-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G7MnFtn/GLTRiRst5w7qCkTO7vn8+rhLyfVFwRjIkoT+LQc6YDEn0dR6qzbvq/3A 6bR2K2FiYJQ5OCMT1uz5Cg== 0000950134-07-009306.txt : 20070427 0000950134-07-009306.hdr.sgml : 20070427 20070427155322 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-07-009306 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070423 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001283699 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812] IRS NUMBER: 200836269 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33409 FILM NUMBER: 07795762 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8144 WALNUT HILL LANE STREET 2: STE 800 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75231-4388 BUSINESS PHONE: 214-265-2550 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8144 WALNUT HILL LANE STREET 2: STE 800 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75231-4388 8-K 1 d45982e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2007
METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
DELAWARE   1-33409   20-0836269
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
8144 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 800
Dallas, Texas
  75231-4388
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 214-265-2550
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not Applicable
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
  o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
  o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
  o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item 8.01. Other Events
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws


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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
     On April 24, 2007, upon consummation of the underwritten initial public offering (the “Offering”) of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”), as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, became effective. On the same date, upon consummation of the Offering, the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Restated Bylaws”) became effective.
     The following is a summary of the primary changes effected by the Restated Certificate:
Authorized Capital Stock

Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation
Provides for total authorized stock of 325,000,300, which includes 300,000,300 shares of common stock, of which 300 shares are Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (which are no longer outstanding), and 300,000,000 shares are Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 4,000,000 shares are Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and 500,000 shares are Series E Convertible Preferred Stock.
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation
Provides for two classes of capital stock to be designated, respectively, Common Stock and Preferred Stock. The total number of shares which the Company will be authorized to issue will be 1,100,000,000 shares. 1,000,000,000 shares will be Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and 100,000,000 shares will be Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
All references to Class A Common Stock, Series D Preferred Stock and Series E Preferred Stock are deleted.


Amendment of Bylaws
     
Second Amended and Restated   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Certificate of Incorporation   Incorporation
 
   
Provides that the directors can amend the Company’s Bylaws upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then serving, and that stockholders can amend the Company’s Bylaws upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the aggregate votes that may be cast by the holders of the outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote.
  Provides that the directors can amend the Company’s Bylaws upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then serving, and that the stockholders can amend the Company’s Bylaws upon the affirmative vote of the holders of shares having 662/3% of the aggregate votes underlying the outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote.

 


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Classified Board of Directors
     
Second Amended and Restated   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Certificate of Incorporation   Incorporation
 
   
Does not provide for a classified Board of Directors.
  Provides that the directors, other than those that may be elected by the holder of any series of Preferred Stock, are divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. Each director serves for a term ending on the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which that director was elected.
Meetings of Stockholders
     
Second Amended and Restated   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Certificate of Incorporation   Incorporation
 
   
Provides for meetings of stockholders as the Bylaws may provide.
  References the advance notice requirements in the Restated Bylaws (as discussed below). Additionally, the articles now prohibit stockholder action by written consent.
Amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation
     
Second Amended and Restated   Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Certificate of Incorporation   Incorporation
 
   
Provides that any provision of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may not be amended, altered, changed or repealed without both (1) the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors then serving and (2) the affirmative vote of the holders of shares having at least a majority of the aggregate votes underlying the outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote thereon.
  Provides that certain provisions of the Restated Certificate may not be amended, altered, changed, repealed or adopted without the affirmative vote of the holders of record of outstanding shares representing at least 75% of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Company then entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors, voting together as a single class, unless such amendment is adopted or authorized by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of all of the members of the Board of Directors.
     In addition to the principal amendments to the Restated Certificate summarized above, certain other updates and clarifying changes have been made, as well as changes required as a result of amendments proposed with respect to the Restated Bylaws, as discussed below.

