UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 29, 2016

DIAMOND FOODS, LLC
(successor in interest to Diamond Foods, Inc.)

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

000-51439

20-2556965

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

600 Montgomery Street, 13th Floor
San Francisco, California


94111

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (415) 445-7444

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 

 

Introductory Note

On February 29, 2016, (the “Closing Date), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated October 27, 2015, (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Diamond Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Diamond” or “Company”), Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Snyder’s-Lance” or “Parent”), Shark Acquisition Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub I”) and Shark Acquisition Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub II”), Merger Sub I merged with and into the Company (the “First Merger”), with the Company surviving the First Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent and then such surviving entity merged with and into Merger Sub II (the “Second Merger”), with Merger Sub II surviving the Second Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the First Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), was converted into the right to receive (a) an amount of cash equal to $12.50 and (b) 0.775 shares of the common stock, par value $0.83-1/3 per share, of Parent (the “Parent Common Stock”), with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. Generally, outstanding Company stock options and other equity awards (other than those held by non-employee directors) were assumed by the Parent, and became options to purchase, or an award for, a number of shares of the Parent Common Stock determined by multiplying the number of shares of Diamond Common Stock that were subject to such option or award by 1.13575 and rounding the resulting number down to the nearest whole number, with the per-share exercise price of the option determined by dividing the per-share exercise price of the option immediately before the First Merger by 1.13575 and rounding the resulting exercise price up to the nearest whole cent, provided, however, that the resulting option or equity award remains subject to the same vesting schedule or conditions and, for options, the same restrictions on exercisability as would have applied if not for the merger.

The description of the Merger Agreement and the related transactions (including, without limitation, the Merger) in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is subject, and qualified in its entirety by reference, to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 28, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.

  

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Asset-Based Credit Agreement. Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, the Company repaid in full all amounts outstanding pursuant to, and terminated, the asset-based Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2014, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, Syndication Agent, Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, SunTrust Bank as Documentation Agent, and the other Lenders party thereto.

Term-Based Credit Agreement. Concurrently with the consummation of the Merger, the Company repaid in full all amounts outstanding pursuant to, and terminated, the term-based Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2014, among the Company, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, BMO Capital Markets and Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of Montreal and Suntrust Bank as Co-Documentation Agents, and the other Lenders party thereto.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. All $230 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 7% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Existing Senior Notes”) will be redeemed on March 4, 2016 (the “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price (the “Redemption Price”) of 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus the Applicable Premium (as calculated pursuant to the Indenture, dated February 19, 2014, between Diamond Foods, Inc., the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association) and accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Senior Notes to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On February 29, 2016, the Company caused the aggregate Redemption Price required to redeem all of the Existing Senior Notes with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) for the Existing Senior Notes to be irrevocably deposited, and irrevocably instructed the Trustee to apply such amount to the redemption in full of the Existing Senior Notes on the Redemption Date. In that connection, the Trustee executed an Acknowledgment of Satisfaction and Discharge to acknowledge that the Indenture, dated as of February 19, 2014, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, relating to the Existing Senior Notes, was satisfied and discharged on February 29, 2016.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

The information provided in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

As a result of the First Merger, the Company Common Stock was removed from trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on February 29, 2016. Accordingly, on February 29, 2016, the Company requested that NASDAQ file with the SEC a Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration on Form 25 to effect the delisting of the Company Common Stock from NASDAQ and the deregistration of the Company Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Additionally, the Company intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC requesting the termination of registration of the Company Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the suspension of reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company Common Stock and the preferred stock of the Company. Once such measures become effective, the Company will no longer be required to prepare and file, and will cease to file periodic reports with, the SEC.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 5.02 and 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

Upon the effective time of the First Merger, each holder of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger ceased to have any rights as a stockholder of the Company (other than the right, in respect of each share of Company Common Stock (other than any Dissenting Shares, as such term is used in the Merger Agreement) to receive the merger consideration).

 

Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01 and 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.

