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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

MAY 21, 2024
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
Beyond, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware000-4185087-0634302
(State or other jurisdiction of(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)Identification Number)

799 W. Coliseum Way
Midvale, Utah 84047
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(801) 947-3100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per shareBYONNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.




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

As previously disclosed on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Beyond, Inc. (the “Company”) on February 20, 2024, on February 16, 2024, the Company’s board of directors approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the annual limit on the number of performance shares that may be issued to any eligible participant to 250,000 performance shares, subject to stockholder approval of such amendment at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2005 Plan Amendment”). On May 21, 2024, the Company held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the stockholders approved the 2005 Plan Amendment.

A detailed description of the 2005 Plan Amendment was set forth in Proposal 5 in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2005 Plan Amendment filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

Additionally, as previously disclosed on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company on February 20, 2024, on that date the Company’s board of directors granted to Marcus Lemonis, the Executive Chairman of the Board, a performance-based stock option to purchase up to 2,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Executive Chairman Performance Award”). The Executive Chairman Performance Award has exercise prices and vesting conditions that represent ambitious stock price growth milestones above the trading price of the Company’s common stock at the time Mr. Lemonis joined the Company’s board of directors. At Mr. Lemonis’ request, the Executive Chairman Performance Award was subject to stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted to approve the grant of the Executive Chairman Performance Award.

A detailed description of the Executive Chairman Performance Award was set forth in Proposal 6 in the Proxy Statement, which description is incorporated herein by reference and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Executive Chairman Performance Award Notice and Award Agreement filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2.

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

On May 21, 2024, the Company held the Annual Meeting, at which the stockholders voted in favor of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Current Charter”), to declassify the Company’s board of directors (the “Declassification Amendment”). The Declassification Amendment also amends the Current Charter to provide that directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors.

A detailed description of the Declassification Amendment was set forth in Proposal 4 in the Proxy Statement, which description is incorporated herein by reference and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 (the “Certificate of Amendment”). The Company’s board of directors previously approved the Declassification Amendment, and it became effective upon filing the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 23, 2024.

Additionally, in connection with the Declassification Amendment, the Board previously approved conforming amendments to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, the “Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws”) to provide that directors may be removed with or without cause, which became effective upon the approval of the Declassification Amendment at the Annual Meeting.

The foregoing description of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the complete text of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2. In addition, a marked copy of the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws showing all changes made to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.3.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting was held on May 21, 2024. There were 45,733,478 shares of stock outstanding eligible to be voted at the Annual Meeting, of which 34,029,281 shares of stock were presented in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.


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Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

The election of the individuals named below as members of the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of one year ending at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until such person’s respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until such person’s earlier death, resignation, or removal, was approved by the following vote:

NameForWithheldBroker Non-Votes
Joanna C. Burkey22,479,091680,26510,869,925
Barclay F. Corbus17,089,0606,070,29610,869,925

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 was approved by the following vote:

ForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes
32,583,6391,357,36388,2790

Proposal 3 – Say on Pay Vote

The approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers (the “Say on Pay Vote”), was approved by the following vote:

ForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes
20,689,0402,406,89063,42610,869,925

Proposal 4 – Declassification Amendment

The approval of the Declassification Amendment was approved by the following vote:

ForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes
22,976,434130,27152,65110,869,925

Proposal 5 – 2005 Plan Amendment

The approval of the 2005 Plan Amendment was approved by the following vote:

ForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes
20,757,3202,365,10236,93410,869,925

Proposal 6 – Executive Chairman Performance Award

The approval of the Executive Chairman Performance Award was approved by the following vote:

ForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes
12,590,08610,152,136417,13410,869,925



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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Beyond, Inc.
Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Beyond, Inc.
Marked Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Beyond, Inc.
Amendment to the Beyond, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
Executive Chairman Performance Award Grant Notice and Award Agreement
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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.
BEYOND, INC.
By:
/s/ E. Glen Nickle
E. Glen Nickle
Chief Legal Officer
Date:May 24, 2024



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Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
BEYOND, INC.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

Beyond, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

1. The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions recommending and declaring advisable that the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be amended and that such amendment be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their consideration, as follows:

RESOLVED, Article VI of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows shall be amended to read as follows:

“The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Commencing at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, all of the directors of the Corporation elected at an annual meeting of stockholders shall hold office for a term that expires at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal). The term of each director serving as of and immediately following the date of the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders shall expire at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, notwithstanding that such director may have been elected for a term that extended beyond the date of the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.”

RESOLVED FURTHER, that Article X of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows shall be amended to read as follows:

“Section 1. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof in relation to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, newly-created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, created in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until the next election of directors by the stockholders of the Corporation and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 2. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors.”

2. The stockholders of the Corporation duly approved such amendment at annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation.

3. Such amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 23rd day of May, 2024.

By:/s/ E. Glen Nickle
Name:E. Glen Nickle
Title:Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary



Exhibit 3.2

FOURTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
BEYOND, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
Effective Date: May 21, 2024

ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES

1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE

The registered office of the corporation shall be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation.

1.2 OTHER OFFICES

The corporation may at any time establish additional offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.

ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS

Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated from time to time by the board of directors, including, for the avoidance of doubt, a virtual location or meeting otherwise held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 211(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as the same may be amended or restated and any successor thereto, the “Delaware General Corporation Law”). In the absence of any such designation, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation.

2.2 ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated from time to time by the board of directors. At the meeting, directors shall be elected, and any other proper business may be transacted.

2.3 SPECIAL MEETING

A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time only by the board of directors, the chair of the board, the chief executive officer, or the president, but may not be called by any other person or persons.

If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the board of directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the chair of the board, the president, chief executive officer, or the secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in the notice of such special meeting delivered to stockholders (or any supplement thereto).

2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.5 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called (no business other than that specified in the notice (or in any supplement thereto) may be transacted) or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the stockholders. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees who, at the time of the notice, the board intends to present for election.

2.5 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE

Written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given by mail, by a form of electronic transmission, or by other form of written communication consented to by the stockholders to whom the notice is given, or in such other manner as permitted by law. Any consent to notice by electronic transmission shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. For purposes of these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, any number of electronic networks or databases (including distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.




Notice shall be deemed given, if mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

If any notice addressed to a stockholder at the address of that stockholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice to the stockholder at that address, then all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the same shall be available to the stockholder on written demand of the stockholder at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one (1) year from the date of the giving of the notice. Notice given by electronic transmission shall be deemed given: (a) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (c) if by posting on an electronic network together with a separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; and (d) by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice (or supplement thereto) of any stockholders’ meeting, executed by the secretary, assistant secretary or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice (or supplement thereto).

2.6 QUORUM

The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. The stockholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business for which such meeting is called until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE

Any stockholders’ meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the chair of the meeting or by a vote of the majority of the shares represented at that meeting, either in person or by proxy. In the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at that meeting except as has been transacted while a quorum was present, if any, as provided in Section 2.6 of these bylaws.

When any meeting of stockholders, either annual or special, is adjourned to another time or place (including an adjournment taken to address a technical failure to convene or continue a meeting using remote communication), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are (i) announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, (ii) displayed during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communications or (iii) set forth in the notice of meeting given in accordance with these bylaws. However, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed or if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original meeting, then notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.4 and 2.5 of these bylaws. At any adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

2.8 VOTING

The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws, subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners, and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).

Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

If a quorum is present, the election of directors shall be decided by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. With respect to any matter other than the election of directors, if a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum) shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the vote of a greater number or a vote by classes is required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these bylaws. The board of directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the corporation presiding at a meeting of stockholders, in such officer’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

Unless otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated from time to time, the “Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), a stockholder shall not be entitled to cumulate votes at any meeting.

2.9 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING

Stockholders of the corporation may not take action by written consent in lieu of a meeting.





2.10 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND VOTING

For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote thereat, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, and in such event only stockholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date.

If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given.
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 the adjourned meeting. The record date for any purpose other than determining entitlement to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be as provided in Article VIII of these bylaws.

2.11 PROXIES

Every person entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter, shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary of the corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the stockholder’s name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholder’s attorney-in-fact. The provisions of Section 212(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law shall govern the revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable.

2.12 ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF MEETINGS

The chair of the board shall act as chair of meetings of stockholders of the corporation, unless otherwise determined by the board. The board of directors of the corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the board of directors, the chair of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, 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 chair of the meeting, and such acts may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (vii) determination of the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies; (viii) counting and tabulation of all votes or consents; (ix) hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; (x) any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders and (xi) the appointment of an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment in respect of one or more of the foregoing matters. The board of directors or chair may hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote.

