EX-3.2 3 d157488dex32.htm EX-3.2 EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

a Delaware corporation

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

As Adopted September 6, 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I: STOCKHOLDERS

     4  

Section 1.1:

  Annual Meetings      4  

Section 1.2:

  Special Meetings      4  

Section 1.3:

  Notice of Meetings      4  

Section 1.4:

  Adjournments      4  

Section 1.5:

  Quorum      4  

Section 1.6:

  Organization      5  

Section 1.7:

  Voting; Proxies      5  

Section 1.8:

  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record      5  

Section 1.9:

  List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote      5  

Section 1.10:

  Action by Written Consent of Stockholders      6  

Section 1.11:

  Inspectors of Elections      7  

ARTICLE II: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     8  

Section 2.1:

  Number; Qualifications      8  

Section 2.2:

  Election; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies      8  

Section 2.3:

  Regular Meetings      8  

Section 2.4:

  Special Meetings      8  

Section 2.5:

  Remote Meetings Permitted      8  

Section 2.6:

  Quorum; Vote Required for Action      8  

Section 2.7:

  Organization      9  

Section 2.8:

  Written Action by Directors      9  

Section 2.9:

  Powers      9  

Section 2.10:

  Compensation of Directors      9  

ARTICLE III: COMMITTEES

     9  

Section 3.1:

  Committees      9  

Section 3.2:

  Committee Rules      10  

ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS

     10  

Section 4.1:

  Generally      10  

Section 4.2:

  Chief Executive Officer      10  

Section 4.3:

  Chairperson of the Board      11  

Section 4.4:

  President      11  

Section 4.5:

  Vice President      11  

Section 4.6:

  Chief Financial Officer      11  

Section 4.7:

  Treasurer      11  

Section 4.8:

  Secretary      11  

Section 4.9:

  Delegation of Authority      11  

Section 4.10:

  Removal      12  

ARTICLE V: STOCK

     12  

Section 5.1:

  Certificates      12  

Section 5.2:

  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates      12  

Section 5.3:

  Other Regulations      12  

ARTICLE VI: INDEMNIFICATION

     12  

Section 6.1:

  Indemnification of Officers and Directors      12  

Section 6.2:

  Indemnification of Employees and Agents      13  

Section 6.3:

  Indemnification When Successful on the Merits      13  

Section 6.4:

  No Presumption Upon Certain Terminations of a Proceeding      13  

 

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Section 6.5:

  Advance of Expenses      13  

Section 6.6:

  Actions Initiated Against the Corporation      14  

Section 6.7:

  Contract Rights      14  

Section 6.8:

  Non-Exclusivity of Rights      14  

Section 6.9:

  Indemnification Contracts      14  

Section 6.10:

  Claims      15  

Section 6.11:

  Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification      15  

Section 6.12:

  Insurance      16  

ARTICLE VII: NOTICES

     16  

Section 7.1:

  Notice      16  

Section 7.2:

  Waiver of Notice      17  

ARTICLE VIII: INTERESTED DIRECTORS

     17  

Section 8.1:

  Interested Directors      17  

Section 8.2:

  Quorum      17  

ARTICLE IX: MISCELLANEOUS

     17  

Section 9.1:

  Fiscal Year      17  

Section 9.2:

  Seal      17  

Section 9.3:

  Form of Books and Records      18  

Section 9.4:

  Reliance upon Books and Records      18  

Section 9.5:

  Certificate of Incorporation Governs      18  

Section 9.6:

  Severability      18  

ARTICLE X: AMENDMENT

     18  

 

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ARTICLE I: STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1.1: Annual Meetings. Unless members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting, as permitted by Section 211 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and these Bylaws, an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date and time as the Board shall each year fix. The meeting may be held either at a place, within or without the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communication as the Board in its sole discretion may determine. Any proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.