 


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     The following is a summary of the primary changes effected by the Restated Bylaws:
Calling Special Stockholder Meetings
     
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
   
Provides that special meetings of stockholders may be called by the president of the Company and must be called at the request of a majority of the Board of Directors or stockholders.
  Provides that special meetings of stockholders may be called by the president of the Company and must be called at the request of a majority of the Board of Directors.
Advance Notice Provisions for Director Nominations
     
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
   
No provisions.
  Requires that director nominations, other than those made by the Board of Directors, must be preceded by notification in writing received by the Secretary of the Company not less than 20 days nor more than 60 days prior to any meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors.
Advance Notice Provisions for Conducting Business
     
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
   
No provisions.
  Requires that for business to be properly brought before any meeting, a stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the Company’s principal executive offices not less than 20 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date of the meeting.
Stockholder Action Without a Meeting
     
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
   
Permits action by written consent of the stockholders.
  Prohibits the stockholders of the Company from taking action by written consent without a meeting.

 


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FCC Eligibility of Directors and Shareholders
     
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
   
No current provisions.
  Provides that the Company may obtain certain information from the Company’s directors and stockholders to establish that the directors and stockholders are eligible to be directors and stockholders of the Company under applicable Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations.
Indemnification
     
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
   
Provide for indemnification of directors.
  No indemnification provisions. (Indemnification provisions are contained in the Restated Certificate)
     In addition to the principal amendments to the Restated Bylaws summarized above, certain other updates and clarifying changes have been made, as well as changes required as a result of amendments proposed with respect to the Restated Certificate, as discussed above.
     On December 6, 2006, the board of directors of the Company approved filing the Restated Certificate and effectuating the Restated Bylaws upon consummation of the Offering. On February 19, 2007, the Company’s stockholders approved filing the Restated Certificate and effectuating the Restated Bylaws upon consummation of the Offering.
     A copy of the Restated Certificate is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report. A copy of the Restated Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
     On April 23, 2007, the underwriters of the Offering of the Company’s Common Stock exercised in full the over-allotment option to purchase 7,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock from the selling stockholders in the Offering at a purchase price of $21.919 per share (the offering price to the public of $23.00 per share minus the underwriters’ discount).
     On April 24, 2007, the Company closed the Offering, consisting of 57,500,000 shares of Common Stock, which included the underwriter’s over-allotment option of 7,500,000 shares of Common Stock. Of the 57,500,000 shares of Common Stock sold to the underwriters in the Offering, 37,500,000 shares were sold by the Company and 20,000,000 shares were sold by the selling stockholders.
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incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
         
EXHIBIT        
NUMBER       DESCRIPTION
 
       
3.1
    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
 
       
3.2
    Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of MetroPCS Communications, Inc.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
    METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
       
Date: April 27, 2007
  By:   /s/ J. Braxton Carter
 
       
 
      J. Braxton Carter
 
      Senior Vice President and CFO

 

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EXHIBIT 3.1
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”)
     The undersigned, Roger D. Linquist, hereby certifies that,
     ONE: He is the duly elected and acting President and Chief Executive Officer of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
     TWO: The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 10, 2004 pursuant to the DGCL.
     THREE: The directors and the stockholders of the Corporation, in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL, have adopted and approved this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
     The certificate of incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE NAME
     The name of the Corporation is MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED ADDRESS AND AGENT
     The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
NATURE OF BUSINESS
     The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.
ARTICLE IV
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK
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be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is One Billion One Hundred Million (1,100,000,000) shares. One Billion (1,000,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
     (B) Preferred Stock.
          1. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors or by order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction over the Corporation administering any applicable statute of the United States relating to plans of reorganization of corporations, subject to any qualifications, limitations and restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Article IV. The voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, of each series of the Preferred Stock shall be such as are fixed by the Board of Directors or fixed by such court, the authority to do so being hereby expressly granted, and as are stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors or in an order or decree of such court providing for the issue of such series of Preferred Stock (herein called the “Certificate of Designation”). The Certificate of Designation as to any series shall, subject to any qualifications, limitations and restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Article IV, (a) designate the series, (b) fix the dividend rate, if any, of such series, the payment dates for dividends on shares of such series and the date or dates, or the method of determining the date or dates, if any, from which dividends on shares of such series shall be cumulative, (c) fix the amount or amounts payable on shares of such series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, (d) state the price or prices or rate or rates, and adjustments, if any, at which, and the time or times and the terms and conditions upon which, the shares of such series may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation or at the option of the holder or holders of shares of such series or upon the occurrence of a specified event, and state whether such shares may be redeemed for cash, property or rights, including securities of the Corporation or other equity securities; and such Certificate of Designation may (i) limit the number of shares of such series that may be issued, (ii) provide for a sinking fund for the purchase or redemption of shares of such series and specify the terms and conditions governing the operations of any such fund, (iii) grant voting rights to the holders of shares of such series, (iv) impose conditions or restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or upon the issuance of additional Preferred Stock or other capital stock ranking on a parity therewith, or prior thereto, with respect to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation, (v) impose conditions or restrictions upon the payment of dividends upon, or the making of other distributions to, or the acquisition of, shares ranking junior to such series with respect to dividends or distributions of assets upon liquidation, (vi) state the time or times, the price or prices or the rate or rates of exchange and other terms, conditions and adjustments upon which shares of any such series may be made convertible into, or exchangeable for, at the option of the holder or the Corporation or upon the occurrence of a specified event, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of Preferred Stock or any other class or classes of stock or other securities of the Corporation, and (vii) grant such other special rights and impose such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or such court, to the extent not inconsistent with this Article IV and to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.

