Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2010 (July 29, 2010)
Grand Canyon Education, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-34211
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20-3356009 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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3300 W. Camelback Road
Phoenix, Arizona
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85017 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (602) 639-7500
(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:
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On July 29, 2010, the Board of Directors of Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (the Company),
pursuant to Delaware General Corporation Law and the bylaws of the Company, approved and adopted
the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the Amended Bylaws).
Advance Notice Provisions
Among other items, the Board amended existing provisions providing for advance notice of
stockholder proposals and director nominations (other than proposals properly made in accordance
with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Rule 14a-8)) to modify and
to expand the disclosure stockholders must provide when submitting proposals and to modify the
description of timely notice and to expand the disclosure stockholders must provide when submitting
director nominations for consideration.
Pursuant to the Amended Bylaws, advance notice of stockholder proposals and director
nominations must be received by the Secretary of the Company no earlier than the close of business
on the 120th day prior to the one year anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting and no
later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to that date. The notice must include
detailed disclosures regarding the proposing stockholders identity, ownership and voting interests
in Company securities and derivative positions held in the Companys securities as well as
descriptions of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between the proposing stockholder
and other stockholders. For director nominations, the notice also must include detailed disclosures
regarding any arrangements or understandings, material compensation agreements during the past
three years and material relationships between or among the proposing stockholder and the director
nominee or any of their respective affiliates.
Forum for Disputes
The Board added a provision to specify that the Delaware Court of Chancery is the sole forum
for (1) derivative actions on behalf of the Company, (2) claims asserting a breach of fiduciary
duty against the directors or officers of the Company, (3) claims against the Company pursuant to
Delaware law or the companys organizational documents or (4) claims against the Company governed
by the internal affairs doctrine.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Description |
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3.1
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Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Grand Canyon Education,
Inc. (as amended through July 29, 2010) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 2, 2010
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GRAND CANYON EDUCATION, INC.
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/s/ Daniel E. Bachus
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Daniel E. Bachus |
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Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 3.1
EXHIBIT 3.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
GRAND CANYON EDUCATION, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
PREAMBLE
These amended and restated bylaws (the Bylaws) are subject to, and governed by, the General
Corporate Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) and the certificate of incorporation, as
amended and/or as amended and restated from time to time (the Certificate), of Grand Canyon
Education, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation). In the event of a direct conflict
between the provisions of these Bylaws and the mandatory provisions of the DGCL or the provisions
of the Certificate, such provisions of the DGCL or the Certificate, as the case may be, will be
controlling.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
1.1 Registered Office and Agent. The registered office and registered agent of the
Corporation shall be designated from time to time by the appropriate filing by the Corporation in
the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at
such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as
the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as the
business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place (if
any) within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated from time to time by the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
2.2 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors
and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall
be held on a date to be fixed by the Board of Directors at the time and place to be fixed by the
Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. In lieu of holding an annual meeting
of stockholders at a designated place, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion,
determine that any annual meeting of stockholders may be held solely by means of remote
communication.
2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by
the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting and
shall be held at such place (if any), on such date and at such time as the Board may fix. In lieu
of holding a special meeting of stockholders at a designated place, the Board of Directors may, in
its sole
discretion, determine that any special meeting of stockholders may be held solely by means of
remote communication. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be confined
to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.
2.4 Notice of Meetings.
(a) Written notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given
not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date on which the meeting is to be
held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or
as required by law (meaning here and hereafter, as required from time to time by the DGCL or the
Certificate). The notice of any meeting shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the
meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may
be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting. The notice of a special meeting shall
state, in addition, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If mailed, notice is
given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at
his, her or its address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
(b) Notice to stockholders may be given by personal delivery, mail, or, with the consent of
the stockholder entitled to receive notice, by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission.
