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AMENDED AND
RESTATED BYLAWS OF EXPRESSJET HOLDINGS, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
Date of Adoption: September 5, 2002
Article I Stockholders | Article II Board of Directors | Article III
Committees | Article IV Officers | Article V
Stock | Article VI Notices| Article VII
Mixcellaneous | Article VIII Ownership by
None-U.S. | Article IX Indemnification| Article V Amendments
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EXPRESSJET HOLDINGS, INC.
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware
ARTICLE I
Stockholders
Section 1.1 Annual Meeting.
An annual meeting of the stockholders, for the election of directors
to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held
at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors
shall each year fix, which date shall be within thirteen (13) months
of the last annual meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.2 Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the stockholders, other than those required by
statute, may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, if
any, or the President or by the Board of Directors acting pursuant
to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. For purposes
of these Bylaws, the term "Whole Board" shall mean the total
number of authorized directors regardless of whether there exist any
vacancies in such authorized directorships. The Board of Directors
may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting.
Section 1.3 Notice of Meetings.
Notice of the place, if any,
date, and time of all meetings of the stockholders, and the means
of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders
may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting,
and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting
is called, shall be given, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty
(60) days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise
provided herein or required by law (meaning, here and hereinafter,
as required from time to time by the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the "GCL") or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation).
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need
not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any,
thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which
stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person
and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at
which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the date
of any adjourned meeting is more than thirty (30) days after the date
for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if a new record date
is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the place, if any, date,
and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications,
if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be
present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, shall be given
in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may
be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 1.4 Quorum.
At any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority
of all of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting,
present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes,
unless or except to the extent that the presence of a larger number
may be required by law. Where a separate vote by a class or classes
or series is required, a majority of the shares of such class or classes
or series present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute
a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that
matter.
If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the
meeting may adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date, or
time.
Section 1.5 Organization.
The Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the
President of the Corporation or, in his or her absence, such person
as the Board of Directors may have designated or, in such person's
absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority
of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy,
shall call to order any meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman
of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person
as the chairman of the meeting appoints.
Section 1.6 Conduct of Business.
The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine
the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including
such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion
as seem to him or her in order. The chairman shall have the power
to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date and time. The
date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter
upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced
at the meeting.
Section 1.7 Proxies and Voting.
At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled
to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument
in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance
with the procedure established for the meeting. Any copy, facsimile
telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or
transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted
or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and
all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could
be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other
reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original
writing or transmission.
The Corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in
advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors
to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation
may designate one or more alternate inspectors to replace any inspector
who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a
meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may,
and to the extent required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors
to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge
of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute
the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to
the best of his or her ability. Every vote taken by ballots shall
be counted by a duly appointed inspector or inspectors.
All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast,
and except as otherwise required by law, all other matters shall be
determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively.
Section 1.8 Stock List.
A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any
meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class
of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the
number of shares registered in his or her name, shall be open to the
examination of any such stockholder for a period of at least ten (10)
days prior to the meeting in the manner provided by law.
The stock list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder
during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law. This list
shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled
to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
Section
1.9 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
- Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
- Subject
to Section 2.2 of these Bylaws, nominations of persons for election
to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal
of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made
at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation's
notice of meeting delivered pursuant to Section 1.3 of these
Bylaws, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors
or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled
to vote at the meeting, who complied with the notice procedures
set forth in clauses (2) and (3) of paragraph (A) of this Section
1.9 and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice
is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation.
- For nominations or other business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause
(c) of paragraph (A) (1) of this Section 1.9, (1) the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary
of the Corporation, (2) such business must be a proper matter
for stockholder action under the GCL, (3) if the stockholder,
or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or
nomination is made, has provided the Corporation with a Solicitation
Notice, as that term is defined in subclause (c)(iii) of this
paragraph, such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the
case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form
of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s
voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such
proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have
delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of
a percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares reasonably
believed by such stockholder or beneficial holder to be sufficient
to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by
such stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in
such materials the Solicitation Notice and (4) if no Solicitation
Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to
this Section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing
such business or nomination must not have solicited a number
of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such
a Solicitation Notice under this Section. To be timely, a stockholder's
notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not less than forty-five
(45) or more than seventy-five (75) days prior to the first
anniversary (the "Anniversary") of the date on which
the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding
year's annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that
in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced
more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than
thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the preceding year's
annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must
be so delivered not later than the close of business on the
later of (i) the ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting
or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which public announcement
of the date of such meeting is first made. Such stockholder's
notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a Director
all information relating to such person that is required to
be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Directors,
or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation
14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), including such person's written consent
to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving
as a Director if elected; (b) as to any other business that
the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief
description of the business desired to be brought before the
meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting
and any material interest in such business of such stockholder
and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal
is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination
or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's
books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number
of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and
of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and
(iii) whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner intends
to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of,
in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the Corporation’s
voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal
or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient
number of holders of the Corporation’s voting shares to
elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of
such intent, a “Solicitation Notice”).
- Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph
(A) (2) of this Section 1.9 to the contrary, in the event that
the number of Directors to be elected to the Board of Directors
is increased and there is no public announcement naming all
of the nominees for Director or specifying the size of the increased
Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least fifty-five
(55) days prior to the Anniversary, a stockholder's notice required
by this Section 1.9 shall also be considered timely, but only
with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such
increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close
of business on the tenth day following the day on which such
public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
- Special Meeting of Stockholders.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant
to the Corporation's notice of meeting pursuant to Section 1.3
of these Bylaws. Subject to Section 2.2 of these Bylaws, nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made
at a special meeting of stockholders at which Directors are
to be elected pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting
(i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii)
by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote
at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Section 1.9 and who is a stockholder of record
at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election
to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting
of stockholders if the stockholder's notice as required by paragraph
(A) (2) of this Section 1.9 shall be delivered to the Secretary
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier
than the ninetieth day prior to such special meeting and not
later than the close of business on the later of the seventieth
day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following
the day on which public announcement is first made of the date
of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board
of Directors to be elected at such meeting .
- General.
- Only
persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 1.9 shall be eligible to serve as
Directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section
1.9. Except as otherwise provided herein or required by law,
the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to
determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be
brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 1.9 and, if any proposed nomination
or business is not in compliance with this Section 1.9, to declare
that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.
- For purposes of this Section 1.9, "public announcement"
shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow
Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national
news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section
13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
1.9, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder
with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.9. Nothing
in this Section 1.9 shall be deemed to affect any rights of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's
proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE II
Board Of Directors
Section 2.1 Number, Election and Term of Directors.
The number, election and term of directors shall be as set forth in
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.
Section 2.2 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies.
Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized
number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting
from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from
office or other cause shall be filled as set forth in the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.
Section 2.3 Regular Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place
or places, on such date or dates, and at such time or times as shall
have been established by the Board of Directors and publicized among
all directors. A notice of each regular meeting shall not be required.
Section 2.4 Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman
of the Board, the President or by a majority of the Whole Board and
shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as they,
he or she shall fix. Notice of the place, date, and time of each such
special meeting shall be given to each director by whom it is not
waived by mailing written notice not less than five (5) days before
the meeting or by telephone or by telegraphing or telexing or by facsimile
or electronic transmission of the same not less than twenty-four (24)
hours before the meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice
thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.
Section 2.5 Quorum.
At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total
number of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.
If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, a majority of those
present may adjourn the meeting to another place, date, or time, without
further notice or waiver thereof.
Section 2.6 Participation in Meetings By Conference Telephone.
Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may
participate in a meeting of such Board of Directors or committee by
means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at
such meeting.
Section 2.7 Conduct of Business.
At any meeting of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted
in such order and manner as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine, and all matters shall be determined by the vote of
a majority of the directors present, except as otherwise provided
herein or required by law. Action may be taken by the Board of Directors
without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing
or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic
transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings
of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in paper form if the
minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form
if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 2.8 Compensation of Directors.
Unless otherwise restricted by law, the Board of Directors shall have
the authority to fix the compensation of the directors. The directors
may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting
of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance
at each meeting of the Board of Directors or paid a stated salary
or paid other compensation as director. No such payment shall preclude
any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and
receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees
may also be paid their expenses, if any, of and allowed compensation
for attending committee meetings.
Section 2.9 Powers and Duties of the Chairman of the Board.
If elected, the Chairman of the Board shall serve as a non-executive
chairman and shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and
of the Board of Directors; and shall have such other powers and duties
as designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned
to him by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 3.1 Committees of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors may from time to time designate committees of the
Board of Directors, with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as
it thereby confers and to the full extent permitted by Section 141(c)(2)
of the GCL, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and shall,
for those committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director
or directors to serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires,
other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification
of any member of any committee and any alternate member in his or her
place, the member or members of the committee present at the meeting and
not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute
a quorum, may by unanimous vote appoint another member of the Board of
Directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified
member.
