HRG Form 8-K 04.01.15


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): July 13, 2015
 
HRG GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
1-4219
 
74-1339132
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
450 Park Avenue, 29th Floor,
New York, NY
 
 
10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 (212) 906-8555
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
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Item 5.03.                          Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On July 13, 2015, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of HRG Group, Inc. (the “Company”) amended the Company’s bylaws by adding a new Section 7.07, which designates an exclusive forum for the adjudication of disputes and other matters related to the Company.
The foregoing description above of the amendment does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Section 7.07 of the restated bylaws as set forth in Exhibit 3.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07.                          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On July 13, 2015, at the Company’s Annual Stockholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders (i) approved the election of three Class II directors to the Board to each serve for a three-year term until the earlier of the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders or their death, resignation or removal, (ii) ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 and (iii) approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to preserve certain tax benefits.
Only holders of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), at the close of business on May 22, 2015 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.  As of the Record Date, there were 201,210,539 shares of Common Stock entitled to vote, the holders of which were entitled to one vote per share in the election of directors and on each other matter submitted for stockholder approval.  Holders of stock representing a total of 191,213,244 votes (95.03% of the total voting power), constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting.  The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1: The Company’s stockholders elected three Class II directors to the Company’s Board to each serve for a three-year term until the earlier of the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders or their death, resignation or removal.  The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:
 
For
Withhold
Broker Non-Votes
Joseph S. Steinberg
136,727,512
20,660,177
33,825,555
Curtis A. Glovier
156,772,640
615,049
33,825,555
David M. Maura
148,884,815
8,502,874
33,825,555
Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.  The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
191,100,285
82,532
30,427
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Proposal 3: The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Charter to preserve certain tax benefits, which is further described below.  The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
148,408,524
8,971,467
7,698
33,825,555

The amendment is designed to reduce the likelihood of an “ownership change” under U.S. federal tax laws by restricting certain direct and indirect acquisitions and dispositions of our Common Stock. The restrictions imposed under the amendment apply to any direct and indirect holders of, or persons who would become holders of, 4.9% or more of our Common Stock (and certain other interests in the Company that are treated as stock for U.S. federal tax purposes). As of July 13, 2015, which is the date of the adoption of the Charter amendment, any direct or indirect transfer of our shares of Common Stock (or other Company securities) in violation of the restrictions will be void as of the date of the purported transfer as to the purported transferee, and the purported transferee will not be recognized as the owner of such securities for any purpose, including for purposes of voting and receiving dividends or other distributions.

The Board will have the power to determine and interpret, in its sole discretion, all matters necessary for assessing compliance with the provisions of the Charter transfer restrictions. These matters include (i) the identification of a 4.9% stockholder, (ii) whether a transfer is a prohibited transfer, (iii) the percentage stock ownership interest in the Company of any person for the purposes of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iv) whether an instrument constitutes a security of the Company, (v) the amount or fair market value due to a purported transferee pursuant to the alternate procedure described in the Charter, (vi) the interpretation of the provisions of the Charter amendment and (vii) any other matters which the Board determines to be relevant. To the extent permitted by law, the good faith determination of the Board on such matters will be conclusive and binding on all persons and entities for purposes of the Charter transfer restrictions.

In connection with its consideration of the Charter transfer restrictions, the Board has provided to CF Turul, LLC (“CF Turul”), an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC, the beneficial owner of 16.4% of our issued and outstanding Common Stock as of May 18, 2015, its approval, as required under the Charter transfer restrictions, to make, subject to specified limitations and other terms and conditions, one or more distributions of our shares of Common Stock on a substantially pro rata basis to the members of CF Turul (and by such members and their affiliates to the ultimate owners who are not entities sponsored or organized by Fortress Investment Group LLC). In addition, the Board has also provided the funds affiliated with Harbinger Capital Partners LLC (“HCP”), the beneficial owner of approximately 17.8% of our issued and outstanding Common Stock as of May 18, 2015, its approval, as required under the Charter transfer restrictions, to sell, subject to specified limitations and other terms and conditions, the shares of Common Stock currently held by HCP. In accordance with their respective approvals, each of CF Turul and HCP are expected to coordinate efforts with the Company in order to minimize any potential adverse impact of such transfer with respect to changes in ownership for purposes of Section 382 of the Code. Pursuant to the Board’s authority to approve transfers that would otherwise be restricted by the Charter transfer restrictions, the Board may evaluate, and depending upon the review of applicable facts and circumstances may at any time and from time to time provide other stockholders of the Company its approval, as required under the Charter transfer restrictions, to make one or more transfers otherwise prohibited by the Charter amendment.