2.13 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE A MEETING

(a) Business Properly Brought Before a Meeting. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) brought before the meeting by the corporation and specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the board of directors, (ii) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder – meaning, the business must be a proper matter for action by the stockholders of the corporation and must be proposed by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.13 through the time of the meeting (or a “Qualified Representative” (as defined below) of such a stockholder), (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Section 2.13 as to such business. For purposes of these bylaws, a “Qualified Representative” of a proposing stockholder shall be (I) a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such proposing stockholder or (II) a person authorized by a writing executed by such proposing stockholder (or a reliable reproduction or electronic transmission of the writing) delivered by such proposing stockholder to the corporation prior to the making of any nomination or proposal at a stockholder meeting stating that such person is authorized to act for such proposing party as proxy at the meeting of stockholders, which writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, must be produced at the meeting of stockholders. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations collectively, the “Exchange Act”), and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the board of directors, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders. Stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders, and the only matters that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting pursuant to Section 2.3 of these bylaws. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the board of directors must comply with Section 2.14 of these bylaws, and this Section 2.13 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 2.14 of these bylaws.




(b) Requirement of Timely Notice of Stockholder Business. Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary of the corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.13. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.

(c) Requirements for Proper Form of Stockholder Notice of Proposed Business. To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.13, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth:

(i) Stockholder Information. As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the corporation’s books and records) and (B) the class or series and number of shares of the corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);

(ii) Information Regarding Disclosable Interests. As to each Proposing Person, (A) any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to give such Proposing Person economic risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of the corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such derivative, swap or other transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any shares of any class or series of the corporation, or which derivative, swap or other transactions provide, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any increase in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the corporation (“Synthetic Equity Interests”), which Synthetic Equity Interests shall be disclosed without regard to whether (x) such derivative, swap or other transactions convey any voting rights in such shares to such Proposing Person, (y) the derivative, swap or other transactions are required to be, or are capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares or (z) such Proposing Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such derivative, swap or other transactions, (B) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to vote any shares of any class or series of the corporation, (C) any agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of shares of any class or series of the corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to the shares of any class or series of the corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in the price or value of the shares of any class or series of the corporation (“Short Interests”), (D) any pending or threatened litigation in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant or has an economic interest, (E) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the corporation, or any Synthetic Equity Interests or Short Interests, if any, and (F) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (F) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder of record directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and

(iii) Description of Proposed Business. As to each item of business the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a reasonably brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder.

(iv) Definition of Proposing Person. For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made, and (iii) any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of these bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.




(d) Update and Supplement of Stockholder Notice of Proposed Business. A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date for the meeting or such adjournment or postponement thereof) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, as applicable).

(e) Business Not Properly Brought Before A Meeting. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with this Section 2.13. Except as otherwise provided by law, the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, the chair of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare that (i) the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 2.13, (ii) the business is ineligible to be considered at the meeting, or (iii) the Proposing Person has breached its or their representations, undertakings, agreements or obligations under or pursuant to this Section 2.13, and in each such case, the chair of the meeting shall so declare at the meeting and the business shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of the business may have been received by the corporation. Any decision by the chair of the meeting shall be conclusive and binding upon all stockholders of the corporation for any purpose.

(f) Rule 14a-8; Exchange Act Compliance. This Section 2.13 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.13 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 2.13 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(g) Definition of Public Disclosure. For purposes of these bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

2.14 NOMINATIONS

(a) Who May Make Nominations. Nominations of any person for election to the board of directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) may be made at such meeting only (i) by or at the direction of the board of directors, including by any committee or persons appointed by the board of directors, or (ii) by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination is proposed to be made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.14 through the time of the meeting or a Qualified Representative of such a stockholder, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Section 2.14 as to such nomination. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the board of directors at an annual meeting or special meeting.

(b) Requirement of Timely Notice of Stockholder Nominations. Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the board of directors at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 2.13 of these bylaws) thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary of the corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.14. Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the board of directors at a special meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation, and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.14. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.13 of these Bylaws) of the date of such special meeting was first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) Requirements for Proper Form of Notice of Stockholder Nominations. To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.14, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth:

(i) Stockholder Information. As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.13(c)(i), except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.13(c)(i)), in addition to a representation from such Nominating Person as to whether such Nominating Person intends or is part of a group that intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the corporation’s nominees in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act;




(ii) Information Regarding Disclosable Interests. As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.13(c)(ii), except that for purposes of this Section 2.14 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.13(c)(ii)), and the disclosure in clause (F) of Section 2.13(c)(ii) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting;

(iii) Information Regarding Proposed Nominees. As to each person whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.14 if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such proposed nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, such nominee’s respective affiliates and associates, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, (D) a certificate executed by the proposed nominee certifying that such proposed nominee (1) is not and will not become a party to (i) any compensatory, payment, indemnification or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with such person’s nomination, candidacy, service or action as director of the corporation that has not been fully disclosed therein, (ii) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how such prospective nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been fully disclosed to the corporation therein or (iii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such prospective nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with his or her fiduciary duties under applicable law, and (2) consents to being named in the corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy as a nominee and agrees, if elected, to serve as a member of the board of directors for the entire term and to adhere to the corporation’s Corporate Governance Principles, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, confidentiality, stock ownership, trading and any other corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors, (E) a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made in the form required by the corporation (which form the Nominating Person shall request in writing from the secretary prior to submitting notice and which the secretary shall provide to the Nominating Person within ten (10) days after receiving such request), and (F) interviews of the proposed nominee by the board of directors and/or one or more committees of the board, as may be requested by the board of directors or such committee(s), which interviews shall occur within ten (10) business days following the date of a request;

(iv) Other Information to be Furnished by Proposed Nominees. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (A) as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility or advisability of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation in accordance with applicable requirements or (B) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee, including with reference to the listing standards of each securities exchange upon which the corporation’s securities are listed, any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any publicly disclosed standards used by the board of directors in selecting nominees for election as a director and for determining and disclosing the independence of the corporation’s directors, including those applicable to a director’s service on any of the committees of the board of directors, and/or the requirements of any other laws or regulations applicable to the corporation. If requested by the corporation, any supplemental information required under this paragraph (iv) shall be provided within ten (10) days after it has been requested by the corporation.; and

(v) Definition of Nominating Person. For purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (A) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (B) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made, and (C) any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner.





(d) Update and Supplement of Stockholder Notice of Nominations. If information submitted pursuant to this Section 2.14 by any Nominating Person shall be inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have been provided, and the nomination in respect of which such information is required may be deemed not to have been proposed, in accordance with this Section 2.14. A Nominating Person providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date for the meeting or such adjournment or postponement thereof) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, any information provided pursuant to this subclause (d) shall not be deemed to cure any deficiencies in a notice previously delivered and shall not extend the time period for the delivery of such notice. Upon written request of the secretary on behalf of the board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), any such Nominating Person shall provide, within seven (7) business days after delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (A) written verification, reasonably satisfactory to the board of directors, any committee thereof authorized for such purpose or any authorized officer of the corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by such Nominating Person pursuant to this Section 2.14 and (B) a written affirmation of any information submitted by such Nominating Person pursuant to this Section 2.14 as of an earlier date. If a Nominating Person fails to provide such written verification or affirmation within such period, the information as to which written verification or affirmation was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 2.14.

(e) Rule 14a-19. If (A) any Nominating Person provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act and (B) such Nominating Person subsequently either (x) notifies the corporation that such Nominating Person no longer intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the corporation’s nominees in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act or (y) fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) or Rule 14(a)(3) under the Exchange Act, then the corporation shall disregard any proxies or votes solicited for the nominees proposed by such Nominating Person. Upon request by the corporation, if any Nominating Person provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act, such Nominating Person shall deliver to the secretary, no later than five (5) business days prior to the applicable meeting date, reasonable evidence that the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) under the Exchange Act have been satisfied.

(f) Defective Nominations. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with this Section 2.14. Except as otherwise provided by law, the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, the chair of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare that (i) a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 2.14, (ii) a proposed nominee is ineligible to be named in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.14 or to be considered for election at the meeting, or (iii) a proposed nominee and/or the applicable Nominating Person shall have breached its or their representations, undertakings, agreements or obligations under or pursuant to this Section 2.14, and in each such case, the chair of the meeting shall so declare at the meeting and the nomination shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of the nomination of the relevant proposed nominee may have been received by the corporation. Any decision by the chair of the meeting shall be conclusive and binding upon all stockholders of the corporation for any purpose.

(g) Compliance with State Law and Exchange Act. In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.14 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of state law and the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.

(h) Number of Nominees. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at a meeting may not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such meeting, and for the avoidance of doubt, no stockholder shall be entitled to make additional or substitute nominations following the expiration of the time periods set forth in this Section 2.14. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.14 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors at an annual meeting is greater than the number of directors whose terms expire on the date of such annual meeting and there is no public disclosure by the corporation specifying the increased number of directors up for election at such meeting before the close of business on the seventieth (70th) day prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders, a Timely Notice shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new directorship(s) created by such increase in the number of directors up for election, 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 tenth (10th) day following the day on which the corporation first makes a public disclosure specifying the number of directors up for election.

