its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to authorize corporate action further
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Company shall be eliminated
or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.
The
Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any director or officer of the Company 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 (a “
Proceeding
”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect
to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgements, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. The Company shall be required to indemnify
a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized by the Board.
The
Company shall have the power to indemnify, to the extent permitted by the DGCL, as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended
from time to time, any employee or agent of the Company who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding
by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fee),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.
Neither
any amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent
with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action,
suit or claim accruing or arising or that, but for this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption
of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE
IX
Except
as provided in ARTICLE VIII above, the Company reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in
this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders
herein are granted subject to this reservation.
I,
the undersigned, as the incorporator of the Company, have signed this Certificate of Incorporation on September 20, 2017.
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Greg Carney
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Incorporator
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APPENDIX
D
BYLAWS
OF
IMAGING3,
INC.
(a
Delaware corporation)
ARTICLE
I
OFFICE
1.1
Registered Office
. The registered office of Imaging3, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “
Corporation
”),
in the State of Delaware shall be at 1013 Centre Road Suite 403-B, Wilmington DE 19805, County of New Castle, and the name of
the registered agent in charge thereof shall be Vcorp Services, LLC.
1.2
Principal Office
. The principal office for the transaction of the business of the Corporation shall be 3022 North Hollywood
Way, Burbank, CA 91505. The Board of Directors (hereinafter called the “
Board
”) is hereby granted full power
and authority to change the principal office from one location to another.
1.3
Other Offices
. The Corporation may also have an office or offices at such other place or places, either within or without
the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE
II
MEETINGS
OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1
Annual Meetings
. Annual meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for the purpose of electing directors and for the
transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meetings in accordance with Section 2.11 of these Bylaws may
be held at such time, date and place as the Board shall determine by resolution.
2.2
Special Meetings
. A special meeting of the stockholders for the transaction of any proper business may be called at any
time only by the Board.
2.3
Place of Meetings
. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware,
as may from time to time be designated by the person or persons calling the respective meeting and specified in the respective
notices or waivers of notice thereof.
2.4
Notice
of Meetings
.
(a)
Except as otherwise required by law, written notice of each meeting of the stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be
given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Except as otherwise expressly
required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of the stockholders shall be required. Every notice of a meeting
of the stockholders shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, shall also
state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to
be given to any stockholder who shall have waived such notice and such notice shall be deemed waived by any stockholder who
shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, except as a stockholder who shall attend such 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. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders need
not be given if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.
(b)
Whenever notice is required to be given to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all
notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between
such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or
interest on securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as shown on the
records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be
required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and
effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any person shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth
his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the
action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any of the other sections, the
certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this
section.
2.5
Quorum
.
Except as provided by law, the holders of record of a majority in voting interest of the shares of stock of the Corporation
entitled to be voted thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any
meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation or any adjournment thereof. The stockholders present at a duly called or held
meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of
enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a
majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum, and by any greater number of shares otherwise required to take such
action by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation. In the absence of a quorum at any meeting or any adjournment
thereof, a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat or, in
the absence therefrom of all the stockholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of, such meeting
may adjourn such meeting from time to time. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
2.6
Voting
.
(a)
Each stockholder shall, at each meeting of the stockholders, be entitled to vote in person or by proxy each share
or fractional share of the stock of the Corporation having voting rights on the matter in question and which shall have
been held by him and registered in his name on the books of the Corporation:
(i)
on the date fixed pursuant to Section 2.10 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled
to notice of and to vote at such meeting, or
(ii)
if no such record date shall have been so fixed, then (A) at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which notice of the meeting shall be given or (B) if notice of the meeting shall be waived, at the close of business on the
day next preceding the day on which the meeting shall be held.
(b)
Voting shall in all cases be subject to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and to the following
provisions:
(i)
Subject to Section 2.6(b)(vii), shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, custodian or other
fiduciary may be voted by such holder either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into the holder’s
name; and shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by the trustee, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee
shall be entitled to vote shares held by such trustee without a transfer of such shares into the trustee’s
name.