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A Certificate of Amendment was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and became effective on July 13, 2015. The Certificate of Amendment has been filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 Item 9.01.                          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of HRG Group, Inc.
3.2
Restated Bylaws of HRG Group, Inc.

 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
 
 
HRG GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: July 15, 2015
By:
/s/ Ehsan Zargar
 
 
 
Name:
Ehsan Zargar
 
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
 

 
 
 
 
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Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of HRG Group, Inc.
3.2
Restated Bylaws of HRG Group, Inc.


 
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EXHIBIT 3.1
 
 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

HRG GROUP, INC.

Dated: July 13, 2015

The undersigned officer of HRG Group, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”) does hereby certify:

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions setting forth a proposed amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, declaring the Amendment to be advisable and directing that the Amendment be considered by the stockholders of the Corporation at the Corporation’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

SECOND: That, at the Annual Meeting, held on July 13, 2015, the Amendment was duly adopted by the stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
THIRD: That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by adding the Amendment as Article XII thereto, such that said Article shall be and read as follows:

ARTICLE XII — RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP
(a) Purpose. It is in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders that certain restrictions on the Transfer of Corporation Securities (each defined below) be established, as more fully set forth in this Article XII, as any such Transfer may threaten the preservation of certain tax attributes.
(b) Definitions. As used in this Article XII only, the following capitalized terms shall have the following respective meanings (and any references to any portions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-2T shall include any amendment thereto and any successor provisions):
“Acquire” means the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of ownership of Corporation Securities by any means, including, without limitation: (i) the exercise of any rights under any option, warrant, convertible security, pledge or other security interest or similar right to acquire Corporation Securities; (ii) the entering into of any swap, hedge or other arrangement that results in the acquisition of any of the economic benefits of ownership of Corporation Securities; or (iii) any other acquisition or
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transaction treated under Section 382 of the Code as a direct or indirect acquisition (including the direct or indirect acquisition of an ownership interest in a Substantial Holder) of ownership of such Corporation Securities, which shall include acquisitions by operation of law. The terms “Acquires” and “Acquisition” shall have the same meaning, mutatis mutandis.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Corporation Securities” means: (i) shares of Common Stock; (ii) any other interests that would be treated as “stock” of the Corporation pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-2T(f)(18); and (iii) warrants, rights or options (including within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-4(d)(9)) to acquire Corporation Securities.
“Disposition” means, with respect to any Person other than the Corporation, the sale, transfer, exchange, assignment, liquidation, conveyance, pledge, abandonment, distribution, contribution, or other disposition or transaction treated under Section 382 of the Code as a direct or indirect disposition or transfer (including the disposition of an ownership interest in a Substantial Holder). A “Disposition” also shall include the creation or grant of an option (including an option within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-4(d)(9)).
“Percentage Stock Ownership” means percentage stock ownership as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-2T(g), (h) (without regard to the rule that treats stock of an entity as to which the constructive ownership rules apply as no longer owned by that entity), (j) and (k).
“Person” means an individual, corporation, estate, trust, association, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or similar organization or “entity” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-3 (including, without limitation, any group of Persons treated as a single entity under such regulation); provided, however, that a Person shall not mean a Public Group.
“Public Group” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.382–2T(f)(13).
“Substantial Holder” means a Person (including, without limitation, any group of Persons treated as a single “entity” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-3) that: (i) holds, owns or has any right in Corporation Securities representing a Percentage Stock Ownership (including indirect and constructive ownership, as determined under applicable Treasury Regulations) in the Corporation of at least 4.9%; or (ii) that is identified as a “5-percent shareholder” of the Corporation pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-2T(g)(1).
 