2.15 DELIVERY TO THE CORPORATION. Whenever this Article requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of stock) to deliver a document or information to the corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission) and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and the corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the corporation expressly opts out of Section 116 of the Delaware General Corporation Law with respect to the delivery of information and documents to the corporation required this Article.





ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS

3.1 POWERS

Subject to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and to any limitations in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors.

3.2 NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE

The authorized number of directors shall be established from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

3.3 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES

Any director may resign effective on giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the chair of the board, the president, the secretary or the board of directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the board of directors (including such director whose resignation is to be effective at a later time) may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

Unless otherwise required by law or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies arising through death, resignation, removal, an increase in the number of directors or otherwise may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

3.4 REMOVAL

Any director may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors.

3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE

Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the board. In the absence of such a designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or if there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation.

Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or other communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in the meeting can hear one another; and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS

Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice if the board of directors fixes the times of such meetings.

3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE

The chair of the board, the president, or any two (2) directors may call special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes at any time.

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by mail, electronic transmission, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director’s address or, in the case of notice delivered by electronic mail, the director’s electronic mail address as it is shown on the records of the corporation. If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by telephone notice, facsimile or electronic transmission, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone, facsimile or appropriate means of electronic communication at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.





3.8 QUORUM

Except as otherwise required by law, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section 3.11 of these bylaws. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the board of directors, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

3.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE

Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director (a) who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or (b) who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such directors. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. A waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the board of directors.

3.10 ADJOURNMENT

A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.

3.11 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT

Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, then notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be given before the adjourned meeting takes place, in the manner specified in Section 3.7 of these bylaws, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.

3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, provided that all the members of the board individually or collectively consent in writing or by electronic transmission to that action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. Such written consent and any counterparts thereof or electronic transmission or transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 3.13 shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation for those services.

3.14 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO EMPLOYEES

To the extent permitted by law, the corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any employee who is a director of the corporation or one of its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.





3.15 INTERESTED DIRECTORS

No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board of directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because the director or officer’s vote is counted for such purpose if (a) the material facts as to the director or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board of directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (b) the material facts as to the director or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES

4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

The board of directors may designate one (1) or more committees, each consisting of one (1) or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the board of directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof 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 the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, 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; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) amend the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation), (ii) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (iii) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, (iv) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or (v) amend the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the board resolution establishing the committee, the bylaws or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the board of directors when required.

4.2 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES

Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Section 3.5 (place of meetings), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), Section 3.10 (adjournment), Section 3.11 (notice of adjournment), and Section 3.12 (action without meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors, and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.

ARTICLE V
OFFICERS

5.1 OFFICERS

The officers of the corporation shall be a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a chair of the board, a chief executive officer, a president, a treasurer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these bylaws. The same person may hold any number of offices.





5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 or Section 5.5 of these bylaws, shall be chosen by the board of directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.

5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS

The board of directors may appoint, or may empower the chief executive officer or president to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.

5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS

Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board or, except in case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular appointments to that office.

5.6 CHAIR OF THE BOARD

The chair of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these bylaws. If there is no chief executive officer, then the chair of the board shall also be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5.7 of these bylaws.

5.7 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the board of directors to the chair of the board, if there be such an officer, the chief executive officer shall be subject to the control of the board of directors and have general supervision, direction and control of the business. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or non-existence of the chair of the board, at all meetings of the board of directors. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.

5.8 PRESIDENT

In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer, and if there is no chair of the board, the president shall perform all the duties of the chief executive officer and when so acting shall have the power of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the chief executive officer. The president shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for the president by the board of directors, these bylaws, the chief executive officer or the chair of the board.

5.9 VICE PRESIDENTS

In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board of directors, these bylaws, the president or the chair of the board.

5.10 SECRETARY

The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or such other place as the board of directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors and stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, whether regular or special (and, if special, how authorized and the notice given), the names of those present at directors’ meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.





The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors required to be given by law or by these bylaws. The secretary shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by these bylaws.

5.11 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

The chief financial officer shall deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositaries as may be designated in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors. The chief financial officer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of such individual’s transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.

ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS

6.1 POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN THOSE BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION

Subject to Section 6.3 of this Article VI, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

6.2 POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION

Subject to Section 6.3 of this Article VI, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.





6.3 AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION

Any indemnification under this Article VI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 of this Article VI, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (b) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (d) by the stockholders (but only if a majority of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, if they constitute a quorum of the board of directors, presents the issue of entitlement to indemnification to the stockholders for their determination). Any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the corporation shall make such determination, with respect to former directors and officers. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

6.4 GOOD FAITH DEFINED

For purposes of any determination under Section 6.3 of this Article VI, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the corporation or another enterprise. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Section 6.4 shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. The provisions of this Section 6.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of this Article VI, as the case may be.

6.5 INDEMNIFICATION BY A COURT

Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 6.3 of this Article VI, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Article VI. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of this Article VI, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 6.3 of this Article VI nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be given to the corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.

6.6 EXPENSES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE

Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article VI.

6.7 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Article VI shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VI shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of this Article VI but whom the corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise.





6.8 INSURANCE

The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VI.

6.9 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Article VI, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VI, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Article VI.

6.10 SURVIVAL OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

6.11 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VI to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 6.5 hereof), the corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the board of directors of the corporation.

6.12 INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

The corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VI to directors and officers of the corporation.

ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS

7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS

The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended to date, accounting books and other records.

Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of business.





The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of a corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this Section shall require the corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation.

7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS

Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to such individual’s position as a director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

7.3 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS

The chair of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the chief executive officer or president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS

8.1 RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING

For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action (other than as provided in Article II hereof), the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days before any such action. In that case, only stockholders of record at the close of business on the date so fixed are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as otherwise provided by law.

If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, then the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the applicable resolution or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of that action, whichever is later.

8.2 CHECKS; DRAFTS; EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS

From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.

8.3 CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED

The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.





8.4 STOCK CERTIFICATES

The shares of a corporation shall be represented by certificates; provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the corporation shall be uncertificated shares; provided further, however, that no shares of the corporation designated or otherwise identified by the board of directors or by the corporation prior to the issuance thereof as digital or cryptographic shares or as shares to be issued in digital or cryptographic form (any such shares being herein called “Digital Shares”) shall be represented by certificates. Any such resolution of the board of directors providing for uncertificated shares shall not apply to shares then represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares (other than any holder of Digital Shares, with respect to such Digital Shares), shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in the name of the corporation by (a) the chair or vice-chair of the board of directors, or the chief executive officer, president or any vice-president of the corporation, and by (b) the chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation representing the number of then uncertificated shares to be registered in certificate form. Any or all of 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 has 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 the signatory were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

8.5 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES

If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

8.6 LOST CERTIFICATES

Except as provided in this Section 8.6, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and canceled at the same time. The board of directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any other security is lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the issuance of replacement certificates on such terms and conditions as the board may require; the board may require indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of the replacement certificate.

8.7 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS

Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person. Also without limiting the generality of this provision, for purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS

These bylaws of the corporation may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new bylaws may be adopted, by the stockholders entitled to vote or by the board of directors. All such amendments must be approved by either the holders of sixty-six and two thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of outstanding capital stock entitled to vote at an election of directors or by a majority of the board of directors then in office. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the board of directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal bylaws.

ARTICLE X
EXCLUSIVE FORUM

Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware), in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants.

Exhibit 3.3 THIRDFOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF BEYOND, INC. (a Delaware corporation) Effective Date: November 6May 21, 20232024 ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES 1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE The registered office of the corporation shall be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation. 1.2 OTHER OFFICES The corporation may at any time establish additional offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS 2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated from time to time by the board of directors, including, for the avoidance of doubt, a virtual location or meeting otherwise held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 211(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as the same may be amended or restated and any successor thereto, the “Delaware General Corporation Law”). In the absence of any such designation, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation. 2.2 ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated from time to time by the board of directors. At the meeting, directors shall be elected, and any other proper business may be transacted.


