Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 15, 2006
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
North Carolina
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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1-12744
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56-1848578 |
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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2710 Wycliff Road, Raleigh, North Carolina
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27607 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(919) 781-4550
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.
On November 15, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Corporation amended the Restated Bylaws of the
Corporation to provide that a director will retire at the annual meeting of shareholders following
the directors 72nd birthday. Previously, a person was eligible for election as a
director of the Corporation for a three year term only if that term expired not later than December
31 of the calendar year in which such persons 72nd birthday occurred. A copy of the
Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended, is furnished as Exhibit 3.01 to this report and is
incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
3.01 Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, as of November 15, 2006.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.
(Registrant) |
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Date: November 20, 2006
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By:
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/s/ Anne H. Lloyd |
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Anne H. Lloyd,
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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3.01
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Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, as of November 15, 2006. |
Exhibit 3.01
Exhibit 3.01
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.
RESTATED BYLAWS
(as of November 15, 2006)
RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.
(Incorporated under the laws of North Carolina, November 12, 1993, and herein referred to as the
Corporation)
ARTICLE I.
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1.01. ANNUAL MEETINGS. The Corporation shall hold an annual meeting of the
shareholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business within the powers of
the Corporation on such date during the month of May in each year as shall be determined by the
Board of Directors or at such time during the year as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
Subject to Section 1.12 of these Bylaws, any business of the Corporation may be transacted at such
annual meeting. Failure to hold an annual meeting at the designated time shall not, however,
invalidate the corporate existence or affect otherwise valid corporate acts.
Section 1.02. SPECIAL MEETINGS. The power to call a special meeting of the shareholders of
the Corporation shall be governed by Article 9 of the Corporations Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as such provision may be amended from time to time.
Section 1.03. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at such place
within the United States as may be designated in the Notice of Meeting.
Section 1.04. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days
before the date of every shareholders meeting, the Secretary shall give to each shareholder
entitled to vote at such meeting and each other shareholder entitled to notice of the meeting,
written or printed notice stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, either by mail or by presenting
it to him or her personally or by leaving it at his or her residence or usual place of business.
If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail
addressed to the shareholder at his or her post office address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Any meeting of shareholders, annual or special, may
adjourn from time to time without further notice to a date not more than 120 days after the
original record date at the same or some other place.
Section 1.05. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Any shareholder may waive notice of any meeting before or
after the meeting. The waiver must be in writing, signed by the shareholder and delivered to the
Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholders
attendance, in person or by proxy, at a meeting (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective
notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder or his proxy at the beginning of the meeting objects
to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to
consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or
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purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder or his proxy objects to
considering the matter before it is voted upon.
Section 1.06. PRESIDING OFFICER AND SECRETARY AT MEETINGS. At each meeting of shareholders
the Chairman of the Board, or in his or her absence the President, or in their absence, the person
designated in writing by the Chairman of the Board, or if no person is so designated, then a person
designated by the Board of Directors, shall preside as chairman of the meeting; if no person is so
designated, then the meeting shall choose a chairman by a majority of all votes cast at a meeting
at which a quorum is present. The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary, a person
designated by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 1.07. QUORUM. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on
a matter at the meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists. A majority of the votes entitled
to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action
on that matter.
Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum
purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new
record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.
In the absence of a quorum at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, such meeting may be
adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the votes cast on the motion to adjourn;
and, subject to the provisions of Section 1.04, at any subsequent session of a meeting that has
been adjourned any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original
meeting if a quorum exists with respect to the matter proposed.
Section 1.08. PROXIES. Shares may be voted either in person or by one or more proxies
authorized by a written appointment of proxy signed by the shareholder or by his duly authorized
attorney in fact. An appointment of proxy is valid for eleven (11) months from the date of its
execution, unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form.
Section 1.09. VOTING OF SHARES. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation,
each outstanding share shall be entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at a meeting of
shareholders.
Except in the election of directors as governed by the provisions of Section 2.03, if a quorum
exists, action on a matter by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group
favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless a greater vote is required by
law or the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Absent special circumstances, shares of the Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are
owned, directly or indirectly, by another corporation in which the Corporation owns, directly or
indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation;
provided that this provision does not limit the power of the Corporation to vote its own shares
held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
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Section 1.10. SHAREHOLDERS LIST. Before each meeting of shareholders, the Secretary of the
Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the shareholders entitled to notice of such
meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group (and within each voting group, by class or
series of shares) and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder. The list
shall be kept on file at the principal office of the Corporation, or at a place identified in the
meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held, for the period beginning two business
days after notice of the meeting is given and continuing through the meeting, and shall be
available for inspection by any shareholder, his agent or attorney, at any time during regular
business hours. The list shall also be available at the meeting and shall be subject to inspection
by any shareholder, his agent or attorney, at any time during the meeting or any adjournment
thereof.