“Tax Benefits” means the net operating loss carryovers, capital loss carryovers, general business credit carryovers, alternative minimum tax credit carryovers and foreign tax credit carryovers, as well as any “net unrealized built-in loss” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code, of the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof.
“Transfer” means any direct or indirect Acquisition or Disposition of Corporation Securities.
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“Treasury Regulation” means any Treasury regulation, in effect from time to time, promulgated under the Code.
(c) Transfer Limitations.
(i) No Person shall be permitted to make a Transfer, whether in a single transaction (with any transactions occurring on the same day being treated as a single transaction) or series of related transactions, and any such purported Transfer will be void ab initio, (A) to the extent that after giving effect to such purported Transfer: (i) the purported transferee or any other Person by reason of the purported transferee’s Acquisition would become a Substantial Holder; or (ii) the Percentage Stock Ownership of a Person that, prior to giving effect to the purported Transfer (or any series of Transfers of which such Transfer is a part), is a Substantial Holder would be increased, or (B) if before giving effect to such purported Transfer the purported transferor is a Substantial Holder described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Substantial Holder” (any such purported Transfer described in clause (A) or (B), a “Prohibited Transfer”).
(ii) The restrictions set forth in Section (c)(i) of this Article XII shall not apply to a proposed Transfer, and a Transfer shall not be treated as a Prohibited Transfer hereunder, if the transferor or the transferee obtains approval of the proposed Transfer by the Board of Directors (at a meeting of the Board of Directors or by written consent of the Board of Directors). As a condition to granting its approval pursuant to this Section (c)(ii) of this Article XII, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, require and/or obtain (at the expense of the transferor and/or transferee) such documentation, information and action, if any, as it determines, including, without limitation, representations and warranties from the transferor and/or transferee, such opinions of counsel to be rendered by counsel selected by (or acceptable to) the Board of Directors, and such other advice, in each case as to such matters as the Board of Directors determines in its sole discretion is appropriate.
(iii) The restrictions set forth in Section (c)(i) of this Article XII shall not preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (or any other national securities exchange or other exchange on which the Corporation Securities are then traded) in the Corporation Securities, it being understood, however, that any such settlement shall not negate or otherwise affect the treatment of a Transfer as a Prohibited Transfer hereunder.
(iv) The restrictions set forth in Section (c)(i) of this Article XII shall not apply to a proposed Transfer, and a Transfer shall not be treated as a Prohibited Transfer hereunder, if, at the time the proposed Transfer is effected, the Board of Directors has reasonably determined that no Tax Benefits of the Corporation may be carried forward.
(d) Treatment of Excess Securities.
(i) (A) No employee or agent of the Corporation shall record any Prohibited Transfer, and the purported transferee of a Prohibited Transfer (the “Purported Transferee”) shall not be recognized as a stockholder of the Corporation for any purpose whatsoever in respect of the Corporation Securities that are the subject of the Prohibited Transfer (the “Excess Securities”). The Purported Transferee shall not be entitled with
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respect to such Excess Securities to any rights of stockholders of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the right to vote such Excess Securities, to receive dividends or distributions, whether liquidating or otherwise, in respect thereof and to effect any Transfer thereof. Once the Excess Securities have been acquired in a Transfer that is in accordance with this Section (d) of this Article XII and is not a Prohibited Transfer, such Corporation Securities shall cease to be Excess Securities. For this purpose, any Transfer of Excess Securities not in accordance with the provisions of this Section (d) of this Article XII shall also be a Prohibited Transfer.
(B) The Corporation may require, including, but not limited to, as a condition to the registration of the Transfer of any Corporation Securities or the payment of any dividend or distribution on any Corporation Securities, that the proposed transferee or payee furnish to the Corporation all information reasonably requested by the Corporation with respect to all the direct or indirect ownership interests in such Corporation Securities. The Corporation may make such arrangements or issue such instructions to its stock transfer agent as may be determined by the Board of Directors to be necessary or advisable to implement this Section (d) of this Article XII, including, without limitation, authorizing such transfer agent to require an affidavit from a proposed transferee or payee regarding such Person’s actual and constructive ownership of stock and other evidence that a Transfer will not be prohibited by this Article XII as a condition to registering any Transfer or paying any dividend or distribution.
(ii) (A) If a Prohibited Transfer has occurred: (1) the Prohibited Transfer and, if applicable, the registration of such Prohibited Transfer, shall be void ab initio and have no legal effect; and (2) upon written demand by the Corporation, the Purported Transferee (if identified by the Corporation or otherwise) shall transfer or cause to be transferred any certificate or other evidence of ownership of the Excess Securities within the Purported Transferee’s possession or control, together with any dividends or other distributions that were received by the Purported Transferee from the Corporation with respect to the Excess Securities (the “Prohibited Distributions”), to an agent designated and controlled by the Board of Directors (the “Agent”).