 
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time only by the board of directors, the chair of the board, the chief executive officer, or the president, but may not be called by any other person or persons. If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the board of directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the chair of the board, the president, chief executive officer, or the secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in the notice of such special meeting delivered to stockholders (or any supplement thereto). 2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.5 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called (no business other than that specified in the notice (or in any supplement thereto) may be transacted) or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the stockholders. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees who, at the time of the notice, the board intends to present for election. 2.5 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE Written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given by mail, by a form of electronic transmission, or by other form of written communication consented to by the stockholders to whom the notice is given, or in such other manner as permitted by law. Any consent to notice by electronic transmission shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. For purposes of these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, any number of electronic networks or databases (including distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. Notice shall be deemed given, if mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If any notice addressed to a stockholder at the address of that stockholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice to the stockholder at that address, then all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly 2


 
given without further mailing if the same shall be available to the stockholder on written demand of the stockholder at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one (1) year from the date of the giving of the notice. Notice given by electronic transmission shall be deemed given: (a) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (c) if by posting on an electronic network together with a separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; and (d) by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice (or supplement thereto) of any stockholders’ meeting, executed by the secretary, assistant secretary or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice (or supplement thereto). 2.6 QUORUM The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. The stockholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business for which such meeting is called until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. 2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE Any stockholders’ meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the chair of the meeting or by a vote of the majority of the shares represented at that meeting, either in person or by proxy. In the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at that meeting except as has been transacted while a quorum was present, if any, as provided in Section 2.6 of these bylaws. When any meeting of stockholders, either annual or special, is adjourned to another time or place (including an adjournment taken to address a technical failure to convene or continue a meeting using remote communication), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are (i) announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, (ii) displayed during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communications or (iii) set forth in the notice of meeting given in accordance with these bylaws. However, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed or if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original meeting, then notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.4 and 2.5 of these bylaws. At any adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. 3


 
2.8 VOTING The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws, subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners, and to voting trusts and other voting agreements). Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders. If a quorum is present, the election of directors shall be decided by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. With respect to any matter other than the election of directors, if a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum) shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the vote of a greater number or a vote by classes is required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these bylaws. The board of directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the corporation presiding at a meeting of stockholders, in such officer’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot. Unless otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated from time to time, the “Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), a stockholder shall not be entitled to cumulate votes at any meeting. 2.9 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING Stockholders of the corporation may not take action by written consent in lieu of a meeting. 2.10 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND VOTING For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote thereat, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, and in such event only stockholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date. If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given. 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 the adjourned meeting. The record date for any purpose 4


 
other than determining entitlement to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be as provided in Article VIII of these bylaws. 2.11 PROXIES Every person entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter, shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary of the corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the stockholder’s name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholder’s attorney-in-fact. The provisions of Section 212(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law shall govern the revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable. 2.12 ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF MEETINGS The chair of the board shall act as chair of meetings of stockholders of the corporation, unless otherwise determined by the board. The board of directors of the corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the board of directors, the chair of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, 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 chair of the meeting, and such acts may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (vii) determination of the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies; (viii) counting and tabulation of all votes or consents; (ix) hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; (x) any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders and (xi) the appointment of an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment in respect of one or more of the foregoing matters. The board of directors or chair may hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote. 2.13 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE A MEETING (a) Business Properly Brought Before a Meeting. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before 5


 
the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) brought before the meeting by the corporation and specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the board of directors, (ii) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder – meaning, the business must be a proper matter for action by the stockholders of the corporation and must be proposed by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.13 through the time of the meeting (or a “Qualified Representative” (as defined below) of such a stockholder), (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Section 2.13 as to such business. For purposes of these bylaws, a “Qualified Representative” of a proposing stockholder shall be (I) a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such proposing stockholder or (II) a person authorized by a writing executed by such proposing stockholder (or a reliable reproduction or electronic transmission of the writing) delivered by such proposing stockholder to the corporation prior to the making of any nomination or proposal at a stockholder meeting stating that such person is authorized to act for such proposing party as proxy at the meeting of stockholders, which writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, must be produced at the meeting of stockholders. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations collectively, the “Exchange Act”), and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the board of directors, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders. Stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders, and the only matters that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting pursuant to Section 2.3 of these bylaws. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the board of directors must comply with Section 2.14 of these bylaws, and this Section 2.13 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 2.14 of these bylaws. (b) Requirement of Timely Notice of Stockholder Business. Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary of the corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.13. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any 6


 
adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above. (c) Requirements for Proper Form of Stockholder Notice of Proposed Business. To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.13, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth: (i) Stockholder Information. As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the corporation’s books and records) and (B) the class or series and number of shares of the corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”); (ii) Information Regarding Disclosable Interests. As to each Proposing Person, (A) any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to give such Proposing Person economic risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of the corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such derivative, swap or other transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any shares of any class or series of the corporation, or which derivative, swap or other transactions provide, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any increase in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the corporation (“Synthetic Equity Interests”), which Synthetic Equity Interests shall be disclosed without regard to whether (x) such derivative, swap or other transactions convey any voting rights in such shares to such Proposing Person, (y) the derivative, swap or other transactions are required to be, or are capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares or (z) such Proposing Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such derivative, swap or other transactions, (B) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to vote any shares of any class or series of the corporation, (C) any agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of shares of any class or series of the corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to the shares of any class or series of the corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in the price or value of the shares of any class or series of the corporation (“Short Interests”), (D) any pending or threatened litigation in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant or has an economic interest, (E) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of shares of any class or series 7


 
of the corporation, or any Synthetic Equity Interests or Short Interests, if any, and (F) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (F) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder of record directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and (iii) Description of Proposed Business. As to each item of business the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a reasonably brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder. (iv) Definition of Proposing Person. For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made, and (iii) any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of these bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner. (d) Update and Supplement of Stockholder Notice of Proposed Business. A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date for the meeting or such adjournment or postponement thereof) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, as applicable). (e) Business Not Properly Brought Before A Meeting. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with this Section 2.13. Except as otherwise provided by law, the corporation’s 8


 
Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, the chair of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare that (i) the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 2.13, (ii) the business is ineligible to be considered at the meeting, or (iii) the Proposing Person has breached its or their representations, undertakings, agreements or obligations under or pursuant to this Section 2.13, and in each such case, the chair of the meeting shall so declare at the meeting and the business shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of the business may have been received by the corporation. Any decision by the chair of the meeting shall be conclusive and binding upon all stockholders of the corporation for any purpose. (f) Rule 14a-8; Exchange Act Compliance. This Section 2.13 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.13 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 2.13 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. (g) Definition of Public Disclosure. For purposes of these bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. 2.14 NOMINATIONS (a) Who May Make Nominations. Nominations of any person for election to the board of directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) may be made at such meeting only (i) by or at the direction of the board of directors, including by any committee or persons appointed by the board of directors, or (ii) by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination is proposed to be made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.14 through the time of the meeting or a Qualified Representative of such a stockholder, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Section 2.14 as to such nomination. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the board of directors at an annual meeting or special meeting. (b) Requirement of Timely Notice of Stockholder Nominations. Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the board of directors at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 2.13 of these bylaws) thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary of the corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.14. Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special 9


 
meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the board of directors at a special meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation, and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.14. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.13 of these Bylaws) of the date of such special meeting was first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. (c) Requirements for Proper Form of Notice of Stockholder Nominations. To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.14, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth: (i) Stockholder Information. As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.13(c)(i), except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.13(c)(i)), in addition to a representation from such Nominating Person as to whether such Nominating Person intends or is part of a group that intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the corporation’s nominees in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act; (ii) Information Regarding Disclosable Interests. As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.13(c)(ii), except that for purposes of this Section 2.14 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.13(c)(ii)), and the disclosure in clause (F) of Section 2.13(c)(ii) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting; (iii) Information Regarding Proposed Nominees. As to each person whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.14 if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such proposed nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, such nominee’s respective affiliates and associates, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or 10


 
executive officer of such registrant, (D) a certificate executed by the proposed nominee certifying that such proposed nominee (1) is not and will not become a party to (i) any compensatory, payment, indemnification or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with such person’s nomination, candidacy, service or action as director of the corporation that has not been fully disclosed therein, (ii) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how such prospective nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been fully disclosed to the corporation therein or (iii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such prospective nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with his or her fiduciary duties under applicable law, and (2) consents to being named in the corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy as a nominee and agrees, if elected, to serve as a member of the board of directors for the entire term and to adhere to the corporation’s Corporate Governance Principles, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, confidentiality, stock ownership, trading and any other corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors, (E) a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made in the form required by the corporation (which form the Nominating Person shall request in writing from the secretary prior to submitting notice and which the secretary shall provide to the Nominating Person within ten (10) days after receiving such request), and (F) interviews of the proposed nominee by the board of directors and/or one or more committees of the board, as may be requested by the board of directors or such committee(s), which interviews shall occur within ten (10) business days following the date of a request; (iv) Other Information to be Furnished by Proposed Nominees. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (A) as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility or advisability of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation in accordance with applicable requirements or (B) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee, including with reference to the listing standards of each securities exchange upon which the corporation’s securities are listed, any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any publicly disclosed standards used by the board of directors in selecting nominees for election as a director and for determining and disclosing the independence of the corporation’s directors, including those applicable to a director’s service on any of the committees of the board of directors, and/or the requirements of any other laws or regulations applicable to the corporation. If requested by the corporation, any supplemental information required under this paragraph (iv) shall be provided within ten (10) days after it has been requested by the corporation.; and (v) Definition of Nominating Person. For purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (A) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (B) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made, and (C) any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner. (d) Update and Supplement of Stockholder Notice of Nominations. If information submitted pursuant to this Section 2.14 by any Nominating Person shall be inaccurate or 11


