0001193125-13-286122.txt : 20130709 0001193125-13-286122.hdr.sgml : 20130709 20130709164158 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-286122 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130709 ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Control of Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers 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: 20130709 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130709 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Clearwire Corp /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001442505 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMUNICATION SERVICES, NEC [4899] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34196 FILM NUMBER: 13960053 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1475 120TH AVE NE CITY: BELLEVUE STATE: WA ZIP: 98005 BUSINESS PHONE: 425-216-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1475 120TH AVE NE CITY: BELLEVUE STATE: WA ZIP: 98005 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: New Clearwire CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080811 8-K 1 d565809d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2013

 

 

CLEARWIRE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-34196   56-2408571

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas 66251

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(855) 848-2380

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

1475 120th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue, Washington 98005

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Introduction

On July 9, 2013, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 17, 2012, as amended on April 18, 2013, May 21, 2013 and June 20, 2013, by and among Sprint Nextel Corporation, a Kansas Corporation, which we refer to as Sprint, Collie Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint, which we refer to as Merger Sub, and Clearwire Corporation, a Delaware corporation, which we refer to as the Company, the acquisition of the Company by Sprint was consummated. The Company filed a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, pursuant to which Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company at the effective time of the merger, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint, which we refer to as the Merger. At the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, which we refer to as Class A Common Stock, (other than any shares held by Sprint, or SoftBank Corp., a Japanese kabushiki kaisha, or any of their respective affiliates or by any stockholders who properly exercised their appraisal rights under Delaware law) automatically converted into the right to receive $5.00 per share in cash, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes, which we refer to as the Merger Consideration. The aggregate consideration paid by Sprint in connection with the Merger was approximately $3.8 billion.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement, the Merger, and the transactions contemplated thereby is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement as originally executed on December 17, 2012, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the SEC, on December 18, 2012; the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 18, 2013, by and among Sprint, Merger Sub and the Company, which was filed as Exhibit (d)(2) to the Company’s amended Schedule 13E-3 filed with the SEC on May 22, 2013; the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 21, 2013, by and among Sprint, Merger Sub and the Company, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 22, 2013; and the Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 20, 2013, by and among Sprint, Merger Sub and the Company, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 21, 2013; and each is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The information set forth in the Introduction above is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

As a result of the Merger, all shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock were cancelled and were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. Accordingly, on July 9, 2013, the Company notified NASDAQ of its intent to remove the Company’s common stock from listing on NASDAQ and requested that NASDAQ file with the SEC an application on Form 25 to report the delisting of the Company’s common stock from NASDAQ. On July 9, 2013, in accordance with the Company’s request, NASDAQ will file the Form 25 with the SEC in order to provide notification of such delisting of the Company’s common stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Exchange Act. The Company intends to file a certificate on Form 15 requesting that the Company’s common stock be deregistered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and that the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act be suspended.


Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

As a result of the consummation of the Merger on July 9, 2013, each outstanding share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock was converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration.

Also at the effective time of the Merger, each option to purchase shares of our common stock granted pursuant to any stock option plan or stock compensation plan, program or similar arrangement or any individual employment agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s 2008 Stock Compensation Plan, 2007 Stock Compensation Plan and the 2003 Stock Option Plan, which we refer to collectively as the Stock Plans, outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, whether or not then vested, were cancelled in exchange for the right to receive, at such time as is provided in the Merger Agreement, a lump sum cash amount, if any, by which the Merger Consideration exceeds the exercise price of such option, less applicable withholding taxes.

Also at the effective time of the Merger, each restricted stock unit granted prior to December 17, 2012 under a Stock Plan and that is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger which is held by a non-employee member of the Company’s board of directors, each of which we refer to as a Director RSU, was cancelled in exchange for the right to receive, at such time as is provided in the Merger Agreement, a lump sum cash payment equal to the product of the Merger Consideration, without interest, and the number of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to such Director RSU.

Also at the effective time of the Merger, each restricted stock unit granted prior to December 17, 2012 under a Stock Plan that is not a Director RSU and that is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, each of which we refer to as an Unvested RSU, was converted into a right to receive, at such time as is provided in the Merger Agreement, a cash payment equal to the product of the Merger Consideration, without interest, and the number of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to such Unvested RSU, each of which we refer to as a Restricted Cash Account. At the effective time of the Merger, each holder of a Restricted Cash Account obtained the right to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to 50% of the Restricted Cash Account balance, less applicable tax withholdings, from the surviving corporation, which the Merger Agreement provides will be paid as promptly as reasonably practicable following the effective time of the Merger. The remaining balance of the Restricted Cash Account will vest and be paid as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 23, 2013 under “Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger—Treatment of Clearwire Stock Options and Other Equity-Based Awards—Clearwire Non-Director Restricted Stock Units.”

