EX-3.4 3 ex34.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS FOR ZENOSENSE, INC. ex34.htm




 
BYLAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF
ZENOSENSE, INC.
(Formerly, Braeden Valley Mines, Inc.)
 
a Nevada corporation
(the "Corporation")
 
ARTICLE 1
 
Offices
 
Section 1.01 – Principal And Registered Office.
 
The principal and registered office for the transaction of the business of the Corporation is hereby fixed and located at 318 North Carson Street, Suite 208, Carson City, Nevada 89701. The Corporation's administrative offices shall be located at any place within the state of Nevada or elsewhere as determined by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may have such other offices, within any state of the United States, as the Corporation's board of directors (the “Board”) may designate or as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time.
 
Section 1.02 – Other Offices.
 
Branch or subordinate offices may at any time be established by the Board at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.
 
ARTICLE 2
 
Meetings of Shareholders
 
Section 2.01 – Meeting Place.
 
All annual meetings of shareholders and all other meetings of shareholders shall be held at the administrative office or at any other place within or without the State of Nevada which may be designated by the Board.
 
Section 2.02 – Annual Meetings.
 
A. The annual meetings of shareholders shall be held on the first Tuesday of July of each year, at the hour of 2:00 p.m., commencing with the year 2003, provided, however, that should the day of the annual meeting fall upon a legal holiday, then any such annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at the same time and place on the next business day thereafter which is not a legal holiday.
 
 
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B. Written notice of each annual meeting signed by the president or the secretary, or by such other person or persons as the Board may designate, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, either personally or by mail or other means of written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to such shareholder at his address appearing on the books of the Corporation or given by him to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. If a shareholder gives no address, notice shall be deemed to have been given to him if sent by mail or other means of written communication addressed to the place where the principal office of the Corporation is situated, or if published at least once in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said office is located. All such notices shall be sent to each shareholder entitled thereto, or published, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before each annual meeting, and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of such meeting, and shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
 
C. Failure to hold the annual meeting shall not constitute dissolution or forfeiture of the Corporation, and a special meeting of the shareholders may take the place thereof.
 
Section 2.03 – Special Meetings.
 
Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes whatsoever, may be called at any time by the president or by the Board, or by one or more shareholders holding not less that 10% of the voting power of the Corporation. Except in special cases where other express provision is made by statute, notice of such special meetings shall be given in the same manner as for annual meetings of shareholders. Notices of any special meeting shall specify in addition to the place, day and hour of such meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
 
Section 2.04 – Adjourned Meetings And Notice Thereof.
 
A. Any shareholders' meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares, the holders of which are either present in person or represented by proxy thereat, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at any such meeting.
 
B. When any shareholders' meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
 
Section 2.05 – Entry Of Notice.
 
Whenever any shareholder entitled to vote has been absent from any meeting of shareholders, whether annual or special, an entry in the minutes to the effect that notice has been duly given shall be conclusive and incontrovertible evidence that due notice of such meeting was given to such shareholder, as required by law and these bylaws.
 
 
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Section 2.06 – Voting.
 
At all annual and special meetings of shareholders, each shareholder entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote for each share of stock so held and represented at such meetings, either in person or by written proxy, unless the Corporation's articles of incorporation ("Articles") provide otherwise, in which event, the voting rights, powers and privileges prescribed in the Articles shall prevail. Voting for directors and, upon demand of any shareholder, upon any question at any meeting, shall be by ballot. If a quorum is present at a meeting of the shareholders, the vote of a majority of the shares represented at such meeting shall be sufficient to bind the Corporation, unless otherwise provided by law or the Articles.
 
Section 2.07 – Quorum.
 
The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.
 
Section 2.08 – Consent Of Absentees.
 
The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however called and notice given thereof, shall be as valid as though done at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before of after the meeting, each of the shareholders entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, sign a written Waiver of Notice, or a consent to the holding of such meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of such meeting.
 
Section 2.09 – Proxies.
 
Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or his duly authorized agent and filed with the secretary of the Corporation; provided however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless the shareholder executing it specifies therein the length of time for which such proxy is to continue in force, which in no case shall exceed seven (7) years from the date of its execution.
 
Section 2.10 – Shareholder Action Without A Meeting.
 
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a written consent thereto is signed by shareholders holding at least a majority of the voting power, except that if a different proportion of voting power is required for such an action at a meeting, then that proportion of written consents is required. In no instance where action is authorized by this written consent need a meeting of shareholders be called or notice given. The written consent must be filed with the proceedings of the shareholders.
 
 
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ARTICLE 3
 
Board of Directors
 
Section 3.01 – Powers.
 
Subject to the limitations of the Articles, these bylaws, and the provisions of Nevada corporate law as to action to be authorized or approved by the shareholders, and subject to the duties of directors as prescribed by these bylaws, all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be controlled by, the Board. Without prejudice to such general powers, but subject to the same limitations, it is hereby expressly declared that the directors shall have the following powers:
 
A. To select and remove all the other officers, agents and employees of the Corporation, prescribe such powers and duties for them as are not inconsistent with law, with the Articles, or these bylaws, fix their compensation, and require from them security for faithful service.
 
B. To conduct, manage and control the affairs and business of the Corporation, and to make such rules and regulations therefore not inconsistent with law, the Articles, or these bylaws, as they may deem best.
 
C. To change the principal office for the transaction of the business if such change becomes necessary or useful; to fix and locate from time to time one or more subsidiary offices of the Corporation within or without the State of Nevada, as provided in Section 1.02 of Article 1 hereof; to designate any place within or without the State of Nevada for the holding of any shareholders' meeting or meetings; and to adopt, make and use a corporate seal, and to prescribe the forms of certificates of stock, and to alter the form of such seal and of such certificates from time to time, as in their judgment they may deem best, provided such seal and such certificates shall at all times comply with the provisions of law.
 
D. To authorize the issuance of shares of stock of the Corporation from time to time, upon such terms as may be lawful, in consideration of money paid, labor done or services actually rendered, debts or securities canceled, or tangible or intangible property actually received, or in the case of shares issued as a dividend, against amounts transferred from surplus to stated capital.
 
E. To borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of the Corporation, and to cause to be executed and delivered therefore, in the corporate name, promissory notes, bonds, debentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecation or other evidences of debt and securities therefore.
 
F. To appoint an executive committee and other committees and to delegate to the executive committee any of the powers and authority of the Board in management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, except the power to declare dividends and to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws. The executive committee shall be composed of one or more directors.
 
 
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Section 3.02 – Number And Qualification Of Directors.
 
The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 12 or such other number as may be required by law. The Board of Directors shall set the number of directors.
 
Section 3.03 – Election And Term Of Office.
 
The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders, but if any such annual meeting is not held, or the directors are not elected thereat, the directors may be elected at any special meeting of shareholders. All directors shall hold office until their respective successors are elected.
 
Section 3.04 – Vacancies.
 
A. Vacancies in the Board may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each director so elected or appointed shall hold office until his successor is elected at an annual or a special meeting of the shareholders.
 
B. A vacancy or vacancies in the Board shall be deemed to exist in case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the authorized number of directors be increased, or if the shareholders fail at any annual or special meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.
 
C. The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors.
 
D. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of his term of office.
 
ARTICLE 4
Meetings of the Board of Directors
 
Section 4.01 – Place Of Meetings.
 
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at any place within or without the State of Nevada which has been designated from time to time by resolution of the Board or by written consent of all members of the Board. In the absence of such designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation. Special meetings of the Board may be held either at a place so designated, or at the principal office. Failure to hold an annual meeting of the Board shall not constitute forfeiture or dissolution of the Corporation.
 
 
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Section 4.02 – Organization Meeting.
 
Immediately following each annual meeting of shareholders, the Board shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, election of officers, and the transaction of other business.
 