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          2. Preferred Stock that is redeemed, purchased or retired by the Corporation shall assume the status of authorized and unissued Preferred Stock and may thereafter, subject to the provisions of any Certificate of Designation providing for the issue of any particular series of Preferred Stock, be reissued in the same manner as authorized and unissued Preferred Stock.
     (C) Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock shall be identical except as expressly set forth in this Article IV. Each share of Common Stock shall have attributed to it the number of votes set forth in Section (E) below.
     (D) Rights of Holders of Capital Stock.
          1. Holders of Preferred Stock. Except as such rights may be specifically limited herein, the rights of holders of Preferred Stock shall be as set forth in any Certificate of Designation relating thereto.
          2. Holders of Common Stock. The rights of holders of Common Stock shall be as set forth in this Section 2, except with respect to such rights as are set forth in Section (E) of this Article IV.
               (a) Dividend Rights. Subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to dividends, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of any assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, such dividends, distributed ratably among the holders of the Common Stock in proportion to the number of shares of such stock owned by each such holder, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.
               (b) Liquidation Preference. Subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to distributions in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and after any and all distributions are made in accordance therewith, in such event, either voluntary or involuntary, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the Common Stock in proportion to the number of shares of such stock owned by each such holder.
          3. Redemption.
               (a) If, at any time, a holder of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock acquires additional shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or is otherwise attributed with ownership of such shares, that would cause the Corporation to violate (in each case, an “FCC Violation”) (A) any requirement of the FCC regarding foreign ownership (collectively, “Foreign Ownership Requirements”) or (B) any other rule or regulation of the FCC applicable to the Corporation, then the Corporation may, at the option of the Board of Directors, redeem from the holder or holders causing such FCC Violation a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to eliminate the FCC Violation by paying in cash therefor a sum equal to the Redemption Price. The “Redemption Price” (herein so called) shall equal such price as is mutually determined by such stockholders and the Corporation, or, if no agreement can be reached, shall equal either (i) seventy-five percent (75%) of the fair market value of the Common