Section 3.2 Conduct of Business.
Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting and
conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except
as otherwise provided herein or required by law. Adequate provision
shall be made for notice to members of all meetings; one-third (1/3)
of the members shall constitute a quorum unless the committee shall
consist of one (1) or two (2) members, in which event one (1) member
shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by
a majority vote of the members present. Action may be taken by any
committee without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto
in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings
or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes
of the proceedings of such committee. Such filing shall be in paper
form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic
form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 4.1 Generally.
The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer,
a President, and a Secretary, and may also include a Chief Operating Officer,
a Treasurer, one or more Vice Presidents (who may be further classified
by such descriptions as "executive," "senior," "assistant,"
"staff" or otherwise, as the Board of Directors shall determine),
one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers.
Officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors, which shall consider
that subject at its first meeting after every annual meeting of stockholders.
Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and
qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any number
of offices may be held by the same person. The salaries of officers elected
by the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board
of Directors or by such officers as may be designated by resolution of
the Board of Directors. The President and at least two-thirds of the other
officers of the Corporation shall be "U.S. Citizens" (as defined
in Section 8.1 of these Bylaws).
Section 4.2 Resignation and Removal.
Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.
Any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation may be removed by the
Board of Directors with or without cause at any time. The Board of Directors
may delegate the power of removal as to officers, agents and employees
who have not been appointed by the Board of Directors. Such removal shall
be without prejudice to a person's contract rights, if any, but the appointment
of any person as an officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall
not of itself create contract rights.
Section 4.3 Powers and Duties of the Chief Executive Officer.
The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
unless the Board of Directors designates the Chairman of the Board as
Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors
and the executive committee (if any), the Chief Executive Officer shall
have general executive charge, management and control of the properties,
business and operations of the Corporation with all such powers as may
be reasonably incident to such responsibilities; he or she may employ
and discharge employees and agents of the Corporation, except such as
shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, and he or she may delegate
these powers; he or she may agree upon and execute all leases, contracts,
evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation;
and shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance
with these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the
Board of Directors.
Section 4.4 Powers and Duties of the President.
Unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, the President shall
have the authority to agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences
of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation;
and, unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, shall, in the
absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the
Board, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and (should he or she
be a director) of the Board of Directors; and he or she shall have such
other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws
and as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of
Directors.
Section 4.5 Vice Presidents.
In the absence of the President, or in the event of his inability or refusal
to act, a Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall perform
the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers
of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. In the absence
of a designation by the Board of Directors of a Vice President to perform
the duties of the President, or in the event of his absence or inability
or refusal to act, the Vice President who is present and who is senior
in terms of time as a Vice President of the Corporation shall so act.
The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Unless
otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each Vice President will
have authority to act within his or her respective areas and to sign contracts
relating thereto.
Section 4.6 Treasurer.
If elected, the Treasurer shall have responsibility for the custody and
control of all the funds and securities of the Corporation, and shall
have such other powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as
from time to time may be assigned to the Treasurer by the Board of Directors.
The Treasurer shall perform all acts incident to the position of Treasurer,
subject to the control of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of
Directors; and shall, if required by the Board of Directors, give such
bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such form as the
Board of Directors may require.
Section 4.7 Assistant Treasurers.
Each Assistant Treasurer shall have the usual powers and duties pertaining
to his office, together with such other powers and duties as designated
in these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the
Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers
shall exercise the powers of the Treasurer during that officer's absence
or inability or refusal to act.
Section 4.8 Secretary. The Secretary shall issue all authorized notices
for, and shall keep minutes of, all meetings of the stockholders and the
Board of Directors. He or she shall have charge of the corporate books
and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from
time to time prescribe.
Section 4.9 Assistant Secretaries.
In the absence or inability to act of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary
may perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the Secretary.
The performance of any such duty shall, in respect of any other person
dealing with the Corporation, be conclusive evidence of his or her power
to act. An Assistant Secretary shall also perform such other duties as
the Secretary or the Board of Directors may assign to him or her.
Section 4.10 Delegation of Authority.
The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties
of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision
hereof.
Section 4.11 Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations.
Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or any officer of the Corporation authorized
by the Chief Executive Officer shall have power to vote and otherwise
act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting
of stockholders of or with respect to any action of stockholders of
any other Corporation in which this Corporation may hold securities
and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which this
Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in
such other Corporation.
ARTICLE V
Stock
Section 5.1 Stock Certificates.
Each holder of stock in the Corporation that is represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a numbered certificate in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors, certifying the number of shares owned by him and signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation (which seal may be a facsimile, engraved or printed). Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 5.2 Transfer of Stock.
Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made on the stock records of the Corporation only upon authorization by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary or with a transfer agent or transfer clerk, and, if the shares are certificated, on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power with reasonable assurances given that such endorsement is genuine and that all taxes thereon have been paid. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person in whose name any share or shares stand on the record of stockholders as the owner of such share or shares for all purposes, including, without limitation, the rights to receive dividends or other distributions, and to vote as such owner, and the Corporation may hold any such stockholder of record liable for calls and assessments, and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in any such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.
Section 5.3 Record Date.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, except as otherwise required by law, fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described; provided, however, that 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 at the close of business on the day next 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, and, for determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise any rights of change, conversion or exchange of stock or for any other purpose, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts a resolution relating thereto.
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 5.4 Lost Certificates.
The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, or which shall have been mutilated, and the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, limited or unlimited, in such sum and in such form and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors in its absolute discretion shall determine is sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any such certificate, or the issuance of a new certificate. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Board of Directors in its absolute discretion may refuse to issue any such new certificate except pursuant to legal proceedings under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 5.5 Rules and Regulations.
The Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware, as it may deem expedient concerning the issuance, transfer and registration of certificated and uncertificated shares of stock of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers of the Corporation to appoint, one or more independent transfer agents and one or more independent registrars, and may require all certificates for shares of stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
ARTICLE VI
Notices
Section 6.1 Notices.
If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited
in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder's
address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting
the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders,
any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in
the manner provided in Section 232 of the GCL.
Section 6.2 Waivers.
A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director,
or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given
before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given,
shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such
person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be
specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute
waiver of notice except attendance for the sole purpose of objecting
to the timeliness of notice.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
Section 7.1 Facsimile Signatures.
In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere
specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer
or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized
by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
Section 7.2 Corporate Seal.
The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name
of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary.
If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof,
duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an
Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.
Section 7.3 Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records.
Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board of
Directors, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance
of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon
the books of account or other records of the Corporation and upon such
information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation
by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors
so designated, or by any other person as to matters which such director
or committee member reasonably believes are within such other person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable
care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
Section 7.4 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year unless otherwise
fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 7.5 Time Periods.
In applying any provision of these Bylaws which requires that an act
be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to an event
or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days
prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing
of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.
ARTICLE VIII
Ownership By Non-U.S. Citizens
Section 8.1 Foreign Stock Record.
There shall be maintained a separate stock record, designated the "Foreign
Stock Record," for the registration of Voting Stock, as defined in
Section 8.2 of these Bylaws, that is Beneficially Owned (as defined below)
by Non-U.S. Citizens, as defined below ("Foreign Stock"). The
Beneficial Ownership by Non-U.S. Citizens of Voting Stock shall be determined
in conformity with regulations prescribed by the Board of Directors. "Non-U.S.
Citizens" means Persons who are not "citizens of the United
States" as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(15), as now in effect or
as it may hereafter from time to time be amended ("U.S. Citizens").
"Beneficial Ownership," "Beneficially Owned," or "Owned
Beneficially" refers to beneficial ownership as defined in Rule 13d-3
(without regard to the 60-day provision in paragraph (d)(1)(i) thereof)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Section 8.2 Maximum Percentage.
At no time shall ownership of shares representing more than the Maximum
Percentage, as defined below, be registered in the Foreign Stock Record.
As used herein, (a) "Maximum Percentage" means the maximum percentage
of voting power of Voting Stock, as defined below, which may be voted
by, or at the direction of, Non-U.S. Citizens without violating Foreign
Ownership Restrictions (as defined below) or adversely affecting the Corporation's
operating certificates or authorities, and (b) "Voting Stock"
means all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued
from time to time by the Corporation and Beneficially Owned by Non-U.S.
Citizens which, but for the provisions of Section 1 of Article Eight of
the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, by their terms may vote (at
the time such determination is made) for the election of Directors of
the Corporation, except shares of Preferred Stock that are entitled to
vote for the election of Directors solely as a result of the failure to
pay dividends by the Corporation or other breach of the terms of such
Preferred Stock. "Foreign Ownership Restrictions" means applicable
statutory, regulatory and interpretive restrictions regarding foreign
ownership or control of U.S. air carriers as amended or modified from
time to time.
Section 8.3 Recording of Shares.