If mailed, such notice shall be delivered by postage prepaid envelope directed to each stockholder
at such stockholders address as it appears in the records of the Corporation and shall be deemed
given when deposited in the United States mail. Notice given by electronic transmission pursuant
to this subsection shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a
facsimile telecommunication number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if
by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has
consented to receive notice; (3) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate
notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the
giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when
directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the Secretary or an assistant Secretary or of the
transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by personal
delivery, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima
facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(c) Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by
such stockholder either in a writing signed by such stockholder or by electronic transmission,
whether such waiver is given before or after such meeting is held. If such a waiver is given by
electronic transmission, the electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with
information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the
stockholder.
2.5 Voting List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation
shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of
stock and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name
of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder, for any
purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10)
days prior to
the meeting, in the manner provided by law. The list shall also be produced and kept at the
time and place of the meeting during the whole time of the meeting, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present. This list shall determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to
vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
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2.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, the holders of a
majority of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting,
present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Where a separate class vote by a class or classes or series is required, a majority of
the shares of such class or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy shall
constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter.
2.7 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned to any other time and
to any other place at which a meeting of stockholders may be held under these Bylaws by the
chairman of the meeting or, in the absence of such person, by any officer entitled to preside at or
to act as Secretary of such meeting, or by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock present
or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, although less than a quorum. When a meeting is
adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting
if the date, time, and place and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders
and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the date of
any adjourned meeting is more than thirty (30) days after the date for which the meeting was
originally noticed, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of
the place, if any, date, and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications,
if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at
such adjourned meeting, shall be given in conformity with Section 2.4 hereof. At the adjourned
meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original
meeting.
2.8 Voting and Proxies. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock
entitled to vote held of record by such stockholder and a proportionate vote for each fractional
share so held, unless otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate. Each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person or may authorize any other person
or persons to vote or act for such stockholder by written proxy executed by the stockholder or its
authorized agent or by a transmission permitted by law and delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation. Any copy, facsimile transmission or other reliable reproduction of the writing or
transmission created pursuant to this Section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original
writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission
could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile transmission or other reproduction shall be a
complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
2.9 Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the
determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders
or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights in
respect of any change, concession or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful
action. Such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date
is adopted and
shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting,
nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action to which such record date relates. If no
record
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date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on
the day before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business
on the day before the day on which the meeting is held. If no record date is fixed by the Board of
Directors, the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close
of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating to such
purpose. 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.
2.10 Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, any election of
directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote
at the election, and any other matter shall be determined by a majority in voting power of the
shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter (or if there
are two or more classes of stock entitled to vote as separate classes, then in the case of each
such class, a majority of the shares of each such class present in person or represented by proxy
and entitled to vote on the matter shall decide such matter), except when a different vote is
required by express provision of law, the Certificate or these Bylaws. All voting, except on the
election of directors and where otherwise prohibited by law, may be by a voice vote; provided,
however, that upon demand therefor by a stockholder entitled to vote or his, her or its proxy, a
vote by ballot shall be taken. Each ballot shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting
and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting. The
Corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance of any meeting of
stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report
thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as an alternate inspector to replace
any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of
stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall,
appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the
discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability.
2.11 Notice of Stockholder Business.
(a) At an annual or special 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) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) properly brought before the meeting by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) properly brought before the meeting by a
stockholder of record. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder, it must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL and the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be
timely, a stockholder proposal to be presented at an annual meeting shall be received at the
Corporations principal executive offices not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day, nor later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day, prior to
the first anniversary of the date of the preceding years annual meeting as first specified in the
Corporations notice of
meeting (without regard to any postponements or adjournments of such meeting after such
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notice
was first sent), except that if no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the
annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days earlier or later than such anniversary date, notice by
the stockholders to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the later of
the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the date on
which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Public announcement for
purposes hereof shall have the meaning set forth in Article III, Section 3.15(c) of these Bylaws.
In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting
commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as
described above. For business to be properly brought before a special meeting by a stockholder,
the business must be limited to the purpose or purposes set forth in a request under Section 2.3.