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Stock (the “Common Stock Fair Market Value”) or the Fair Market Value of the Preferred Stock, as applicable, where such holder caused the FCC Violation, or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the Common Stock Fair Market Value or the Fair Market Value of the Preferred Stock, as applicable, where the FCC Violation was caused by no fault of the holder; provided, however, that the determination of whether such party caused the FCC Violation shall be made, in good faith, by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors. As used in this Section (D)(3), the Common Stock Fair Market Value shall be determined as follows:
                    (i) if the Common Stock is publicly traded at the time of determination, the average of the closing prices for the Common Stock on all domestic securities exchanges on which such may at the time be listed, or, if there have been no sales on any such exchange on such day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on all such exchanges at the end of such day, or, if on any day such security is not so listed, the average of the representative bid and asked prices quoted on the NASDAQ system as of the close of trading on such day, or if on any day such security is not quoted in the NASDAQ system, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices on such day in the domestic over-the-counter market as reported by the Pink Sheets, LLC, or any similar successor organization, in each such case averaged over the 30-day period ending three days prior to the Redemption Date (as defined in (D)(3)(b) below); and
                    (ii) if the Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time of determination then, the fair value of the Common Stock as determined in good faith by the disinterested members of the Board of Directors.
     As used in this Section (D)(3), the Preferred Stock Fair Market Value shall mean the value determined by multiplying the Common Stock Fair Market Value by the number of shares of Common Stock into which the share of Preferred Stock is then convertible.
               (b) At least five (5) but no more than thirty (30) days prior to any date on which Common Stock or Preferred Stock is to be redeemed (a “Redemption Date”), written notice shall be by mail, first class postage prepaid, overnight mail, facsimile, or electronic mail to each holder of record (at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given) of the shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at the address last shown on the records of the Corporation for such holder, notifying such holder of the redemption to be effected, specifying the number of shares to be redeemed from such holder, the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, the place at which payment may be obtained and calling upon such holder to surrender to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares to be redeemed (the “Redemption Notice”). Except as provided in subsection (3)(c) on or after the Redemption Date, each holder of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender to the Corporation the certificate or certificates representing such shares, in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and thereupon the Redemption Price of such shares shall be payable to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof and each surrendered certificate shall be canceled. In the event less than all the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares.

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               (c) From and after the Redemption Date, unless there shall have been a default in payment of the Redemption Price, all rights of the holders of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock designated for redemption in the Redemption Notice as holders of such shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (except the right to receive the Redemption Price without interest upon surrender of their certificate or certificates) shall cease with respect to such shares, and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the Corporation or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever. If the funds of the Corporation legally available for redemption of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock on any Redemption Date are insufficient to redeem the total number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such date, those funds which are legally available will be used to redeem the maximum possible number of such shares ratably among the holders of such shares to be redeemed based upon their holdings of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to be redeemed. The shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock not redeemed shall remain outstanding and entitled to all the rights and preferences provided herein. At any time thereafter when additional funds of the Corporation are legally available for the redemption of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, such funds will immediately be used to redeem the balance of the shares which the Corporation has become obligated to redeem on any Redemption Date but which it has not redeemed.
               (d) Prior to effecting any such redemption, the Corporation shall provide any holder of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to be redeemed with reasonable prior written notice of the regulatory problem giving rise to the Corporation’s redemption right and, if requested to do so by such holder, the Corporation shall reasonably cooperate with such affected holder in arranging another method to minimize or eliminate the regulatory problem giving rise to the Corporation’s redemption right, including, but not limited to and not in any particular order of priority, preparing and filing waiver requests with the FCC, developing alternative ownership structures, assisting with a sale of such holders interest in the Company, amending the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation and obtaining FCC approvals for such transaction.
     (E) Voting Rights.
          1. Common Stock. The holders of Common Stock shall have the right to vote on every matter submitted to a vote of the holders of capital stock of the Corporation other than any matter on which only the holders of one or more other classes or series of capital stock of the Corporation are entitled to vote separately as a class.
          2. Preferred Stock. Except as specifically limited herein, the holders of Preferred Stock shall have such voting rights as shall be set forth in any Certificate of Designation relating thereto.
ARTICLE V
POWER TO AMEND BYLAWS
     (A) Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided in this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then serving, to make, adopt, alter, amend, and

