Exhibit 3.30
BY-LAWS
OF
TERRA NITROGEN GP HOLDINGS INC.
A Delaware corporation
Adopted as of August 29, 2005
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation in the
State of Delaware shall be located at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400 in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation
Service Company. The registered office and/or registered agent of the corporation may be changed
from time to time by action of the board of directors.
Section 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 the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place and Time of Meetings. An annual meeting of the stockholders
shall be held each year within one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the immediately
preceding fiscal year of the corporation for the purpose of electing directors and conducting such
other proper business as may come before the meeting. The date, time and place of the annual
meeting shall be determined by the president of the corporation; provided, that if the president
does not act, the board of directors shall determine the date, time and place of such meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called
for any purpose and may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as
shall be stated in a notice of meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Such
meetings may be called at any time by the board of directors or the president and shall be called
by the president upon the written request of holders of shares entitled to cast not less than a
majority of the votes at the meeting, such written request shall state the purpose or purposes of
the meeting and shall be delivered to the president.
Section 3. Place of Meetings. The board of directors may designate any place,
either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or
for any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made, or if a
special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office
of the corporation.
Section 4. Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take
action at a meeting, written or printed notice stating the place, date, time, and, in the case of
special meetings, the purpose or purposes, of such meeting, shall be given to each stockholder
entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting. All such notices shall be delivered, either personally or by mail, by or at
the direction of the board of directors, the president or the secretary, and if mailed, such notice
shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the records of the
corporation. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such
meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of
the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened.
Section 5. Stockholders List. The officer having charge of the stock ledger
of the corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in alphabetical order,
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days
prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which
place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where
the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the
meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section 6. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
capital stock, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings
of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If a quorum is not present, the holders of a majority of the shares present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting, and entitled to vote at the meeting, may adjourn the
meeting to another time and/or place.
Section 7. Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time
and place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the
corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If
the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 8. Vote Required. When a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of
the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to
vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one upon
which by express provisions of an applicable law or of the certificate of incorporation a different
vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of
such question.
Section 9. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or by the certificate of incorporation of the corporation
or any
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amendments thereto and subject to Section 3 of Article VI hereof, every stockholder shall at
every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share
of common stock held by such stockholder.
Section 10. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may
authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be
voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and
only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.
A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an
interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. Any proxy is suspended
when the person executing the proxy is present at a meeting of stockholders and elects to vote,
except that when such proxy is coupled with an interest and the fact of the interest appears on the
face of the proxy, the agent named in the proxy shall have all voting and other rights referred to
in the proxy, notwithstanding the presence of the person executing the proxy. At each meeting of
the stockholders, and before any voting commences, all proxies filed at or before the meeting shall
be submitted to and examined by the secretary or a person designated by the secretary, and no
shares may be represented or voted under a proxy that has been found to be invalid or irregular.
Section 11. Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the
certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting
of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a
consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken and bearing the dates of
signature of the stockholders who signed the consent or consents, 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 and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in
the state of Delaware, or the corporation’s principal place of business, or an officer or agent of
the corporation having custody of the book or books in which proceedings of meetings of the
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation’s registered office shall be by hand
or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested provided, however, that no consent or
consents delivered by certified or registered mail shall be deemed delivered until such consent or
consents are actually received at the registered office. All consents properly delivered in
accordance with this section shall be deemed to be recorded when so delivered. No written consent
shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days
of the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation as required by this section, written
consents signed by the holders of a sufficient number of shares to take such corporate action are
so recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.
Any action taken pursuant to such written consent or consents of the stockholders shall have the
same force and effect as if taken by the stockholders at a meeting thereof.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors.
Section 2. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors which
shall constitute the first board shall be four (4). Thereafter, the number of directors shall be
established from time to time by resolution of the board. The directors shall be elected by a
plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and
entitled to vote in the election of directors. The directors shall be elected in this manner at
the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 4 of this Article III. Each
director elected shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or
her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal and Resignation. Any director or the entire board of
directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the
shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Whenever the holders of any class or
series are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the corporation’s
certificate of incorporation, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the removal
without cause of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding
shares of that class or series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole. Any
director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation.
Section 4. Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the
directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each
director so chosen shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his
or her earlier death, resignation or removal as herein provided.
Section 5. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of each newly elected board of
directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same
place as, the annual meeting of stockholders.
Section 6. Other Meetings and Notice. Regular meetings, other than the annual
meeting, of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as
shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board. Special meetings of the board of
directors may be called by or at the request of the president on at least twenty-four (24) hours
notice to each director, either personally, by telephone, by mail, or by telegraph.
Section 7. Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment. A majority of the total
number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a
majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the
board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, 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.
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Section 8. Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or
more of the directors of the corporation, which to the extent provided in such resolution or these
by-laws shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management and
affairs of the corporation except as otherwise limited by law. 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. Such committee or committees shall have
such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of
directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the
board of directors when required.