 
incomplete in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have been provided, and the nomination in respect of which such information is required may be deemed not to have been proposed, in accordance with this Section 2.14. A Nominating Person providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date for the meeting or such adjournment or postponement thereof) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, any information provided pursuant to this subclause (d) shall not be deemed to cure any deficiencies in a notice previously delivered and shall not extend the time period for the delivery of such notice. Upon written request of the secretary on behalf of the board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), any such Nominating Person shall provide, within seven (7) business days after delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (A) written verification, reasonably satisfactory to the board of directors, any committee thereof authorized for such purpose or any authorized officer of the corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by such Nominating Person pursuant to this Section 2.14 and (B) a written affirmation of any information submitted by such Nominating Person pursuant to this Section 2.14 as of an earlier date. If a Nominating Person fails to provide such written verification or affirmation within such period, the information as to which written verification or affirmation was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 2.14. (e) Rule 14a-19. If (A) any Nominating Person provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act and (B) such Nominating Person subsequently either (x) notifies the corporation that such Nominating Person no longer intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the corporation’s nominees in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act or (y) fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) or Rule 14(a)(3) under the Exchange Act, then the corporation shall disregard any proxies or votes solicited for the nominees proposed by such Nominating Person. Upon request by the corporation, if any Nominating Person provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) under the Exchange Act, such Nominating Person shall deliver to the secretary, no later than five (5) business days prior to the applicable meeting date, reasonable evidence that the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) under the Exchange Act have been satisfied. (f) Defective Nominations. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with this Section 2.14. Except as otherwise provided by law, the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, the chair of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare that (i) a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 2.14, (ii) a proposed nominee is ineligible to be named in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.14 or to be considered for election at the 12


 
meeting, or (iii) a proposed nominee and/or the applicable Nominating Person shall have breached its or their representations, undertakings, agreements or obligations under or pursuant to this Section 2.14, and in each such case, the chair of the meeting shall so declare at the meeting and the nomination shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of the nomination of the relevant proposed nominee may have been received by the corporation. Any decision by the chair of the meeting shall be conclusive and binding upon all stockholders of the corporation for any purpose. (g) Compliance with State Law and Exchange Act. In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.14 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of state law and the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations. (h) Number of Nominees. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at a meeting may not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such meeting, and for the avoidance of doubt, no stockholder shall be entitled to make additional or substitute nominations following the expiration of the time periods set forth in this Section 2.14. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.14 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors at an annual meeting is greater than the number of directors whose terms expire on the date of such annual meeting and there is no public disclosure by the corporation specifying the increased number of directors up for election at such meeting before the close of business on the seventieth (70th) day prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders, a Timely Notice shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new directorship(s) created by such increase in the number of directors up for election, 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 tenth (10th) day following the day on which the corporation first makes a public disclosure specifying the number of directors up for election. 13


 
2.15 DELIVERY TO THE CORPORATION. Whenever this Article requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of stock) to deliver a document or information to the corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission) and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and the corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the corporation expressly opts out of Section 116 of the Delaware General Corporation Law with respect to the delivery of information and documents to the corporation required this Article. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS 3.1 POWERS Subject to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and to any limitations in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors. 3.2 NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE The authorized number of directors shall be established from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires. 3.3 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES Any director may resign effective on giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the chair of the board, the president, the secretary or the board of directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the board of directors (including such director whose resignation is to be effective at a later time) may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective. Unless otherwise required by law or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies arising through death, resignation, removal, an increase in the number of directors or otherwise may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. No 14


 
decrease in the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. 3.4 REMOVAL Any director may be removed from office at any time only with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding sharesvoting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors. 3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the board. In the absence of such a designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board may be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or if there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or other communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in the meeting can hear one another; and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting. 3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice if the board of directors fixes the times of such meetings. 3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE The chair of the board, the president, or any two (2) directors may call special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes at any time. Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by mail, electronic transmission, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director’s address or, in the case of notice delivered by electronic mail, the director’s electronic mail address as it is shown on the records of the corporation. If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by telephone notice, facsimile or electronic transmission, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone, facsimile or appropriate means of electronic communication at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation that the notice has been 15


 
given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. 3.8 QUORUM Except as otherwise required by law, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section 3.11 of these bylaws. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the board of directors, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting. 3.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director (a) who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or (b) who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such directors. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. A waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the board of directors. 3.10 ADJOURNMENT A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. 3.11 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, then notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be given before the adjourned meeting takes place, in the manner specified in Section 3.7 of these bylaws, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment. 3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, provided that all the members of the board individually or collectively consent in writing or by electronic transmission to that action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. Such written consent and any counterparts thereof or electronic transmission or transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for 16


 
which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. 3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 3.13 shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation for those services. 3.14 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO EMPLOYEES To the extent permitted by law, the corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any employee who is a director of the corporation or one of its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute. 3.15 INTERESTED DIRECTORS No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board of directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because the director or officer’s vote is counted for such purpose if (a) the material facts as to the director or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board of directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (b) the material facts as to the director or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction. 17


 
ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES 4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS The board of directors may designate one (1) or more committees, each consisting of one (1) or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the board of directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof 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 the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, 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; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) amend the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation), (ii) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, (iii) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, (iv) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or (v) amend the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the board resolution establishing the committee, the bylaws or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the board of directors when required. 4.2 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Section 3.5 (place of meetings), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), Section 3.10 (adjournment), Section 3.11 (notice of adjournment), and Section 3.12 (action without meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors, and 18


 
that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws. ARTICLE V OFFICERS 5.1 OFFICERS The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a chair of the board, a chief executive officer, a president, a treasurer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these bylaws. The same person may hold any number of offices. 5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 or Section 5.5 of these bylaws, shall be chosen by the board of directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment. 5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS The board of directors may appoint, or may empower the chief executive officer or president to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine. 5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board or, except in case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party. 19


 
5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular appointments to that office. 5.6 CHAIR OF THE BOARD The chair of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these bylaws. If there is no chief executive officer, then the chair of the board shall also be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5.7 of these bylaws. 5.7 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the board of directors to the chair of the board, if there be such an officer, the chief executive officer shall be subject to the control of the board of directors and have general supervision, direction and control of the business. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or non-existence of the chair of the board, at all meetings of the board of directors. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws. 5.8 PRESIDENT In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer, and if there is no chair of the board, the president shall perform all the duties of the chief executive officer and when so acting shall have the power of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the chief executive officer. The president shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for the president by the board of directors, these bylaws, the chief executive officer or the chair of the board. 5.9 VICE PRESIDENTS In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board of directors, these bylaws, the president or the chair of the board. 5.10 SECRETARY The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or such other place as the board of directors may direct, a book of minutes of all 20


 
meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors and stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, whether regular or special (and, if special, how authorized and the notice given), the names of those present at directors’ meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors required to be given by law or by these bylaws. The secretary shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by these bylaws. 5.11 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director. The chief financial officer shall deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositaries as may be designated in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors. The chief financial officer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of such individual’s transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS 6.1 POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN THOSE BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION Subject to Section 6.3 of this Article VI, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an 21


 
action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. 6.2 POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION Subject to Section 6.3 of this Article VI, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. 6.3 AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION Any indemnification under this Article VI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 of this Article VI, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (b) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (d) by the stockholders (but only if a majority of the directors who 22


 
are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, if they constitute a quorum of the board of directors, presents the issue of entitlement to indemnification to the stockholders for their determination). Any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the corporation shall make such determination, with respect to former directors and officers. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case. 6.4 GOOD FAITH DEFINED For purposes of any determination under Section 6.3 of this Article VI, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the corporation or another enterprise. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Section 6.4 shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. The provisions of this Section 6.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of this Article VI, as the case may be. 6.5 INDEMNIFICATION BY A COURT Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 6.3 of this Article VI, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Article VI. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of this Article VI, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 6.3 of this Article VI nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be given to the corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application. 23