Section 1.2: Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by (i) the Chairperson of the Board, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) a majority of the “Whole Board”, which shall mean the total number of directors then in office, (iv) a majority of the standing committee of the Board (the “Standing Committee”) or (v) the holders of shares of the Corporation that are entitled to cast not less than fifteen percent (15%) of the total number of votes entitled to be cast by all stockholders at such meeting. Special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. If a special meeting of stockholders is called by any person or persons other than by a majority of the Whole Board or a majority of the Standing Committee, then such person or persons shall request such meeting by delivering a written request to call such meeting to each member of the Board, and the Board shall then determine the time and date of such special meeting, which shall be held not more than one hundred twenty (120) days nor less than thirty-five (35) days after the written request to call such special meeting was delivered to each member of the Board. The special meeting may be held either at a place, within or without the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communication as the Board in its sole discretion may determine.

Section 1.3: Notice of Meetings. Notice of all meetings of stockholders shall be given in writing or by electronic transmission in the manner provided by law (including, without limitation, as set forth in Section 7.1.1 of these Bylaws) stating the date, time and place, if any, of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Tenth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may be further amended or restated, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), such notice shall be given not less than ten (10), nor more than sixty (60), days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 1.4: Adjournments. The chairperson of the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another time, date and place (if any). Any meeting of stockholders may adjourn from time to time, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time, date and place (if any) thereof and the means of remote communications (if any) by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, then a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Board may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special or annual meeting of stockholders before it is to be held, in which case notice shall be provided to the stockholders of the new date, time and place, if any, of the meeting as provided in Section 1.3 above.

Section 1.5: Quorum. At each meeting of stockholders the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting with respect to the matter(s) to be considered at such meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless otherwise required by applicable law. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairperson of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote who are

 

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present, in person or by proxy, at the meeting may adjourn the meeting. Shares of the Corporation’s stock belonging to the Corporation (or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation are held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation), shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any other corporation to vote any shares of the Corporation’s stock held by it in a fiduciary capacity and to count such shares for purposes of determining a quorum.

Section 1.6: Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by such person as the Board may designate, or, in the absence of such person, the Chairperson of the Board, or, in the absence of such person, the President of the Corporation, or, in the absence of such person, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, at the meeting. Such person shall be chairperson of the meeting and, subject to Section 1.11 hereof, 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 seems to him or her to be in order. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in such person’s absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 1.7: Voting; Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or to take corporate action by written consent without a meeting, may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy. Such a proxy may be prepared, transmitted and delivered in any manner permitted by applicable law. Except as may be required by the Certificate of Incorporation, directors shall be elected by a majority of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, every matter other than the election of directors shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock entitled to vote on such matter that are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and are voted for or against the matter.

Section 1.8: Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or to take corporate action by written consent without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled 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 may fix, except as otherwise required by law, in advance, a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board and which shall not be more than sixty (60), nor less than ten (10), days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed by the Board, then the record date shall be as provided by applicable law. To the fullest extent provided by law, 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 may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 1.9: List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network as permitted by law (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is held at a location where stockholders may attend in person, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present at the meeting. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access the list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

 

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Section 1.10: Action by Written Consent of Stockholders.

1.10.1 Procedure. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed in the manner permitted by law by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, to its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the agent of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. No written consent shall be effective to take the action set forth therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the first date on which a consent is delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by law, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action set forth therein are delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by law.

1.10.2 Form of Consent. An electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxy holder, or a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxy holder, shall be deemed to be written and signed for the purposes of this section, provided that any such electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (a) that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxy holder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxy holder and (b) the date on which such stockholder or proxy holder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic transmission. The date on which such electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the Corporation or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the Board. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

1.10.3 Notice of Consent. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action by stockholders without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent of the stockholders shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented thereto in writing and, who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting, if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as required by law. If the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under the DGCL if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then if the DGCL so requires, the certificate so filed shall state, in lieu of any statement required by the DGCL concerning any vote of stockholders, that written stockholder consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

 

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Section 1.11: Inspectors of Elections.