(ii)
Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver; and shares held by or under the control of a
receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into the receiver’s name if authority to do so is
contained in the order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.
(iii)
Subject to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and except where otherwise agreed in writing between the
parties, a stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred
into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.
(iv)
Shares standing in the name of a minor may be voted and the Corporation may treat all rights incident thereto as exercisable
by the minor, in person or by proxy, whether or not the Corporation has notice, actual or constructive, of the non-age,
unless a guardian of the minor’s property has been appointed and written notice of such appointment given to the
Corporation.
(v)
Shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxyholder
as the bylaws of such other corporation may prescribe or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such
other corporation may determine or, in the absence of such determination, by the chairman of the board, president or any vice
president of such other corporation, or by any other person authorized to do so by the board, president or any vice president
of such other corporation. Shares which are purported to be executed in the name of a corporation (whether or not any title
of the person signing is indicated) shall be presumed to be voted or the proxy executed in accordance with the provisions of
this subdivision, unless the contrary is shown.
(vi)
Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote
in the election of directors in such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be
entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes.
(vii)
Shares held by the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity, and shares of the Corporation held in a fiduciary capacity by any
subsidiary, shall not be entitled to vote on any matter, except to the extent that the settlor or beneficial owner possesses
and exercises a right to vote or to give the Corporation binding instructions as to how to vote such shares.
(viii)
If shares stand of record in the names of two or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants,
tenants in common, husband and wife as community property, tenants by the entirety, voting trustees, persons entitled to vote
under a stockholder voting agreement or otherwise, or if two or more persons (including proxyholders) have the same fiduciary
relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary of the Corporation is given written notice to the contrary and
is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided,
their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:
(A)
If only one votes, such act binds all;
(B)
If more than one vote, the act of the majority so voting binds all;
(C)
If more than one vote, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each fraction may vote the securities in question
proportionately. If the instrument so filed or the registration of the shares shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests,
a majority or even split for the purpose of this section shall be a majority or even split in interest.
(c)
Any such voting rights may be exercised by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by his proxy appointed by an instrument
in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by his attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the secretary of the meeting.
A validly executed proxy which does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless revoked by
the person executing it, prior to the vote pursuant thereto, by a writing delivered to the Corporation stating that the proxy
is revoked or by a subsequent proxy executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person by the person executing the
proxy; provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of three (3) years from the date of such proxy,
unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed
by the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(d)
At any meeting of the stockholders all matters, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, in these Bylaws
or by law, shall be decided by the vote of a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy and
entitled to vote thereat and thereon, a quorum being present.
(e)
The vote at any meeting of the stockholders on any question need not be written ballot, unless so directed by the chairman of
the meeting; provided, however, that any election of directors at any meeting must be conducted by written ballot upon demand
made by any stockholder or stockholders present at the meeting before the voting begins. On a vote by ballot each ballot shall
be signed by the stockholder voting, or by his proxy, if there be such proxy, and it shall state the number of shares voted.
2.7
Action Without a Meeting
. Any action which is required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting
of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes
that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on that action were
present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its
principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings
of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested. In the case of election of directors, such a consent shall be effective only if signed by the
holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided, however, that a director may be elected
at any time to fill a vacancy on the Board that has not been filled by the directors, by the written consent of the holders of
a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. All such consents shall be filed with the
Secretary of the Corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records.
Every
written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective
to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the
manner required by this section to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders or members to take
action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of
business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders
are recorded. Delivery made to a Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested.
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. In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required
the filing of a certificate under any other section of this title, if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting
thereof, the certificate filed under such other section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning
any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with this section, and that written notice has been
given as provided in this section.
2.8
List
of Stockholders
. The Secretary of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and
showing the address 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 (10) 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.
2.9
Judges
.