Section 1.11. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board
of Directors may appoint Inspectors of Election to act at such meeting or at any adjournment or
adjournments thereof. If such Inspectors are not so appointed or fail or refuse to act, the
chairman of any such meeting may (and shall upon the request of shareholders entitled to cast a
majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting) make such appointments. No such
Inspector need be a shareholder of the Corporation.
If there are three (3) or more Inspectors of Election, the decision, act or certificate of a
majority shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. The
Inspectors of Election shall determine the number of shares outstanding, the voting power of each,
the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity and
effect of proxies; shall receive votes, ballots, assents or consents, hear and determine all
challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the vote, count and tabulate all
votes, assents and consents, and determine the result; and do such acts as may be proper to conduct
the election and the vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request, the Inspectors shall make
a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by them, and shall make and
execute a certificate of any fact found by them.
Section 1.12. DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS AND SHAREHOLDERS BUSINESS.
(a) Advance Notice of Nominations of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in accordance
with the provisions set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible to be elected as directors at an
annual or special meeting of shareholders. Nomination for election to the Board of Directors shall
be made by the Board of Directors or a Nominating Committee appointed by the Board of Directors.
Nomination for election of any person to the Board of Directors may also be made by a
shareholder if written notice of the nomination of such person shall have been delivered to the
Secretary of the Corporation at the principal office of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor
more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the mailing of the preceding years proxy
statement in connection with the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the
event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than
60 days from such anniversary date, notice by shareholder must be so delivered not earlier
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than the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the
later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which
public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Each such notice shall set forth:
(a) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination, the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made and of the person or persons to be nominated;
(b) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of
record by such shareholder and such beneficial owner, and a representation that the shareholder
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified
in the notice; (c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and
each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the
nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder; (d) all other information regarding
each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement
filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission if the nominee had been
nominated by the Board of Directors; and (e) the written consent of each nominee to serve as
director of the Corporation if so elected. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge
the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
(b) Advance Notice of General Matters. No business shall be transacted at an annual meeting
of shareholders, except such business as shall be (a) specified in the notice of meeting given as
provided in Section 1.04, (b) otherwise brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise brought before the meeting by a shareholder of record entitled
to vote at the meeting, in compliance with the procedure set forth in this Section 1.12. For
business to be brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to (c) above, the
shareholder must have given timely notice in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a
shareholders notice must be delivered to, or mailed to and received at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first
anniversary of the mailing of the preceding years proxy statement in connection with the annual
meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting
is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice
by the shareholder must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day prior to such annual meeting
and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting
or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is
first made. Notice of actions to be brought before the annual meeting pursuant to (c) above 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 and the reasons for
brining such business before the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the
Corporations books, of each shareholder proposing such business, (iii) the classes and number of
shares of the Corporation that are owned of record and beneficially by such shareholder, and (iv)
any material interest of such shareholder in such business other than his interest as shareholder
of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be
conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section
1.12. If the chairman of the annual meeting determines that any business was not properly brought
before the meeting in accordance with provisions prescribed by these Bylaws, he shall so declare to
the meeting, and to the extent permitted by law, any such business not properly brought before the
meeting shall not be transacted.
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(c) General
For purposes of this Section 1.12, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable news service or in a
document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12, a shareholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.12. Nothing in this Section
1.12 shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the
Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE II.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.01. POWERS. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the
direction of its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all the powers of the
Corporation, except such as are by statute or the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws conferred
upon or reserved to the shareholders.
Section 2.02. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be
determined in accordance with Article 5(a) of the Corporations Restated Articles of Incorporation,
as such provision may be amended from time to time. A director will retire at the annual meeting of
shareholders following the directors 72nd birthday.
Section 2.03. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. The election of directors of the Corporation shall be
governed by Article 5(b) of the Corporations Restated Articles of Incorporation, as such provision
may be amended from time to time.
Section 2.04. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Board of Directors shall designate from its
membership a Chairman of the Board, who shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be
prescribed by these Bylaws and assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
Section 2.05. REMOVAL. The removal of directors of the Corporation shall be governed by
Article 5(d) of the Corporations Restated Articles of Incorporation, as such provision may be
amended from time to time.
Section 2.06. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be filled in accordance
with Article 5(c) of the Corporations Restated Articles of Incorporation, as such provision may be
amended from time to time.