As a result of the First Merger, a change in control of the Company occurred, and the Company became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

The total amount of funds used by Parent to complete the First Merger, the Second Merger and the related transactions and pay related fees and expenses was approximately $1.92 billion, which was funded through a combination of equity and cash contributions by the Parent.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with the consummation of the Merger and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement (and not because of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices), all of the directors of the Company ceased to be directors of the Company effective as of the effective time of the First Merger. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the First Merger, Carl E. Lee and Rick D. Puckett, the directors of Merger Sub I, became the directors of the Company.

With the exception of Raymond Silcock, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company immediately prior to the consummation of the First Merger, who shall continue as a non-officer employee after the First Merger, the incumbent officers of the Company immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger ceased to be employees of the Company.

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the effective time of the First Merger, the certificate of incorporation of the Company in effect as of immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger was amended and restated, and the bylaws of Merger Sub I, as in effect as of immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger, became the by-laws of the Company, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Copies of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the by-laws are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference in this Item 5.03.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.
   
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Diamond Foods, Inc.
   
3.2   Amended and Restated By-laws of Diamond Foods, Inc.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Diamond Foods, LLC
(successor in interest to Diamond Foods, Inc.)

Date: February 29, 2016

By: /s/ Rick D. Puckett

Rick D. Puckett

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

 

OF

 

SHARK ACQUISITION SUB I, INC.,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION

 

INTO

 

DIAMOND FOODS, INC.,

A DELAWARE CORPORATION

 

 

 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of

the State of Delaware

 

 

 

Diamond Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Diamond”), does hereby certify as follows:

 

FIRST: Each of Diamond and Shark Acquisition Sub I, Inc. (“Merger Sub”) is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware.

 

SECOND: An Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Agreement”), dated as of October 27, 2015, by and among Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, Merger Sub, Shark Acquisition Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Diamond, setting forth the terms and conditions of the merger of Merger Sub with and into Diamond (the “Merger”), has been approved, adopted, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations in accordance with Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

THIRD: The name of the corporation surviving the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) shall be Diamond Foods, Inc.

 

FOURTH: The Certificate of Incorporation of Diamond shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

FIFTH: An executed copy of the Agreement is on file at the principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation at the following address:

 

Diamond Foods, Inc.

600 Montgomery Street, 13th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-2702

 

SIXTH: A copy of the Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of either constituent corporation.

 

SEVENTH: The Merger is to become effective as of 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on February 29, 2016.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Diamond Foods, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Merger to be executed in its corporate name as of the 29th day of February 2016.

 

  DIAMOND FOODS, INC.  
       
By:  /s/ Brian J. Driscoll  
  Name: Brian J. Driscoll  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  
 

Exhibit A

 

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Diamond Foods, Inc.

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

DIAMOND FOODS, INC.

 

FIRST:Name. The name of the corporation is Diamond Foods, Inc.

 

SECOND:Registered Office and Registered Agent. The address of the registered office of the corporation in Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle, and the name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD:Purposes. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Act.

 

FOURTH:Capital Stock. The total number of shares of stock that the corporation is authorized to issue is 1,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share, all of which shares are designated as common stock.

 

FIFTH:Bylaws. The board of directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws of the corporation.

 

SIXTH:Limitation of Directors’ Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the Act is amended after the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH by the stockholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

SEVENTH:Elections of Directors. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the corporation shall so provide.

 

EIGHTH:Indemnification. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, indemnify any and all directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons’ official capacity and as to action in
 

another capacity while holding such directorship, office, employment or agency, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Neither the repeal nor modification of this Article EIGHTH, or the adoption of any provision to the certificate of incorporation that is inconsistent with this Article EIGHTH, shall eliminate, restrict or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of any such person existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal, modification or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

 

NINTH:Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Act, the Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article NINTH.
 