Also at the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding warrant to acquire the Company’s common stock, whether vested or unvested, outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger was, by virtue of the Merger Agreement and without any further action, deemed to constitute a warrant to acquire, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such warrant, the same aggregate Merger Consideration as the holder of such warrant would have been entitled to receive in the Merger had the holder thereof exercised such warrant in full immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger based on the exercise price set forth in the applicable warrant.

Also at the effective time of the Merger, pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 9, 2013, to the Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2010, by and among Clearwire Communications LLC, Clearwire Finance, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association (as successor by merger to Wilmington Trust FSB), as trustee, the right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of 8.25% Exchangeable Notes due 2040 was changed into a right to exchange such principal amount of exchangeable notes into $706.21, without interest, equal to the product of the Merger Consideration multiplied by the exchange rate for each such exchangeable note applicable as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.


Also at the effective time of the Merger, pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 9, 2013, to the Indenture dated as of March 1, 2013, by and among Clearwire Communications LLC, Clearwire Finance, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, the right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of 1.00% Exchangeable Notes due 2018 was changed into a right to exchange such principal amount of exchangeable notes into $3,333.35, without interest, equal to the product of the Merger Consideration multiplied by the exchange rate for each such exchangeable note applicable as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in the Introduction above and Item 5.02 below is incorporated herein by reference. Sprint has funded the aggregate consideration required to complete the Merger through cash on hand.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

In connection with, and effective as of, the consummation of the Merger, all of the directors of the Company resigned from their positions as directors of the Company.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the effective time of the Merger, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, each as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, were amended in their entirety in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and became the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, respectively, of the surviving corporation under the Merger.

A copy of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 9, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Merger. A copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 17, 2012, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated and filed December 18, 2012).
  2.2    First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 18, 2013, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(2) to the Company’s Schedule 13E-3/A, dated and filed May 22, 2013).
  2.3    Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 21, 2013, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated and filed May 22, 2013).
  2.4    Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 20, 2013, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated and filed June 21, 2013).
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
99.1    Press Release, dated July 9, 2013.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

        CLEARWIRE CORPORATION  
Dated: July 9, 2013            
        By:  

  /s/ Hope F. Cochran

 
         

Hope F. Cochran

 
         

Chief Financial Officer

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 17, 2012, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated and filed December 18, 2012).
  2.2    First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 18, 2013, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(2) to the Company’s Schedule 13E-3/A, dated and filed May 22, 2013).
  2.3    Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 21, 2013, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated and filed May 22, 2013).
  2.4    Third Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 20, 2013, by and among the Company, Merger Sub and Clearwire (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, dated and filed June 21, 2013).
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
99.1    Press Release, dated July 9, 2013.
EX-3.1 2 d565809dex31.htm EX-3.1 EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

SECOND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CLEARWIRE CORPORATION

ARTICLE 1

Section 1.1 Name. The name of the corporation is Clearwire Corporation (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE 2

Section 2.1 Address. The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at the address above is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE 3

Section 3.1 Purpose. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as from time to time in effect including any successor provisions of law (the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE 4

Section 4.1 Capitalization. The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 3,500,000,000 shares, consisting of 500,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), 1,500,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), and 1,500,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Class B Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”). The number of authorized shares of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of a particular class then outstanding plus, in the case of Class A Common Stock, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable in connection with

(A) the exchange of Class B Common Stock and Class B Common Units under agreements between the Corporation and holders of Class B Common Stock and Class B Common Units or Article 5 of this Certificate of Incorporation; and


(B) the exercise of outstanding options, warrants, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights for Class A Common Stock),

in each case by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, and no vote of the holders of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class will be required therefor.

Section 4.2 Preferred Stock.

(A) The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide one or more series of Preferred Stock (including convertible preferred stock) and, with respect to each series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of the series, and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of the series. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

(B) Except as otherwise required by law, holders of a series of Preferred Stock, as such, will be entitled only to voting rights, if any, as are expressly granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to the series).

