DY Dycom Industries Inc

 

 

 

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 20, 2024 

 

DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida		001-10613		59-1277135
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission file number)		(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

 

		11780 U.S. Highway One, Suite 600
		Palm Beach Gardens,	FL	33408
		(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 627-7171 

 

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-4c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common stock, par value $0.33 1/3 per share		DY		New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On August 20, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dycom Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) amended and restated, effective immediately, the Company’s By-Laws (the “By-Laws”) to:

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Revise Article I, Section 1 and Article II, Section 2 to allow the Board to modify the location of the Company’s registered office and the date of the annual meeting of shareholders, respectively.

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Revise Article II, Section 3 and Article III, Section 3 to add the Company’s Chief Executive Officer to the list of officers who are authorized to direct the delivery of a notice of an annual or special meeting of shareholders.

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Revise Article V, Section 6 and related provisions to update the notification and other requirements related to nominations of directors and solicitations of proxies, including requiring compliance with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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Remove the delegated authority to the Chairman of the Board to perform duties within the authority of management in Article IX, Section 6.

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Revise and update the general description of and the duties of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President in Article IX.

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Delete Article XI, Section 2, which contained a mandatory retirement age for the Company’s officers.

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Update the various forms of communication that the Company can use to notify and otherwise communicate with the Company’s shareholders and incorporate ministerial, clarifying and conforming changes.

The foregoing description of the amendments to the By-Laws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the By-Laws, as amended and restated, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)	Exhibits
3.1	Fourth Amended and Restated By-Laws of Dycom Industries, Inc., as amended August 20, 2024.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Dated: August 23, 2024

 

DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. (Registrant)
By:	/s/ Ryan F. Urness
Name:	Ryan F. Urness
Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation shall be located at such place as the board of directors may from time to time determine, or the business of the corporation may require.

 

Section 2. Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Florida, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Place of Meeting. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held in the City of Palm Beach Gardens, State of Florida, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, or at such other place, either within or without the State of Florida, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 2. Date and Hour of Meeting. Annual meetings of shareholders shall be held at such date and hour as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

Only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the presiding officer.

 

Section 3. Notice of Meeting. Written notice of the annual meeting, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the chief executive officer, the president, the secretary or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

 

Section 4. Purpose of Meeting. At the annual meeting, the shareholders shall elect a board of directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 5. Matters to be Considered at Annual Meeting. At an annual meeting of shareholders, only such new business shall be conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon as shall have been properly brought before the annual meeting. To be properly brought before the annual meeting, nominations of persons for election to the board must be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article V, Section 6.

 

To be properly brought before the annual meeting, business (other than nominations for election to the board of directors, which shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article V, Section 6 below) must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the board of directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors (or any committee thereof), or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder of record of the corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 5 is delivered to the secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who otherwise complies with this Section 5. For any proposed business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (c) above of this paragraph, the proposed business must constitute a proper matter for shareholder action. Any such shareholder may propose business to be brought before a meeting only if such shareholder has given timely notice to the secretary of the corporation in proper written form of the shareholder’s intent to propose such business. To be timely, the shareholder’s notice must set forth all information required under this Section 5 and be delivered by a nationally recognized courier service or mailed by first class United States mail, postage or delivery charges prepaid, and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation addressed to the attention of the secretary of the corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days before the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before, or more than 70 days after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder must be so received not earlier than 120 days before such annual meeting and not later than the later of 90 days before such annual meeting or 10 days following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation). For the purposes of these bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release issued by the corporation, in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission or such other means that the corporation customarily makes public announcements to shareholders of the corporation. 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 shareholder’s notice as described above.