1.11.1 Applicability. Unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or by the DGCL, the following provisions of this Section 1.11 shall apply only if and when the Corporation has a class of voting stock that is: (a) listed on a national securities exchange; (b) authorized for quotation on an interdealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; or (c) held of record by more than two thousand (2,000) stockholders, or five hundred (500) stockholders who are not accredited investors. In all other cases, observance of the provisions of this Section 1.11 shall be optional, and at the discretion of the Board.

1.11.2 Appointment. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as 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 shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.

1.11.3 Inspector’s Oath. Each inspector of election, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability.

1.11.4 Duties of Inspectors. At a meeting of stockholders, the inspectors of election shall (a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each share, (b) determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period of time a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors.

1.11.5 Opening and Closing of Polls. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced by the chairperson of the meeting at the meeting. No ballot, proxies or votes, nor any revocations thereof or changes thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery upon application by a stockholder shall determine otherwise.

1.11.6 Determinations. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted with those proxies, any information provided in connection with proxies in accordance with any information provided pursuant to Section 211(a)(2)(B)(i) of the DGCL, or Sections 211(e) or 212(c)(2) of the DGCL, ballots and the regular books and records of the Corporation, except that the inspectors may consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors consider other reliable information for the limited purpose permitted herein, the inspectors at the time they make their certification of their determinations pursuant to this Section 1.11 shall specify the precise information considered by them, including the person or persons from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means by which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors’ belief that such information is accurate and reliable.

 

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ARTICLE II: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 2.1: Number; Qualifications. The Board shall consist of one or more members. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the size of the Board shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of a majority of the Board consistent with the number of directors designated to serve on the Board pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2019, by and among the Corporation and each holder of securities of the Corporation named therein, as it may be further amended from time to time (the “Voting Agreement”). No decrease in the authorized number of directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.

Section 2.2: Election; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Voting Agreement: (a) any director or the entire Board may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors and (b) any vacancy occurring in the Board for any reason, and any newly created directorship resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors to be elected by all stockholders having the right to vote as a single class, may be filled by the stockholders, by a majority of the Board, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

Section 2.3: Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such places, within or without the State of Delaware, and at such times as the Board may from time to time determine. Notice of regular meetings need not be given if the date, times and places thereof are fixed by resolution of the Board.

Section 2.4: Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairperson of the Board, the President or by any two members of the Board and may be held at any time, date or place, within or without the State of Delaware, as the person or persons calling the meeting shall fix. Notice of the time, date and place of such meeting shall be given, orally, in writing or by electronic transmission (including electronic mail), by the person or persons calling the meeting to all directors at least four (4) days before the meeting if the notice is mailed, or at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting if such notice is given by telephone, hand delivery, electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. A special meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 7.2 of these Bylaws.

Section 2.5: Remote Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board, or any committee of the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.6: Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board a majority of the total number of directors then in office and not recused or abstaining on a matter shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that such majority shall constitute at least one-third (1/3) of the authorized number of directors. 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 thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein (including Section 3.1 below) or in the Certificate of Incorporation or Subsection 5.1 of the Second Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2019, by and among the Corporation and each holder of securities of the Corporation named therein, as it may be further amended from time to time (the “IRA”), or required by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.

 

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Section 2.7: Organization. Meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, or in such person’s absence, by the President, or in such person’s absence, by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by a majority of the directors attending (in person or remotely) such meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in such person’s absence, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.8: Written Action by Directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or such committee, as the case may be, 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 or committee, respectively, in the minute books of the Corporation. 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 2.9: Powers. The Board may, except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, exercise all such powers and manage and direct all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

Section 2.10: Compensation of Directors. Members of the Board, as such, may receive, pursuant to a resolution of the Board, fees and other compensation for their services as directors, including without limitation their services as members of committees of the Board. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

ARTICLE III: COMMITTEES

Section 3.1: Committees.

3.1.1 Committees. The Board shall have the Standing Committee as a committee of the Board, and the Board may designate one or more additional committees.

3.1.2 Membership of Committees. All committees of the Board shall consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting of such committee who are not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

3.1.3 Power and Authority of Committees Generally. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the charter of such committee, or a resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving, adopting, or recommending to the stockholders any action or matter (other than the election or removal of members of the Board) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation.