Exhibit 3.2

 

 

 

DIAMOND FOODS, Inc.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED bylaws

 

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

    Page
     
Preamble 1
     
Article 1. Stockholders’ Meetings 1
  1.1. Place of Meetings 1
  1.2. Annual Meeting 1
  1.3. Special Meetings 1
  1.4. Remote Communications 1
  1.5. Notice of Meetings 1
  1.6. Quorum 2
  1.7. Adjournment of Meetings 2
  1.8. Voting List 2
  1.9. Vote Required 3
  1.10. Chairperson; Secretary 3
  1.11. Rules of Conduct 3
  1.12. Inspectors of Elections 3
  1.13. Record Date 3
  1.14. Written Consent 4
       
Article 2. Directors 4
  2.1. Number and Qualifications 4
  2.2. Term of Office 4
  2.3. Resignation 4
  2.4. Vacancies 4
  2.5. Regular Meetings 4
  2.6. Special Meetings 4
  2.7. Notice 5
  2.8. Quorum 5
  2.9. Vote Required 5
  2.10. Chairperson; Secretary 5
  2.11. Use of Communications Equipment 5
  2.12. Action Without a Meeting 5
  2.13. Compensation of Directors 5
  2.14. Committees 6
  2.15. Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board 6
       
Article 3. Officers 6
  3.1. Offices Created; Qualifications; Election 6
  3.2. Term of Office 6
  3.3. Removal of Officers 6
  3.4. Resignation 7
  3.5. Vacancies 7
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  3.6. Compensation 7
  3.7. Powers 7
  3.8. President 7
  3.9. Vice Presidents 7
  3.10. Secretary 7
  3.11. Assistant Secretaries 7
       
Article 4. Capital Stock 8
  4.1. Stock Certificates 8
  4.2. Registration; Registered Owners 8
  4.3. Stockholder Addresses 8
  4.4. Transfer of Shares 8
  4.5. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates 9
       
Article 5. General Provisions 9
  5.1. Waiver of Notice 9
  5.2. Electronic Transmissions 9
  5.3. Fiscal Year 9
  5.4. Voting Stock of Other Organizations 9
  5.5. Corporate Seal 9
  5.6. Conflict with Applicable Law or Certificate of Incorporation 9
  5.7. Amendment of Bylaws 9
       
Article 6. Indemnification 10
  6.1. Indemnification 10
  6.2. Advancement of Expenses 10
  6.3. Non-Exclusivity 10
  6.4. Heirs and Beneficiaries 10
  6.5. Effect of Amendment 10
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
DIAMOND FOODS, Inc.

 

Adopted by the members of the Board of Directors on February 29, 2016.

 

Article 1. Stockholders’ Meetings

 

1.1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors shall determine. Rather than holding a meeting at any place, the board of directors may determine that a meeting shall be held solely by means of remote communications, which means shall meet the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

1.2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of the directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting, shall be held on the date and at the time designated by the board of directors.

 

1.3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the board of directors. No other person or persons may call a special meeting. The business to be transacted at any special meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

1.4. Remote Communications. The board of directors may permit the stockholders and their proxy holders to participate in meetings of the stockholders (whether such meetings are held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication) using one or more methods of remote communication that satisfy the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The board of directors may adopt such guidelines and procedures applicable to participation in stockholders’ meetings by means of remote communication as it deems appropriate. Participation in a stockholders’ meeting by means of a method of remote communication permitted by the board of directors shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

1.5. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the place, if any, date and hour of any stockholders’ meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote. The notice shall state the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed present in person and vote at the meeting. If the voting list for the meeting is to be made available by means of an electronic network or if the meeting is to be held solely by remote communication, the notice shall include the information required to access the reasonably accessible electronic network on which the corporation will make its voting list available either prior to the meeting or, in the case of a meeting held solely by remote communication, during the meeting. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called. Unless otherwise provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law, notice shall be given at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given, notice may be given by a form of electronic transmission that satisfies the requirements of the Delaware General

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Corporation Law and has been consented to by the stockholder to whom notice is given. If mailed, notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder’s address as it appears in the corporation’s records. If given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom notice is given, notice shall be deemed given at the times specified with respect to the giving of notice by electronic transmission in the Delaware General Corporation Law. An affidavit of the corporation’s secretary, an assistant secretary or an agent of the corporation that notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.