If at any meeting of the stockholders a vote by written ballot shall be taken on any question, the chairman of such meeting
may appoint a judge or judges to act with respect to such vote. Each judge so appointed shall first subscribe an oath
faithfully to execute the duties of a judge at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his
ability. Such judges shall: (i) decide upon the qualification of the voters; (ii) report the number of shares represented at
the meeting and entitled to vote on such question; (iii) conduct the voting and accept the votes; and (iv) when the voting is
completed, ascertain and report the number of shares voted respectively for and against the question. Reports of judges shall
be in writing and subscribed and delivered by them to the Secretary of the Corporation. The judges need not be stockholders
of the Corporation, and any officer of the Corporation may be a judge on any question other than a vote for or against a
proposal in which he shall have a material interest.
2.10
Fixing
Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record
.
(a)
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, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record
date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date
of such meeting.
(b)
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting,
the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date
is adopted by the Board, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the
record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date has been fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is required, shall be
the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation
by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the
Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s
registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed
by the Board and prior action by the Board is required, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking
such prior action.
(c)
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 may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede
the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60)
days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall
be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
If
no record date is fixed by the Board, 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 the meeting; provided,
however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
2.11
Stockholder
Proposals at Annual Meetings
.
(a)
At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the
meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be brought: (1) pursuant to the Corporation’s proxy
materials with respect to such meeting, (2) by or at the direction of the Whole Board, or (3) by a stockholder of the Corporation
who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.11(a) and on the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (B) has timely complied in proper written
form with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.11(a). In addition, for business to be properly brought before an
annual meeting by a stockholder, such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action pursuant to these bylaws and applicable
law. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations), and included in the notice of meeting
given by or at the direction of the board of directors, for the avoidance of doubt, clause (3) above shall be the exclusive means
for a stockholder to bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders.
(i)
To comply with clause (3) of Section 2.11(a) above, a stockholder’s notice must set forth all information required under
this Section 2.11(a) and must be timely received by the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice
must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the 45th day nor earlier
than the 75th day before the one-year anniversary of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials or a notice
of availability of proxy materials (whichever is earlier) for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that
in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than
30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary of the date of the previous year’s annual
meeting, then, for notice by the stockholder to be timely, it must be so received by the secretary not earlier than the close
of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th
day prior to such annual meeting, or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement (as defined below) of the
date of such annual meeting is first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement
thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.11(a)(i). “Public
Announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable
national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto (the “1934 Act”).
(ii)
To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth as to each matter of business the stockholder
intends to bring before the annual meeting: (A) a brief description of the business intended to be brought before the annual meeting
and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (B) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s
books, of the stockholder proposing such business and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), (C) the class and
number of shares of the Corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated
Person and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, (D) whether
and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such
stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Corporation, and a description of any other
agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent
of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the
voting power of, such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Corporation, (E)
any material interest of the stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person in such business, and (F) a statement whether either
such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least
the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal (such information
provided and statements made as required by clauses (A) through (F), a “Business Solicitation Statement”). In addition,
to be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary must be supplemented not later than ten days following
the record date for notice of the meeting to disclose the information contained in clauses (C) and (D) above as of the record
date for notice of the meeting. For purposes of this Section 2.11, a “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder
shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial
owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and on whose behalf the proposal
or nomination, as the case may be, is being made, or (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such person referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).
(iii)
Without exception, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the provisions set forth in
this Section 2.11(a) and, if applicable, Section 2.12. In addition, business proposed to be brought by a stockholder may not be
brought before the annual meeting if such stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary
to the representations made in the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business or if the Business Solicitation
Statement applicable to such business contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and
declare at the annual meeting that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting and in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 2.11(a), and, if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting that any
such business not properly brought before the annual meeting shall not be conducted.
(b)
Other Requirements and Rights. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12, a stockholder must also comply with
all applicable requirements of state law and of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters
set forth in this Section 2.12. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall be deemed to affect any rights of:
(i)
a stockholder to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor
provision) under the 1934 Act; or
(ii)
the Corporation to omit a proposal from the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision)
under the 1934 Act.
2.12
Notice
of Stockholder Nominees
.