 

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3.1.4 Power and Authority of the Standing Committee. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 3.1 or otherwise in these Bylaws to the contrary, the Standing Committee shall have such power and authority of the Board, and have such members, as may be specified in a resolution of the Board adopted by the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the Whole Board (which eighty percent (80%) of the Whole Board must include the Series B Director (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) if the applicable resolution, if approved, would expand the scope of the Standing Committee’s authority, for so long as Ford Motor Company, a Delaware corporation (“Ford”), or any of its Affiliates (as defined below) has the right to designate the Series B Director pursuant to the Voting Agreement), and any such Board resolution may be amended, modified, waived or rescinded by the Board only by the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the Whole Board (which eighty percent (80%) of the Whole Board must include the Series B Director if the applicable resolution, if approved, would expand the scope of the Standing Committee’s authority, for so long as Ford or any of its Affiliates has the right to designate the Series B Director pursuant to the Voting Agreement). For the purposes of these Bylaws, “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, managing member, officer, director or trustee of such Person, or any venture capital fund or registered investment company now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners, managing members or investment adviser of, or shares the same management company or investment adviser with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” when used with respect to any Person shall mean the power to direct the management or policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Section 3.2: Committee Rules. Unless the Board otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws.

ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS

Section 4.1: Generally. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer (who may also serve as President and Chairperson of the Board), a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary and a Treasurer and may consist of such other officers as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation, including, without limitation, one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, or Assistant Treasurers, in each case as the same may be appointed from time to time pursuant to these Bylaws or a resolution of the Board not inconsistent with these Bylaws. Each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Treasurer shall be appointed by the Board. Any other officer may be appointed by the Board, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Executive Officer, if empowered to do so by the Board. Each officer shall hold office until such person’s successor is appointed or until such person’s earlier resignation, death or removal. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.

Section 4.2: Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the control of the Board and such supervisory powers, if any, as may be delegated from time to time by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation and general control of all of its business subject to the ultimate authority of the Board, and shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Board with respect to such matters. Without limitation of the foregoing, (a) the Chief Executive Officer will lead the Corporation and the executive team of officers, setting its goals and objectives in accordance with the Corporation’s then-current budget and business plan and subject to the oversight and authority of the Board; and (b) the Corporation’s officers will report to the Chief Executive Officer and, upon request, to the Board. Additionally, it shall be the duty of the Chief Executive Officer

 

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or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee to affix the signature of the Corporation to all deeds, conveyances, mortgages, guarantees, leases, obligations, bonds, certificates and other papers and instruments in writing which have been authorized by the Board or which, in the judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee, should be executed on behalf of the Corporation; to sign certificates for shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation; and, subject to the direction of the Board, to have general charge of the property of the Corporation and to supervise and control all officers, agents and employees of the Corporation.

Section 4.3: Chairperson of the Board. The Chairperson of the Board shall have the power to preside at all meetings of the Board and shall have such other powers and duties as provided in these Bylaws.

Section 4.4: President. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the President of the Corporation unless the Board shall have designated one individual as the President and a different individual as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and to the direction of the Board, and subject to the supervisory powers of the Chief Executive Officer (if the Chief Executive Officer is an officer other than the President), and subject to such supervisory powers and authority as may be given by the Board to the Chairperson of the Board, and/or to any other officer, the President shall have the responsibility for the general management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation and the general supervision and direction of all of the officers, employees and agents of the Corporation (other than the Chief Executive Officer, if the Chief Executive Officer is an officer other than the President) and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of President or that are delegated to the President by the Board.

Section 4.5: Vice President(s). In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and have the powers of the Chief Executive Officer. Any one or more of the Vice Presidents may be given an additional designation of rank or function. Each Vice President shall have all such powers and duties as are commonly incident to the office of Vice President, or that are delegated to him or her by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 4.6: Chief Financial Officer. Unless the Board shall have designated another officer as the Treasurer, and subject to the direction of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer shall perform all duties commonly incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer (including, without limitation, the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation).