(b) A stockholders notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall set forth as to each
matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (i) a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the meeting and the text of the proposal or business, including the
text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a
proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment, (ii) the name and address,
as they appear on the Corporations books, of the stockholder proposing such business and the names
and addresses of the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the business is being brought,
(iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote at the meeting on the date of such notice and intends to appear in person or by
proxy at the meeting to propose the business specified in the notice, (iv) any material interest of
the stockholder and any such other beneficial owner in such business, and (v) the following
information regarding the ownership interests of the stockholder or any such other beneficial
owner, which shall be supplemented in writing by the stockholder not later than ten (10) days after
the record date for voting at the meeting to disclose such interests as of such record date: (A)
the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by the
stockholder and any such other beneficial owner; (B) any option, warrant, convertible security,
stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement
payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with
a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the
Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the
underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a Derivative
Instrument) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or
indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the
value of shares of the Corporation; (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or
relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of
the Corporation; (D) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this
Section 2.11 and Section 3.15, a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if
such person, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship
or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the
value of the subject security); (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned
beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the
Corporation; (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments
held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a
general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner; and
(G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such
stockholder is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the
Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without
limitation, any such interests held by members of such stockholders immediate family sharing the
same household.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, a stockholder shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act)
and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section
2.11.
(d) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, the notice requirements set forth in
subsections (a) and (b) above shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if the stockholder has
notified the Corporation of the stockholders intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting
in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such
stockholders proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the
Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.
2.12 Conduct of Business. At every meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of the
Board, or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer, or, in his or her absence, such
other person as may be appointed by the Board of Directors, shall act as chairman. The Secretary
of the Corporation or a person designated by the chairman of the meeting shall act as Secretary of
the meeting. Unless otherwise approved by the chairman of the meeting, attendance at the
stockholders meeting is restricted to stockholders of record, persons authorized in accordance
with Section 2.8 of these Bylaws to act by proxy, and officers of the Corporation. The chairman of
the meeting shall call the meeting to order, establish the agenda, and conduct the business of the
meeting in accordance therewith or, at the chairmans discretion, it may be conducted otherwise in
accordance with the wishes of the stockholders in attendance. The date and time of the opening and
closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be
announced at the meeting. The chairman shall also conduct the meeting in an orderly manner, rule
on the precedence of, and procedure on, motions and other procedural matters, and exercise
discretion with respect to such procedural matters with fairness and good faith toward all those
entitled to take part. Without limiting the foregoing, the chairman may (a) restrict attendance at
any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies and other persons in attendance at
the invitation of the presiding officer or Board of Directors, (b) restrict use of audio or video
recording devices at the meeting, and (c) impose reasonable limits on the amount of time taken up
at the meeting on discussion in general or on remarks by any one stockholder. Should any person in
attendance become unruly or obstruct the meeting proceedings, the chairman shall have the power to
have such person removed from the meeting. Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary,
no business shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 2.12 and Section 2.11 above. The chairman of a meeting may determine and declare to
the meeting that any proposed item of business was not brought before the meeting in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 2.12 and Section 2.11, and if he or she should so determine, he
or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the
meeting shall not be transacted.
2.13 No Stockholder Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be
taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing
by such stockholders.
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2.14 Meetings by Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors, and
subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders
not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication,
participate in the meeting and be deemed present in person and vote at the meeting, whether such
meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided
that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed
present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or
proxy holder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders
and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters
submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the
meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (iii) if any stockholder or proxy
holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of
such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by
or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all of the powers of the
Corporation except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate. In the event of a vacancy in
the Board of Directors, the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided by law, may exercise
the powers of the full Board until the vacancy is filled.
3.2 Number and Term of Office. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors shall be
fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a
majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in
previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board for
adoption). All directors shall hold office until the expiration of the next annual meeting of
stockholders and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death,
resignation or removal of any director.
3.3 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Subject to the rights of the holders
of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting
from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or other cause (including removal from office
by a vote of the stockholders) may be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in
office, though less than a quorum (and not by stockholders), or by the sole remaining director, and
directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of
stockholders or until such directors successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. No
decrease in the number of authorized directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
3.4 Resignation. Any director may resign by delivering notice in writing or by
electronic transmission to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or Secretary.
Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some
other time or upon the happening of some other event.
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3.5 Removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock
then outstanding, any directors, 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 a majority of the voting
power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors, voting together as a single class. Vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting
from such removal may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a
quorum, or by the sole remaining director. Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next
annual meeting of stockholders or until such directors successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified.
3.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without
notice at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that any director who is absent
when such a determination is made shall be given notice of the determination. A regular meeting of
the Board of Directors may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the
annual meeting of stockholders.
3.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or two or more directors and may be held at any
time and place, within or without the State of Delaware.
3.8 Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of any special meeting of directors shall be
given to each director by whom it is not waived by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the
directors calling the meeting. Notice shall be duly given to each director by (i) giving notice to
such director in person or by telephone, electronic transmission or voice message system at least
24 hours in advance of the meeting, (ii) sending a facsimile to his or her last known facsimile
number, or delivering written notice by hand to his or her last known business or home address, at
least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, or (iii) mailing written notice to his or her last known
business or home address at least three days in advance of the meeting. A notice or waiver of
notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purposes of the meeting. Unless
otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special
meeting.
3.9 Participation in Meetings by Telephone Conference Calls or Other Methods of
Communication. Directors or any members of any committee designated by the directors may
participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference
telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at
such meeting.
3.10 Quorum. A majority of the total number of authorized directors shall constitute
a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting,
a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further
notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Interested directors
may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or at
a meeting of a committee which authorizes a particular contract or transaction.
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3.11 Action at Meeting. At any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is
present, the vote of a majority of those present shall be sufficient to take any action, unless a
different vote is specified by law, the Certificate or these Bylaws.
3.12 Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken
without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent to the
action in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writings or electronic transmissions are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. 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.
3.13 Committees. The Board of Directors shall designate an Audit Committee, a
Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and whatever other
committees the Board of Directors deems advisable, each of which shall have and may exercise the
powers and authority of the Board of Directors to the extent provided in the charters of each
committee adopted by the Board of Directors in one or more resolutions.. The Board of Directors
may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any
absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification
of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously
appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such
absent or disqualified member. Each such committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the
Board of Directors may from time to time request. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise
determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise
provided by such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as
is provided in these Bylaws for the Board of Directors.
3.14 Compensation of Directors. Directors may be paid such compensation for their
services and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary corporations in any other capacity and receiving
compensation for such service.
3.15 Nomination of Director Candidates.
(a) Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of preferred stock then
outstanding, nominations for the election of directors at an annual meeting may be made by (i) the
Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof or (ii) any stockholder entitled to vote
in the election of directors generally who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section
3.15 and who is a stockholder of record at the time notice is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation. Any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors generally may nominate
one or more
persons for election as directors at an annual meeting only if timely notice of such
stockholders intent to make such nomination or nominations has been given in writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder nomination for a director to be elected
at an annual meeting shall be received at the Corporations principal executive offices not earlier
than the close of business on the
one hundred twentieth (120th) day, nor later than the close of
business on the
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ninetieth (90th) day, prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding
years annual meeting as first specified in the Corporations notice of meeting (without regard to
any postponements or adjournments of such meeting after such notice was first sent), except that if
no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting is more than
thirty (30) days earlier or later than such anniversary date, notice by the stockholders to be
timely must be received at the Corporations principal executive offices not later than the close
of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the annual meeting or the tenth
(10th) day following the date on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first
made. Each such notice shall set forth (i) the name and address, as they appear on the
Corporations books, of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination and the names and
addresses of the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made and of the
person or persons to be nominated, (ii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record
of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors on the date of such
notice and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons
specified in the notice, (iii) the following information regarding the ownership interests of the
stockholder and such other beneficial owners, which shall be supplemented in writing by the
stockholder not later than ten (10) days after the record date for notice of the meeting to
disclose such interests as of such record date: (A) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by the stockholder or any such beneficial
owner; (B) any Derivative Instrument directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder
or any such beneficial owner and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any
profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation; (C) any
proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder or
any such beneficial owner has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation; (D)
any short interest in any security of the Corporation; (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of
the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder or any such beneficial owner that are
separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation; (F) any proportionate
interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a