Section 9. Committee Rules. Each committee of the board of directors may fix
its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may
otherwise be provided by a resolution of the board of directors designating such committee. Unless
otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the
committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In the event that a member and that member’s
alternate, if alternates are designated by the board of directors as provided in Section 8 of this
Article III, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members
constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the
meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Section 10. Communications Equipment. Members of the board of directors or
any committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of such board or committee through
the use of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to this
section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 11. Waiver of Notice and Presumption of Assent. Any member of the
board of directors or any committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively
presumed to have waived notice of such meeting except when such member attends for the express
purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the
meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have
assented to any action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the
meeting or unless his or her written dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting
as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered
mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such
right to dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.
Section 12. Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the
certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of
the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings
are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the
board of directors and shall consist of a president, one or more vice-presidents, secretary, a
treasurer, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable
by the board of directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its
discretion, the board of directors may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem
advisable, except that the offices of president and secretary shall be filled as expeditiously as
possible.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall
be elected annually by the board of directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting
of stockholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. The president shall be elected
annually by the board of directors at the first meeting of the board of directors held after each
annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. The president shall
appoint other officers to serve for such terms as he or she deems desirable. Vacancies may be
filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each officer
shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier
death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected by the board of directors
may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the
corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract
rights, if any, of the person so removed.
Section 4. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for
the unexpired portion of the term by the board of directors then in office.
Section 5. Compensation. Compensation of all officers shall be fixed by the
board of directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of
his or her also being a director of the corporation.
Section 6. The President. The president shall be the chief executive officer
of the corporation; shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and board of directors at
which he is present; subject to the powers of the board of directors, shall have general charge of
the business, affairs and property of the corporation, and control over its officers, agents and
employees; and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into
effect. The president 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 of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. The president shall have
such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or
as may be provided in these by-laws.
Section 7. Vice-presidents. The vice-president, or if there shall be more
than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors or by the
president, shall, in the
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absence or disability of the president, act with all of the powers and be subject to all the
restrictions of the president. The vice-presidents shall also perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the board of directors, the president or these by-laws may, from time to time,
prescribe.
Section 8. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary shall
attend all meetings of the board of directors, all meetings of the committees thereof and all
meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to
be kept for that purpose. Under the president’s supervision, the secretary shall give, or cause to
be given, all notices required to be given by these by-laws or by law; shall have such powers and
perform such duties as the board of directors, the president or these by-laws may, from time to
time, prescribe; and shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation. The secretary,
or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the corporate seal 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 of directors, the president, or secretary may, from time to time, prescribe.
Section 9. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The treasurer shall have
the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation; shall deposit all monies and
other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation as may be ordered by the
board of directors; shall cause the funds of the corporation to be disbursed when such
disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall
render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meeting or when the board of
directors so requires, an account of the corporation; shall have such powers and perform such
duties as the board of directors, the president or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe.
If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond (which
shall be rendered every six (6) years) in such sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be
satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of
treasurer and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement, or
removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in
the possession or under the control of the treasurer 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. The assistant treasurers shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as the board of directors, the president or treasurer may, from time to
time, prescribe.
Section 10. Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents. Officers,
assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these
by-laws, shall have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed
by resolution of the board of directors.
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Section 11. Absence or Disability of Officers. In the case of the absence or
disability of any officer of the corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such
officer’s place during such officer’s absence or disability, the board of directors may by
resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director,
or to any other person whom it may select.
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
Section 1. Nature of Indemnity. 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 (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that
he, or a person of whom he 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, officer,
employee, fiduciary, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent
which it is empowered to do so unless prohibited from doing so by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, 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 expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with such proceeding) and such indemnification shall inure to the
benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in
Section 2 hereof, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by the
board of directors of the corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article V
shall be a contract right and, subject to Sections 2 and 5 hereof, shall include the right to be
paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its
final disposition. The corporation may, by action of its board of directors, provide
indemnification to employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the
foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.
Section 2. Procedure for Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Any
indemnification of a director or officer of the corporation under Section 1 of this Article V or
advance of expenses under Section 5 of this Article V shall be made promptly, and in any event
within thirty (30) days, upon the written request of the director or officer; provided,
however, that no payment of any indemnification claim shall be made prior to the approval of such
payment by the board of directors. If a determination by the corporation that the director or
officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article V is required, and the corporation
fails to respond within sixty (60) days to a written request for indemnity, the corporation shall
be deemed to have approved the request. If the corporation denies a written request for
indemnification or advancing of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment in full pursuant to
such request is not made within thirty (30) days, the right to indemnification or advances as
granted by this Article V shall be enforceable by the director or officer in any court of competent
jurisdiction. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully
establishing his right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be
indemnified by the corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action
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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 the corporation)
that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the
amount claimed, but the burden of such defense shall be on the corporation. 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 has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, 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 the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
Section 3. Article Not Exclusive. The rights to indemnification and the
payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition
conferred in this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 4. Insurance. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary,
or agent of the corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such
capacity, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under this Article V.