 

 

A shareholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of the shareholder proposing such business and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (iii) the class, series and number of shares of the corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by the shareholder and such beneficial owner and a representation that the shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of the class and number of such shares owned beneficially and of record as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (iv) 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 shareholder or 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 and a representation that the shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of any such Derivative Instrument in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (v) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the shareholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, the shareholder, such beneficial owner or any of their respective affiliates or associates or any others acting in concert with the foregoing, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the shareholder or any of its affiliates or associates with respect to shares of capital stock of the corporation, and a representation that the shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (vi) a description of any material interest of the shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, in such business, (vii) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business, (viii) a representation whether the shareholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of such proposal, (ix) any other information that is required to be provided by the shareholder pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “1934 Act”) in such shareholder’s capacity as a proponent of a shareholder proposal, and (x) all other information relating to the proposed business which may be required to be disclosed under applicable law. In addition, a shareholder seeking to submit such business at the meeting shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the corporation.

 

 

Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5, and no nominations shall be considered at an annual or special meeting of shareholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article V, Section 6 below; provided, however, that the foregoing notice requirements of this Section 5 shall be deemed satisfied by a shareholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the shareholder has notified the corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the 1934 Act and such shareholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the board of directors (or such other person presiding at the meeting in accordance with these bylaws) shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5 (including whether the shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such shareholder’s proposal in compliance with such shareholder’s representation as required by clause (viii) above of this Section 5), 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, unless otherwise required by law, if the shareholder (or a qualified representative of the shareholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of shareholders of the corporation to present proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such proposed business may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 5, to be considered a qualified representative of the shareholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such shareholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such shareholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such shareholder to act for such shareholder as proxy at the meeting of shareholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of shareholders.

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5 or Article V, Section 6, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 5 or Article V, Section 6; provided however, that any references in these bylaws to the 1934 Act are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 5 or Article V, Section 6, and compliance with clause (c) of the third paragraph of this Section 5 or Article V, Section 6. Nothing in this Section 5 shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act.

 

This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, the board of directors and committees of the board of directors, but in connection with such reports, no new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated, filed and received as herein provided.

 

The shareholder providing the notice shall notify the Secretary in writing at the principal executive offices of the corporation of any inaccuracy or change in any such information, including if a shareholder giving notice of any nomination no longer plans to solicit proxies in accordance with its representation pursuant to this Section 5, within two (2) business days of becoming aware of such inaccuracy or change.

 

Section 6. Conduct of Meetings of Shareholders by Presiding Officer. The presiding officer at any meeting of the shareholders of the corporation shall have the power (A) to determine the procedure to be followed in presenting and voting upon all business that may be transacted at the meeting and to adopt, to the extent he deems appropriate, rules for such purpose, (B) to adjourn a meeting, duly called and noticed, at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy if a matter to be considered and acted upon at the meeting requires the affirmative vote of more than a majority of a quorum at the meeting voting in person or by proxy and at the meeting as originally duly called and noticed (i) the number of shares voted in person or by proxy in favor of such matter is insufficient to approve it and (ii) the number of shares voted in person or by proxy against such matter is insufficient to disapprove it. Shares which are voted in person or by proxy as abstaining from voting on any such matter shall be deemed not to have voted on such matter for the purposes of this Section 6. At any adjourned meeting which has been adjourned by the presiding officer as provided in this Section 6, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the meeting as originally called if a quorum is present.

 

ARTICLE III
SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

Section 1. Time and Place of Meeting. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Florida, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2. Purpose of Meeting: Persons Entitled to Call. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the articles of incorporation, may be called at any time by the chairman of the board and shall be called by the chairman of the board or the secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board of directors or of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Any such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the presiding officer.

 

Section 3. Notice of Meeting. Written notice of a special meeting, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the chief executive officer, the secretary or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Section 4. Business Transacted at Meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE IV
SHAREHOLDER LIST;
QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

 

Section 1. Shareholder List. The officer or agent having charge of the corporation’s stock transfer books shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof, with the address and number of shares held by each shareholder. For a period of ten days prior to the meeting, the list shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation, at the principal place of business of the corporation or at the office of the transfer agent or registrar of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. The list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during the meeting.