Section 4.3 Common Stock.

(A) Voting Rights.

(1) Each holder of Class A Common Stock, as such, will be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record by the holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote, except that to the fullest extent permitted by law, holders of Class A Common Stock, as such, will have no voting power with respect to, and will not be entitled to vote on, any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding class or series (but not to all outstanding classes or series) of Common Stock (other than the Class A Common Stock) or Preferred Stock if the holders of the affected class or series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series, to vote thereon under this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or under the DGCL.


(2) Each holder of Class B Common Stock will be entitled to one vote for each share of Class B Common Stock held of record by the holder on all matters on which stockholders are generally entitled to vote, except that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, holders of Class B Common Stock, as such, will have no voting power with respect to, and will not be entitled to vote on, any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding class or series (but not to all outstanding classes or series) of Common Stock (other than the Class B Common Stock) or Preferred Stock if the holders of the affected class or series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series, to vote thereon under this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or under the DGCL.

(3) Except as otherwise required in this Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, the holders of Common Stock will vote together as a single class on all matters (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with the holders of Preferred Stock).

(B) Preemptive Rights. The stockholders of the Corporation, in their capacity as such, will have no preemptive rights to acquire additional shares of the Corporation or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares.

(C) Dividends; Stock Splits or Combinations. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference senior to or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor, at the times and in the amounts as the Board in its discretion will determine. If a distribution is paid with respect to Units (other than a distribution in connection with a Dissolution Event or a distribution of a type described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of Section 4.3(a) of the Operating Agreement or any successor provision thereto) then the Corporation will, subject to applicable law, the restrictions of any indebtedness of the Corporation and the rights of any holders of Preferred Stock, promptly declare and pay a dividend on the Class A Common Stock equal to an amount per share paid with respect to each Unit in the distribution; and the record date for the dividend on the Class A Common Stock shall be the same as or prior to the record date for the distribution with respect to the Units. Dividends of cash or property (other than stock dividends) will not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock. In no event will any stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, combinations of stock, reclassifications or recapitalizations be


declared or made on Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as the case may be, unless contemporaneously therewith (a) the shares of Class B Common Stock or Class A Common Stock, as the case may be, at the time outstanding are treated in the same proportion and the same manner and (b) the stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination of stock, reclassification or recapitalization has been reflected in the same economically equivalent manner on all Units. Stock dividends with respect to Class A Common Stock may only be paid with Class A Common Stock. Stock dividends with respect to Class B Common Stock may only be paid with Class B Common Stock.

(D) Liquidation.

(1) In the case of any consolidation, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or similar event, the consideration payable in respect of each share of Class A Common Stock will be the same.

(2) In the event of any consolidation, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or similar event or voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and of the preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock will be entitled, the holders of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock will be entitled to receive, pari passu, an amount per share equal to the Par Value thereof, and thereafter the holders of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by each stockholder. Without limiting the rights of the holders of Class B Common Stock to exchange their shares of Class B Common Stock and Class B Common Units for shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with Article 5, the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, will not be entitled to receive, with respect to such shares, any assets of the Corporation in excess of the Par Value thereof in the event of any consolidation, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or similar event or voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(E) Transfer Restrictions. Class B Common Stock may only be Transferred in accordance with Article 5 hereof or the Bylaws of the Corporation.

(F) Taxes. The issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock on exchange of shares of Class B Common Stock will be made without charge to the holders of the shares of Class B Common Stock for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of the issuance, unless any such shares of Class A


Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that of the then record holder of the shares of Class B Common Stock being converted, in which case the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof will pay to the Corporation the amount of any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or will establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation that the tax has been paid or is not payable.

(G) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued by the Corporation.