general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or any such beneficial owner is a general
partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner; and (G) any
performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such stockholder or any such
beneficial owner is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the
Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without
limitation, any such interests held by members of such stockholders or beneficial owners
immediate family sharing the same household, (iv) a description of all arrangements or
understandings between the stockholder or such beneficial owner and each nominee and any other
person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations
are to be made by the stockholder, (v) 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 such stockholder and such other
beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates,
or others acting in
concert therewith, on
the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his respective affiliates and associates, or
others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all
information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under
Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf
the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert
therewith, were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or
executive officer of such
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registrant, (vi) such other information regarding each nominee proposed
by such stockholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the
proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, had the nominee been nominated, or intended
to be nominated, by the Board of Directors, and (vii) the consent of each nominee to serve as a
director of the Corporation if so elected. In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time
period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. Notwithstanding the third
sentence of this Section 3.15(a), in the event that the number of directors to be elected at an
annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the
nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred thirty (130) days prior to the first
anniversary of the date of the preceding years annual meeting as first specified in the
Corporations notice of meeting (without regard to any postponements or adjournments of such
meeting after such notice was first sent), a stockholders notice required by this Section 3.15(a)
shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional
directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which
such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(b) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special
meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporations notice
of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof or any
stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this Section 3.15 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such
notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation calls a
special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of
Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election
to such position(s) as are specified in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders
notice as required by paragraph (a) of this Bylaw shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to
such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the seventieth (70th)
day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public
announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the
Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time
period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(c) For purposes of these Bylaws, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news
service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.15, a stockholder shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 3.15.
(e) Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.15
shall be eligible to serve as directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the
meeting shall have the power and duty (i) to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.15, and (ii) if any proposed nomination was not
made in compliance with this Section 3.15, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded.
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(f) If the chairman of the meeting for the election of directors determines that a nomination
of any candidate for election as a director at such meeting was not made in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Section 3.15, such nomination shall be void; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section 3.15 shall be deemed to limit any voting rights upon the occurrence of
dividend arrearages provided to holders of preferred stock pursuant to the preferred stock
designation for any series of preferred stock.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
4.1 Enumeration. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive
Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Chief Financial Officer and such other officers with such
other titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, including, at the discretion of the Board
of Directors, a Chairman of the Board (who may be an Executive Chairman), a President, and one or
more Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretaries. The Board of Directors may appoint such other
officers as it may deem appropriate.
4.2 Election. Officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its
first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders. Officers may be appointed by the Board
of Directors at any other meeting.
4.3 Qualification. No officer need be a stockholder. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person.
4.4 Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate or by these
Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless
a different term is specified in the vote appointing him or her, or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal.
4.5 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign by delivering his or her written
resignation to the Corporation at its principal office or to the President or Secretary. Such
resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other
time or upon the happening of some other event. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may
be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.
4.6 Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may appoint a Chairman of the
Board. If the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, he or she shall perform such
duties and possess such powers as are assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. Unless
otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, he or she shall preside at all meetings of the Board
of Directors.
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4.7 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall,
subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control
of the business and the officers of the Corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a Chairman of the Board, at all meetings of the
Board of Directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in
the chief executive officer of a Corporation, including general supervision, direction and control
of the business and supervision of other officers of the Corporation, and shall have such other
powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
4.8 President. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and such
supervisory powers as may be given by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the
Board or the Chief Executive Officer, if such titles be held by other officers, the President, if
any, shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business and supervision of other
officers of the Corporation. Unless otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, and in the
absence of a Chief Executive Officer, the President, if any, shall be the chief executive officer
of the Corporation. The President shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. He or she shall have power to sign stock certificates,
contracts and other instruments of the Corporation which are authorized and shall have general
supervision and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation,
other than the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer.