(a)
Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 2.12(a) shall be eligible for election or re-election as directors at an annual meeting of
stockholders. Nominations of persons for election or re-election to the board of directors of the Corporation shall be made
at an annual meeting of stockholders only (1) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (2) by a stockholder of the
Corporation who (A) was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice required by this Section 2.12(a) and
on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (B) has complied with the
notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.12(a). In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be
made by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the
Corporation.
(i)
To comply with clause (2) of Section 2.12(a) above, a nomination to be made by a stockholder must set forth all information required
under this Section 2.12(a) and must be received by the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation at the time set forth in, and in accordance with, the final three sentences of Section 2.11(a)(i) above.
(ii)
To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth:
(A)
as to each person (a “nominee”) whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director:
(1) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (2) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee,
(3) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the nominee and any
derivative positions held or beneficially held by the nominee, (4) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction
or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of the nominee with respect to any securities of the Corporation,
and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending
of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for,
or to increase or decrease the voting power of the nominee, (5) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the
stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations
are to be made by the stockholder, (6) a written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging that as a director of the Corporation,
the nominee will owe a fiduciary duty under Delaware law with respect to the Corporation and its stockholders, and (7) any other
information relating to the nominee that would be required to be disclosed about such nominee if proxies were being solicited
for the election or re-election of the nominee as a director, or that is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation
14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation the nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement,
if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected or re-elected, as the case may be); and
(B)
as to such stockholder giving notice, (1) the information required to be provided pursuant to clauses (B) through (E) of Section
2.11(a)(ii) above, and the supplement referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.11(s)(ii) above (except that the references
to “business” in such clauses shall instead refer to nominations of directors for purposes of this paragraph), and
(2) a statement whether either such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy
to holders of a number of the Corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated
Person to be necessary to elect or re-elect such nominee(s) (such information provided and statements made as required by clauses
(1) and (2) above, a “Nominee Solicitation Statement”).
(iii)
At the request of the board of directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election or re-election as a director must
furnish to the secretary of the Corporation (A) that information required to be set forth in the stockholder’s notice of
nomination of such person as a director as of a date subsequent to the date on which the notice of such person’s nomination
was given and (B) such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such
proposed nominee to serve as an independent director or audit committee financial expert of the Corporation under applicable law,
securities exchange rule or regulation, or any publicly-disclosed corporate governance guideline or committee charter of the Corporation
and (C) such information that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack
thereof, of such nominee; in the absence of the furnishing of such information if requested, such stockholder’s nomination
shall not be considered in proper form pursuant to this Section 2.12.
(iv)
Without exception, no person shall be eligible for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation at an annual meeting
of stockholders unless nominated in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 2.12. In addition, a nominee shall
not be eligible for election or re-election if a stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary
to the representations made in the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or if the Nominee Solicitation Statement
applicable to such nominee contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare
at the annual meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions prescribed by these bylaws, and if the
chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
(b)
Other Requirements and Rights. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12, a stockholder must also comply with
all applicable requirements of state law and of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters
set forth in this Section 2.12. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall be deemed to affect any rights of:
(i)
a stockholder to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor
provision) under the 1934 Act; or
(ii)
the Corporation to omit a proposal from the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision)
under the 1934 Act.
ARTICLE
III
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
3.1
General Powers
. The property, business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the
Board.
3.2
Number and Term of Office
. The authorized number of directors shall be no less than three (3) and no more than twelve (12).
The exact number of authorized directors shall be set by resolution of the Board of Directors, within the limits specified above.
The initial number of directors on the date hereof shall be four (4) directors. Directors need not be stockholders. Each director
shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until a successor has been elected and qualified, or he resigns, or he is
removed in a manner consistent with these Bylaws.
3.3
Election of Directors
. The directors shall be elected annually by the stockholders of the Corporation and the persons receiving
the greatest number of votes in accordance with the system of voting established by these Bylaws shall be the directors.