 

Section 2. Quorum. A majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of shareholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

 

Section 3. Vote Required for Shareholders’ Action. If a quorum is present, a vote shall be the act of the shareholders (including in elections of directors) if the affirmative vote of shares of stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the vote of a greater number of shares of stock is required by statute or by the articles of incorporation, except as set forth below.

 

If the secretary of the corporation determines in an election of directors that the number of nominees (including those proposed nominees identified in any notices delivered pursuant to Article V, Section 6 and not withdrawn by such date, determined ineligible or determined by the board of directors (or a committee thereof) to not create a bona fide election contest) exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the plurality of the votes cast by the shares of stock represented and entitled to vote at the meeting, unless the vote of a greater number of shares of stock is required by the articles of incorporation. The nominees for directors receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be elected.

 

The corporate governance committee has established procedures under which any director who is not elected shall tender his or her resignation to the board. The corporate governance committee will make a recommendation to the board on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The board will act on the committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. If a director’s resignation is not accepted by the board, such director will continue to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death. If a director’s resignation is accepted by the board, then the board may fill any resulting vacancy in accordance with these by-laws or the articles of incorporation. Directors need not be shareholders. If, for any cause, the board of directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these by-laws.

 

Section 4. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected at that time and for whose election he has a right to vote.

 

 

Section 5. Action by Shareholders Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, any action required by statute to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. If any class of shares is entitled to vote thereon as a class, such written consent shall be required of the holders or a majority of the shares of each class of shares entitled to vote as a class thereon and of the total shares entitled to vote thereon. Within ten days after obtaining such authorization by written consent, notice shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing. The notice shall fairly summarize the material features of the authorized action and, if the action be a merger, consolidation, or sale or exchange of assets for which dissenters’ rights are provided by statute, the notice shall contain a clear statement of the right of shareholders dissenting therefrom to be paid the fair value of their shares upon compliance with further provisions of law regarding the rights of dissenting shareholders.

 

For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. Any shareholder of record seeking to have the shareholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the secretary, request the board of directors to fix a record date. The board of directors shall, within ten (10) days after the date on which such written notice is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors within ten (10) days after receipt of such written notice, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Florida, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders are recorded, to the attention of the secretary. Delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors and prior action by the board of directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

 

Section 6. Inspectors of Written Consent. In the event of the delivery, in the manner prescribed by law or in these bylaws, to the corporation of the requisite written consent or consents to take corporate action or any related revocations thereof, the corporation may designate one or more persons for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of such consents and revocations. The corporation may designate one or more persons to act as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such date as the independent inspectors certify to the corporation that the consents delivered to the corporation in accordance with applicable law and these bylaws represent at least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take the corporate action. Nothing contained in this Section 6 shall affect the right of the board of directors or any shareholder to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).

 

ARTICLE V
DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Number; Term. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the board. Directors need not be residents of the State of Florida or shareholders of the corporation. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders and each director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death.

 

Section 2. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board, including any vacancy created by reason of an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, and any director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified.

 

 

Section 3. Management of Business and Affairs. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors, which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

 

Section 4. Maintenance of Books and Records. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside the State of Florida, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

 

Section 5. Compensation of Directors. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise.

 

Section 6. Director Nominations. Nominations of candidates for election as directors at any meeting of shareholders called for an election of directors (an “Election Meeting”) may be made (a) by, or at the direction of, the nominating committee of the board of directors, or, if there is no such nominating committee, by, or at the direction of, a majority of the board of directors or (b) by any shareholder of the corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving notice provided in this Section 6, who is entitled to vote at such Election Meeting, and who has given proper and timely notice of his intention to make such nomination as provided in this Section 6. Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6 shall be eligible for election as directors at an Election Meeting.

 

A shareholder desiring to make a nomination pursuant to clause (b) of the preceding paragraph (a “Nominating Shareholder”) shall give timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation as set forth in this Section 6. To be timely, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice must set forth all information required under this Section 6 and be delivered by a nationally recognized courier service or mailed by first class United States mail, postage and delivery charges prepaid, and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation addressed to the attention of the secretary of the corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days before the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before, or more than 70 days after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder must be so received not earlier than 120 days before such annual meeting and not later than the later of 90 days before such annual meeting or 10 days following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation).