 
6.6 EXPENSES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article VI. 6.7 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Article VI shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VI shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of this Article VI but whom the corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise. 6.8 INSURANCE The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VI. 6.9 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Article VI, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VI, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a 24


 
person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Article VI. 6.10 SURVIVAL OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. 6.11 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VI to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 6.5 hereof), the corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the board of directors of the corporation. 6.12 INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS The corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VI to directors and officers of the corporation. ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS 7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended to date, accounting books and other records. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or 25


 
other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of business. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of a corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this Section shall require the corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. 7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to such individual’s position as a director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may summarily order the corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper. 7.3 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS The chair of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the chief executive officer or president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority. ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS 8.1 RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action (other than as provided in Article II hereof), the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days before 26


 
any such action. In that case, only stockholders of record at the close of business on the date so fixed are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as otherwise provided by law. If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, then the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the applicable resolution or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of that action, whichever is later. 8.2 CHECKS; DRAFTS; EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments. 8.3 CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount. 8.4 STOCK CERTIFICATES The shares of a corporation shall be represented by certificates; provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the corporation shall be uncertificated shares; provided further, however, that no shares of the corporation designated or otherwise identified by the board of directors or by the corporation prior to the issuance thereof as digital or cryptographic shares or as shares to be issued in digital or cryptographic form (any such shares being herein called “Digital Shares”) shall be represented by certificates. Any such resolution of the board of directors providing for uncertificated shares shall not apply to shares then represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares (other than any holder of Digital Shares, with respect to such Digital Shares), shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in the name of the corporation by (a) the chair or vice-chair of the board of directors, or the chief executive officer, president or any vice-president of the corporation, and by (b) the chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation representing the number of then uncertificated shares to be registered in certificate form. Any or all of 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 has ceased to be 27


 
such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if the signatory were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. 8.5 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. 8.6 LOST CERTIFICATES Except as provided in this Section 8.6, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and canceled at the same time. The board of directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any other security is lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the issuance of replacement certificates on such terms and conditions as the board may require; the board may require indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of the replacement certificate. 8.7 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person. Also without limiting the generality of this provision, for purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. 28


 
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS These bylaws of the corporation may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new bylaws may be adopted, by the stockholders entitled to vote or by the board of directors. All such amendments must be approved by either the holders of sixty-six and two thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of outstanding capital stock entitled to vote at an election of directors or by a majority of the board of directors then in office. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the board of directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal bylaws. ARTICLE X EXCLUSIVE FORUM Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware), in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. 29


 

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT TO THE
BEYOND, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

This Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Beyond, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2005 Plan”), is made and adopted by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Beyond, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), effective as of February 16, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), subject to stockholder approval at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the 2005 Plan.

RECITALS

A.The Company currently maintains the 2005 Plan.

B.The Board believes it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend the 2005 Plan to increase the per participant annual limit on grants of performance shares from 100,000 performance shares to 250,000 performance shares.

AMENDMENT

The 2005 Plan is hereby amended as follows, effective as of the Effective Date, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders on the date of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

1.    Section 7b. of the 2005 Plan is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“b. Restricted Awards and Performance Share Annual Limit. No Participant shall be granted, in any Fiscal Year, more than 100,000 Shares of Restricted Stock or 100,000 shares of Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that each such limit shall be 250,000 Shares in the Participant’s first Fiscal Year of Company service. No Participant shall be granted, in any Fiscal Year, more than 250,000 Performance Shares.”

2.    This Amendment shall be and hereby is incorporated into and forms a part of the 2005 Plan.

3.    Except as expressly provided herein, all terms and conditions of the 2005 Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

4.    In the event this Amendment is not approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, this Amendment shall terminate and shall be of no further force or effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed, effective as of February 16, 2024.

BEYOND, INC.
By: /s/ E. Glen Nickle
E. Glen Nickle
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary


Exhibit 10.2

BEYOND, INC.
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN PERFORMANCE AWARD GRANT NOTICE AND AWARD AGREEMENT

Beyond, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to the service provider listed below (“Optionholder”) the stock option described in this Grant Notice (the “Option”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Executive Chairman Performance Award Agreement attached as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”), which is incorporated into this Grant Notice by reference. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Executive Chairman Performance Award Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, this Option is not granted pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

In the event that the Company’s stockholders do not approve the Option at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Stockholder Approval”), the Option will immediately terminate and have no further force or effect. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions governing the Option to the contrary, no portion of the Option shall be exercisable unless Stockholder Approval occurs.

Optionholder:Marcus A. Lemonis
Grant Date:February 20, 2024
Total Number of Shares Subject to the Option:2,250,000
Tranche 1 - Number of Shares Subject to Option and Exercise Price:Option to purchase 500,000 Shares at an exercise price of $45.00 per Share
Tranche 2 - Number of Shares Subject to Option and Exercise Price:Option to purchase 750,000 Shares at an exercise price of $50.00 per Share
Tranche 3 - Number of Shares Subject to Option and Exercise Price:Option to purchase 1,000,000 Shares at an exercise price of $60.00 per Share
Final Expiration Date:February 20, 2028
Vesting Conditions:The Option will vest as set forth in the Agreement.
Type of Option:Nonstatutory Stock Option

Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: The Optionholder acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to the terms and conditions of this Grant Notice and the Agreement, and agrees that his acceptance of this Grant Notice shall also be deemed his or her signature of the attached Agreement. Optionholder further acknowledges that as of the Grant Date, this Grant Notice and the Agreement set forth the entire understanding between Optionholder and the Company regarding the matters addressed herein and therein and supersede all prior oral and written agreements relating thereto.



EXHIBIT A

BEYOND INC.

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN PERFORMANCE AWARD AGREEMENT

Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in the Grant Notice.

ARTICLE I.
GENERAL

1.1 Grant of Option. The Company has granted to Optionholder the Option effective as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice. In the event that the Stockholder Approval does not occur, the Option will immediately terminate and have no further force or effect as of the closing of the polls at such meeting. Notwithstanding anything in the provisions governing the Option to the contrary, no portion of the Option shall be exercisable unless Stockholder Approval occurs.

1.2 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement:

(a) “Applicable Law” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity compensation plans and awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, and any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

(b) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(c) “Cause” means (i) an act of personal dishonesty taken by Optionholder in connection with his responsibilities as a Service Provider and intended to result in personal enrichment of Optionholder, (ii) Optionholder being convicted of a felony, (iii) a willful act by Optionholder which constitutes gross misconduct and which is injurious to the Company, or (iv) following delivery to Optionholder of a written demand for performance from the Board which describes the basis for the Board’s reasonable belief that Optionholder has not substantially performed his duties, continued violations by Optionholder of his obligations to the Board which are demonstrably willful and deliberate on Optionholder’s part.

(d) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;

(ii)    The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;

(iii)    A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a one-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” means directors who either (A) are Directors as of the Grant Date, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Company); or

(iv)    The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation.

(e) “CIC Price” means the greater of (i) the amount of cash and the fair market value of any securities or other property paid as consideration, on a per Share basis, to the Company’s stockholders (and if less than all of the Company’s stockholders’ Shares are impacted by such Change in Control, then the consideration paid, on a per Share basis, to the Company stockholders who receive consideration) in a Change in Control (or to be paid as consideration to the Company in a Change in Control instead of to Company stockholders, for example in a Change in Control pursuant to the sale of Company assets, measured on a per Share basis had such amounts been paid to the Company’s stockholders), or (ii) the average of the closing market prices of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange for the 20 consecutive trading day-period ending on the last trading day prior to the closing of the Change in Control. For purposes of clause (i) of the preceding sentence, publicly traded securities that are readily tradeable (“Marketable Securities”) shall be valued at fair market value as of the closing date of the Change in Control. If any such consideration consists in whole or in part of non-cash consideration other than Marketable Securities, the Board will determine the value of the non-cash per-Share consideration for purposes of the Agreement in its reasonable good faith discretion.

(f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.




(g) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

(h) “Consultant” means any natural person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services to such entity.

(i) “Director” means a member of the Board.

(j) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

(k) “Earned but Unvested Options” means any Tranche of Options for which the Stock Price Hurdle has been achieved during the applicable Performance Period but for which the Service-Based Vesting Date has not yet occurred.

(l) “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. Optionholder shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, any Subsidiary, or any successor.

(m) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(n) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

(i)    If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the New York Stock Exchange, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable;

(ii)    If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable; or

(iii)    In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

(o) “Parent” means a “parent corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

(p) “Performance Period” means:

(i)    with respect to Tranche 1, the period beginning on the day immediately following the Grant Date and ending on February 20, 2026 (the “First Performance Period”);

(ii)    with respect to Tranche 2, the period beginning on the day immediately following the Grant Date and ending on February 20, 2027 (the “Second Performance Period”); and

(iii)    with respect to Tranche 3, the period beginning on the day immediately following the Grant Date and ending on February 20, 2028 (the “Third Performance Period”).

(q) “Qualifying Position” means Optionholder’s service as Executive Chairman or Chairman of the Board or in such other position as the Board shall determine constitutes a Qualifying Position hereunder.

(r) “Qualifying Termination” means Optionholder’s removal from a Qualifying Position without Cause, including as a result of failing to be reelected to such position by the Company’s stockholders.

(s) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(t) “Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant.

(u) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 4.3 of this Agreement.





(v) “Share Price” means the average of the closing market prices of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange for any 20 consecutive trading day-period commencing during the applicable Performance Period and ending on or prior to the final day of the applicable Performance Period. For purposes of the foregoing, if there is no trading in Common Stock on a trading day during any twenty (20) consecutive trading day period, the per-share closing price of Common Stock on such date shall be deemed to be the per-share closing price of Common Stock on the most recent date prior to such trading date on which trading in Common Stock occurred. If Common Stock is not available for trading on an established stock exchange or a national market system on any trading day, the term “closing price” for such trading day shall be deemed to be the Fair Market Value of a Share on such date, as determined in accordance with the Plan, as applicable.