 

1.6. Quorum. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock entitled to vote at a meeting shall constitute a quorum. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series of stock is required at a meeting, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the voting power of each such class or series shall also be required to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, either the chairperson of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the meeting may adjourn the meeting in the manner provided in Section 1.7 until a quorum shall be present. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of the holders of enough voting power to leave less than a quorum.

 

1.7. Adjournment of Meetings. Either the chairperson of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the meeting may adjourn any meeting of stockholders from time to time. At any adjourned meeting the stockholders may transact any business that they might have transacted at the original meeting. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place, if any, or the means of remote communications to be used rather than holding the meeting at any place are announced at the meeting so adjourned, except that notice of the adjourned meeting shall be required if the adjournment is for more than 30 days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting.

 

1.8. Voting List. At least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders, the secretary of the corporation shall prepare a complete alphabetical list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting showing each stockholder’s address and number of shares. This voting list does not need to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information for any stockholder nor need it contain any information with respect to beneficial owners of the shares of stock owned, although it may do so. For a period of at least 10 days before the meeting, the voting list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting either on a reasonably accessible electronic network (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the corporation’s principal place of business. If the list is made available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that it is available only to stockholders. If the stockholders’ meeting is held at a place, the voting list shall be produced and kept at that place during the whole time of the meeting. If the stockholders’ meeting is held solely by means of remote communications, the voting list shall be made available for inspection on a reasonably accessible electronic network during the whole time of the meeting. In either case, any stockholder may inspect the voting list at any time during the meeting.

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1.9. Vote Required. Subject to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law requiring a higher level of votes to take certain specified actions and to the terms of the corporation’s certificate of incorporation that set special voting requirements, the stockholders shall take action on all matters other than the election of directors by a majority of the voting power of the stock present, in person or by proxy, at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter. The stockholders shall elect directors by a plurality of the voting power of the stock present, in person or by proxy, at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter.

 

1.10.  Chairperson; Secretary. The following people shall preside over any meeting of the stockholders: the chairperson of the board of directors, if any, or, in the chairperson’s absence, the vice chairperson of the board of directors, if any, or in the vice chairperson’s absence, the president, or, in the absence of all of the foregoing persons, a chairperson designated by the board of directors, or, in the absence of a chairperson designated by the board of directors, a chairperson chosen by the stockholders at the meeting. In the absence of the secretary and any assistant secretary, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

1.11.  Rules of Conduct. The board of directors may adopt such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it deems appropriate including rules, regulations and procedures regarding participation in the meeting by means of remote communication. Except to the extent inconsistent with any applicable rules, regulations or procedures adopted by the board of directors, the chairperson of any meeting may adopt such rules, regulations and procedures for the meeting, and take such actions with respect to the conduct of the meeting, as the chairperson of the meeting deems appropriate. The rules, regulations and procedures adopted may include, without limitation, ones that (i) establish an agenda or order of business, (ii) are intended to maintain order and safety at the meeting, (iii) restrict entry to the meeting after the time fixed for its commencement and (iv) limit the time allotted to stockholder questions or comments. Unless otherwise determined by the board of directors or the chairperson of the meeting, meetings of the stockholders need not be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

1.12.  Inspectors of Elections. The board of directors or the chairperson of a stockholders’ meeting may appoint one or more inspectors of election and any substitute inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the corporation. Each inspector, before entering on the discharge of the inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of the inspector’s ability. Inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by the Delaware General Corporation Law. At the request of the chairperson of the meeting, the inspector or inspectors shall prepare a written report of the results of the votes taken and of any other question or matter that that inspector or inspectors determined.