If at any time there exist shares of Voting Stock that are Foreign
Stock but that are not registered in the Foreign Stock Record, the
Beneficial Owner thereof may request, in writing, the Corporation
to register ownership of such shares on the Foreign Stock Record and
the Corporation shall comply with such request, subject to the limitation
set forth in Section 8.2 of these Bylaws. The order in which Foreign
Stock shall be registered on the Foreign Stock Record shall be chronological,
based on the date the Corporation received a written request to so
register such shares of Foreign Stock. If at any time the Corporation
shall find that the combined voting power of Voting Stock then registered
in the Foreign Stock Record exceeds the Maximum Percentage, there
shall be removed from the Foreign Stock Record the registration of
such number of shares so registered as is sufficient to reduce the
combined voting power of the shares so registered to an amount not
in excess of the Maximum Percentage. The order in which such shares
shall be removed shall be reverse chronological order based upon the
date the Corporation received a written request to so register such
shares of Foreign Stock.
ARTICLE IX
Indemnification Of Directors And Officers
Section 9.1 Mandatory Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by the
laws of the State of Delaware as from time to time in effect any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or otherwise
requires representation by counsel in connection with, any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (whether or not an action by or in
the right of the Corporation) (hereinafter a "proceeding"),
by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director or officer
of the Corporation, or, while serving as a Director or officer of
the Corporation, is 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 (hereinafter
an "indemnitee"), or by reason of any action alleged to
have been taken or omitted in such capacity. The right to indemnification
conferred by this Section 9.1 also shall include the right of such
persons described in this Section 9.1 to be paid in advance by the
Corporation for their expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition
(hereinafter an "advancement of expenses") to the full extent
permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, as from time to time,
that, if the GCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by
an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and
not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such
indemnitee) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of
an undertaking (hereinafter an "undertaking"), by or on
behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it
shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which
there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a "final adjudication")
that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses
under this or otherwise. The right to indemnification conferred on
such persons by this shall be a contract right. in effect; provided,
howeverSection 9.1Section 9.1
Section
9.2 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit.
If a claim under Section 9.1 of these Bylaws is not paid in full by
the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been
received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an
advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall
be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.
If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought
by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant
to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to
be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In
(i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification
hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce
a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that,
and (ii) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement
of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation
shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication
that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification
set forth in the GCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including
its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such
directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have
made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification
of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the GCL, nor
an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors
who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee
has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption
that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct
or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense
to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right
to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or
brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant
to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee
is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses,
under this Article IX or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
Section
9.3 Permissive Indemnification of Non-Officer Employees and Agents.
The Corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (whether or not an action by or in the right of the
Corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was an employee
(other than an officer) or agent of the Corporation, or, while serving
as an employee (other than an officer) or agent of the Corporation,
is 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, to the extent (i) permitted by
the laws of the State of Delaware as from time to time in effect,
and (ii) authorized in the sole discretion of the Chief Executive
Officer and at least one other of the following officers: the President,
the Chief Financial Officer, or the General Counsel of the Corporation
(the Chief Executive Officer and any of such other officers so authorizing
such indemnification, the “Authorizing Officers”). The
Corporation may, to the extent permitted by Delaware law and authorized
in the sole discretion of the Authorizing Officers, pay expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by any such employee or
agent in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of
such action, suit or proceeding, upon such terms and conditions as
the Authorizing Officers authorizing such expense advancement determine
in their sole discretion. The provisions of this Section 9.3 shall
not constitute a contract right for any such employee or agent.
Section
9.4 General Provisions.
The rights and authority conferred in any of the Sections of this
Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or
her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding
such office and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be
a Director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit
of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Neither
the amendment or repeal of this Article IX or any of the Sections
thereof nor the adoption of any provision of the Restated Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws or of any statute inconsistent with
this Article IX or any of the Sections thereof shall eliminate or
reduce the effect of this Article IX or any of the Sections thereof
in respect of any acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment,
repeal or adoption or an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE X
Amendments
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the
Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend and repeal
these Bylaws subject to the power of the holders of capital stock of the
Corporation to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws; provided, however, that,
with respect to the power of holders of capital stock to adopt, amend
and repeal Bylaws of the Corporation, notwithstanding any other provision
of these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a
lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the
holders of any particular class or series of the capital stock of the
Corporation required by law, these Bylaws or any preferred stock, the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all
of the then-outstanding shares entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to
adopt, amend or repeal any provision of these Bylaws; provided, however,
that upon and after such time as Continental Airlines, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its controlled affiliates cease to own shares of capital
stock of the Corporation representing more than fifty percent (50%) of
the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the holders
of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally
in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall
be required to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of these Bylaws.