ARTICLE 5

Section 5.1 Exchange of Class B Common Stock and Class B Common Units. Each holder of a share of Class B Common Stock will be entitled at any time and from time to time to exchange one share of Class B Common Stock plus one Class B Common Unit in Clearwire Communications LLC (on a combined basis) for one share of Class A Common Stock, and each Unit Holding Company Stockholder may cause a Unit Holding Company to merge with and into a Company Disregarded Subsidiary in a merger in which the Company Disregarded Subsidiary is the surviving entity, in exchange for a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Class B Common Units (and a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock) held by such Unit Holding Company, in each case as provided in this Article 5 and the Operating Agreement. Following any exchange, the shares of Class B Common Stock surrendered in the exchange will be retired by the Corporation and will cease to be outstanding and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

Section 5.2 Shares Reserved for Issuance. The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance on exchange of Class B Common Stock, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that are issuable on the exchange of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock. Nothing contained in this Certificate of Incorporation will be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of the exchange of Class B Common Stock by delivery of purchased shares of Class A Common Stock that are held in the treasury of the Corporation. The Corporation covenants that if any shares of Class A Common Stock require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares of Class A Common Stock may be issued on exchange, the Corporation will cause such shares to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be; provided that this provision will not apply to registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A holder of shares of Class B Common Stock will become a record holder of Class A Common Stock and cease to be a record holder of Class B Common Stock and Class B Common Units pursuant to the procedure set forth in the Operating Agreement. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock that are issued on exchange of shares of Class B Common Stock under Section 5.1 will, on issue, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.


ARTICLE 6

Section 6.1 Bylaws. Subject to any additional approval or vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind any or all of the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 7

Section 7.1 Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation will be managed by or under the direction of the Board, with the exact number of directors to be determined from time to time in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation. The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation so provide.

ARTICLE 8

Section 8.1 Meetings of Stockholders; Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of stock of the Corporation may be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of holders or by any consent in writing by holders in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called for any purpose only by a majority of the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President of the Corporation, the holders of at least 50% in voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, or the holders of at least 50% in voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 9

Section 9.1 Limited Liability of Directors. No director of the Corporation will have any personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent an exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL. Neither the amendment nor the repeal of this Article 9 will eliminate or reduce the effect of the foregoing sentence in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article 9, would accrue or arise, prior to an amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE 10

Section 10.1 Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation will indemnify any Person (and the Person’s heirs, executors or administrators) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action,


suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Corporation or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that the Person, or a Person for whom the Person was the legal representative, is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or, while a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, nonprofit entity or other enterprise, for and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by the Person or the heirs, executors or administrators in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, including appeals. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.3 of this Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation will be required to indemnify a Person described in the preceding sentence in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by the Person only if the commencement of the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by the Person was authorized by the Board.

Section 10.2 Advance of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation will promptly pay expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any Person described in Section 10.1 of this Certificate of Incorporation in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, including appeals, on presentation of an undertaking on behalf of the Person to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.3 of this Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation will be required to pay expenses of a Person described in the sentence in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by the Person only if the commencement of the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by the Person was authorized by the Board.

Section 10.3 Unpaid Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article 10 is not paid in full within 30 days after a written claim therefor by any Person described in Section 10.1 has been received by the Corporation, the Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, will be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting the claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action, the Corporation will have the burden of proving that the Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

Section 10.4 Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any


Person described in Section 10.1 against any liability asserted against the Person, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify the Person against the liability under the provisions of this Article 10 or otherwise.

Section 10.5 Service for Subsidiaries. Any Person serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of Clearwire Communications LLC or another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other enterprise at least 50% of whose equity interests are directly or indirectly owned by the Corporation will be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.

Section 10.6 Reliance. Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain a Person described in Section 10.1 will be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of expenses and other rights contained in this Article 10 in entering into or continuing the service. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article 10 will apply to claims made against any Person described in Section 10.1 arising out of acts or omissions in respect of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries that occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof.

Section 10.7 Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this Article 10, references to the “Corporation” will include, in addition to the resulting Corporation, any constituent Corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any Person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the constituent Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the constituent Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, will stand in the same position under this Article 10 with respect to the resulting or surviving Corporation as he or she would have with respect to the constituent Corporation if its separate existence had continued.

Section 10.8 Non-Exclusivity of Rights.

(A) The provisions of this Article 10 will be applicable to all actions, claims, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the adoption of this Certificate of Incorporation, whether arising from acts or omissions to act occurring before or after its adoption. The provisions of this Article 10 will be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director, officer or employee (or legal representative thereof) who serves in the capacity at any time while this Article 10 and the relevant provisions of the DGCL and other applicable law, if any, are in effect, and neither any alteration, amendment or repeal of this Certificate of Incorporation, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with any provision of this Article 10, will affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of


facts or any action, suit or proceeding then or theretofore existing, or any action, suit or proceeding thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part on any state of facts. If any provision of this Article 10 is found to be invalid or limited in application by reason of any law or regulation, it will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation. The rights of indemnification provided in this Article 10 will neither be exclusive of, nor be deemed in limitation of, any rights to which any Person may otherwise be or become entitled or permitted by contract, this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise, or as a matter of law, both as to actions in the Person’s official capacity and actions in any other capacity.