 

1.13.  Record Date. If the corporation proposes to take any action for which the Delaware General Corporation Law would permit it to set a record date, the board of directors may set such a record date as provided under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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1.14.  Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote by means of a stockholder written consent meeting the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting by less than a unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented as required by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Article 2. Directors

 

2.1. Number and Qualifications. The board of directors shall consist of such number as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

2.2. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.3. Resignation. A director may resign, as a director or as a committee member or both, at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation addressed to the board of directors, the chairperson of the board of directors, the president or the secretary. A director may also tender an irrevocable resignation that is conditioned upon such director failing to receive a specified vote for reelection as a director. A resignation will be effective upon its receipt by the corporation unless the resignation specifies that it is to be effective at some later time upon the occurrence of some specified later event.

 

2.4. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of the board of directors, may be filled by a vote of the majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If the corporation at the time has outstanding any classes or series or class or series of stock that have or has the right, alone or with one or more other classes or series or class or series, to elect one or more directors, then any vacancy in the board of directors caused by the death, resignation or removal of a director so elected shall be filled only by a vote of the majority of the remaining directors so elected, by a sole remaining director so elected or, if no director so elected remains, by the holders of those classes or series or that class or series. A director appointed by the board of directors shall hold office until the earlier of the expiration of the term of the director he or she is replacing, a successor is duly elected and qualified, or the earlier of such director’s death, resignation or removal.

 

2.5. Regular Meetings. The board of directors may hold regular meetings without notice at such times and places as it may from time to time determine, provided that notice of any such determination shall be given to any director who is absent when such a determination is made. A regular meeting of the board of directors may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

2.6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairperson of the board of directors, the president or by any director. Notice of any special meeting shall be given to each director and shall state the time and place for the special meeting.

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2.7. Notice. Any time it is necessary to give notice of a board of directors’ meeting, notice shall be given (i) in person or by telephone to the director at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (ii) by personally delivering written notice to the director’s last known business or home address at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (iii) by delivering an electronic transmission (including, without limitation, via telefacsimile or electronic mail) to the director’s last known number or address for receiving electronic transmissions of that type at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (iv) by depositing written notice with a reputable delivery service or overnight carrier addressed to the director’s last known business or home address for delivery to that address no later than the business day preceding the date of the meeting or (v) by depositing written notice in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the director’s last known business or home address no later than the third business day preceding the date of the meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who attends a meeting without protesting prior to the meeting or at its commencement to the lack of notice to that director. A notice of meeting need not specify the purposes of the meeting.

 

2.8. Quorum. A majority of the directors in office at the time shall constitute a quorum. Thereafter, a quorum shall be deemed present for purposes of conducting business and determining the vote required to take action for so long as at least a third of the total number of directors are present. In the absence of a quorum, the directors present may adjourn the meeting without notice until a quorum shall be present, at which point the meeting may be held.

 

2.9. Vote Required. The board of directors shall act by the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

 

2.10.  Chairperson; Secretary. If the chairperson and the vice chairperson are not present at any meeting of the board of directors, or if no such officers have been elected, then the board of directors shall choose a director who is present at the meeting to preside over it. In the absence of the secretary and any assistant secretary, the chairperson may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

2.11.  Use of Communications Equipment. Directors may participate in meetings of the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

2.12.  Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors may be taken without a meeting if all of the directors consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission. The writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors or of the relevant committee.

 

2.13.  Compensation of Directors. The board of directors shall from time to time determine the amount and type of compensation to be paid to directors for their service on the board of directors and its committees.

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2.14.  Committees. The board of directors may designate one or more committees, each of which shall consist of one or more directors. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any committee shall, to the extent provided in a resolution of the board of directors and subject to the limitations contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law, have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation. Each committee shall keep such records and report to the board of directors in such manner as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Except as the board of directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business. Unless otherwise provided in a resolution of the board of directors or in rules adopted by the committee, each committee shall conduct its business as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in these bylaws for the board of directors.