Section 5. Expenses. Unless otherwise determined by the board of directors in
a specific case, expenses incurred by any person described in Section 1 of this Article V in
defending a proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of such proceeding’s final
disposition upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation. Such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms
and conditions, if any, as the board of directors deems appropriate.
Section 6. Employees and Agents. Persons who are not covered by the foregoing
provisions of this Article V and who are or were employees or agents of the corporation, or who are
or were serving at the request of the corporation as employees or agents of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, may be indemnified to the extent authorized
at any time or from time to time by the board of directors.
Section 7. Contract Rights. The provisions of this Article V shall be deemed
to be a contract right between the corporation and each director or officer who serves in any such
capacity at any time while this Article V and the relevant provisions of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware or other applicable law are in effect, and any repeal or modification
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of this Article V or any such law shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing
with respect to any state of facts or proceeding then existing.
Section 8. Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this Article V,
references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same
position under this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she
would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Section 1. Form. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled
to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the president or a
vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the
number of shares of a specific class or series owned by such holder in the corporation. If such a
certificate is countersigned (1) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent other than the
corporation or its employee or (2) by a registrar, other than the corporation or its employee, the
signature of any such president, vice-president, secretary, or assistant secretary may be
facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or
signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer
or officers of the corporation whether because of death, resignation or otherwise before such
certificate or certificates have been delivered by the corporation, such certificate or
certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed
such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon
had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the corporation. All certificates for shares
shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the person to whom the shares
represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on
the books of the corporation. Shares of stock of the corporation shall only be transferred on the
books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing, upon surrender to the corporation of the certificate or certificates for
such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons, with such evidence of the authenticity
of such endorsement, transfer, authorization, and other matters as the corporation may reasonably
require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. In that event, it shall be the
duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old
certificate or certificates, and record the transaction on its books. The board of directors may
appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in connection with the transfer of any class or
series of securities of the corporation.
Section 2. Lost Certificates. The board of directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously
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corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit
of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed.
When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of directors may, in
its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such
lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give
the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made
against the corporation on account of the loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the
issuance of such new certificate.
Section 3. Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder Meetings. In order that the
corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record
date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the
board of directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10)
days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the
record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall be the close of business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is
given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which
the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at
a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that
the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 4. Fixing a Record Date for Action by Written Consent. In order that
the corporation may determine the stockholders 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. If no record date has been
fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent
to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is
required by statute, 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 Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the
corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are
recorded. Delivery made to the corporation’s registered office 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 statute, the record date for
determining stockholders 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 5. Fixing a Record Date for Other Purposes. In order that the
corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful
action, 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, and which record date shall be not
more than
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sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for
determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which
the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 6. Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the corporation
of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock with a request to record the
transfer of such share or shares, the corporation may treat the registered owner as the person
entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications, and otherwise to exercise all the
rights and powers of an owner. The corporation 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
it shall have express or other notice thereof.
Section 7. Subscriptions for Stock. Unless otherwise provided for in the
subscription agreement, subscriptions for shares shall be paid in full at such time, or in such
installments and at such times, as shall be determined by the board of directors. Any call made by
the board of directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same
class or as to all shares of the same series. In case of default in the payment of any installment
or call when such payment is due, the corporation may proceed to collect the amount due in the same
manner as any debt due the corporation.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, 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 capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate 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 or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing
dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or any other purpose
and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
Section 2. Checks, Drafts or Orders. All checks, drafts, or other orders for
the payment of money by or to the corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness
issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents
of the corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by resolution of the board of
directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.
Section 3. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or
officers, or any agent or agents, of the corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and
deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be
general or confined to specific instances.
Section 4. Loans. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any
obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its
subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the corporation or its
subsidiary,
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whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably
be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or
without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall
approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in
this section contained shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or
warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.
Section 5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the board of directors.
Section 6. Corporate Seal. The board of directors shall provide a corporate
seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section 7. Voting Securities Owned By Corporation. Voting securities in any
other corporation held by the corporation shall be voted by the president, unless the board of
directors specifically confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may be
general or confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person
authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of
substitution.
Section 8. Inspection of Books and Records. Any stockholder of record, in
person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose
thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the
corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to
make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean any purpose reasonably related to
such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall
be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a
power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on
behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its
registered office in the State of Delaware or at its principal place of business.
Section 9. Section Headings. Section headings in these by-laws are for
convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or
otherwise construing any provision herein.
Section 10. Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these
by-laws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the certificate of incorporation, the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable law, the provision of
these by-laws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise
be given full force and effect.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
These by-laws may be amended, altered, or repealed and new by-laws adopted at any meeting of
the board of directors by a majority vote. The fact that the power to adopt, amend,
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alter, or repeal the by-laws has been conferred upon the board of directors shall not divest
the stockholders of the same powers.
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