4.9 Vice Presidents. Any Vice President shall perform such duties and possess such
powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to
time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive
Officer or President, the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents
in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive
Officer or the President and when so performing shall have the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer or President. The Board of Directors may assign to
any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any other title
selected by the Board of Directors.
4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall perform such duties and
shall have such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may
from time to time prescribe. In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such
powers as are incident to the office of the Secretary, including, without limitation, the duty and
power to give notices of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of
Directors, to keep a record of the proceedings of all meetings of stockholders and the Board of
Directors, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as
required, to be custodian of corporate records and the corporate seal and to affix and attest to
the same on documents. Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers
as the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. In
the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or
if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of
Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary. In the absence of
the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of stockholders or directors, the person
presiding at the meeting shall designate a temporary Secretary to keep a record of the meeting.
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4.11 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are
incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation, the duty and power to keep and
be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to maintain the financial records
of the Corporation, to deposit funds of the Corporation in depositories as authorized, to disburse
such funds as authorized, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the
Board of Directors accounts of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the
Corporation.
4.12 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform such duties
and shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Unless otherwise designated by the Board
of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall be the Treasurer of the Corporation.
4.13 Salaries. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries,
compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
4.14 Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate
the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision
hereof.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
5.1 Issuance of Stock. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate, the whole or any
part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation or the whole or any
part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation held in its
treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Board of
Directors in such manner, for such consideration and on such terms as the Board of Directors may
determine.
5.2 Certificates of Stock. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that
some or all of any class or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares; provided, however,
that no such resolution shall apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate
is surrendered to the Corporation. Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any
restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate, the Bylaws, applicable securities laws or any
agreement among any number of shareholders or among such holders and the Corporation shall have
conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction
or a statement of the existence of such restriction.
5.3 Transfers. Except as otherwise established by rules and regulations adopted by
the Board of Directors, and subject to applicable law, shares of stock may be transferred on the
books of the Corporation: (i) in the case of shares represented by a certificate, by the surrender
to the
Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly
endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with
such proof of authority or authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may
reasonably require; and (ii) in the case of uncertificated shares, upon the receipt of proper
transfer instructions from the registered owner thereof. Except as may be otherwise required by
law, the Certificate or the Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of
stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of
dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or
other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the
Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
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5.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new
certificate of stock in place of any previously issued certificate alleged to have been lost,
stolen, or destroyed, or it may issue uncertificated shares if the shares represented by such
certificate have been designated as uncertificated shares in accordance with Section 5.2, upon such
terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe, including the presentation of
reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity as the
Board of Directors may require for the protection of the Corporation or any transfer agent or
registrar.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as fixed by the Board of
Directors.
6.2 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved by
the Board of Directors.
6.3 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given by law,
by the Certificate or by these Bylaws, a waiver of such notice either in writing signed by the
person entitled to such notice or such persons duly authorized attorney, or by electronic
transmission or any other method permitted under the DGCL, whether before, at or after the time
stated in such waiver, or the appearance of such person or persons at such meeting in person or by
proxy, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. Neither the business nor the purpose of any
meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute waiver of
notice except attendance for the sole purpose of objecting to the timeliness of notice.
6.4 Actions with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Except as the Board of
Directors may otherwise designate, the Chief Executive Officer or President or any officer of the
Corporation authorized by the Chief Executive Officer or President shall have the power to vote and
otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, and may waive notice of, and act
as, or appoint any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact to this Corporation (with
or without power of substitution) at any meeting of stockholders or shareholders (or with respect
to any action of stockholders) of any other Corporation or organization, the securities of which
may be held by this Corporation and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which this
Corporation
may possess by reason of this Corporations ownership of securities in such other Corporation
or other organization.
6.5 Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary,
or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any
officer or representative of the Corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in
good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.
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6.6 Certificate of Incorporation. All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate
shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and/or
amended and restated and in effect from time to time.
6.7 Severability. Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any
reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of
these Bylaws.
6.8 Pronouns. All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the
masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may
require.