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Section 2.07. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at
such time and place within or without the State of North Carolina as may be designated by the Board
of Directors.
Section 2.08. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at
any time, at any place, and for any purpose by the Chairman of the Board, the President, the
Chairman of the Executive Committee, or upon the request of a majority of the Board of any officer
of the Corporation.
Section 2.09. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
without notice. Notice of the place, day, and hour of every special meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be given to each director twenty-four (24) hours (or more) before the meeting, by
telephoning the notice to such director, or by delivering the notice to him or her personally, or
by sending the notice to him or her by telegraph, or by facsimile, or by leaving notice at his or
her residence or usual place of business, or, in the alternative, by mailing such notice three (3)
days (or more) before the meeting, postage prepaid, and addressed to him or her at his or her last
known post office address, according to the records of the Corporation. If mailed, such notice
shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed with
postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram or by facsimile, such notice shall be
deemed to be given when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company or when the facsimile is
transmitted. If the notice be given by telephone or by personal delivery, such notice shall be
deemed to be given at the time of the communication or delivery. Unless required by law, by these
Bylaws or by resolution of the Board of Directors, no notice of any meeting of the Board of
Directors, need state the business to be transacted thereat. Any meeting of the Board of
Directors, regular or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other
place, and no further notice need be given of any such adjourned meeting.
Section 2.10. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Any director may waive notice of any meeting before or after
the meeting. The waiver must be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and
delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A
directors attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice of such meeting
unless the director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, objects to holding
the meeting or to transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to
action taken at the meeting.
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Section 2.11. TELEPHONE MEETING. Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may
participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time.
Participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 2.12. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting
of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all members of
the Board. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents signed by each director
before or after such action, describing the action taken, and included in the minutes or filed with
the corporate records.
Section 2.13. PRESIDING OFFICER AND SECRETARY AT MEETINGS. Each meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or in his or her
absence, by the President or if neither is present by such member of the Board of Directors as
shall be chosen by the meeting. The Secretary, or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary,
shall act as secretary of the meeting, or if no such officer is present, a secretary of the meeting
shall be designated by the person presiding over the meeting.
Section 2.14. QUORUM AND VOTING. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, one third (1/3)
of the Board of Directors, but in no case less than two (2) directors, shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which it is by statute, by the Articles of
Incorporation, or by the Bylaws otherwise provided, the vote of a majority of such quorum at a duly
constituted meeting shall be sufficient to pass any measure. In the absence of a quorum, the
directors present by majority vote and without notice other than by announcement may adjourn the
meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which
a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the
meeting originally notified.
Section 2.15. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have
assented to the action taken unless (a) he objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly
upon his arrival, to holding it or to transacting business at the meeting, or (b) his dissent or
abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting, or (c) he files written
notice of his dissent or abstention with the presiding officer of the meeting before its
adjournment or with the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right
of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.
Section 2.16. COMPENSATION. The Board of Directors may provide by resolution for the
compensation of directors for their services as such and for the payment or reimbursement of any or
all expenses incurred by them in connection with such services.
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ARTICLE III.
COMMITTEES
Section 3.01. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. The Board of Directors may by resolution create an
Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Nominating Committee and such other committees of the
Board and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. The creation of a committee
of the Board and appointment of members to it must be approved by a majority of the number of
directors in office when the action is taken. Each committee of the Board must have two or more
members and, to the extent authorized by law and specified by the Board of Directors, shall have
and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all of
the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except that a
committee may not have such powers or perform such duties as may be (i) inconsistent with law, (ii)
inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or (iii) inconsistent with the
resolution creating such committee and the authority delegated to it therein. Each committee
member serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The provisions in these Bylaws governing
meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements
of the Board of Directors apply to committees of the Board established under this section.
Section 3.02. MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES. Each committee of the Board of Directors shall fix its
own rules of procedure consistent with the provisions of the Board of Directors governing such
committee, and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors, and
it shall also meet at the call of its chairman or any two (2) members of such committee. Unless
otherwise provided by such rules or by such resolution, the provisions of the article of these
Bylaws entitled Board of Directors relating to the place of holding and notice required of
meetings of the Board of Directors shall govern committees of the Board of Directors. A majority
of each committee shall constitute a quorum thereof; provided, however, that in the absence of any
member of such committee, the members thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they
constitute a quorum, may appoint a member of the Board of Directors to act in the place of such
absent member. Except in cases in which it is otherwise provided by the rules of such committee or
by resolution of the Board of Directors, the vote of a majority of such quorum at a duly
constituted meeting shall be sufficient to pass any measure.
ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS
Section 4.01. OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of
a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such elected Vice-Presidents, Assistant Secretaries,
Assistant Treasurers, and other officers as may from time to time be appointed by or under the
authority of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but
no officer may act in more than one capacity where action of two or more officers is required.
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Section 4.02. APPOINTMENT AND TERM. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by
the Board of Directors or by a duly appointed officer authorized by the Board of Directors to
appoint one or more officers or assistant officers. Each officer shall hold office until his or
her death, resignation, retirement, removal, disqualification or his or her successor shall have
been appointed.
Section 4.03. PRESIDENT. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation and shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the
shareholders. Subject to the authority of the Board of Directors, he or she shall have general
charge and supervision of the Business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she may sign with the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary certificates of stock of the Corporation. He or she shall have
the authority to sign and execute in the name of the Corporation all deeds, mortgages, bonds,
contracts or other instruments. He or she shall have the authority to vote stock in other
corporations, and he or she shall perform such other duties of management as may be prescribed by a
resolution or resolutions or as otherwise may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.
He or she shall have the authority to delegate such authorization and power as vested in him or her
by these Bylaws to some other officer or employee or agent of the Corporation as he or she shall
deem appropriate.
Section 4.04. VICE-PRESIDENTS. In the absence of the President or in the event of his or her
death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-Presidents in the order of their length of service, as
such, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties of the
President, and when so acting shall have the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon
the President. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board or the President, any Vice-President
may sign, with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the Corporation;
and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the President or
Board of Directors.
Section 4.05. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the
shareholders and of the Board of Directors, in books provided for the purpose; shall see that all
notices of such meetings are duly given in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws of the
Corporation, or as required by law; may sign certificates of shares of the Corporation with the
Chairman of the Board; shall be custodian of the corporate seal; shall see that the corporate seal
is affixed to all documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the Corporation, under its seal,
is duly authorized, and when so affixed may attest the same; and in general, shall perform all
duties incident to the office of a secretary of a corporation, and such other duties as from time
to time may be assigned to the Secretary by the President or the Board of Directors.
Section 4.06. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all
funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit, or cause to be
deposited, in the name of the Corporation, all monies or other valuable effects in such banks,
trust companies, or other depositories as shall, from time to time, be selected by the Board of
Directors; and in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of a treasurer of a
corporation, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the
President or the Board of Directors.
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Section 4.07. OFFICERS HOLDING TWO OR MORE OFFICES. Any two (2) or more of the above
mentioned offices, except those of President and Vice-President, may be held by the same person,
but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity, if
such instrument be required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, to be
executed, acknowledged or verified by any two (2) or more officers.
Section 4.08. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. The compensation of all officers of the Corporation
shall be fixed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors, and no officer shall serve the
Corporation in any other capacity and receive compensation therefor unless such additional
compensation shall be duly authorized. The appointment of an officer does not itself create
contract rights.
Section 4.09. RESIGNATIONS. An officer may resign at any time by communicating his or her
resignation to the Corporation, orally or in writing. A resignation is effective when communicated
unless it specifies in writing a later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a
later date that is accepted by the Corporation, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy
before the effective date if the Board provides that the successor does not take office until the
effective date.
Section 4.10. REMOVAL. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause,
by the Board of Directors, if such removal is determined in the judgment of the Board of Directors
to be in the best interests of the Corporation, and any officer of the Corporation duly appointed
by another officer may be removed, with or without cause, by such officer.
Section 4.11. BONDS. The Board of Directors may by resolution require any officer, agent, or
employee of the Corporation to give bond to the Corporation, with sufficient sureties, conditioned
on the faithful performance of the duties of his respective office or position and to comply with
such other conditions as may from time to time be required by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V.
SHARES
Section 5.01. CERTIFICATES. Each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate or
certificates which shall represent and certify the number and kind of shares owned by such
shareholder in the Corporation. Such certificates shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or
the President, or in their absence, any Vice-President, and countersigned by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile of such seal.
Shares certificates shall be in such form, not inconsistent with law or with the charter, as shall
be approved by the Board of Directors. When certificates for stock of any class are countersigned
by a transfer agent, other than the Corporation or its employee, or by a registrar, other than the
Corporation or its employee, any other signature on such certificates may be a facsimile. In case
any officer of the Corporation who has signed any certificate ceases to be an officer of the
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Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate is
issued, the certificate may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as if the
officer had not ceased to be such officer as of the date of its issue.