(w) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

(x) “Termination of Service” means the date Optionholder ceases to be a Service Provider.

(y) “trading day” means a day on which the primary stock exchange or national market system on which the Shares trade is open for trading.


ARTICLE II.
PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

2.1 Vesting of Option.

(a) The Option is divided into three tranches (each a “Tranche”), with each Tranche representing a portion of the Option covering that number of Shares as specified in the Grant Notice.

(b) Subject to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 below, the Option shall be eligible to vest based on the Company’s achievement of the “Stock Price Hurdles” identified below during the applicable Performance Periods and Optionholder’s continued service in a Qualifying Position through the applicable vesting, date as follows:

(i) Tranche 1 shall vest on the date on which the Share Price first equals or exceeds $45.00 (“First Stock Price Hurdle”) during the First Performance Period; provided that in no event will Tranche 1 vest prior to February 20, 2025 (the “First Service-Based Vesting Date”), subject to Optionholder’s continued service in a Qualifying Position through the vesting date.

(ii) Tranche 2 shall vest on the date on which the Share Price first equals or exceeds $50.00 (“Second Stock Price Hurdle”) during the Second Performance Period; provided that in no event will Tranche 2 vest prior to February 20, 2026 (the “Second Service-Based Vesting Date”), subject to Optionholder’s continued service in a Qualifying Position through the vesting date.

(iii) Tranche 3 shall vest on the date on which the Share Price first equals or exceeds $60.00 (“Third Stock Price Hurdle”) during the Third Performance Period; provided that in no event will Tranche 3 vest prior to February 20, 2027 (the “Third Service-Based Vesting Date”), subject to Optionholder’s continued service in a Qualifying Position through the vesting date.

Any Tranche for which the applicable Stock Price Hurdle has not been achieved on or prior to the last day of the applicable Performance Period will immediately and automatically be cancelled and forfeited without consideration therefor. Each of the First Service-Based Vesting Date, the Second Service-Based Vesting Date and the Third Service-Based Vesting Date is referred to herein as a “Service-Based Vesting Date.”

For the avoidance of doubt, if, for any given Tranche of the Option eligible to vest pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Stock Price Hurdle is achieved prior to the applicable Service-Based Vesting Date corresponding to such Stock Price Hurdle, such Tranche shall vest upon the applicable Service-Based Vesting Date corresponding to such Stock Price Hurdle, subject (except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement) to Optionholder continuing to serve in a Qualifying Position through such Service-Based Vesting Date.

(c) In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Stock Price Hurdles set forth above shall be equitably adjusted by the Board.

(d) Each Tranche may only vest (or commence vesting, as applicable) once. In no event may the Option become vested and exercisable with respect to more than the number of Shares subject to the Option shown on the Grant Notice.

2.2 Change in Control. If a Change in Control occurs prior to the Final Expiration Date, then, notwithstanding Section 2.1, the following provisions will apply:





(a) With respect to any Tranche for which the Stock Price Hurdle has not been achieved prior to the date of the Change in Control, the Share Price for purposes of measuring the Stock Price Hurdle shall be the CIC Price and, if the CIC Price equals or exceeds the applicable Stock Price Hurdle, the Stock Price Hurdle shall be deemed achieved as of the date of the Change in Control, subject (except with respect to any Change in Control that occurs during the Post-Termination Measurement Period following a Qualifying Termination) to Optionholder’s continued service in a Qualifying Position through the date immediately prior to the Change in Control. If the CIC Price is less than the applicable Stock Price Hurdle, the number of Options corresponding to any Tranche for which the Stock Price Hurdle is not achieved as of the date of the Change in Control shall be forfeited as of the date of the Change in Control.

(b) With respect to any Tranche for which the Stock Price Hurdle has been achieved prior to or as of the date of the Change in Control as provided in clause (a), whether or not the Service-Based Vesting Date has already been satisfied as of the date of the Change in Control, the number of Options corresponding to such Tranche shall vest immediately upon the Change in Control, subject (except with respect to any Change in Control that occurs during the Post-Termination Measurement Period following a Qualifying Termination) to Optionholder’s continued service in a Qualifying Position through the date immediately prior to the Change in Control.

2.3 Effect of Certain Terminations.

(a) In the event of Optionholder’s Qualifying Termination prior to the Final Expiration Date:

(i) With respect to any Tranche for which the Stock Price Hurdle has not been achieved prior to the date of such Qualifying Termination and for which the Performance Period has not expired as of the date of such Qualifying Termination, if the corresponding Stock Price Hurdle is achieved during the 20 consecutive trading day-period commencing on the date immediately following such Qualifying Termination (including as a result of a Change in Control during such period, but in all events during the applicable Performance Period) (such period, the “Post-Termination Measurement Period”), the Options in such Tranche shall be treated as Earned but Unvested Options for purposes of this Section 2.3(a).

(ii) All Earned but Unvested Options (including after giving effect to clause (i) above) shall vest upon such Qualifying Termination (or if later, upon achievement of the Stock Price Hurdle during the Post-Termination Measurement Period). Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the vesting set forth in this Section 2.3(a) shall be subject to Optionholder’s execution of an effective release of claims in a form reasonably acceptable to the Board (which release of claims must become effective in accordance with its terms within sixty (60) days following the date of Optionholder’s Qualifying Termination).

(iii) If the Stock Price Hurdle for a Tranche for which the applicable Performance Period has not expired has not been achieved prior to the date of the Qualifying Termination and is not achieved during the Post-Termination Measurement Period, the corresponding Tranche shall be forfeited as of the last day of the Post-Termination Measurement Period.

(b) In the event of Optionholder’s termination of service in a Qualifying Position as a result of Optionholder’s death or Disability prior to the Final Expiration Date, all Earned but Unvested Options as of the date of termination shall vest immediately upon such date. Any remaining unvested Options that are not Earned but Unvested Options as of the date of termination shall be forfeited upon such termination.

(c) Except as provided in Sections 2.3(a) and (b) above or as otherwise provided by the Board, in the event Optionholder’s service in a Qualifying Position or service as a Service Provider terminates for any other reason, all then-unvested Tranches will immediately and automatically be cancelled and forfeited without consideration therefor.

(d) If, upon Optionholder’s cessation of service in a Qualifying Position, Optionholder continues as a Service Provider, and so long as Optionholder continues as a Service Provider, any vested and unexercised portion of the Option may be exercised until the expiration date set forth in Section 2.5 below.

2.4 Duration of Exercisability ; Forfeiture. Except for any earlier termination set forth in Section 2.5 or as the Board may otherwise approve in connection with Optionholder’s Termination of Service, any Tranche which vests and becomes exercisable will remain vested and exercisable until the end of the Performance Period applicable to such Tranche.

2.5 Expiration of Option. The Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after, and will expire on, the first of the following to occur:

(a) With respect to Tranche 1, February 20, 2026;

(b) With respect to Tranche 2, February 20, 2027;

(c) With respect to Tranche 3, February 20, 2028;




(d) Except to the extent the Board may approve a longer period, the expiration of 90 days from the date of Optionholder’s Termination of Service, unless Optionholder’s Termination of Service is for Cause, by reason of Optionholder’s death or Disability or by reason of a Qualifying Termination;

(e) Except to the extent the Board may approve a longer period, the expiration of 90 days from the later of (i) the date of Optionholder’s Termination of Service by reason of a Qualifying Termination or (ii) the date on which any Stock Price Hurdle is satisfied during any Post-Termination Measurement Period;

(f) Except to the extent the Board may approve a longer period, the expiration of one year from the date of Optionholder’s Termination of Service by reason of Optionholder’s death or Disability; and

(g) Except as the Board may otherwise approve, the date of Optionholder’s Termination of Service for Cause.

ARTICLE III.
EXERCISE OF OPTION

3.1 General. Optionholder may exercise the vested portion of the Option for whole Shares during the period specified in Section 2.5 by delivery of payment of the applicable exercise price and applicable withholding taxes and other required documentation to the Company, in accordance with the reasonable exercise procedures established by the Company, which may include an electronic submission. Shares will not be issued pursuant to the exercise of the Option unless the exercise of the Option and the issuance and delivery of such Shares will comply with Applicable Laws.