3.4
Resignation and Removal of Directors
. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to
the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if the time be not specified, it shall
take effect immediately upon its receipt; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not
be necessary to make it effective. Any or all of the directors may be removed with or without cause if such removal is approved
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at an election of directors. No reduction of
the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before his term of office expires.
3.6
Vacancies
. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy in the Board, whether because
of death, resignation, disqualification, an increase in the number of directors or any other cause, may be filled by a majority
of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum. Each director so chosen to fill a vacancy shall hold office until his successor
shall have been elected and qualified or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.
3.7
Place of Meeting, Etc
. The Board may hold any of its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware
as the Board may from time to time by resolution designate or as shall be designated by the person or persons calling the meeting
or in the notice or a waiver of notice of any such meeting. Directors may participate in any regular or special meeting of the
Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment pursuant to which all persons participating in the
meeting of the Board can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.8
First Meeting
. The Board shall meet as soon as practicable after each annual election of directors and notice of such first
meeting shall not be required.
3.9
Regular Meetings
. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such times as the Board shall from time to time by resolution
determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then
the meeting shall be held at the same hour and place on the next succeeding business day not a legal holiday. Except as may be
required by law or specified herein, notice of regular meetings need not be given.
3.10
Special Meetings
. Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President
or any two or more directors. Except as otherwise provided by law or by these Bylaws, notice of the time and place of each such
special meeting shall be mailed to each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least four
(4) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telegraph, cable or electronic
mail or be delivered personally not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the time at which the meeting is to be held. Except
where otherwise required by law or by these Bylaws, notice of the purpose of a special meeting need not be given. Notice of any
meeting of the Board shall not be required to be given to any director who is present at such meeting, except a director who shall
attend such 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.
3.11
Quorum and Manner of Acting
. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, in the Certificate of Incorporation or by law,
the presence of a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, at any meeting of the Board, and all matters shall be decided at any such meeting, a quorum being present, by the
affirmative votes of a majority of the directors present. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact
business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, provided any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required
quorum for such meeting. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of directors present at any meeting may adjourn the same from
time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not be given. The directors shall act only as
a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.
3.12
Action by Consent
. 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board or of such committee, as the
case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
3.13
Compensation
. The directors shall receive only such compensation for their services as directors as may be allowed by resolution
of the Board. The Board may also provide that the Corporation shall reimburse each such director for any expense incurred by him
on account of his attendance at any meetings of the Board or Committees of the Board. Neither the payment of such compensation
nor the reimbursement of such expenses shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation or its subsidiaries
in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
3.14
Committees of Directors
.
(a)
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. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board
and except as otherwise limited by law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management
of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which
may require it; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority to act on behalf of the Board with
regard to the following:
(i)
the approval of any action which, under the Delaware General Corporation Law, also requires stockholders’ approval or approval of the outstanding shares;
(ii)
the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any committees;
(iii)
the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board or on any committee;
(iv)
the amendment or repeal of Bylaws or the adoption of new Bylaws;
(v)
the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its express terms is not so amendable or
repealable;
(vi)
a distribution to the stockholders of the Corporation, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board of Directors; or
(vii)
the appointment of any other committees of the Board of Directors or the members thereof.
(b)
Meetings and action of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of these Bylaws
dealing with the place of meetings, regular meetings, special meetings and notice, quorum, waiver of notice, adjournment, notice
of adjournment and action without meeting, with such changes in the context of these Bylaws as are necessary to substitute the
committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members, except that the time or regular meetings of committees may
be determined by resolutions of the Board of Directors. Notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate
members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board of Directors or a committee may adopt rules
for the government of such committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.
Any
such committee shall keep written minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board at the next regular meeting of the
Board. 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.