 

 

A Nominating Shareholder’s notice shall be signed by such Nominating Shareholder and set forth, as of the date of such notice, as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director and as to the Nominating Shareholder (or if such notice is given by, or with respect to, a person who is part of a group, as to each person in such group): (i) the name and record address of the Nominating Shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (ii) the class, series and number of shares of the corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by the Nominating Shareholder and such beneficial owner and a representation that the Nominating Shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of the class and number of such shares owned beneficially and of record as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (iii) any Derivative Instrument directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such Nominating Shareholder or 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 and a representation that the Nominating Shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of any such Derivative Instrument in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (iv) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the Nominating Shareholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, the Nominating Shareholder, such beneficial owner or any of their respective affiliates or associates or any others acting in concert with the foregoing, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the Nominating Shareholder or any of its affiliates or associates with respect to shares of capital stock of the corporation, and a representation that the Nominating Shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (v) a representation that the Nominating Shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such nomination, (vi) a representation whether the shareholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of such nomination, (vii) in the event that the Nominating Shareholder intends to solicit proxies in support of nominations of persons for election to the board of directors other than the corporation’s nominees for election to the board of directors, a representation that the Nominating Shareholder intends to solicit the holders of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock entitled to vote on the election of directors in support of director nominees other than the corporation’s nominees for election to the board of directors in accordance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act and has otherwise complied or will otherwise comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the 1934 Act, (viii) all other information that is required to be provided by the Nominating Shareholder pursuant to Section 14 of the 1934 Act in such Nominating Shareholder’s capacity as a proponent of a shareholder proposal, and (ix) all other information relating to the proposed nomination which may be required to be disclosed under applicable law. In addition, a shareholder seeking to submit such nomination at the meeting shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the corporation. The corporation may require the proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation.

 

 

No person shall be elected as a director of the corporation at an Election Meeting unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6. No nomination shall be valid if the nominee is not duly qualified, at the time of nomination, to serve as a director in compliance with all provisions of the articles of incorporation, the by-laws and all applicable laws. Ballots bearing the names of all persons who have been properly nominated for election as directors at an Election Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6 shall be provided for use at the Election Meeting.

 

A shareholder’s notice to the secretary of the corporation shall be submitted to the board of directors for review. The board of directors may determine whether a notice has complied with all requirements of this Section 6, and may reject as invalid any nomination by a shareholder who has not given timely notice of his intention to make such nomination, containing all information required by this Section 6, or whose notice is found to contain any material misstatements. If the board of directors does not make a determination as to the compliance of a shareholder’s notice with the requirements of this Section 6, the presiding officer of the Election Meeting shall determine and declare at the Election Meeting whether such notice has so complied and whether the nomination proposed in such notice may be made in accordance with the terms of this Section 6. If the board of directors or the presiding officer determines that such nomination may be made in accordance with the terms of this Section 6, and if the shareholder giving such notice shall make such nomination at the Election Meeting, the presiding officer shall so declare the nomination valid at the Election Meeting. If the board of directors or the presiding officer determines that a notice of a proposed nomination was not given in accordance with the terms of this Section 6, and if a shareholder shall propose such nomination at the Election Meeting, the presiding officer shall declare the nomination invalid at the Election Meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the inclusion of the name of any such nominee in any proxy materials distributed by or on behalf of the corporation.

 

The Nominating Shareholder shall notify the Secretary in writing at the principal executive offices of the corporation of any inaccuracy or change in any such information, including if a Nominating Shareholder no longer plans to solicit proxies in accordance with its representation pursuant to this Section 6, within two (2) business days of becoming aware of such inaccuracy or change.