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repeal from time to time the Bylaws of the Corporation and make from time to time new Bylaws of the Corporation (subject to the right of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon to adopt, alter, amend, and repeal Bylaws made by the Board of Directors or to make new Bylaws).
     (B) Stockholders. The stockholders of the Corporation may adopt, alter, amend, or repeal Bylaws made by the Board of Directors or make new Bylaws solely upon the affirmative vote of the holders of shares having 662/3% of the aggregate votes underlying the outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote thereon.
ARTICLE VI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
     (A) Number, Election and Term of Directors.
          1. The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation, or as provided in accordance with any Certificate of Designation. Effective upon the filing of this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (such date hereinafter referred to as the “Trigger Date”), the directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. Such classes shall be as nearly equal in number of directors as possible. Each such director shall serve for a term ending on the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which that director was elected; provided, however, that the directors first designated as Class I directors shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders next following the date of their designation as Class I directors, the directors first designated as Class II directors shall serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders next following the date of their designation as Class II directors, and the directors first designated as Class III directors shall serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders next following the date of their designation as Class III directors. Upon the Trigger Date, if then permitted by applicable law, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to designate the members of the Board of Directors then in office as Class I directors, Class II directors and Class III directors, respectively. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders at which that director’s term expires and, the foregoing notwithstanding, shall serve until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
          2. At each annual election, the directors chosen to succeed those whose terms then expired shall be of the same class as the directors they succeed, unless, by reason of any intervening changes in the authorized number of directors, the Board of Directors shall have designated one or more directorships whose term then expires as directorships of another class in order to more nearly achieve equality of number of directors among the classes.
          3. In the event of any change in the authorized number of directors, each director then continuing to serve as such shall nevertheless continue as a director of the class of which he is a member until the expiration of his current term, or his prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. The Board of Directors shall specify the class to which a newly created directorship shall be allocated.

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     (B) Vacancies. Any vacancies of the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other reason may be filled as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
     (C) Written Ballots not Required. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.
     (D) Removal of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power underlying the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s capital stock entitled to elect such director, voting separately as a class.
     (E) Corporate Opportunity Matters.
          1. Except as set forth in subsection (2) of this Article VI(E)), to the extent permitted by the DGCL, if any non-employee director (or any of his or her affiliates) acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity, the Corporation shall have no interest or expectancy in being offered by such non-employee director any opportunity to participate in such corporate opportunity, any such interest or expectancy being hereby renounced, so that, as a result of such renunciation and without limiting the scope of such renunciation, such person (a) shall have no duty to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Corporation and (b) shall have the right to hold any such corporate opportunity for its (and its officers’, directors’, agents’, stockholders’ or affiliates’) own account or to recommend, sell, assign or transfer such corporate opportunity to persons other than the Corporation; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not preclude or prevent the Corporation from pursuing any corporate opportunity that may be presented to it by any means.
          2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this Article VI(E), the Corporation does not renounce any interest or expectancy it may have in any corporate opportunity that is offered to any non-employee director, if such opportunity is expressly offered to such non-employee director (or his or her affiliates) solely in, and as a direct result of, his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS; ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING
     (A) Meetings of Stockholders. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws of the Corporation may provide. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statues) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

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     (B) Stockholder Action by Written Consent. No action shall be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation except at an annual or special meeting of such stockholders. The stockholders of the Corporation may not take action by written consent.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
     (A) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL in effect on the date of the effectiveness of this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and to such greater extent as the DGCL may thereafter permit, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, manager, member, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, liabilities, losses, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.
     (B) To the extent that a director, manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section (A) of this Article VIII, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
     (C) Any indemnification under Section (A) of this Article VIII (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 director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL. Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders of the Corporation.
     (D) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer, director, a manager of a Corporation limited liability company, or a member of a management committee of a Corporation limited liability company, in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer, manager or member to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
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rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
     (F) The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, manager, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, manager, member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL.
     (G) For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or joint venturer or other enterprise (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, managers, members, employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, manager, member, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or joint venturer or other enterprise, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or joint venturer or other enterprise as a director, officer, manager, member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or joint venturer or other enterprise as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
     (H) For purposes of this Article VIII, (i) references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans, including without limitation, any plan of the Corporation which is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (collectively, “Employee Benefit Plans”), (ii) references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an Employee Benefit Plan, (iii) references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves service by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan, its participants or beneficiaries, and (iv) a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an Employee Benefit Plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article VIII.
     (I) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, manager, member, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
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time while this Article VIII is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Article VIII shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
ARTICLE IX
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
     A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended or replaced, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended after the date of filing this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article IX shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
     The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers are subject to this reserved power; provided that, notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by the DGCL, the affirmative vote of the holders of record of outstanding shares representing at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of the Board of Directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, change, repeal, or adopt any provision or provisions inconsistent with, Article IV, Article V, Article VI, Section (B) of Article VII, Article VIII, Article IX and this Article X of this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation unless such amendment, alteration, change, repeal or adoption of any inconsistent provision or provisions is adopted or authorized by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of all of the members of the Board of Directors.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation on this 24th day of April 2007.
         
  METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Roger D. Linquist   
    Roger D. Linquist   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   
 

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EX-3.2 3 d45982exv3w2.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS exv3w2
 

EXHIBIT 3.2
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws
of MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
Dated as of April 24, 2007
PREAMBLE
     In accordance with power conferred to the board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) of MetroPCS Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), in the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”) of the Corporation, the Board of Directors approved and adopted these Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (these “Bylaws”), such that these Bylaws shall be effective as the bylaws of the Corporation upon, but not prior to, the closing of the Corporation’s initial public offering of common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These Bylaws are subject to, and governed by, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Corporation Law”) and the Certificate of Incorporation. In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of these Bylaws and the mandatory provisions of the Delaware Corporation Law or the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provisions of the Delaware Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation, as the case may be, will be controlling.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     1. The registered office of the Corporation shall be the registered office named in the Certificate of Incorporation or such other place as shall be determined by the Board.
     2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall be held at such time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

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     2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
     3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.
     4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
     5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the president of the Corporation and shall be called by the president or secretary of the Corporation at the request in writing of a majority of all of the directors then in office. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
     6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
     7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
     8. The stockholders holding issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than a majority of the votes of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. lf, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or, if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

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     9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the Delaware statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Stockholders Agreement, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
     10. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
     11. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 11 shall apply to the nominations of directors to the Board of Directors. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors must be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors. Nominations, other than those made by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, must be preceded by notification in writing received by the secretary of the Corporation not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors. Such notification shall contain the written consent of each proposed nominee to serve as a director if so elected and the following information as to each proposed nominee and as to each person, acting alone or in conjunction with one or more other persons as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, who participates or is expected to participate in making such nomination or in organizing, directing or financing such nomination or solicitation of proxies to vote for the nominee:
          (a) the name, age, citizenship, residence, address, and business address of each proposed nominee and of each such person;
          (b) the principal occupation or employment, and the name, type of business and address of the Corporation or other organization in which such employment is carried on, of each proposed nominee and of each such person;
          (c) the amount of stock of the Corporation owned beneficially, either directly or indirectly, by each proposed nominee and each such person;
          (d) a description of any arrangement or understanding of each proposed nominee and of each such person with each other or any other person regarding future employment or any future transaction to which the Corporation will or may be a party; and
          (e) all information required by the Corporation’s director questionnaire then in use by the Corporation for its directors and officers, a copy of which shall be available at the offices of the Corporation.
     The presiding officer of the meeting shall have the authority to determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination not preceded by notification made in accordance with the foregoing procedure shall be disregarded.

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     12. At any meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice provided for in these Bylaws, who shall be entitled to vote at such meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws.
     For business to be properly brought before any meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 12, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. A stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business, and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder of record and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf of the proposal is made and (iv) any material interest of such stockholder of record and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made in such business.
     Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 12, and if such person should so determine, such person shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 12.
     13. The stockholders of the Corporation may not take action by written consent without a meeting but must take any such actions at a duly called annual or special meeting.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
     1. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors and the number of directors that shall constitute each class required by the Certificate of Incorporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of an incumbent director. Except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, the directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified, unless he shall resign, die, become disqualified or disabled, or otherwise be removed. Directors need not be stockholders.