3.15
Other Committees
. 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 non-employee directors and one or more other disinterested persons, who need not be directors,
for the purpose of providing advice to the Board regarding any matter, including but not limited to the compensation of officers
and other key employees. For the purposes of this Section, a “disinterested person” means any person having no significant
interest in the actions of the committee, as determined by the Board. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution
of the Board and except as otherwise limited by law, shall assist the Board in exercising its powers and authority in the management
of the business and affairs of the Corporation, but shall not itself exercise such powers and authority. Any such committee shall
keep written minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board at the next regular meeting of the Board. In the absence
or disqualification of a member of any such 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 any disinterested person to act at the meeting
in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. The compensation and reimbursement of expenses of the members of any such
committee shall be determined by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board. Neither the payment of such compensation
nor the reimbursement of such expenses shall be construed to preclude any such member from serving the Corporation or its subsidiaries
in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
3.16
Certain Transactions
. In the absence of fraud, no contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation,
and no act of the Corporation, shall in any way be affected or invalidated by the fact that any of the directors of the Corporation
are financially or otherwise interested in, or are directors or officers of, such other corporations; and, in the absence of fraud,
any director, individually, or any firm of which any director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be financially or otherwise
interested in, any contract or transaction of the Corporation; provided, in any case, that the fact that he or such firm is so
interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or committee. Any director of the Corporation
who is also a director or officer of any such other corporation or who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence
of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation that shall authorize any such contract, act or transaction,
and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract, act or transaction, with full force and effect as if he were not such director
or officer of such other corporation or not so interested.
ARTICLE
IV
OFFICERS
4.1
Corporate Officers
.
(a)
The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board), a President, one or more Vice Presidents
(the number thereof and their respective titles to be determined by the Board), a Secretary, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer (Treasurer) and such other officers as may be appointed at the discretion of the Board in accordance with the provisions
of Section 4.1(b).
(b)
In addition to the officers specified in Section 4.1(a), the Board may appoint such other officers as the Board may deem necessary
or advisable, including one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers, each of whom shall hold office
for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board may delegate
to any officer of the Corporation or any committee of the Board the power to appoint, remove and prescribe the duties of any officer
provided for in this Section 4.1(b).
(c)
Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
4.2
Election, Term of Office and Qualifications
. The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed
in accordance with Sections 4.1(b) or 4.5, shall be appointed annually by the Board at the first meeting thereof held after the
election of the Board. Each officer shall hold office until such officer shall resign or shall be removed by the Board (either
with or without cause) or otherwise disqualified to serve, or the officer’s successor shall be appointed and qualified.
4.3
Removal
. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, at any time at any regular or special meeting
of the Board by a majority of the directors of the Board at the time in office or, except in the case of an officer appointed
by the Board, by any officer of the Corporation or committee of the Board upon whom or which such power of removal may be conferred
by the Board.
4.4
Resignations
. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the Board, the President
or the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if the time is
not specified, upon receipt thereof by the Board, President or Secretary, as the case may be; and, unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
4.5
Vacancies
. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause may be filled
for the unexpired portion of the term thereof in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular appointments or elections to
such office.
4.6
Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board)
. The Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board) of the Corporation
shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, unless otherwise determined by the Board, and shall have, subject to
the control of the Board, general and active supervision and management over the business of the Corporation and over its several
subordinate officers, assistants, agents and employees. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders
and at all meetings of the Board.
4.7
President
. The President shall have, subject to the control of the Board and/or the Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of
the Board), general and active supervision and management over the business of the Corporation and over its several subordinate
officers, assistants, agents and employees. The President shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be
assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board), the Board or as prescribed by the Bylaws. At the request
of the Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board), or in the case of the absence or inability to act of the Chief Executive
Officer (Chairman of the Board) upon the request of the Board, the President shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer
(Chairman of the Board) and when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Chief
Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board).
4.8
Vice Presidents
. Each Vice President shall have such power and perform such duties as the Board may from time to time prescribe.
At the request of the President, or in the case of the President’s absence or inability to act upon the request of the Board,
a Vice President shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to
all the restrictions upon, the President.
4.9
Chief Operating Officer
. The Chief Operating Officer shall have, subject to the control of the Chief Executive Officer,
President, and the Board, general and active supervision and management over the operations of the Corporation, the subsidiaries,
and over its several subordinate officers, assistants, agents and employees. The Chief Operating Officer shall have such other
powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer, President and the Board or as prescribed
by the Bylaws.