Section 4.7: Treasurer. The Treasurer shall perform all duties commonly incident to that office, or as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe.

Section 4.8: Secretary. The Secretary shall issue or cause to be issued all authorized notices for, and shall keep, or cause to be kept, minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The Secretary shall have charge of the corporate minute books and similar records and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are commonly incident to the office of Secretary, or as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe.

Section 4.9: Delegation of Authority. The Chief Executive Officer or the Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of an officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

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Section 4.10: Removal. Any officer of the Corporation who is appointed by the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation. Any officer appointed by the Chief Executive Officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Chief Executive Officer. Any vacancy occurring in any elected office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled by the Board; provided, however, the Board may empower the Chief Executive Officer to fill any such vacancy.

ARTICLE V: STOCK

Section 5.1: Certificates. The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by physical or electronic certificates; provided, however, that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock may be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation (or the transfer agent or registrar, as the case may be). Notwithstanding the adoption of such resolution by the Board, every holder of stock that is a certificated security shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairperson 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, of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation. Any or all of 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 such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. If any holder of uncertificated shares elects to receive a certificate, the Corporation (or the transfer agent or registrar, as the case may be) shall, to the extent permitted under applicable law and rules, regulations and listing requirements of any stock exchange or stock market on which the Corporation’s shares are listed or traded, cease to provide annual statements indicating such holder’s holdings of shares in the Corporation.

Section 5.2: Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock, or uncertificated shares, in the place of any certificate previously issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to agree to indemnify the Corporation and/or to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it, against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

Section 5.3: Other Regulations. The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of stock certificates and uncertificated securities shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board may establish.

ARTICLE VI: INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.1: Indemnification of Officers and Directors. Subject to Section 6.6 of these Bylaws, the Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and in a manner permitted by such law, any person who is made or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (as a witness or otherwise) in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member of the Board, a member of a committee of the Board or an officer of the Corporation, or while serving as a member of the Board, a member of a committee of the Board or an officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (collectively, “Another Enterprise”), against expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines (including, without limitation,

 

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ERISA excise taxes or penalties) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such Proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Solely for the purposes of this Article VI, the term “officer” shall refer exclusively to each of the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Director of Engineering and Programs and Chief Technology Officer.

Section 6.2: Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and in a manner permitted by such law, any person who is made or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (as a witness or otherwise) in any threatened, pending, or completed Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, or while not serving as a member of the Board or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of Another Enterprise, against expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines (including, without limitation, ERISA excise taxes or penalties) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such Proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

Section 6.3: Indemnification When Successful on the Merits. To the extent that a present or former director, member of a committee of the Board or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any threatened, pending, or completed Proceeding referred to in Section 145(a) or (b) of the DGCL, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.

Section 6.4: No Presumption Upon Certain Terminations of a Proceeding. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendre or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person seeking indemnification did not act in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

Section 6.5: Advance of Expenses.

6.5.1 6.5.1 Subject to Section 6.6 of these Bylaws, with respect to any person who is made or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (as a witness or otherwise) in any threatened, pending, or completed Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member of the Board, a member of a committee of the Board or an officer of the Corporation or while serving as a member of the Board or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of Another Enterprise, the Corporation shall pay the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) incurred by such person in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, any advancement of expenses shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking (an “undertaking”) by such person to repay all amounts advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VI or otherwise.

 

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6.5.2 With respect to any person who is made or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (as a witness or otherwise) in any threatened, pending, or completed Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, or while not serving as a member of the Board or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of Another Enterprise, the Corporation may, in its discretion and upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate, pay the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) incurred by such person in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition.