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, unless otherwise required by law, (1) no shareholder shall solicit proxies in support of director nominees, other than the corporation’s nominees, unless such shareholder has complied with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act in connection with the solicitation of such proxies, including the requirement to provide the corporation with the notices required thereunder in a timely manner and (2) if any shareholder (A) provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the 1934 Act and (B) subsequently notifies the corporation that such shareholder no longer intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the corporation’s nominees in accordance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act, fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) or Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the 1934 Act or fails to timely provide reasonable evidence sufficient to satisfy the corporation that such shareholder has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the 1934 Act in accordance with the following sentence, then the nomination of each such director nominee shall be disregarded and any proxies or votes solicited for the shareholder’s director nominees shall be disregarded. If any shareholder provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the 1934 Act, such shareholder shall deliver to the corporation, no later than five (5) business days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable documentary evidence that such person has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act, including clause (a)(3) thereof, together with a representation that such person has complied with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act.

 

A shareholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other shareholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for exclusive use by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE VI
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Place. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Florida. At meetings of the board of directors, the chairman of the board shall preside.

 

Section 2. First Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board shall be held at the time and place fixed for the annual meeting of shareholders, and immediately following the same, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or the meeting may convene at such place and time as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board or as shall be fixed by the written consent of all the directors.

 

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings; Notice. Regular meetings of the board may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings; Notice. Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman of the board on three days notice to each director, delivered personally or by first-class mail, facsimile, email or other form of electronic transmission. Special meetings shall be called by the chairman of the board or the secretary in like manner and on like notice upon the written request of two directors.

 

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of a meeting of the board need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice either before or after the meeting. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting and waiver of any and all objections to the place or time of the meeting or the manner in which it has been called or convened, except when a director states, at the beginning of the meeting, any objection to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by statute or by the articles of incorporation. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the articles of incorporation. Members of the board of directors may participate in a meeting of the board by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 7. Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required by statute to be taken at a meeting of the board, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the board or a committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action to be so taken, signed by all the directors or all the members of the committee, as the case may be, is filed in the minutes of the proceedings of the board or of the committee. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote.

 

 

ARTICLE VII
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

 

Section 1. Designation; Authority. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, may designate from among its members an executive committee and one or more other committees, each of which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and may exercise all the authority of the board in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of any committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required.

 

Section 2. Absence or Disqualification of Committee Member. In the absence or disqualification from voting of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member.

 

ARTICLE VIII
NOTICES

 

Section 1. How and When Given. Whenever, under the provision of the statutes or of the articles of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by facsimile, email or other form of electronic transmission.

 

Section 2. Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or the articles of incorporation or of these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE IX
OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES

 

Section 1. Titles. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors and shall consist of a chairman of the board of directors, a chief executive officer, a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board may also elect additional vice-presidents and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

 

Section 2. Manner of Appointment. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders shall elect a chairman of the board of directors, and may elect a chief executive officer, a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be a member of the board except the chairman of the board of directors.

 

Section 3. Other Officers and Agents. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the board shall determine from time to time.

 

Section 4. Compensation. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

 

Section 5. Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board.

 

Section 6. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. There shall be a chairman of the board of directors who shall be elected by the board of directors from its members. The chairman of the corporation shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors. The chairman shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board are implemented and shall perform such other functions as the board of directors may require from time to time. The chairman shall be responsible to the board of directors and shall seek board approval and guidance on major corporation strategies, policies, and objectives, including long-range planning, mergers, acquisitions, consolidations and liquidations.

 

Section 7. The Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as generally pertain or are necessarily incidental to the chief executive officer’s office and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be specifically assigned to the chief executive officer from time to time by the board of directors. In addition, the chief executive officer shall have general charge of, and shall direct, and supervise the operations of the corporation’s subsidiaries, subject to the control and direction of the chairman of the board and the board of directors. The chief executive officer shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

 

 

Section 8. The President. The president, if any, shall, in the absence or disability of the chief executive officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chief executive officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board or the chief executive officer may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 9. The Vice 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, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 10. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the shareholders and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of special meetings of the board of directors and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the chief executive officer, under whose supervision he shall be. The secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 11. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the chairman of the board of directors and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation. The assistant treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board may from time to time prescribe.