4.10
Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer)
. The Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer) shall supervise, have custody of, and be responsible
for all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer) shall deposit all such funds in the name
of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board or in accordance with
authority delegated by the Board. The Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer) shall receive, and give receipts for, moneys due and
payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever. The Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer) shall exercise general supervision
over expenditures and disbursements made by officers, agents and employees of the Corporation and the preparation of such records
and reports in connection therewith as may be necessary or desirable. The Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer) shall, in general,
perform all other duties incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer) and such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned to the Chief Financial Officer (Treasurer) by the Board.
4.11
Secretary
. The Secretary shall have the duty to record the proceedings of all meetings of the Board, of the stockholders,
and of all committees of which a secretary shall not have been appointed in one or more books provided for that purpose. The Secretary
shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with these Bylaws and as required by law; shall be custodian of the seal
of the Corporation and shall affix and attest the seal to all documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its
seal; and, in general, he shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may from time
to time be assigned to him by the Board.
4.12
Compensation
. The compensation of the officers of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board. None of
such officers shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the Corporation.
Nothing contained herein shall preclude any officer from serving the Corporation, or any subsidiary corporation, in any other
capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.
ARTICLE
V
CONTRACTS,
CHECKS, DRAFTS,
BANK
ACCOUNTS, ETC.
5.1
Execution of Contracts
. The Board, except as in these Bylaws otherwise provided, may authorize any officer or officers,
agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such
authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and unless so authorized by the Board or by these Bylaws, no officer,
agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit
or to render it liable for any purpose or in any account.
5.2
Checks, Drafts, Etc.
All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidence of indebtedness,
issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner
as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board. Each such person shall give such bond, if any, as the Board
may require.
5.3
Deposits
. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the
Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board may select, or as may be selected by any officer
or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation to whom such power shall have
been delegated by the Board. For the purpose of deposit and for the purpose of collection for the account of the Corporation,
the Chief Executive Officer, President, any Vice President or the Chief Financial Officer, (or any other officer or officers,
assistant or assistants, agent or agents or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation who shall from time to time be determined
by the Board), may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money which are payable to the
order of the Corporation.
5.4
General and Special Bank Accounts
. The Board may from time to time authorize the opening and keeping of general and special
bank accounts with such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board may select or as may be selected by any officer
or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation to whom such power shall have
been delegated by the Board. The Board may make such special rules and regulations with respect to such bank accounts, not inconsistent
with the provisions of these Bylaws, as it may deem expedient.
ARTICLE
VI
SHARES
AND THEIR TRANSFER
6.1
Certificates for Stock
.
(a)
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions
that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply
to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption
of such a resolution by the Board, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated
shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as the Board shall prescribe, signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation
by the Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board), or the President or Vice President, and by the Chief Financial Officer
(Treasurer) or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation representing the number of
shares registered in certificate form. Any of or all of the signatures on the certificates may be a facsimile. In case any officer,
transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, any such certificates, shall have
ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be
issued by the Corporation with the same effect as though the person who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature
shall have been placed thereupon, were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
(b)
A record shall be kept of the respective names of the persons, firms or corporations owning the stock represented by such certificates,
the number and class of shares represented by such certificates, respectively, and the respective dates thereof, and in case of
cancellation, the respective dates of cancellation. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or transfer
shall be canceled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such
existing certificate shall have been so canceled, except in cases provided for in Section 6.4.
6.2
Transfers of Stock
. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation
by the registered holder thereof, or by such holder’s attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and
filed with the Secretary, or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 6.3, and upon surrender
of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon. The person in whose
name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation.
Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact shall be so expressed in
the entry of transfer if, when the certificate or certificates shall be presented to the Corporation for transfer, both the transferor
and the transferee request the Corporation to do so.