(B) In the case of a Prohibited Transfer described in Section (c)(i)(A) of this Article XII, the Agent shall thereupon sell to a buyer or buyers the Excess Securities transferred to it pursuant to this Section (d)(ii) of this Article XII in one or more arm’s-length transactions (including over a national securities exchange on which the Corporation Securities may be traded, if possible); provided, however, that the Agent, in its sole discretion, shall effect such sale or sales in an orderly fashion and shall not be required to effect any such sale within any specific time frame if, in the Agent’s discretion, such sale or sales would disrupt the market for the Corporation Securities or otherwise would adversely affect the value of the Corporation Securities; provided further that any such sale must not constitute a Prohibited Transfer. If the Purported Transferee has resold the Excess Securities before receiving the Corporation’s demand to surrender the Excess Securities to the Agent, the Purported Transferee shall be deemed to have sold the Excess Securities for the Agent, and shall be required to transfer to the Agent any Prohibited Distributions and the proceeds of such sale (in the form received, i.e., whether in cash or other property), and the Agent shall thereupon identify and sell any non-cash consideration to a buyer or buyers in one or more arm’s-length transactions (including
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over a national securities exchange, if possible), except to the extent the Corporation grants written permission to the Purported Transferee to retain a portion of such sale proceeds not exceeding the amount that the Purported Transferee would have received from the Agent pursuant to Section (d)(iii) of this Article XII if the Agent, rather than the Purported Transferee, had resold the Excess Securities.
(C) In the case of a Prohibited Transfer described in Section (c)(i)(B) of this Article XII, the purported transferor of Excess Securities in such Prohibited Transfer (the “Purported Transferor”) shall deliver to the Agent the sale proceeds from the Prohibited Transfer (in the form received, i.e., whether in cash or other property), and the Agent shall thereupon identify and sell any non-cash consideration to a buyer or buyers in one or more arm’s-length transactions (including over a national securities exchange, if possible). If the identity of the Purported Transferee is determined (by the Corporation), the Agent shall, to the extent possible, return to the Purported Transferor any certificate or evidence of ownership of Excess Securities together with any Prohibited Distributions received by the Agent pursuant to this Section (d)(ii) of this Article XII, and shall reimburse the Purported Transferee up to an amount paid by such Purported Transferee for the Excess Securities in the Prohibited Transfer, such reimbursement to be made from (and limited to) the sale proceeds received by the Agent from the Purported Transferor (and the net proceeds realized by the Agent from the disposition of any non-cash consideration). If the identity of the Purported Transferee is not determined, or to the extent the Excess Securities have been resold and thus cannot be returned to the Purported Transferor, the Agent shall use the proceeds received by the Agent from the Purported Transferor (and the net proceeds realized by the Agent from the disposition of any non-cash consideration) to acquire on behalf of the Purported Transferor, in one or more arm’s-length transactions (including over a national securities exchange on which the Corporation Securities may be traded, if possible), an equal amount of Corporation Securities in replacement of the Excess Securities sold; provided, however, that to the extent the amount of proceeds is not sufficient to fund the purchase price of such Corporation Securities and the Agent’s costs and expenses (as described in Section (d)(iii) of this Article XII), the Purported Transferor shall promptly fund such deficiency upon demand by the Agent.
(D) In the case of a Prohibited Transfer that is described in both Sections (c)(i)(A) and (c)(i)(B) of this Article XII, the procedures set forth in Section (d)(ii)(C) of this Article XII shall apply.
(iii) Except for Prohibited Distributions that are to be returned to the Purported Transferor in accordance with Section (d)(ii)(C) of this Article XII, the Agent shall apply any proceeds or any other amounts received by it by and in accordance with Section (d) of this Article XII as follows:
(A) first, such amounts shall be paid to the Agent to the extent necessary to cover its costs and expenses incurred in connection with its duties hereunder;
(B) second, any remaining amounts shall be paid to the Purported Transferee, up to the amount paid by the Purported Transferee for the Excess Securities (or the fair market value at the time of the Prohibited Transfer, in the event the purported Transfer of the Excess Securities was, in whole or in part, a gift, inheritance or similar Transfer); and
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(C) third, any remaining amounts, subject to the limitations imposed by the following proviso, shall be paid to one or more organizations qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code (or any comparable successor provision) (“Section 501(c)(3)”) selected by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if the Excess Securities (including any Excess Securities arising from a previous Prohibited Transfer not sold by the Agent in a prior sale or sales) represent a 4.9% or greater Percentage Stock Ownership interest in the Corporation, then such remaining amounts shall be paid to two or more unrelated organizations qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) selected by the Board of Directors, such that no organization qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) shall possess Percentage Stock Ownership in the Corporation of 4.9% or more.
(D) The recourse of any Purported Transferee in respect of any Prohibited Transfer shall be limited to the amount payable to the Purported Transferee pursuant to clause (B) above. Except to the extent used to cover costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in performing its duties hereunder, in no event shall the proceeds of any sale of Excess Securities pursuant to this Section (d) of this Article XII inure to the benefit of the Corporation.