Section 5.02. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Shares shall be transferable only on the books of the
Corporation by the holder thereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon the surrender of
the certificate representing the shares to be transferred, properly endorsed. The Board of
Directors shall have power and authority to make such other rules and regulations concerning the
issue, transfer and resignation of certificates of stock as it may deem expedient.
Section 5.03. TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS. The Corporation may have one (1) or more
transfer agents and one(1) or more registrars of its stock, whose respective duties the Board of
Directors may, from time to time, define. No certificate of stock shall be valid until
countersigned by a transfer agent, if the Corporation has a transfer agent, or until registered by
a registrar, if the Corporation has a registrar. The duties of transfer agent and registrar may be
combined.
Section 5.04. RECORD DATES. The Board of Directors is hereby empowered to fix, in advance, a
date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, or to
vote at, any meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend
or the allotment of any rights, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other
proper purpose. Such date in any case shall be not more than seventy (70) days, and, in the case
of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days, prior to the date on which the
particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If a record date
is not set and the transfer books are not closed, the record date for the purpose of making any
proper determination with respect to shareholders shall be fixed in accordance with applicable law.
Section 5.05. NEW CERTIFICATES. In case any certificate of stock is lost, stolen, mutilated
or destroyed, the Board of Directors may authorize the issue of a new certificate in place thereof
upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable; or the Board of Directors may delegate
such power to any officer or officers or agents of the Corporation; but the Board of Directors or
such officer or officers, in their discretion, may refuse to issue such new certificate save upon
the order of some court having jurisdiction in the premises.
ARTICLE VI.
INDEMNIFICATION
Any person (1) who at any time serves or has served as an officer, employee or a director of
the Corporation, or (2) who, while serving as an officer, employee or a director of the
Corporation, serves or has served at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, or as a trustee, other fiduciary or administrator under an employee benefit plan,
shall have a right to be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law
(provided that any employee of the Corporation shall have a right to be indemnified by the
Corporation
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acting in his or her capacity as an employee of the Corporation only upon satisfaction of the
standards of conduct for officers and directors set forth in the North Carolina Business
Corporation Act) against (a) expenses, including attorneys fees, incurred by him or her in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, investigative
or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding (and any appeal therein), whether or not brought by or on
behalf of the Corporation, seeking to hold him or her liable by reason of the fact that such person
is or was acting in such capacity, and (b) payments made by such person in satisfaction of any
liability, judgment, money decree, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an
employee benefit plan), penalty or settlement for which he or she may have become liable in any
such action, suit or proceeding. To the fullest extent from time to time permitted by law, the
Corporation agrees to pay the indemnitees expenses, including attorneys fees and expenses
incurred in defending any such action, suit, or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of
such action, suit, or proceeding and without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate
entitlement to indemnification; provided that, the indemnified party first provides the Corporation
with (a) a written affirmation of the indemnified partys good faith belief that such party meets
the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under the laws of the State of North Carolina
and (b) a written undertaking by or on behalf of such indemnified party to repay the amount
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by a final judicial decision from which there is no
further right to appeal that the applicable standard of conduct has not been met. The foregoing
rights of the indemnitee hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee, whether or not he
or she is an officer, director, employee, or agent at the time such liabilities or expenses are
imposed or incurred.
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall take all such action as may be necessary and
appropriate to authorize the Corporation to pay the indemnification required by this bylaw,
including without limitation, making a determination that indemnification is permissible in the
circumstances and a good faith evaluation of the manner in which the claimant for indemnity acted
and of the reasonable amount or indemnity due him. The Board of Directors may appoint a committee
or special counsel to make such determination and evaluation. The Board may give notice to, and
obtain approval by, the shareholders of the Corporation for any decision to indemnify.
Any person who at any time after the adoption of this bylaw serves or has served in the aforesaid
capacity for or on behalf of the Corporation shall be deemed to be doing or to have done so in
reliance upon and as consideration for, the right of indemnification provided herein. Such right
shall inure to the benefit of the legal representatives of any such person and shall not be
exclusive of any other rights to which such person may be entitled apart from the provision of this
bylaw, including a right of indemnification under any statute, agreement or insurance
policy.
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ARTICLE VII.
SUNDRY PROVISIONS
Section 7.01. SEAL. The corporate seal of the Corporation shall consist of two concentric
circles between which is the name of the Corporation and in the center of which is inscribed SEAL;
and such seal, as impressed or affixed on the margin hereof, is hereby adopted as the corporate
seal of the Corporation.
Section 7.02. AMENDMENTS. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or
by law, these Bylaws, including any bylaws adopted by the shareholders, may be amended or repealed
and new bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors.
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