6.3
Regulations
. The Board may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these Bylaws,
concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation. It may appoint, or
authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars,
and may require all certificates for stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
6.4
Lost, Stolen, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates
. In any case of loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate
of stock, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation and upon the giving of
a bond of indemnity to the Corporation in such form and in such sum as the Board may direct; provided, however, that a new certificate
may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the Board, it is proper to do so.
6.5
Payment for Shares
. Certificates for shares may be issued prior to full payment under such restrictions and for such purposes
as the Board may provide; provided, however, that on any certificate issued to represent any partly paid shares, the total amount
of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.
ARTICLE
VII
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1
Authorization For Indemnification
. The Corporation may indemnify, in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law,
any person (or the estate, heirs, executors, or administrators of any person) who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against 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 if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner
which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
7.2
Advance of Expenses
. Costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by or on behalf of a director or officer
in defending or investigating any action, suit, proceeding or investigation may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such matter, if such director or officer shall undertake in writing to repay any such advances in the event that
it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification. Such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may
be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board deems appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall
be made by the Corporation if a determination is reasonably and promptly made by the Board by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested
directors, or (if such a quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs) by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, or by the stockholders, that, based upon the facts known to the Board or counsel at the time
such determination is made, (a) the director, officer, employee or agent acted in bad faith or deliberately breached his duty
to the Corporation or its stockholders, and (b) as a result of such actions by the director, officer, employee or agent, it is
more likely than not that it will ultimately be determined that such director, officer, employee or agent is not entitled to indemnification.
7.3
Insurance
. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or as a member of any committee or similar
body against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article
or applicable law.
7.4
Non-exclusivity
. The right of indemnity and advancement of expenses provided herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses from the Corporation may be entitled under
any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as
to action in another capacity while holding such office. Any agreement for indemnification of or advancement of expenses to any
director, officer, employee or other person may provide rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses which are broader
or otherwise different from those set forth herein.
ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1
Seal
. The Board shall provide a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation
and words and figures showing that the Corporation was incorporated in the State of Delaware and the year of incorporation.
8.2
Waiver of Notices
. Whenever notice is required to be given by these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation or by law,
the person entitled to said notice may waive such notice in writing, either before or after the time stated therein, and such
waiver shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting (whether in person or by proxy in the case of
a meeting of stockholders) shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders,
directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
8.3
Amendments
. The original or other Bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the incorporators, by
the initial directors if they were named in the Certificate of Incorporation, or, before the Corporation has received any payment
for any of its stock, by its Board. After the Corporation has received any payment for any of its stock, the power to adopt, amend
or repeal Bylaws shall be in the Board; provided, however, that the fact that such power has been so conferred upon the directors
shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.
8.4
Representation of Other Corporations
. The Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Board), President, any Vice President
or the Secretary of this Corporation is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident
to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this Corporation. The authority herein
granted to said officers to vote or represent on behalf of this Corporation any and all shares held by this Corporation in any
other corporation or corporations may be exercised either by such officers in person or by any person authorized to do so by proxy
or power of attorney duly executed by said officers.
8.5
Stock Purchase Plans
. The Corporation may adopt and carry out a stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option plan or
agreement providing for the issue and sale for such consideration as may be fixed of its unissued shares, or of issued shares
acquired or to be acquired, to one or more of the employees or directors of the Corporation or of a subsidiary or to a trustee
on their behalf and for the payment for such shares in installments or at one time, and may provide for aiding any such persons
in paying for such shares by compensation for services rendered, promissory notes, or otherwise.
Any
stock purchase plan or agreement or stock option plan or agreement may include, among other features, the fixing of eligibility
for participation therein, the class and price of shares to be issued or sold under the plan or agreement, the number of shares
which may be subscribed for, the method of payment therefor, the reservation of title until full payment therefor, the effect
of the termination of employment and option or obligation on the part of the Corporation to repurchase the shares, the time limits
of and termination of the plan and any other matters, not in violation of applicable law, as may be included in the plan as approved
or authorized by the Board or any committee of the Board.
8.6
Construction and Definitions
. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction and
definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality
of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person”
includes both a corporation and a natural person.