0001577095-17-000161.txt : 20170918 0001577095-17-000161.hdr.sgml : 20170918 20170918171306 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001577095-17-000161 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170918 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: 20170918 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170918 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001577095 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MEMBERSHIP SPORTS & RECREATION CLUBS [7997] IRS NUMBER: 205818205 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1226 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36074 FILM NUMBER: 171090431 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3030 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 500 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75234 BUSINESS PHONE: 972-406-4112 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3030 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 500 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75234 8-K 1 holdings-20170918x8xkmerger.htm 8-K Document


 



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2017
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
001-36074
 
20-5818205
(State or other
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
 
 
Identification No.)
 
3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 600
Dallas, Texas
 
75234
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(972) 243-6191
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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This Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Form 8-K”) is filed by ClubCorp Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (which we may refer to as “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”), in connection with the matters described herein.
Introduction
As previously disclosed on July 9, 2017 in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company, the Company is party an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 9, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Constellation Club Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Constellation Merger Sub Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Company, pursuant to which, on September 18, 2017 (the “Closing Date”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”).
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On the Closing Date, Parent completed the acquisition of the Company through the Merger. At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share (a “Share”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (i) Shares owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any other direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time, and in each case not held on behalf of third parties, (ii) Shares owned by the Company, including Shares held in treasury by the Company, and in each case not held in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of third parties and (iii) Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (which Shares shall remain outstanding, except that the number of such Shares owned by such subsidiaries may be adjusted following the Merger to maintain relative ownership percentages) (the “Excluded Shares”)) was converted into the right to receive $17.12 per Share in cash, without interest and subject to tax withholding (the “Merger Consideration”).
The aggregate consideration paid by Parent in the Merger to the Company’s stockholders was approximately $1,123 million. The source of the funds for the consideration paid by Parent in the Merger was a combination of equity contributions from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC and certain other investors, as well as proceeds from debt financing.
The description of the Merger set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which was filed by the Company as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2017, and is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company on the Closing Date announcing the completion of the acquisition is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
In connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on the Closing Date that the articles of merger relating to the Merger had been filed with the State of Nevada and that, at the Effective Time, each outstanding Share (other than the Excluded Shares) was converted into the right to receive $17.12 per Share in cash. The Company requested that the NYSE delist its Common Stock on September 19, 2017, and as a result, trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE will be suspended prior to the opening of the NYSE on September 19, 2017. The Company also requested the NYSE to file a notification of removal from listing and registration on Form 25 with the SEC to effect the delisting of its Common Stock from the NYSE and the deregistration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form 15 requesting the termination of registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the suspension of reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth in the Introduction and under Item 2.01 of this Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Company.





The information set forth under Item 2.01 of this Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.
As a result of the consummation of the Merger, a change in control of the Company occurred. Following the consummation of the Merger, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
The aggregate consideration paid by Parent in the Merger to the Company’s stockholders was approximately $1,123 million. The source of the funds for the consideration paid by Parent in the Merger was a combination of equity contributions from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC and certain other investors, as well as proceeds from debt financing.
The description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which was filed by the Company as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2017, and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.
On September 18, 2017, in accordance with the Company’s bylaws and Sections 78.320 and 78.335 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, following the effectiveness of the Merger, (i) all of the directors serving on the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) were removed without cause and (ii) Parent, the sole stockholder of the Company, elected Mark A. Burnett and Ingrid J. Keiser to the Board as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
Mark A. Burnett has served as the Company’s President since July 2016 and as Chief Operating Officer since October 2013. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Golf & Country Clubs from December 2006 to October 2013. From December 2004 to December 2006, Mr. Burnett was the owner and operator of a multi-unit territory of Five Guys Enterprises, LLC franchises. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer for American Golf Corporation from January 2000 to December 2004. Mr. Burnett previously served as president and chief executive officer from June 1998 to December 1999 and chief operating officer from September 1996 to June 1998 for KSL Fairways Golf Corporation, and as vice president of operations for Golf Enterprises, Inc. from January 1993 to August 1996. Mr. Burnett holds a B.S. in business management from Indiana University.
Ingrid J. Keiser has served as the Company’s General Counsel, Secretary, and Executive Vice President of People Strategy since July 2008 and previously as Chief Legal Officer from July 2007 to July 2008. Prior to that, Ms. Keiser served as an attorney at American Airlines from August 2004 to July 2007. She previously served as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary for Vail Resorts, Inc. from January 1997 to August 2004, and as senior counsel and secretary for Ralston Resorts, Inc. (formerly known as Keystone Resorts Management, Inc.) from May 1992 to January 1997 and as associate counsel from May 1989 to May 1992. Ms. Keiser holds a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School, and a B.A. in international relations from University of California at Davis.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Departure of Directors
The information in connection with the removal and election of directors set forth under Item 5.01 of this Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
At the Effective Time, the Company’s articles of incorporation, as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, was amended and restated to be in substantially the form of the articles of incorporation set forth as Exhibit A-1 to the Merger Agreement (the “Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation”). In addition, at the Effective Time, the Company’s bylaws, as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, were amended and restated to be in substantially the form of the bylaws set forth as Exhibit A-2 to the Merger Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”). Copies of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto and are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
 Item 8.01. Other Events.
On the Closing Date, the Company and the Parent issued a joint press release announcing the closing of the Merger. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.






Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits







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


Date: September 18, 2017
CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Curtis D. McClellan
 
 
Curtis D. McClellan
 
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer





EXHIBIT INDEX




EX-3.1 2 ararticlesofincorporation.htm EXHIBIT 3.1 Exhibit
EXHIBIT 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
Pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 78.390 and 78.403, the undersigned officer of ClubCorp Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation, does hereby certify as follows:
A.    The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 9, 2017, by and among ClubCorp Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Constellation Club Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Constellation Merger Sub Inc., a Nevada corporation, as amended to date (the “Merger Agreement”) provides for the amendment and restatement of the corporation’s articles of incorporation as set forth below.
B.    The Merger Agreement, and the amendment and restatement of the corporation’s articles of incorporation contemplated thereby and hereby, have been duly approved by the board of directors of the corporation and such proportion of the voting power of the stockholders of the corporation under the corporation’s articles of incorporation and the Nevada Revised Statutes as is sufficient for approval thereof.
C.    This certificate sets forth the text of the articles of incorporation of the corporation as amended and restated in their entirety to this date as follows:

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, inc.
(a Nevada corporation)
ARTICLE I
The name of the Corporation is ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.
ARTICLE II
The Corporation’s commercial registered agent in the State of Nevada is CSC Services of Nevada, Inc.
ARTICLE III
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”) as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.
ARTICLE IV
The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of capital stock, all of which shall be common stock with a par value of one cent ($0.01) per share (the “Common Stock”). Each holder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the stockholders and shall have one vote for each share held by such holder of record.
ARTICLE V
From time to time, any of the provisions of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the NRS or other laws of the State of Nevada at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation are granted subject to this reservation.



EXHIBIT 3.1

ARTICLE VI
In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the NRS or other laws of the State of Nevada, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”), without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise.
ARTICLE VII
Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so require.
ARTICLE VIII
To the fullest extent permitted under the NRS (including, without limitation, to the fullest extent permitted under NRS 78.7502 and 78.751(3)) and other applicable law, the Corporation shall indemnify directors and officers of the Corporation in their respective capacities as such and in any and all other capacities in which any of them serves at the request of the Corporation. In addition to any other rights of indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada or as may be provided for by the Corporation in the Bylaws or by agreement, the expenses of directors and officers incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, involving alleged acts or omissions of such director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, must be paid, by the Corporation or through insurance purchased and maintained by the Corporation or through other financial arrangements made by the Corporation, as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
The liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS. If the NRS are amended to further eliminate or limit or authorize corporate action to further eliminate or limit the liability of directors or officers, the liability of directors and officers of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS, as so amended from time to time.
Any repeal or modification of the first two paragraphs of this Article approved by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation existing as of the time of such repeal or modification. In the event of any conflict between the first two paragraphs of this Article and any other provision of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of such paragraphs (as applicable) shall control.
ARTICLE IX
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Nevada, as the Bylaws may provide. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding Common 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 of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and shall be delivered to the Corporation.
The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the NRS) within or outside of the State of Nevada at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE X
Neither any contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, firm, association, or other entity (an “Entity”), nor any other acts of the Corporation with relation to any other Entity will, in the absence of fraud, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable



EXHIBIT 3.1

law, in any way be invalidated or otherwise affected by the fact that any one or more of the directors or officers of the Corporation are pecuniary or otherwise interested in, or are directors, officers, partners, or members of, such other Entity (such directors, officers, and Entities, each a “Related Person”). Any Related Person may be a party to, or may be pecuniary or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the Corporation; provided, however, that the fact that person is a Related Person or is pecuniary or otherwise interested in such contract or transaction is disclosed or is known to the Board or a majority of directors present at any meeting of the Board at which action upon any such contract or transaction is taken. Any director of the Corporation who is also a Related Person or who is pecuniary or otherwise interested in such contract or transaction may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board during which any such contract or transaction is authorized and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction, with like force and effect as if such person were not a Related Person or were not pecuniary or otherwise interested in such contract or transaction. Any director of the Corporation may vote upon any contract or any other transaction between the Corporation and any subsidiary or affiliated Entity without regard to the fact that such person is also a director, officer, manager, general partner or other fiduciary of such subsidiary or affiliated Entity.
Any contract, transaction or act of the Corporation or of the directors of the Corporation that is ratified at any annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, or at any special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation called for such purpose, will, insofar as permitted by applicable law, be as valid and as binding as though ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the stockholders to approve or ratify any such contract, transaction or act, when and if submitted, will not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or deprive the Corporation, its directors, officers or employees, of its or their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or act.
Subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, (x) any director or officer of the Corporation who is also an officer, director, partner, employee, managing director or other affiliate of either Apollo Management VIII, L.P., on behalf of its investment funds (“Apollo”), or any of its respective affiliates (collectively, the “Managers”) and (y) the Managers and their affiliates, may, and shall have no duty not to, in each case on behalf of the Managers or their affiliates (the persons and entities in clauses (x) and (y), each a “Covered Manager Person”), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) carry on and conduct, whether directly, or as a partner in any partnership, or as a member or manager in any limited liability company or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director or stockholder of any corporation, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Corporation, (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Corporation or its affiliates, and (iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation may make investments. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation to participate in any business of the Managers or their affiliates, and waives any claim against a Covered Manager Person and shall indemnify a Covered Manager Person against any claim that such Covered Manager Person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such person’s or entity’s participation in any such business.
In the event that a Covered Manager Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Manager Person, in his or her Apollo-related capacity, as the case may be, or Apollo or its affiliates, as the case may be, and (y) the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Covered Manager Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in such corporate opportunity and waives any claim against each Covered Manager Person and shall indemnify a Covered Manager Person against any claim that such Covered Manager Person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Manager Person (i) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any affiliate, (ii) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another person or (iii) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation.
Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article X.



EXHIBIT 3.1

This Article X may not be amended, modified or repealed without the prior written consent of each of the Managers.
In the event of a conflict between this Article X and any other Article or provision of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, this Article X shall prevail under all circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, under no circumstances shall any employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries be deemed to be a “Covered Manager Person”, and under no circumstances shall the Corporation waive or renounce any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being offered any opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are presented to any Manager who is also an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, irrespective of whether such employee is a director or officer of the Corporation of any of its affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of Title 7 of the NRS or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI.
ARTICLE XII
The Corporation elects not to be governed by Section 78.411 through 78.444 of the NRS.




EXHIBIT 3.1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.

Dated: September 18, 2017






By:      /s/ Ingrid J. Keiser
Name: Ingrid J. Keiser
Title: Secretary




EX-3.2 3 arbylaws.htm EXHIBIT 3.2 Exhibit
EXHIBIT 3.2

SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, inc.