Section 6.6: Actions Initiated Against the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything contained in Sections 6.1 or 6.5.1 of these Bylaws to the contrary, except as provided in Section 6.5.2 of these Bylaws, with respect to a Proceeding initiated against the Corporation by a person who is or was a member of the Board, member of a committee of the Board or officer of the Corporation (whether initiated by such person in or by reason of such capacity or in or by reason of any other capacity, including as a member of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of Another Enterprise), the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or to advance expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) to such person in connection with prosecuting such Proceeding (or part thereof) or in defending any counterclaim, cross-claim, affirmative defense, or like claim of the Corporation in such Proceeding (or part thereof) unless such Proceeding was authorized by the Board.

Section 6.7: Contract Rights. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred upon any current or former director, member of a committee of the Board or officer of the Corporation pursuant to this Article VI (whether by reason of the fact that such person is or member of the Board or officer of the Corporation, or while serving as a member of the Board or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of Another Enterprise) shall be contract rights, shall vest when such person becomes a member of the Board, member of a committee of the Board or officer of the Corporation, and shall continue as vested contract rights even if such person ceases to be a member of the Board, member of a committee of the Board or officer of the Corporation. Any amendment, repeal, or modification of, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, this Article VI (or any provision hereof) shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification or advancement of expenses granted to any person pursuant hereto with respect to any act or omission of such person occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal, modification, or adoption (regardless of whether the Proceeding relating to such acts or omissions, or any proceeding relating to such person’s rights to indemnification or to advancement of expenses, is commenced before or after the time of such amendment, repeal, modification, or adoption), and any such amendment, repeal, modification, or adoption that would adversely affect such person’s rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder shall be ineffective as to such person, except with respect to any threatened, pending, or completed Proceeding that relates to or arises from (and only to the extent such Proceeding relates to or arises from) any act or omission of such person occurring after the effective time of such amendment, repeal, modification, or adoption.

Section 6.8: Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote or consent of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Additionally, nothing in this Article VI shall limit the ability of the Corporation, in its discretion, to indemnify or advance expenses to persons whom the Corporation is not obligated to indemnify or advance expenses pursuant to this Article VI.

Section 6.9: Indemnification Contracts. The Board is authorized to cause the Corporation to enter into indemnification contracts with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of the Board, officer, employee or agent of Another Enterprise providing indemnification or advancement rights to such person. Such rights may be greater than those provided in this Article VI.

 

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Section 6.10: Claims.

6.10.1 If (X) following the final disposition of the Proceeding, a claim under Section 6.1 of these Bylaws with respect to any right to indemnification is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written demand has been received by the Corporation or (Y) a claim under Section 6.5.1 of these Bylaws with respect to any right to the advancement of expenses is not paid in full by the Corporation within twenty (20) days after a written demand has been received by the Corporation, then the person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses, as the case may be, may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.

6.10.2 If successful in whole or in part in any suit brought pursuant to Section 6.10.1 of these Bylaws, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), the person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification or an advancement of expenses hereunder or the person from whom the Corporation sought to recover an advancement of expenses, as the case may be, shall be entitled to be paid by the Corporation the reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) of prosecuting or defending such suit.

6.10.3 In any suit brought by a person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not a suit brought by a person seeking to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses hereunder), it shall be a defense that the person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification has not met any applicable standard for indemnification under applicable law. With respect to any suit brought by a person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification or right to advancement of expenses hereunder or any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), neither (i) the failure of the Corporation to have made a determination prior to commencement of such suit that indemnification of such person is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standards of conduct under applicable law, nor (ii) an actual determination by the Corporation that such person has not met such applicable standards of conduct, shall create a presumption that such person has not met the applicable standards of conduct or, in a case brought by such person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification, be a defense to such suit.

6.10.4 In any suit brought by a person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), the burden shall be on the Corporation to prove that the person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses or the person from whom the Corporation seeks to recover an advancement of expenses is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such an advancement of expenses, under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section 6.11: Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. Any indemnification required or permitted under this Article VI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, member of a committee of the Board, officer, employee or agent, as the case may be, is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met all applicable standards of conduct set forth in this Article VI and Section 145 of the DGCL. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a member of the Board, member of a committee of the Board or officer of the Corporation at the time of such determination, (a) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (d) by a majority vote of the Stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to any person who is not a member of the Board, member of a committee of the Board or officer of the Corporation at the time of such determination, in the manner determined by the Board (including in such manner as may be set forth in any general or specific action of the Board applicable to indemnification claims by such person) or in the manner set forth in any agreement to which such person and the Corporation are parties.