6.9 Notices. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by law, all
notices required to be given to any stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent shall be in
writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof,
by depositing such notice in the mails, postage paid, or by sending such notice by commercial
courier service, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission, provided that notice to
stockholders by electronic transmission shall be given in the manner provided in Section 232 of the
DGCL. Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent
at his or her last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. The time
when such notice shall be deemed to be given shall be the time such notice is received by such
stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent, or by any person accepting such notice on behalf
of such person, if delivered by hand, facsimile, other electronic transmission or commercial
courier service, or the time such notice is dispatched, if delivered through the mails. Without
limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively, notice to any stockholder
shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has
consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address
at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by a posting on an electronic
network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later
of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; (4) if by any other form of
electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder; and (5) if by mail, when deposited in
the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears
on the records of the Corporation.
6.10 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, each member of any
committee designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the
performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of
account or other records of the Corporation as provided by law, including reports made to the
Corporation by any of its officers, by an independent certified public accountant, or by an
appraiser selected with reasonable care.
6.11 Time Periods. In applying any provision of these Bylaws which require that an
act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during
a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of
the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.
6.12 Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile
signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer
or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or
a committee thereof.
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6.13 Forum for Disputes. The Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the
sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the
Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director
or officer of the Corporation to the Corporation or to the Corporations stockholders, (iii) any
action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the
Certificate, or the Bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed
by the internal affairs doctrine.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
7.1 By the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise set forth in these Bylaws, these
Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the directors present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at
which a quorum is present.
7.2 By the Stockholders. Except as otherwise set forth in these Bylaws, these Bylaws
may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the
Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote generally in any election of directors,
voting together as a single class. Such vote may be held at any annual meeting of stockholders, or
at any special meeting of stockholders provided that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal
or adoption of new Bylaws shall have been stated in the notice of such special meeting.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
8.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened
to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of
whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another
Corporation, or as a controlling person of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer, or in any other capacity while
serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the
fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the
case of any such amendment,
only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment)
against all expenses, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 8.2 of this
Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with
a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person
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only if (a) such indemnification is
expressly required to be made by law, (b) the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, (c) such indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in
its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under the DGCL, or (d) the
proceeding (or part thereof) is brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or
advancement under an indemnity agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under
Section 145 of the DGCL. The rights hereunder shall be contract rights and shall include the right
to be paid expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition;
provided, however, that the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or
officer of the Corporation in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other
capacity in which service was or is tendered by such person while a director or officer, including,
without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of
such proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on
behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined
ultimately by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such
director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise.
8.2 Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 8.1 is not paid in full
by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, or 20
days in the case of a claim for advancement of expenses, the claimant may at any time thereafter
bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if such suit is
not frivolous or brought in bad faith, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense
of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought
to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to this Corporation) that the
claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL for the
Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. Neither the failure of the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to
have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the
claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board
of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by the Corporation to
recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall
be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final judicial decision from which there is no further
right to appeal that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set
forth in the DGCL. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or
to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of
expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the
burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such
advancement of expenses, shall be on the Corporation.
8.3 Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent
authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to the
advancement of related expenses, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent
of the provisions of this Article with respect to the indemnification of and advancement of
expenses to directors and officers of the Corporation.
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8.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person in this Article
VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which such persons may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Certificate, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
8.5 Indemnification Contracts. The Board of Directors is authorized to enter into a
contract with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including employee benefit plans, providing
for indemnification rights equivalent to or, if the Board of Directors so determines, greater than,
those provided for in this Article VIII.
8.6 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance to the extent reasonably
available, at its expense, to protect itself and any such director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation or another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
8.7 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person in this Article
VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which such persons may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Certificate, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
8.8 Effect of Amendment. Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of
this Article VIII shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an indemnitee or his or her
successor existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation were adopted on July 29, 2010
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
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GRAND CANYON EDUCATION, INC.
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/s/ Brent D. Richardson
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Brent D. Richardson, Executive Chairman |
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Attest:
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/s/ Christopher C. Richardson
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Christopher C. Richardson, Secretary |
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