(Adopted to be effective as of September 18, 2017)

ARTICLE I

Offices

Section 1.    Registered Office; Registered Agent. The name of the commercial registered agent of ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Nevada shall be as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Articles of Incorporation”). The Corporation’s registered agent in the State of Nevada, and the address of such registered agent, may be changed from time to time by or under the authority of the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) in the manner provided in Chapter 77 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

Section 2.     Other Offices.     The Corporation may have a principal or other office or offices at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as shall be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Corporation.

ARTICLE II

Stockholders

Section 1.    Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place, if any, within or without the State of Nevada, or by means of remote communication, as may be designated by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 2.    Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on such day and at such hour, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and designated in the notice of the meeting. At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and may transact such other corporate business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 3.    Special Meetings. A special meeting of the stockholders (or of any class thereof) for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or the Secretary upon the written request therefor delivered to the President or Secretary signed by stockholders holding of record more than 50% of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Such written request shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is to be called and the call therefor shall be issued within 60 days after the receipt of said request. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects specifically stated in the call therefor.

Section 4.    Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, written notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given at least ten (10) and not more than sixty (60) days before the date on which the meeting is to be held to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat by delivering a notice thereof to such stockholder personally or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope directed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock ledger of the Corporation, unless such stockholder shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for such stockholder be directed to another address, in which case such notice shall be directed to such stockholder at the address designated in such request. Notices of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall set forth the date, time, place, if any, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders or proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting).



EXHIBIT 3.2

Notices of each special meeting of stockholders shall also set forth the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. In lieu of written notice, notice may be given by electronic transmission if permitted by applicable law and if given in compliance therewith. If electronically transmitted by means of facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail, then notice is deemed given when transmitted and directed to a facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder in the manner set forth herein. An affidavit of the Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Section 5.    List of Stockholders. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall produce, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network as permitted by law (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, such list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network (provided that the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting). Except as otherwise provided by law, the original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to the stockholders entitled to examine such list or to vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.

Section 6.     Quorum; Adjournment of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Amended & Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (“Bylaws”), the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. The stockholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. If less than a quorum shall be present or represented at the time for which the meeting shall have been called, the stockholders so present in person or by proxy at such meeting may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting from time to time without any notice or call other than by an announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall attend. Any meeting or adjournment thereof at which a quorum is present may also be adjourned in like manner without notice or call or upon such notice or call as may be determined by vote of the holders of a majority in voting power voting thereon. If, however, the adjournment is for more than 60 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted if the meeting had been held as originally called.

Section 7.    Voting.     Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, at every meeting of stockholders, each holder of record of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each such share of stock having voting power upon the matter in question held by such stockholder. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted after six months from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period in accordance with the NRS. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy



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may remain irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. Shares of its own capital stock belonging to the Corporation directly or indirectly shall not be voted directly or indirectly; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote any shares of the Corporation’s stock held by it in a fiduciary capacity (and to count such shares for purposes of determining a quorum). Except as otherwise required by the laws of the State of Nevada or the Articles of Incorporation, and except for the election of directors, at all meetings of the stockholders, a quorum being present, all matters shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock entitled to vote thereon which are present in person or by proxy. Directors shall be elected by plurality of the votes cast at a meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. Unless demanded by a stockholder of the Corporation present in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders and entitled to vote thereat before the meeting begins, or so directed by the person presiding at the meeting or required by the laws of the State of Nevada, the election of directors of the Corporation or the vote on any other question presented at the meeting need not be by ballot. On any vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or in such stockholder’s name by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such a proxy, and shall state the number of shares voted by such stockholder and the number of votes to which each share is entitled.