 

 

Section 12. General Counsel. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, appoint a General Counsel of the Corporation. That General Counsel shall render such legal service and perform such duties as the Board of Directors, chairman of the Board of Directors, chief executive officer or other elected or appointed officer may request from time to time.

 

ARTICLE X
SHARES

 

Section 1. Shares Represented by Certificates. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the chairman of the board of directors or the chief executive officer, the president or a vice-president of the corporation and by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. Every shareholder shall be entitled to have a certificate representing all shares to which the shareholder is entitled. When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class or more than one series of any class, there shall be set forth or fairly summarized upon the face or back of the certificate, or the certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of, the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class or series authorized to be issued and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and determined and the authority of the board of directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.

 

Section 2. Signatures. The signatures of the officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is manually signed on behalf of a transfer agent or a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issuance.

 

Section 3. Lost Certificates. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

 

Section 4. Transfers of Shares. Upon surrender to the corporation or to the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto and the old certificate shall be canceled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

 

Section 5. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty days and, in the case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken.

 

Section 6. Registered Shareholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not the corporation shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Florida.

 

ARTICLE XI
MANDATORY RETIREMENT

 

Section 1. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or by statute, all members of the board of directors shall retire upon attaining sixty-eight (68) years of age. The resignation of a member of the board of directors pursuant to this Section shall take effect at the expiration of said individual’s then current term of office. If a member of the board of directors is sixty-eight (68) years of age or younger at the date of his or her election, said individual may serve his or her complete term of office.

 

 

Section 2. Exceptions to the mandatory retirement described in Section 1 above shall be permitted only if approved by the unanimous vote of the board of directors.

 

 

ARTICLE XII
REDEMPTION OF CONTROL SHARES

 

Section 1. Authorization of Redemption. In the event (i) that no acquiring person’s statement that complies with Section 607.0902 of the Florida Business Corporation Act, or any successor statute applicable to control share acquisitions, as presently defined in such Section 607.0902, (the “Control Share Act”) has been delivered to the corporation with respect to a control share acquisition on or before the date of mailing a notice of redemption of control shares pursuant to this Article XII, or (ii) that any control shares are not accorded full voting rights by the shareholders pursuant to the Control Share Act, the board of directors shall have the power, at its option, to cause the corporation to redeem any or all of such control shares at the fair value thereof, in accordance with the time and other requirements specified by the Control Share Act with respect to corporations, the articles or by-laws of which authorize redemption of Control Shares and by this Article XII. “Fair value” for purposes of the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be equal to the Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) per share of the class or series of which the control shares are part immediately prior to the first public announcement of the intent or plan of the acquiring person to make a control share acquisition (the “Announcement Date”), and “Fair Market Value” shall be equal to (i) the average of the reported closing sale prices during the period of thirty consecutive days on which such closing sale prices are reported immediately preceding the Announcement Date if such shares are listed on a securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act or if closing sales prices are reported in the National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), or (ii) if such shares are not listed on any such exchange or such closing sales prices are not so reported on the National Market System, the average of the closing bid quotations with respect to such shares during such thirty-day period immediately preceding the Announcement Date as reported on NASDAQ or any similar system then in common use, or (iii) if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of such shares immediately prior to the Announcement Date as determined by the board of directors by such other reasonable method as the board of directors shall, in its discretion, select and apply.

 

Section 2. Notice. In case the board of directors shall desire to exercise the corporation’s right to redeem control shares pursuant to this Article XII, a notice of such redemption shall be given to the holder or holders of record of such control shares within the time period, if any, specified by the Control Share Act, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for such redemption (the “Redemption Date”), to such holder’s or holders’ last address(es) appearing upon the stock transfer records of the corporation. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not any such holder receives the notice, as of the date of mailing of the notice. In any case, failure to give notice by mail to the holder of any control shares, or any defect in such notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other control share. Each such notice shall specify the redemption price at which the control shares subject to such redemption are to be redeemed (the “Redemption Price”).