 

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Section 6.12: Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a member of the Board, member of a committee of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a member of the Board, officer, employee, or agent of Another Enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, irrespective of whether the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VI or otherwise.

ARTICLE VII: NOTICES

Section 7.1: Notice.

7.1.1 Notice to Directors. Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any director, such notice shall be given either (a) in writing and sent by mail, by a nationally recognized delivery service, or by hand delivery, or (b) by means of electronic transmission. A notice to a member of the Board will be deemed given as follows: (a) if given by hand delivery, when actually received by the director, (b) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (c) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (d) if sent by electronic mail, when sent to the electronic mail address for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, or (e) if sent by any other form of electronic transmission, when sent to the address, location or number (as applicable) for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation.

7.1.2 Notice to Stockholders. Except as otherwise specifically required in these Bylaws (including, without limitation, Section 7.1.3 below) or by law, all notices to stockholders required to be given pursuant to these Bylaws shall be in writing and may be effectively be delivered to a stockholder when given by hand delivery, by depositing such notice in the mail, postage prepaid or, if specifically consented to by the stockholder as described in Section 7.1.3 of these Bylaws by sending such notice by electronic mail or other form of electronic transmission. Any such notice shall be addressed to the person to whom notice is to be given at such person’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. The notice shall be deemed given (a) in the case of hand delivery, when received by the person to whom notice is to be given or by any person accepting such notice on behalf of such person, (b) in the case of delivery by mail, upon deposit in the mail, (c) in the case of delivery by overnight express courier, when dispatched, and (d) in the case of delivery via electronic mail or other form of electronic transmission, when dispatched.

7.1.3 Electronic Transmission. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given in accordance with Section 232 of the DGCL. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (a) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (b) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Notice given pursuant to this Section 7.1.3 shall be deemed given: (i) if by electronic mail,

 

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when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of such posting and the giving of such separate notice; and (iii) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

7.1.4 Affidavit of Giving Notice. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given in writing or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Section 7.2: Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

ARTICLE VIII: INTERESTED DIRECTORS

Section 8.1: Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its members of the Board or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are members of the board of directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board or committee thereof that authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (a) the material facts as to his, her or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; (b) the material facts as to his, her or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.

Section 8.2: Quorum. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

ARTICLE IX: MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1: Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board.

Section 9.2: Seal. The Board may provide for a corporate seal, which may have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall otherwise be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board.

 

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Section 9.3: Form of Books and Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on or by means of, or be in the form of, CDs or any other information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to any provision of the DGCL.

Section 9.4: Reliance upon Books and Records. A member of the Board, or a member of any committee designated by the Board shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the 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 9.5: Certificate of Incorporation Governs. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall govern.

Section 9.6: Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, then such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the maximum extent possible consistent with such holding and the remaining provisions of these Bylaws (including without limitation, all portions of any section of these Bylaws containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation, that are not themselves invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation) shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE X: AMENDMENT

Unless otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, stockholders of the Corporation holding a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding voting stock then entitled to vote at an election of directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws. To the extent provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, any such adoption, amendment or repeal of or relating to Section 3.1.4 of these Bylaws or this proviso of this second sentence of this Article X by the Board shall require the affirmative vote of at least eighty percent (80%) of the Whole Board (which eighty percent (80%) of the Whole Board must include the Series B Director for so long as Ford or any of its Affiliates has the right to designate the Series B Director pursuant to the Voting Agreement).

 

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATION OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

a Delaware corporation

I, Neil Sitron, certify that I am Secretary of Rivian Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), that I am duly authorized to make and deliver this certification, that the attached Bylaws are a true and complete copy of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation in effect as of the date of this certificate.

Dated: September 6, 2019

 

/s/ Neil Sitron

Neil Sitron, Secretary