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     2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the votes of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The term of a director elected to fill a newly created directorship or other vacancy shall expire at the same time as the terms of the other directors of the class or division of directors, if any, for which the new directorship is created or in which the vacancy occurred (or, if there shall be no classes or divisions of directors, then at the next annual election of directors), and such director shall hold office until his successor is duly elected and shall qualify, or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute.
     3. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
     4. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
     5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.
     6. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
     7. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the president on two (2) days’ prior written notice to each director by mail or forty-eight (48) hours’ prior notice to each director either personally or by facsimile, telegram or electronic mail; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary of the Corporation in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the Board of Directors consists of only one director, in which case special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary of the Corporation in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director.
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Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
     9. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
     10. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
     11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of all of the directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
     In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
     Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors 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 which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, amending these Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
     12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
     13. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors or designated committee thereof shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director payable in cash, stock, stock options, or other compensation or a combination thereof. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation and reimbursement of expenses for attending committee meetings.
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
     14. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.
RESIGNATIONS OF DIRECTORS OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
     15. Any director or member of a committee may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the chief executive officer or secretary of the Corporation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.
FCC ELIGIBILITY — DIRECTORS
     16. In order to enable the Corporation to establish that existing and proposed directors are eligible to be directors of the Corporation under applicable law, the officers of the Corporation, to the extent necessary, shall obtain from each existing and proposed director information relating to the citizenship and foreign affiliations, if any, of the director and such other information regarding the director as is reasonable to ensure the Corporation is in compliance with applicable law.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
     1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, personally, by overnight mail, telegram, facsimile, or electronic mail or by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given when by United States mail, at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail, and upon delivery if personally delivered, sent via telegram, overnight mail, facsimile, or electronic mail.

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     2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. 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 need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
     1. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a president, chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary and may include such additional officers as may from time to time be authorized by these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more vice-presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide.
     2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall choose a president, chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary and may include such additional officers as may from time to time be authorized by these Bylaws.
     3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
     4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
     5. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected or appointed by the Board of Directors and shall qualify or until such officer’s death, resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the president or secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors comprising the whole Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
     6. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be present. He shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to time, assigned to him by the Board of Directors and as may be provided by law.

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     7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be present. He shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to lime, assigned to him by the Board of Directors and as may be provided by law.
THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS
     8. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation; and, in the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.
     9. The president or any vice president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
     10. In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice-president, if any (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. The vice-presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
     11. The chief financial officer of the Corporation shall have responsibility for the general executive charge, management and control of the financial affairs and business of the Corporation and, jointly with the treasurer of the Corporation, shall have custody and control of all the funds and securities of the Corporation, and he shall have such other powers and duties as from time to time may be designated in these Bylaws or assigned to him by the Board of Directors. He shall perform all acts incident to the position of chief financial officer, subject to the control of the chief executive officer and the Board of Directors.
THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
     12. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors, all meetings of committees of the Board of Directors, and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by

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the Board of Directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
     13. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS
     14. The treasurer, jointly with the chief financial officer, shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
     15. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination; then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the treasurer or in the event of the treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
     1. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the chairman or vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, 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 him in the Corporation.
     If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, and preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,

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limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided that, except as otherwise provided in section 202 of the Delaware Corporation Law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, and preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
     2. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
LOST CERTIFICATES
     3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
TRANSFER OF STOCK
     4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
FIXING RECORD DATE
     5. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, 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 of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, 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. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided; however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

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REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
     6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVIDENDS
     1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation or out of any other assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.
     2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deem proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
CHECKS
     3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
FISCAL YEAR
     4. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. In the absence of such a resolution, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.
SEAL
     5. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal having inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”.

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The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
FCC ELIGIBILITY — STOCKHOLDERS
     6. In order to enable the Corporation to establish that existing and proposed stockholders are eligible to be stockholders of the Corporation under applicable law, the officers of the Corporation, to the extent necessary, may request from each existing and proposed stockholder information relating to the citizenship and the extent, if any, of the foreign ownership of the stockholder, and such other information regarding the stockholder as is reasonable to ensure the Corporation is in compliance with applicable law.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
     1. Subject to, and in accordance with, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders or by the Board. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation.

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