 

 

Section 3. Payment. Payment of the Redemption Price for control shares redeemed pursuant to this Article XII shall be made upon presentation and surrender of the certificate(s) representing the control shares (with such instruments of transfer and other assurances as the board of directors may reasonably request) provided that neither the corporation nor any director or officer of the corporation shall have any liability, in contract or otherwise, to any person as the result of any failure to make such payment of the Redemption Price, and the sole consequence of such failure shall be that no such redemption shall occur on the Redemption Date. Unless the corporation shall fail to pay the Redemption Price upon presentation and surrender of the certificates representing control shares and such instruments of transfer and other assurances as the board of directors may request, from and after the Redemption Date, a holder of control shares which are subject to redemption shall have no rights with respect to such control shares (including no rights to vote or to receive distributions in respect thereof with respect to matters for which the record date shall fall on or after the Redemption Date) except the right to receive the Redemption Price (without interest) upon compliance with the procedures specified by this Article XII.

 

Section 4. General. The board of directors may by resolution specify such other procedures as may, in its discretion, be deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of implementing this Article XII and is hereby empowered to determine, on the basis of the information known to it, all matters with respect to which a determination is required under the Control Share Act in connection with redemption of control shares.

 

Terms used in this Article XII and not otherwise defined shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings assigned to them by the Control Share Act.

 

ARTICLE XIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1. Dividends. Subject to the provisions of the articles of incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the corporation’s capital stock, subject to any provisions of the articles of incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

 

Section 2. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 4. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its incorporation, and the words “Corporate Seal, Florida.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.

 

ARTICLE XIV
INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 1. Corporation to Indemnify. Except as prohibited under Florida law or this by-law, the corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she was or is a director, an officer or the General Counsel of the corporation, or a director, an officer or the General Counsel of the corporation serving as a trustee or fiduciary of an employee benefit plan of the corporation, and the board of directors may indemnify any employee of the corporation with respect to such circumstances by resolution, against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including an appeal thereof. This obligation to indemnify shall not apply, however, to any person against whom the corporation has commenced any proceeding (other than as a nominal plaintiff in a shareholder’s derivative suit), including such proceeding by way of counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party complaint; nor shall it apply to any person who has commenced any proceeding against the corporation or who has solicited such proceeding or who, in furtherance thereof, has actively assisted, participated or intervened, or who may derive a financial or other benefit from such proceeding.

 

(a) A “proceeding” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or other type of proceeding, formal or informal, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, at all stages thereof, including appeals.

 

(b) The term “liability” includes obligations to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan), and reasonable expenses, including legal and other professional fees, actually and reasonably incurred in defending a proceeding.

 

 

Section 2. Advancement of Reasonable Expenses. (a) The corporation shall pay reasonable expenses, including legal and other professional fees, actually and reasonably incurred by a person with respect to a proceeding for which he or she is entitled to be indemnified under Section 1 of this by-law in advance of the final disposition thereof (“Advance Expenses”).

 

(b) The payment of Advance Expenses shall be on a conditional basis only and the person’s acceptance of such Advance Expenses or the benefits thereof constitutes his or her agreement to repay such Advance Expenses in the event and to the extent that he or she is ultimately prohibited from being indemnified by the corporation by reason of Florida law or by this by-law. No security shall be required with respect to the obligation to repay and payment shall be made without reference to the person’s ability to make repayment.

 

Section 3. Application for Indemnification and Advance Expenses. (a) A person’s application for payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 1 or for payment of Advance Expenses pursuant to Section 2 of this by-law shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the chairman of the board of directors. The corporation may, but shall not be required to, make payment pursuant to such application directly to the person or entity whom the applicant is obliged to pay. An application for Advance Expenses shall include such documents and other information as are reasonably available to the applicant and as may be necessary to determine both the reasonableness of the expenses and whether they have been actually and reasonably incurred.