(iv) If the Purported Transferee or the Purported Transferor fails to surrender the Excess Securities (as applicable) or the proceeds of a sale thereof to the Agent within thirty (30) days from the date on which the Corporation makes a demand pursuant to Section (d)(ii) of this Article XII, then the Corporation shall, in such manner and at such time, as determined by the Board of Directors, use its best efforts to enforce the provisions hereof, which may include the institution of legal proceedings to compel the surrender. Nothing in this Section (d)(iv) of this Article XII shall (a) be deemed inconsistent with any Prohibited Transfer of the Excess Securities provided in this Article XII being void ab initio or (b) preclude the Corporation in its discretion from immediately bringing legal proceedings without a prior demand.
(v) In the event of any Prohibited Transfer that does not involve a transfer of Corporation Securities within the meaning of the Delaware General Corporation Law and that is not a Prohibited Transfer pursuant to Section (c)(i)(B) of this Article XII, the application of Section (d)(ii)-(iv) of this Article XII shall be modified as described in this Section (d)(v) of this Article XII. In such case, no such Purported Transferee shall be required to dispose of any interest that is not a Corporation Security, but such Purported Transferee and/or any Person whose ownership of Corporation Securities is attributed to such Purported Transferee (such Purported Transferee or other Person, a “Remedial Holder”) shall be deemed to have disposed of and shall be required to dispose of sufficient Corporation Securities (which Corporation Securities shall be disposed of in the inverse order in which they were acquired) to cause such Purported Transferee, following such disposition, not to be in violation of this Article XII. Such disposition shall be deemed to occur simultaneously with the Transfer giving rise to the application of this provision, and such number of Corporation Securities that are deemed to be disposed of shall be considered Excess Securities and shall be disposed of through the Agent as provided in Section (d)(ii)-(iv) of this Article XII, except that the maximum aggregate amount payable to a Remedial Holder in connection with such sale shall be the fair market value of such Excess Securities at the time of the Prohibited Transfer. A Remedial Holder shall not be entitled, with respect to such Excess Securities, to any
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rights of stockholders of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the right to vote such Excess Securities and to receive dividends or distributions, whether liquidating or otherwise, in respect thereof, if any, following the time of the Prohibited Transfer. All expenses incurred by the Agent in disposing of such Excess Securities shall be paid out of any amounts due to such Remedial Holder. The purpose of this Section (d)(v) of this Article XII is to extend the restrictions in Section (d)(ii)-(iv) of this Article XII to situations in which there is a Prohibited Transfer without a direct Transfer of Corporation Securities, and this Section (d)(v) of this Article XII, along with the other provisions of this Article XII, shall be interpreted to produce the same results, with differences as the context requires, as a direct Transfer of Corporation Securities.
(e) Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any stockholder subject to the provisions of this Article XII who knowingly violates the provisions of this Article XII and any Persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with such stockholder shall be jointly and severally liable to the Corporation for, and shall indemnify and hold the Corporation harmless against, any and all damages suffered as a result of such violation, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from a reduction in, or elimination of, the Corporation’s ability to utilize its Tax Benefits, and attorneys’ and auditors’ fees incurred in connection with such violation.
(f) Bylaws; Legends; Compliance.
(i) The Bylaws may make appropriate provisions to effectuate the requirements of this Article XII.
(ii) All certificates (including global certificates) issued by the Corporation representing Corporation Securities shall bear a conspicuous legend substantially in the form as follows:
“THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XII OF THE AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF HRG GROUP, INC., AS IT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH A COPY OF ITS AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT CHARGE UPON A WRITTEN REQUEST ADDRESSED TO THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS.”
(iii) The Corporation shall have the power to make appropriate notations upon its stock transfer records and instruct any transfer agent, registrar, securities intermediary or depository with respect to the requirements of this Article XII for any uncertificated Corporation Securities or Corporation Securities held in an indirect holding system.
(iv) The Board of Directors shall have the power to decide all matters necessary for determining compliance with this Article XII, including, without limitation, determining (A) the identification of Substantial Holders, (B) whether a Transfer is a Prohibited Transfer, (C) the Percentage Stock Ownership of any Substantial Holder or other Person, (D) whether an instrument constitutes a Corporation Security, (E) the amount (or fair market value) due to a Purported Transferee or Purported Transferor pursuant to this
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Article XII, (F) to interpret any provision of this Article XII, and (G) any other matter that the Board of Directors determines to be relevant. The good faith determination of the Board of Directors on such matters shall be conclusive and binding on all persons and entities for the purposes of this Article XII.
(g) Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Article XII shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstances for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XII (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Article XII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
(h) The restrictions on transfer and ownership imposed by this Article XII will expire on the close of business on the effective date of the repeal of Section 382 of the Code or any successor statute if the Board of Directors reasonably determines that such restrictions are no longer necessary or desirable for the preservation of Tax Benefits.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
 