(B) For purposes of this Article 10, references to “other enterprises” will include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” will include any excise taxes assessed on a Person with respect to an employee benefit plan and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” will include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation that imposes duties on, or involves services by, the director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries.

(C) This Article 10 will not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to, and purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of, Persons other than Persons described in Section 10.1 of this Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 10.9 Savings Clause. If this Article 10 or any portion of this Article 10 is invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation will nevertheless indemnify each Person entitled to indemnification under Section 10.1 of this Article 10 as to all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by the Person and for which indemnification is available to the Person under this Article 10 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 10 that has not been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE 11

Section 11.1 Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation are held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever:

(A) the validity, legality and enforceability of the provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and


(B) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) will be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

ARTICLE 12

Section 12.1 Section 203 of the DGCL. The Corporation will not be subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL.

ARTICLE 13

Section 13.1 Amendments. This Certificate of Incorporation may be altered, amended or repealed from time to time and at any time in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE 14

Section 14.1 Definitions. As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, the term:

(A) “Class B Common Unit” means a Unit designated as a Class B Common Unit under the Operating Agreement with the rights, powers and duties set forth in such agreement.

(B) “Clearwire Communications LLC” means Clearwire Communications LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

(C) “Company Disregarded Subsidiary” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Operating Agreement.

(D) “Dissolution Event” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Operating Agreement.

(E) “Operating Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Clearwire Communications LLC, dated as of November 28, 2008, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

(F) “Par Value” means, with respect to shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 per share, as adjusted for Recapitalization Events.


(G) “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivisions thereof or any group comprised of two or more of the foregoing.

(H) “Recapitalization Event” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Operating Agreement.

(I) “Subsidiary” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Operating Agreement.

(J) “Transfer” means, directly or indirectly, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to sell, transfer, assign or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, or similar disposition of, any Common Stock beneficially owned by a Person or any interest in any Common Stock owned by a Person (including any arrangement to provide another Person the economic performance of all or any portion of such Common Stock (including by means of any option, swap, forward or other contract or arrangement the value of which is linked in whole or in part to the value of such Common Stock)).

(K) “Unit Holding Company” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Operating Agreement.

(L) “Unit Holding Company Stockholder” has the meaning attributed to such term in the Operating Agreement.

(M) “Units” means limited liability company interests in Clearwire Communications LLC, or any successor entities thereto, authorized and issued under its Operating Agreement.

EX-3.2 3 d565809dex32.htm EX-3.2 EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

BY-LAWS

OF

CLEARWIRE CORPORATION

A Delaware Corporation

Effective July 9, 2013


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
ARTICLE I OFFICES      1   

Section 1.1

   Registered Office      1   

Section 1.2

   Other Offices      1   
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS      1   

Section 2.1

   Place of Meetings      1   

Section 2.2

   Annual Meetings      1   

Section 2.3

   Special Meetings      1   

Section 2.4

   Notice      1   

Section 2.5

   Adjournments      2   

Section 2.6

   Quorum      2   

Section 2.7

   Voting      2   

Section 2.8

   Proxies      2   

Section 2.9

   Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting      3   

Section 2.10

   List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote      4   

Section 2.11

   Record Date.      4   

Section 2.12

   Stock Ledger      5   

Section 2.13

   Conduct of Meetings      5   
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS      6   

Section 3.1

   Number and Election of Directors      6   

Section 3.2

   Vacancies      6   

Section 3.3

   Duties and Powers      6   

Section 3.4

   Meetings      6   

Section 3.5

   Organization      7   

Section 3.6

   Resignations and Removals of Directors      7   

Section 3.7

   Quorum      7   

Section 3.8

   Actions of the Board by Written Consent      7   

Section 3.9

   Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone      8   

Section 3.10

   Committees      8   

Section 3.11

   Compensation      8   

Section 3.12

   Interested Directors      8   
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS      9   

Section 4.1

   General      9   

Section 4.2

   Election      9   

Section 4.3

   Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation      10   

 