3.2 Payment of Exercise Price. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, Optionholder may pay the applicable exercise price for any Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option as follows:

(a) by cash or check;

(b) pursuant to a “cashless exercise” program that, prior to the issuance of the Common Stock subject to the Option, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the applicable exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds;

(c) by delivery to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation) of Shares that are already owned by the Optionholder free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, with a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the applicable exercise price to be paid, provided that (1) at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded, (2) any remaining balance of the applicable exercise price not satisfied by such delivery is paid by the holder of this Option in cash or other permitted form of payment, (3) such delivery would not violate any Applicable Law or agreement restricting the redemption of the Common Stock, (4) any certificated Shares are endorsed or accompanied by an executed assignment separate from certificate, and (5) such Shares have been held by Optionholder or the holder of this Option, as applicable, for any minimum period necessary to avoid adverse accounting treatment to the Company as a result of such delivery; or

(d) to the extent permitted by the Board, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise that does not exceed the applicable exercise price, provided that (1) such Shares used to pay the applicable exercise price will not be exercisable thereafter and (2) any remaining balance of the applicable exercise price not satisfied by such net exercise is paid in cash or other permitted form of payment.

3.3 Tax Withholding.

(a) Optionholder may satisfy any tax withholding obligation by any permitted form of payment for the applicable exercise price pursuant to Section 3.2 (subject to the consent of the Board for the surrender or withholding of Shares with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the tax withholding obligation pursuant to the methods in clauses (c) and (d) therein); provided that in the event Optionholder fails to pay the tax withholding obligation prior to the date such tax withholding obligation arises through one of the permitted payment methods, the Company will have the right, but not the obligation, to satisfy the tax withholding obligation by the withholding of Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option pursuant to clause (d) of Section 3.2. All tax withholding obligations will be calculated using the minimum federal, state and local income, employment and any other applicable taxes required to be withheld by the Company (or such higher rates as approved by the Board, but in no event greater than the maximum individual statutory tax rate in the applicable jurisdiction at the time of such withholding (or such other rate as may be required to avoid the liability classification of the Option under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America)). Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no Shares will be issued unless and until satisfactory arrangements (as determined by the Company) have been made by Optionholder with respect to the payment of any income and other taxes which the Company determines must be withheld or collected with respect to the exercise of the Option.





(b) Optionholder acknowledges that Optionholder is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed in connection with the Option, regardless of any action the Company or any subsidiary of the Company takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Option. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the awarding, vesting or exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of Shares. The Company and its subsidiaries do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Option to reduce or eliminate Optionholder’s tax liability.

ARTICLE IV.
TRANSFERABILITY; NO REPRICING; CAPITALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS

4.1 Transferability. The Option is not transferable, except by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that Optionholder may transfer any portion of the Option (a) to the extent that such transfer involves merely a change in the form in which Optionholder holds the Option (e.g., transfer the Option to an inter vivos trust for which he is the beneficiary during his lifetime), (b) for estate planning purposes to members of Optionholder's immediate family or estate planning vehicles for the primary benefit of Optionholder and/or Optionholder’s immediate family, and (c) for charitable purposes to a tax-exempt charitable entity founded by Optionholder; provided that, for so long as Optionholder remains a Service Provider, Optionholder must retain voting and dispositive control of the Option and any Shares resulting from exercise of the Option. “Immediate family” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, niece or nephew, including adoptive relationships. Any such transfer must not be for consideration (other than any consideration exchanged between Optionholder and a transferee for tax and estate planning benefits) and the transferee must sign such documents as the Company reasonably may request in order to confirm the transferee’s acceptance of and agreement to the terms of the Option.

4.2 No Repricing of Option. Subject to Section 4.3, the Board will not have the authority to (a) reduce the exercise price of the Option, (b) cancel any portion of the Option that has an applicable exercise price (per share) greater than the then-current Fair Market Value of the Common Stock in exchange for cash or other equity awards, or (c) take any other action that is treated as a repricing under United States generally accepted accounting principles, in each case unless the stockholders of the Company have approved such an action within 12 months prior to such an event.

4.3 Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution or Liquidation or Change in Control.

(a) In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares, or any equity restructuring transaction, as that term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto) (a “Capitalization Adjustment”), then the Board shall, in an equitable manner and to the extent necessary to preserve the economic intent of Option, adjust the number and class of Shares which may be delivered under the Option, the number, class, and exercise prices of Shares covered by the Option, and the Stock Price Hurdles.

(b) In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Board shall notify Optionholder as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Board in its discretion may provide for Optionholder to have the right to exercise the Option until ten (10) days prior to such transaction as to all of the Shares covered hereby, including Shares as to which the Option would not otherwise be exercisable. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, the Option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

(c) Subject to any accelerated vesting as provided in Article II upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, in the event of a Change in Control, the Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor entity or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor entity. In the event that the successor entity refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, or if the successor entity does not have outstanding common equity securities required to be registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Board may take one or more actions with respect to the vested portion of the Option in connection with a Change in Control, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) notifying Optionholder in writing or electronically that such Option may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after the Change in Control) fixed by the Board, after which specified date the unexercised portion of the Option and all rights of Optionholder hereunder shall terminate, (ii) requiring the mandatory surrender to the Company by Optionholder of all or a portion of the outstanding Option held by Optionholder as of a date, before or after such Change in Control, specified by the Board, in which event the Board shall thereupon cancel such Option and the Company shall pay to Optionholder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the CIC Price of the Shares subject to such Option over the applicable exercise price(s) under such Option for such Shares, or (iii) making such adjustments to the outstanding Option as the Board deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Option shall be considered assumed if, following the Change in Control, the option confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Option immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change in Control is not solely common stock of the successor entity or its Parent, the Board may, with the consent of the successor entity, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Share subject to the Option, to be solely common stock of the successor entity or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Change in Control.




ARTICLE V.
OTHER PROVISIONS

5.1 No Right to Continued Service or Other Status. The grant of the Option will not be construed as giving Optionholder the right to continued service or any other relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with Optionholder free from any liability or claim under the Agreement.

5.2 No Rights as Stockholder; Certificates. Optionholder will not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares to be distributed under the Option until becoming the record holder of such Shares. Unless the Board otherwise determines or Applicable Laws require, the Company will not be required to deliver to Optionholder certificates evidencing Shares issued in connection with exercise of the Option and instead such Shares may be recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator). The Company may place legends on stock certificates that the Board deems necessary or appropriate to comply with Applicable Laws. Shares issued upon exercise of the Option may consist of authorized but unissued Shares or treasury Shares.

5.3 Securities Registration. As soon as reasonably practicable following Stockholder Approval (as defined in the Grant Notice), the Company will file a registration statement under the Securities Act on Form S-8 for the Shares issuable under the Option to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration for so long as the Option is outstanding and held by persons for whom Form S-8 is available to register the issuance of Shares issuable under the Option.

5.4 Administration. The Board will have the power and authority to construe and interpret the Option and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Option as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Option (including, but not limited to, the determination of whether or not any Shares subject to the Option have vested and whether any Change in Control occurs), subject in all cases to the Board acting reasonably and in good faith and not acting to materially adversely affect Optionholder’s rights under this Option except to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits of the Option to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement. No such action may cause the Option to become deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code. Optionholder shall abstain from, or recuse himself from, any deliberations or decisions related to the Option.

5.5 Clawback Provisions. The Option will be subject to any clawback policy adopted by the Board from time to time, including the clawback policy adopted to comply with Applicable Laws (including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any rules, regulations or stock exchange listing requirements promulgated thereunder), as set forth in such clawback policy(ies).

5.6 Governing Law. This Option shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

5.7 Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company must be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Company’s Secretary at the Company’s principal office or the Secretary’s then-current email address or facsimile number. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to Optionholder must be in writing and addressed to Optionholder (or, if Optionholder is then deceased, to the person entitled to exercise the Option) at Optionholder’s last known mailing address, email address or facsimile number in the Company’s personnel files. By a notice given pursuant to this Section, either party may designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice will be deemed duly given when actually received, when sent by email, when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited with postage prepaid in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, when delivered by a nationally recognized express shipping company or upon receipt of a facsimile transmission confirmation.

5.8 Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

5.9 Conformity to Securities Laws. Optionholder acknowledges that the Grant Notice and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all Applicable Laws and, to the extent Applicable Laws permit, will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to Applicable Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement and the Option will be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule.

5.10 Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement will inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4.1, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

5.11 Entire Agreement. The Grant Notice and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Optionholder with respect to the subject matter hereof.




5.12 Agreement Severable. In the event that any provision of the Grant Notice or this Agreement is held illegal or invalid, the provision will be severable from, and the illegality or invalidity of the provision will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of the Grant Notice or this Agreement.

5.13 Amendment. The Grant Notice and this Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement approved by the Board and executed by the Company and Optionholder. The Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any amendment to the Grant Notice and this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law.

5.14 Limitation on Optionholder’s Rights. This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Company as to amounts payable and may not be construed as creating a trust. Optionholder will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the Option, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Shares as a general unsecured creditor with respect to the Option, as and when exercised pursuant to the terms hereof.

5.15 Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by way of any electronic signature, subject to Applicable Law, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one instrument.

5.16 Electronic Delivery. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any notices required or permitted hereunder or under the Grant Notice or this Agreement and any documents related to the Option by electronic means. By accepting this Option, Optionholder hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the administration of this Option through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.

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