 

2.15.  Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board. The board of directors may elect from its members a chairperson of the board and a vice chairperson. If a chairperson has been elected and is present, the chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and the stockholders. The chairperson shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the board of directors may designate. If the board of directors elects a vice chairperson, the vice chairperson shall, in the absence or disability of the chairperson, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chairperson and have such other powers and perform such other duties as the board of directors may designate.

 

Article 3. Officers

 

3.1. Offices Created; Qualifications; Election. The corporation shall have a president, a secretary and such other officers, if any, as the board of directors from time to time may appoint. Any officer may be, but need not be, a director or stockholder. The same person may hold any two or more offices. The board of directors may elect officers at any time.

 

3.2. Term of Office. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected, unless a different term is specified in the resolution electing the officer, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

3.3. Removal of Officers. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the board of directors.

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3.4. Resignation. An officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation addressed to the board of directors, the chairperson of the board of directors, the president or the secretary. A resignation will be effective upon its receipt by the corporation unless the resignation specifies that it is to be effective at some later time or upon the occurrence of some specified later event.

 

3.5. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office may be filled by the board of directors.

 

3.6. Compensation. Officers shall receive such amounts and types of compensation for their services as shall be fixed by the board of directors.

 

3.7. Powers. Unless otherwise specified by the board of directors, each officer shall have those powers and shall perform those duties that are (i) set forth in these bylaws (if any are so set forth), (ii) set forth in the resolution of the board of directors electing that officer or any subsequent resolution of the board of directors with respect to that officer’s duties or (iii) commonly incident to the office held.

 

3.8. President. The president shall be subject to the direction and control of the board of directors and shall have general active management of the business, affairs and policies of the corporation. The president shall have the power to sign all certificates, contracts and other instruments on behalf of the corporation.

 

3.9. Vice Presidents. The vice presidents, if any, shall be subject to the direction and control of the board of directors and the president and shall have such powers and duties as the board of directors or the president may assign to them. If the board of directors elects more than one vice president, then it shall determine their respective titles, seniority and duties. If the president is absent, disqualified from acting, unable to act or refuses to act, the most senior in rank of the vice presidents (as determined by the board of directors) shall have the powers of, and shall perform the duties of, the president.

 

3.10.  Secretary. The secretary shall, to the extent practicable, attend all meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors. The secretary shall record the proceedings of the stockholders and the board of directors, including all actions by written consent, in a book or series of books to be kept for that purpose. The secretary shall perform like duties for any committee of the board of directors if the committee so requests. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors. Unless the corporation has appointed a transfer agent, the secretary shall keep or cause to be kept the stock and transfer records of the corporation. The secretary shall have such other powers and duties as the board of directors or the president may determine.

 

3.11.  Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries, if any, shall have such powers and duties as the board of directors, the president or the secretary may assign to them. If the board of directors elects more than one assistant secretary, then it shall determine their respective titles, seniority and duties. If the secretary is absent, disqualified from acting, unable to act or refuses to act, the most senior in rank of the assistant secretaries (as determined by the board of directors) shall have the powers of, and shall perform the duties of, the secretary.

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Article 4. Capital Stock

 

4.1. Stock Certificates. The corporation’s shares of stock shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors may, subject to the limits imposed by law, provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series shall be uncertificated shares. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution, every holder of shares of stock represented by certificates and every holder of uncertificated shares, upon request, shall be entitled to have a certificate representing such shares in such form as shall be approved by the board of directors. Stock certificates shall be numbered in the order of their issue and shall be signed by or in the name of the corporation by (i) the chairperson or vice chairperson, if any, of the board of directors, the president or a vice president and (ii) the secretary or an assistant secretary. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be an officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate that is subject to any restriction on transfer shall have conspicuously noted on its face or back either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of the restriction. Each certificate shall have on its face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights.