 

(b) If the applicant for Advance Expenses and his or her attorney certify to the corporation that the production of any documents or other information as may be necessary to determine the reasonableness of the expenses or the reasonableness of their being incurred may have the effect of impairing or destroying the applicant’s attorney-client privilege or attorney work product protection, or both, the corporation shall make the payment applied for without such documents or information. Such payment, however, shall be without prejudice to the corporation’s right to, upon the final disposition of the related proceeding, obtain the documents and information which would have been required by the corporation had the certification not been made. If such documents and information are not promptly produced or to the extent the production does not support the reasonableness of the expenses or that they were reasonably incurred, the applicant shall immediately upon demand by the corporation reimburse the corporation for the Advance Expenses paid.

 

 

Section 4. Contractual Nature of Indemnity. The provisions of this Article XIV shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, an officer or the General Counsel of the corporation, or an employee in the case of such employee being entitled to indemnification hereunder by reason of a resolution of the board of directors, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives and administrators of such person. This Article XIV shall be deemed to be a contract between the corporation and each person who, at any time that this Article XIV is in effect, serves or served in any capacity which entitles him or her to indemnification hereunder and any repeal or other modification of this Article XIV or any repeal or modification of the Florida law, or any other applicable law, shall not limit any rights of indemnification with respect to proceedings then existing or arising out of events, acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification, including without limitation, the right to indemnification for proceedings commenced after such repeal or modification to enforce this Article XIV with regard to proceedings arising out of acts, omissions or events arising prior to such repeal or modification. This Article XIV applies with respect to acts or omissions occurring on, before and after the date this by-law is adopted.

 

Section 5. Insurance Contracts and Funding. The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or person serving in any capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity (including serving as a trustee or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan) against any expenses, liabilities or losses, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expenses, liabilities or losses under applicable law. The corporation may enter into contracts with any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation in furtherance of the provisions of this Article XIV, and may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to insure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect the advancing of expenses and indemnification as provided in this Article XIV.

 

Section 6. Rights Not Exclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Article XIV shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the articles of incorporation, by-laws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The corporation may, except as may be prohibited under Florida law or this by-law, by agreement in writing, grant indemnification to a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or to any person serving at the request of the corporation in any capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity (including serving as a trustee or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan).

 

Section 7. Protection of Rights. If a written application for payment of indemnification under Section 1 or for payment of Advance Expenses payable under Section 2 is not paid by the corporation in a reasonably prompt manner, the applicant may bring an action against the corporation for the payment thereof.

 

 

If successful, in whole or in part, in such action, the applicant shall also be entitled to be paid his or her reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, thereby incurred. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce an application for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that indemnification of the applicant is prohibited by law or by this by-law, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors or its shareholders) to have made a determination, if required, prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the applicant is proper in these circumstances, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors or its shareholders) that indemnification of the applicant is prohibited or not authorized, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that indemnification of the applicant is prohibited or not authorized.

 

Section 8. Savings Clause. If this Article XIV or any portion hereof shall be invalidated or held to be unenforceable on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of which shall not have been reversed on appeal, the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each person entitled to be indemnified under Section 1 of this by-law from liability with respect to any proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article that shall not have been invalidated and to the extent not prohibited by Florida law.

 

Section 9. Secondary Obligation. The corporation’s indemnification of any person who was or is serving at its request with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity (including serving as a trustee or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan), shall be reduced by any amounts such person may collect as indemnification from such other party.

 

Section 10. Subrogation. In the event of payment made to a person pursuant to this Article XIV, the corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of such person, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the corporation effectively to bring an action to enforce such rights.

 

Section 11. No Duplication of Payments. The corporation shall not be liable under this by-law to make any payment with respect to the liability of a person to the extent such person has otherwise actually received payment.

 

ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENTS

 

 

Section 1. Alteration, Amendment and Repeal. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Entity Tax Identification Number	59-1277135
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Entity Address, Address Line One	11780 U.S. Highway One, Suite 600
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Title of 12(b) Security	Common stock, par value $0.33 1/3 per share
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Security Exchange Name	NYSE
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