 
 
By:
/s/ Ehsan Zargar
 
 
Name:
Ehsan Zargar
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 [Signature Page to Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation – HRG Group, Inc.]

 
 
 
EXHIBIT 3.2
 
RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
HRG GROUP, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
(AS AMENDED THROUGH JULY 13, 2015)
Article I.
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 1.01  Annual Meetings.  If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. Only such business as is properly designated by resolution of the Board of Directors or otherwise brought before such meeting in accordance with the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”) and these Bylaws may be transacted at the annual meeting.
Section 1.02  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by either (a) the Chairman of the Board of Directors or (b) by the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation upon delivery of a written request executed by three directors or, if there are fewer than three directors in office at that time, by all incumbent directors, which request shall specify the purpose of and business to be conducted at such special meeting. Special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 1.03  Notice of Meetings.  Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. The attendance of any stockholder at a meeting, whether in person or by proxy, without protesting at the beginning of the meeting that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, shall constitute a waiver of notice by such stockholder.
Section 1.04  Adjournments.  Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date for notice of such adjourned meeting.
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Section 1.05  Quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the person presiding over such meeting or stockholders present acting by a majority in voting power thereof, may adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.04 of these Bylaws until a quorum shall attend. 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 of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
Section 1.06  Organization.  Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his or her absence, by the Chief Executive Officer or, in his or her absence, by the President or, in his or her absence, by a Vice President or, in the absence of the foregoing persons, by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such designation, by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence, or at the request of the Secretary or the person presiding over the meeting, any other person may be selected to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 1.07  Voting; Proxies.  Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.
Section 1.08  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.  

(a)             In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors 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 of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
 
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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 of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
(b)             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 entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not be more than 60 days prior to such other action. If no such 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 of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 1.09  List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote.  The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), 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 at least ten days prior to the meeting (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 1.09 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.10  Action by Written Consent of Stockholders.  To the fullest extent and in the manner permitted by law, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders or of a class or series of stockholders may be taken without a meeting of the stockholders or of such class or series of stockholders upon the consent in writing signed by such stockholders who would have been entitled to vote the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting at which all the stockholders entitled to vote thereon were present and voting. The consents shall be filed with the Secretary.
Section 1.11  Inspectors of Election.  The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each
 
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inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (a) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (b) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
Section 1.12  Conduct of Meetings.  The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 1.13  Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a)             Annual Meetings of Stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only:
(i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto);
(ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof; or
(iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in Section 1.13(c)(i) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.13(c)(i).
 