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Section 4.4

   Chairman of the Board of Directors      10   

Section 4.5

   President      10   

Section 4.6

   Vice Presidents      10   

Section 4.7

   Secretary      11   

Section 4.8

   Treasurer      11   

Section 4.9

   Assistant Secretaries      12   

Section 4.10

   Assistant Treasurers      12   

Section 4.11

   Other Officers      12   
ARTICLE V STOCK      12   

Section 5.1

   Shares of Stock      12   

Section 5.2

   Signatures      12   

Section 5.3

   Lost Certificates      13   

Section 5.4

   Transfers      13   

Section 5.5

   Dividend Record Date      13   

Section 5.6

   Record Owners      13   

Section 5.7

   Transfer and Registry Agents      14   
ARTICLE VI NOTICES      14   

Section 6.1

   Notices      14   

Section 6.2

   Waivers of Notice      14   
ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS      14   

Section 7.1

   Dividends      14   

Section 7.2

   Disbursements      15   

Section 7.3

   Fiscal Year      15   
ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION      15   

Section 8.1

   Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation      15   

Section 8.2

   Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation      15   

Section 8.3

   Authorization of Indemnification      16   

Section 8.4

   Good Faith Defined      16   

Section 8.5

   Indemnification by a Court      17   

Section 8.6

   Expenses Payable in Advance      17   

Section 8.7

   Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses      17   

Section 8.8

   Insurance      18   

Section 8.9

   Certain Definitions      18   

Section 8.10

   Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses      18   

Section 8.11

   Limitation on Indemnification      18   

Section 8.12

   Indemnification of Employees and Agents      19   

 

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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS      19   

Section 9.1

   Amendments      19   

Section 9.2

   Entire Board of Directors      19   

 

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BY-LAWS

OF

CLEARWIRE CORPORATION

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, State of Delaware.

Section 1.2 Other Offices. 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.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose 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.

Section 2.2 Annual Meetings. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either (i) the Chairman, if there be one, or (ii) the President, (iii) any Vice President, if there be one, (iv) the Secretary or (v) any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authority include the power to call such meetings or (iii) stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).

Section 2.4 Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall


state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.

Section 2.5 Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. 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, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 hereof shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.6 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the Corporation’s capital stock issued and outstanding and 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. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, 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 power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 5 hereof, until a quorum shall be present or represented.

Section 2.7 Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws or permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s shares are listed and traded, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of the Corporation’s capital stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to Section 11(a) of this Article II, each stockholder represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy as provided in Section 8 of this Article II. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officer’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

Section 2.8 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from its date, unless such proxy

 

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provides for a longer period. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:

(i) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such person’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram or cablegram to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such telegram or cablegram, provided that any such telegram or cablegram must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram or cablegram was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams or cablegrams are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information on which they relied.

Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing, telegram or cablegram authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing, telegram or cablegram for any and all purposes for which the original writing, telegram or cablegram could be used; provided, however, that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing, telegram or cablegram.

Section 2.9 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within

 

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sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 9 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 9.

Section 2.10 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the 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 (i) 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 or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. 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.

Section 2.11 Record Date.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the 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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(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

Section 2.12 Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 10 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

Section 2.13 Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.

 

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ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Number and Election of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one nor more than fifteen members, the exact number of which shall initially be fixed by the Incorporator and thereafter from time to time by the Board of Directors. Except as provided in Section 2 of this Article III, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at each Annual Meeting of Stockholders and each director so elected shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 3.2 Vacancies. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof arising through death, resignation, removal, an increase in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors or such committee or otherwise may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall, in the case of the Board of Directors, hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal and, in the case of any committee of the Board of Directors, shall hold office until their successors are duly appointed by the Board of Directors or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.

Section 3.3 Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the 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 By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 3.4 Meetings. The Board of Directors and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, the President, or by any director. Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of such committee, if there be one, the President, or any director serving on such committee. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or telegram on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.

 

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Section 3.5 Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the chairman of such committee, as the case may be, or, in his or her absence or if there be none, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman. Except as provided below, the Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all the Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.

Section 3.6 Resignations and Removals of Directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairman of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. Any director serving on a committee of the Board of Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as applicable. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 3.8 Actions of the Board by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, 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 the members of the Board of

 

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Directors or such 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 such committee.

Section 3.9 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.10 Committees. The Board of Directors may 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 any such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, 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. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III, the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing any committee of the Board of Directors and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these By-Laws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these By-Laws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.