Section 4.03 – Other Regular Meetings.
 
Other regular meetings of the Board shall be held as determined by the Board.
 
Section 4.04 – Special Meetings.
 
A. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time for any purpose or purposes by the President, or, if he is absent or unable or refuses to act, by any Vice President or by any two directors.
 
B. Written notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally to each director or sent to each director by overnight delivery services, facsimile or telegraph, charges prepaid, addressed to him at his address as it is shown upon the records of the Corporation, or if it is not shown upon such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place in which the regular meetings of the directors are normally held. No such notice is valid unless delivered to the director to whom it was addressed at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In the case of overnight delivery, telecopying or telegraphing, delivery shall be deemed to be completed upon receipt of the notice at the address (or facsimile number) provided in the records of the Corporation for such member.
 
Section 4.05 – Notice Of Adjournment.
 
Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given to absent directors, if the time and place be fixed at the meeting adjourned.
 
Section 4.06 – Waiver Of Notice.
 
The transactions of any meeting of the Board, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though a meeting had been duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present sign a written waiver of notice or a consent to holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
 
 
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Section 4.07 – Quorum.
 
If the Corporation has only one director, then the presence of that one director constitutes a quorum. If the Corporation has only two directors, then the presence of both such directors is necessary to constitute a quorum. If the Corporation has three or more directors, then a majority of those directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as hereinafter provided. A director may be present at a meeting either in person or by telephone. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present, shall be regarded as the act of the Board, unless a greater number be required by law or by the Articles.
 
Section 4.08 – Adjournment.
 
A quorum of the directors may adjourn any directors' meeting to meet again at a stated day and hour; provided however, that in the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present at any directors' meeting, either regular or special, may adjourn such meeting only until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board.
 
Section 4.09 Fees And Compensation.
 
Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed fee, with or without expenses of attendance, may be allowed for attendance at each meeting. Nothing stated herein shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefore.
 
Section 4.10 – Action Without A Meeting.
 
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board, or a committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if, before or after the action, a written consent thereto is signed by all the members of the Board or of the committee. The written consent must be filed with the proceedings of the Board or committee.
 
ARTICLE 5
Officers
Section 5.01 – Executive Officers.
 
The executive officers of the Corporation shall be a president, a secretary, and a treasurer or such other offices as may be designated. The Corporation may also have, at the direction of the Board, a chairman of the Board, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 of this Article. Officers other than the president and the chairman of the board need not be directors. Any one person may hold two or more offices, unless otherwise prohibited by the Articles or by law.
 
 
 
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Section 5.02 – Appointment.
 
The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.03 and 5.05 of this Article, shall be appointed annually by the Board, and each shall hold his office until he resigns or is removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or his successor is appointed and qualified.
 
Section 5.03 – Subordinate Officers, Etc.
 
The Board may appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.
 
Section 5.04 – Removal And Resignation.
 
A. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority of the directors at the time in office, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.
 
B. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board or to the president or secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect on the date such notice is received or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
 
Section 5.05 – Vacancies.
 
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular appointments to such office.
 
Section 5.06 – Chairman of the Board.
 
The Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board, and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board or prescribed by these bylaws.
 
Section 5.07 – President.
 
Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board to the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer), the president shall, subject to the control of the Board, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the Corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, at all meetings of the Board. He shall be an ex-officio member of all the standing committees, including the executive committee, if any, and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.
 
 
 
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Section 5.08 – Vice President.
 
In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board, or if not ranked, the vice president designated by the Board, shall perform all 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. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board or these bylaws.
 
Section 5.09 – Secretary.
 
A. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal office or such other place as the Board may direct, a book of (i) minutes of all meetings of directors and shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and if special, how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present and absent at directors' meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders' meetings, and the proceedings thereof; and (ii) any waivers, consents, or approvals authorized to be given by law or these bylaws.
 
B. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal office, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing (i) the name of each shareholder and his or her address; (ii) the number and class or classes of shares held by each, and the number and date of certificates issued for the same; and (iii) the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
 
Section 5.10 – Treasurer
 
A. The treasurer officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, surplus and shares. Any surplus, including earned surplus, paid-in surplus and surplus arising from a reduction of stated capital, shall be classified according to source and shown in a separate account. The books of account shall at all times be open to inspection by any director.
 
B. The treasurer officer shall deposit all monies and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.
 
 
 
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ARTICLE 6
Miscellaneous
 
 
Section 6.01 – Domestic International Sales Corporation Status.
 
The Corporation intends to make the elections to be a Domestic International Sales Corporation, and to qualify and conduct business as a Domestic International Sales Corporation within the meaning of Sections 991 through 997 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as currently in effect or as hereafter amended (or the equivalent provisions of any subsequent revenue laws (the “Code”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each shareholder of the Corporation agrees that it/he/she will not take any action inconsistent with the Corporation’s aforementioned election.
 
Section 6.02 – Record Date and Closing Stock Books.
 
The Board may fix a time in the future, not exceeding fifteen (15) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, and not exceeding thirty (30) days preceding the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or for the allotment of rights, or when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any such meeting, or entitled to receive any such dividend or distribution, or any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect to any such change, conversion or exchange of shares, and in such case only shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meetings, or to receive such dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date fixed as herein set forth. The Board may close the books of the Corporation against transfers of shares during the whole, or any part, of any such period.
 
Section 6.03 – Inspection of Corporate Records.
 
The share register or duplicate share register, the books of account, and records of proceedings of the shareholders and directors shall be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or the holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time, and for a purpose reasonably related to his interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate, and shall be exhibited at any time when required by the demand of ten percent (10%) of the shares represented at any shareholders' meeting. Such inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include the right to make extracts. Demand of inspection other than at a shareholders' meeting shall be made in writing upon the president, secretary, or assistant secretary, and shall state the reason for which inspection is requested.
 
Section 6.04 – Checks, Drafts, Etc.
 
All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board.
 
Section 6.05 – Annual Report.
 
The Board shall cause to be sent to the shareholders not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year an annual report.
 
 
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Section 6.06 – Contracts, Etc., How Executed.
 
The Board, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer, officers, agent, or agents, to enter into any contract, deed or lease, or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and unless so authorized by the Board, no officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
 
Section 6.07 – Certificates of Stock.
 
A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any such shares are fully paid up. All such certificates shall be signed by the president and the secretary or be authenticated by facsimiles of the signature of the president and secretary or by a facsimile of the signatures of the president and the written signature of the secretary. Every certificate authenticated by a facsimile of a signature must be countersigned by a transfer agent or transfer clerk.
 
Section 6.08 – Representations of Shares of Other Corporations.
 
The president and the secretary of this Corporation are authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this Corporation, all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this Corporation. The authority herein granted to said officers to vote or represent on behalf of this Corporation or companies may be exercised either by such officers in person or by any person authorized so to do by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by said officers.
 
Section 6.09 – Inspection of Bylaws.
 
The Corporation shall keep in its principal office for the transaction of business the original or a copy of these bylaws, as amended or otherwise altered to date, certified by the secretary, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours.
 
Section 6.10 – Indemnification.
 
The Corporation shall indemnify its officers and directors for any liability including reasonable costs of defense arising out of any act or omission of any officer or director on behalf of the Corporation to the full extent allowed by the laws of the State of Nevada.
 
 
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ARTICLE 7
Amendments
 
 
Section 7.01 – Power of Shareholders.
 
New bylaws may be adopted, or these bylaws may be amended or repealed, by the affirmative vote of the shareholders collectively having a majority of the voting power or by the written assent of such shareholders.
 
 
Section 7.02 – Power of Directors.
 
Subject to the rights of the shareholders as provided in Section 7.01 of this Article, bylaws other than a bylaw, or amendment thereof, changing the authorized number of directors, may also be adopted, amended, or repealed by the Board.
 

 
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