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(b)             Special Meetings of Stockholders.  Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice required by Section 1.13(c)(i) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice requirements set forth in Section 1.13(c)(i).
(c)            Stockholder’s Notice.  For any nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting or special meeting by a stockholder pursuant Section 1.13(a)(iii) or Section 1.13(b)(ii), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors) must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action.
(i) Timing of Stockholder’s Notice.
(A) For a stockholder’s notice with respect to an annual meeting to be timely, it must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day, nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 70 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered 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 the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). Notwithstanding anything in the previous sentence to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased effective at the annual meeting and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 1.13 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(B) For a stockholder’s notice with respect to a special meeting of stockholders called by the Corporation for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors to be timely, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 1.13(b)(ii) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public
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announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.
(C) In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(ii) Content of Stockholder’s Notice.  The stockholder’s notice shall set forth:
(A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (y) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (z) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected;
(B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and
(C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including, in the case of a nomination, the nominee, (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owners, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, (5) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (6) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and (7) any
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other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(iii) Other Information.  The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, requiring proposed nominees to respond to a questionnaire providing information about the candidate’s background and qualifications, to represent that he or she has no agreements with any third party as to voting or compensation in connection with his or her service as a director, and to agree to abide by applicable confidentiality, governance, conflicts, stock ownership and trading policies of the Corporation. The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 1.13(c) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.
(d)             General.
(i) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.13 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.13. Except as otherwise provided by law, the person presiding over the meeting shall have the power and duty:
(A) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.13 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by clause (6) of Section 1.13(c)(ii)(C) hereof); and
(B) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.13, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.13, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.13, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic
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transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(ii) For purposes of this Section 1.13, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or other 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 Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.13, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.13; provided however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 1.13 (including Section 1.13(a)(iii) and Section 1.13(b) hereof), and compliance with Section 1.13(a)(iii) and Section 1.13(b) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than, as provided in the last sentence of Section 1.13(c)(iii), matters brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended from time to time). Nothing in this Section 1.13 shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (B) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
Article II.
Board of Directors
Section 2.01  Number; Qualifications.  Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall initially consist of seven members and the size of the Board of Directors may be decreased or increased, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2.02  Election; Resignation; Vacancies.  Each director shall be elected in the manner specified in the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws and shall hold office until such time as is set forth therein and herein. Any director may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any newly created directorship or any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors for any reason may be filled only by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum, and each director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he or she has replaced or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
Section 2.03  Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 2.04  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, or by the Secretary upon written request of any three members of the Board of Directors or, if there are fewer than three directors in office at that time, by all incumbent directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the person or persons calling the
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meeting orally or in writing, by telephone, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least 24 hours before the date and time of the meeting.
Section 2.05  Telephonic Meetings Permitted.  Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.06  Quorum; Vote Required for Action.  At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum or, if there are fewer directors then in office than the number of directors required to constitute such a quorum, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office shall constitute a quorum. Except in cases in which the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.07  Organization.  Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his or her absence, by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary or other person chosen by the Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 2.08  Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.
Section 2.09  Fees and Compensation.  Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.

Article III.
Committees
Section 3.01  Committees.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. 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 the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they 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 such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
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Section 3.02  Committee Rules.  Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws.