Section 3.11 Compensation. 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 for service as director, payable in cash or securities. 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 for service as committee members.

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more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such director’s or officer’s vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.1 General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director) and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.

Section 4.2 Election. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders (or action by written consent of stockholders in lieu of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders), shall elect the officers of the Corporation 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; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4.3 Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the President or any Vice President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless the Board of Directors designates the President as the Chief Executive Officer, and, except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of Directors. During the absence or disability of the President, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.5 President. The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and, if there be one, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or the President. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there be none, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the President is also a director, the Board of Directors. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if the Board of Directors shall otherwise designate, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.

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there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors), the Vice President, or the Vice Presidents if there are more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors and no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, 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.

Section 4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when required. The Secretary 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 the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any 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 to the affixing by such officer’s signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

Section 4.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer 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. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation.

 

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Section 4.9 Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.

Section 4.10 Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurer’s possession or under the Assistant Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation.

Section 4.11 Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

ARTICLE V

STOCK

Section 5.1 Shares of Stock. Except as otherwise provided in a resolution approved by the Board of Directors, all shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares.

Section 5.2 Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

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Section 5.3 Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate 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 issuance of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, 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 such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors 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 on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

Section 5.4 Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes, or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder thereof or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. With respect to certificated shares of stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

Section 5.5 Dividend Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders 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 a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

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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 required by law.

Section 5.7 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 6.1 Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such person’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by telegram, telex or cable.

Section 6.2 Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the 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 Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders or any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 7.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 8 of Article III hereof), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out

 

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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, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

Section 7.2 Disbursements. 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.

Section 7.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

Section 8.2 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation

 

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serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 8.3 Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under 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 present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

Section 8.4 Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to

 

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limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.

Section 8.5 Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.

Section 8.6 Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall 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 or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.

Section 8.7 Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise.

 

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Section 8.8 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.

Section 8.9 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (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 or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, 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 as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and 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 services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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.

Section 8.10 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. 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 or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Section 8.11 Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 5 of this Article VIII), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

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Section 8.12 Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.1 Amendments. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such meeting of the stockholders or Board of Directors, as the case may be. All such amendments must be approved by either the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office.

Section 9.2 Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article IX and in these By-Laws generally, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

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Adopted as of: July 9, 2013

 

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EX-99.1 4 d565809dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

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News Release

Sprint Nextel

6200 Sprint Parkway

Overland Park, Kan. 66251

Media Contacts:

Scott Sloat, Sprint

240-855-0164

Scott.sloat@sprint.com

Susan Johnston, Clearwire

425-505-6178

susan.johnston@clearwire.com

Investor Contacts:

Brad Hampton, Sprint

800-259-3755

investor.relations@sprint.com

Alice Ryder, Clearwire

425-505-6494

alice.ryder@clearwire.com

Sprint Completes Acquisition of Clearwire

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. and BELLEVUE, Wash. – July 9, 2013 – Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the successful completion of its transaction to acquire 100 percent ownership of Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR). The merger agreement was first announced on December 17, 2012 and Clearwire shareholders approved the transaction at a special meeting of stockholders held on July 8, 2013. The transaction closed and became effective today.

At the effective time, each share of Class A common stock of Clearwire automatically converted into the right to receive $5.00 per share in cash. As a result of the completion of the transaction, the common stock of Clearwire will no longer be listed for trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange and Clearwire expects no further trading after the close of business on July 9, 2013.

Also, under the terms of the Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2010, by and among Clearwire Communications LLC, Clearwire Finance, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “8.25% Notes Indenture”), the transaction constitutes a Fundamental Change for the purposes of the 8.25% Notes Indenture with an Effective Date of July 9, 2013.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acted as financial advisor to Sprint and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and King & Spalding LLP acted as counsel to Sprint. The Raine Group acted as financial advisor to SoftBank Corp. and Morrison Foerster LLP acted as counsel to SoftBank. Evercore Partners acted as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as counsel to Clearwire. Centerview Partners acted as financial advisor and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. acted as counsel to Clearwire’s special committee. Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. advised Clearwire on restructuring matters.


About Sprint

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 55 million customers at the end of the first quarter of 2013 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The American Customer Satisfaction Index rated Sprint as the most improved company in customer satisfaction, across all 47 industries, during the last five years. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 3 in both its 2011 and 2012 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.

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