 

4.2. Registration; Registered Owners. The name of each person owning a share of the corporation’s capital stock shall be entered on the books of the corporation together with the number of shares owned, the number or numbers of the certificate or certificates covering such shares (if any) and the dates of issue of each certificate (if any). The corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been properly transferred on the books of the corporation.

 

4.3. Stockholder Addresses. It shall be the duty of each stockholder to notify the corporation of the stockholder’s address.

 

4.4. Transfer of Shares. Stock of the corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these bylaws. Registration of transfer of shares of the corporation’s stock shall be made only on the books of the corporation at the request of the registered holder or of the registered holder’s duly authorized attorney (as evidenced by a duly executed power of attorney provided to the corporation) and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates representing those shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock power. The board of directors may make further rules and regulations concerning the transfer and registration of shares of stock and the certificates representing them and may appoint a transfer agent or registrar or both and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of either or both.

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4.5. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. The corporation may issue a new stock certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated. The board of directors may require the owner of the allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or the owner’s legal representatives, to give the corporation such bond or such surety or sureties as the board of directors, in its sole discretion, deems sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction or the issuance of such new certificate and, in the case of a certificate alleged to have been mutilated, to surrender the mutilated certificate.

 

Article 5. General Provisions

 

5.1. Waiver of Notice. Any stockholder or director, may execute a written waiver or give a waiver by electronic transmission of notice of the meeting, either before or after such meeting. Any such waiver shall be filed with the records of the corporation. If any stockholder or director shall be present at any meeting it shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when that stockholder or director attends 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. A waiver of notice of meeting need not specify the purposes of the meeting.

 

5.2. Electronic Transmissions. For purposes of these bylaws, “electronic transmission” shall mean a form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper that satisfies the requirements with respect to such communications contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

5.3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

5.4. Voting Stock of Other Organizations. Except as the board of directors may otherwise designate, each of the president and secretary may waive notice of, and act as, or appoint any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact for the corporation (with power of substitution) at any meeting of the stockholders, members or other owners of any other corporation or organization the securities or ownership interests of which are owned by the corporation.

 

5.5. Corporate Seal. The corporation shall have no seal, unless the board of directors shall by resolution adopt such a seal.

 

5.6. Conflict with Applicable Law or Certificate of Incorporation. These bylaws are adopted subject to any applicable law and the corporation’s certificate of incorporation. Whenever these bylaws may conflict with any applicable law or the corporation’s certificate of incorporation, such conflict shall be resolved in favor of such law or the corporation’s certificate of incorporation.

 

5.7. Amendment of Bylaws. These bylaws, including any bylaws adopted or amended by the stockholders, may be amended or repealed by the board of directors.

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Article 6. Indemnification

 

6.1. Indemnification. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify every person who is or was a party or is or was threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (an “Action”), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, trustee, plan administrator or plan fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (an “Indemnified Person”), against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement or other disposition that the Indemnified Person actually and reasonably incurs in connection with the Action and shall reimburse each such person for all legal fees and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in seeking to enforce its rights to indemnification under this Article (by means of legal action or otherwise).

 

6.2. Advancement of Expenses. Upon written request from an Indemnified Person, the corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any Action in advance of the final disposition of such Action. The corporation’s obligation to pay expenses pursuant to this Section shall be contingent upon the Indemnified Person providing the undertaking required by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

6.3. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of indemnification and advancement of expenses contained in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights to indemnification or similar protection to which any Indemnified Person may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, insurance policy or otherwise.

 

6.4. Heirs and Beneficiaries. The rights created by this Article shall inure to the benefit of each Indemnified Person and each heir, executor and administrator of such Indemnified Person.

 

6.5. Effect of Amendment. Neither the amendment, modification or repeal of this Article nor the adoption of any provision in these bylaws inconsistent with this Article shall adversely affect any right or protection of an Indemnified Person with respect to any act or omission that occurred prior to the time of such amendment, modification, repeal or adoption.

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