Article IV.
Officers
Section 4.01  Officers.  The officers of the Corporation may consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Controller and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors, each to have such authority, functions or duties as set forth in these Bylaws or as determined by the Board of Directors. Each officer shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and until such person’s successor shall have been duly chosen and qualified, or until such person’s earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal.
Section 4.02  Removal, Resignation and Vacancies.  Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of such officer under any contract to which he or she is a party. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which such officer is a party. If any vacancy occurs in any office of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may elect a successor to fill such vacancy until the earlier of such officer’s resignation, removal, death or until a successor shall have been duly chosen and qualified.
Section 4.03  Chairman of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors, at any time designate one of its members as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at the meetings of the Board, shall be responsible for the orderly conduct by the Board of Directors of its oversight of the business and affairs of the Corporation and its other duties as provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws and shall have such other authority and responsibility as the Board of Directors may designate. A Chairman of the Board shall be considered an officer of the Corporation unless designated as a non-executive Chairman of the Board by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4.04  Chief Executive Officer.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation, shall be responsible for corporate policy and strategy, and shall report directly to the Board of Directors or, if directed by the Board of Directors, to the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws, all other officers of the Corporation shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer or as otherwise determined by the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, if present and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors.
Section 4.05  Chief Financial Officer.  The Chief Financial Officer shall exercise all the powers and perform the duties of the office of the chief financial officer and in general have overall supervision of the financial operations of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 4.06  President.  The President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation, with general responsibility for the management and control of the operations of the Corporation. The President shall have the power to affix the signature of the Corporation to all contracts that have been
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authorized by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 4.07  Vice Presidents.  Each Vice President shall have all such powers and duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.
Section 4.08  Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall supervise and be responsible for all the funds and securities of the Corporation, the deposit of all moneys and other valuables to the credit of the Corporation in depositories of the Corporation, borrowings and compliance with the provisions of all indentures, agreements and instruments governing such borrowings to which the Corporation is a party, the disbursement of funds of the Corporation and the investment of its funds, and in general shall perform all of the duties incident to the office of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 4.09  Controller.  The Controller shall be the chief accounting officer of the Corporation. The Controller shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 4.10  Secretary.  The powers and duties of the Secretary are: (a) to act as Secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors, of the committees of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders and to record the proceedings of such meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; (b) to see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and served; (c) to act as custodian of the seal of the Corporation and affix the seal or cause it to be affixed to all certificates of stock of the Corporation and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws; (d) to have charge of the books, records and papers of the Corporation and see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and (e) to perform all of the duties incident to the office of Secretary. The Secretary shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 4.11  Additional Matters.  The Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer and the President of the Corporation shall have the authority to designate employees of the Corporation to have the title of Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary. Any employee so designated shall have the powers and duties determined by the officer making such designation. The persons upon whom such titles are conferred shall not be deemed officers of the Corporation unless elected by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.12  Delegation of Authority.  The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
Section 4.13  Resignations.  Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission notice to the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board, President or Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall
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not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.

Article V.
Stock
Section 5.01  Certificates.  The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of 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. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 5.02  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates.  The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Section 5.03  Dividends.  Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Article VI.
Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses
Section 6.01  Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.  Each person who is or was a director of the Corporation shall be indemnified and advanced expenses by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be amended (but, if permitted by applicable law, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) or any other applicable laws as presently or hereafter in effect. The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, provide indemnification and advance expenses to officers, employees and agents (other than directors) of the Corporation, to directors, officers, employees or agents of a subsidiary, and to each person serving as a director, officer, partner, member, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, at the request of the Corporation (each of the foregoing, a “Covered Person”), with the same scope and effect as the
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foregoing indemnification of directors of the Corporation. The Corporation shall be required to indemnify any person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors or is a proceeding to enforce such person’s claim to indemnification pursuant to the rights granted by these Bylaws or otherwise by the Corporation. Without limiting the generality or the effect of the foregoing, the Corporation may enter into one or more agreements with any person which provide for indemnification or advancement of expenses greater or different than that provided in this Article VI.
Section 6.02  Amendment or Repeal.  Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these Bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.
Section 6.03  Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.  This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

Article VII.
Miscellaneous
Section 7.01  Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.02  Seal.  The corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 7.03  Manner of Notice.  Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 7.03, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. Notice to directors need not be in writing and may be given by telecopier, telephone, electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission.
Section 7.04  Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees.  Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.
Section 7.05  Form of Records.  Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or by means
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of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time.
Section 7.06  Amendment of Bylaws.  These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors or by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the Corporation’s outstanding voting stock, subject to and only in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 7.07 Exclusive Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, which consent shall be in its sole and absolute discretion, the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws (in each case, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time) or any other law applicable to the Corporation, or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.  If the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another court of the State of Delaware or, if no court of the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, then the federal district court for the District of Delaware.  Any person who, or entity that, holds, purchases or otherwise acquires an interest in stock of the Corporation (including any “beneficial owner”, within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) shall be deemed (i) to have notice of, and to have consented to and agreed to comply with, the provisions of this Section 7.07, and (ii) to have consented to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, another court of the State of Delaware, or if no court of the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) in any proceeding brought to enjoin any action by that person or entity that is inconsistent with the exclusive jurisdiction provided for in this Section 7.07.  If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of this Section 7.07 is filed in a court other than as specified above in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (x) the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, another court in the State of Delaware or the federal district court in the District of Delaware, as appropriate, in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce this Section 7.07 and (y) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the action as agent for such stockholder.

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