Section 8.    Organization of Meeting. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside, or in his or her absence, the President of the Corporation shall preside. If neither the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or the President is present at the meeting, the holders of a majority of the shares present at the meeting and entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, shall select a person to preside at the meeting. Subject to the requirements of any applicable law or the rules and regulations of any national securities exchange, national securities association or interdealer quotation system upon which the Corporation’s securities may be listed, the person presiding at a meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including, without limitation, the regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of any discussion, as he or she believes to be in order. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of stockholders, or in his or her absence, any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation who is present shall act as secretary of the meeting, or if no Assistant Secretary shall be present, the person presiding at such meeting shall appoint a secretary for that particular meeting.

Section 9.    Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such corporate action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate with any governmental body, if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed shall state, in lieu of any statement required by law concerning any vote of stockholders, that consent had been given in accordance with the provisions of subsection 78.320 of Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”). Without limiting the manner by which consent may be given, written consent may be given by means of electronic transmission in the manner prescribed by the NRS, including, without limitation, NRS Chapter 75.

Section 10.    Ratification of Acts of Directors and Officers. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, any transaction or contract or act of the Corporation or of the directors or the officers of the Corporation may be ratified by the affirmative vote of the holders of the number of shares which would have been necessary to approve such transaction, contract or act at a meeting of stockholders, or by the written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting.




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ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

Section 1.    General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by the NRS or the Articles of Incorporation.
 
Section 2.    Number of Directors; Term of Office. The Board of Directors shall consist of two members but may be increased or decreased as hereinafter provided. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of the stockholders next following his or her election and until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, or until his or her death, resignation or removal from office. At any time or from time to time at a special meeting called for that purpose, the Board of Directors, by the vote of a majority of the entire Board, may increase the number of directors of the Corporation, or may decrease the number of directors of the Corporation; provided, however, that in no event shall the number of directors of the Corporation be less than one. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders. Directors need not be stockholders or residents of the State of Nevada. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, elections of directors need not be by written ballot.

Section 3.    Quorum; Manner of Acting; Telephonic Participation. Unless otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, the directors present shall adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given. At all meetings of the directors, a quorum being present, all matters shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, except as otherwise required by the laws of the State of Nevada or the Articles of Incorporation. All or any one or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting pursuant to such communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. The minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof held by telephone shall be prepared in the same manner as a meeting of the Board of Directors or of such committee held in person.

Section 4.     Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or places, within or without the State of Nevada, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 5.    Annual Meeting. As promptly as practicable after each annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the appointment of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Notice of such meeting need not be given if held immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders. Such meeting may be held at any other time or place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors or in a waiver of notice thereof signed by all the directors.
 
Section 6.    Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Nevada, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. After there has been such determination, and notice thereof has been given to each member of the Board of Directors, regular meetings may be held without further notice being given.

Section 7.    Special Meetings and Notice Thereof. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or by a majority of the directors. Notice of the time, date and place of each such meeting shall be mailed to each director, addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least four days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be given to him or her by telegram, telex, mailgram, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission, or be delivered personally or by telephone, not later than the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held. Such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting, but need not state the purposes thereof. In lieu of the notice to be given as set forth above, a waiver thereof in writing,



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signed by the director or directors entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto for purposes of this Section 7. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with first-class postage thereon prepaid. If sent by any other means (including facsimile, courier, electronic mail or express mail, etc.), such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when actually delivered to the home or business address, electronic address or facsimile number of the director. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, and objects at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

Section 8.     Removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or applicable law, the entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office with or without cause by the holders of 2/3 of the voting power of the outstanding stock entitled to vote at an election of directors. In case the Board of Directors or any one or more directors be so removed, one or more individuals may be appointed at the same meeting at which such director or directors have been so removed to fill the vacancy or vacancies created thereby, to serve for the remainder of the terms, respectively, of the director or directors so removed.

Section 9.    Resignation. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 10.    Vacancies on Board of Directors. If any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors caused by the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any director or otherwise, or any new directorship is created by any increase in the authorized number of directors, a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, may fill the vacancy or newly created directorship, as the case may be, or such vacancy or newly created directorship may be filled at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall be qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal from office.                         

Section 11    Waiver of Notice and Consent. The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though such meeting had been duly held after a regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs or electronically transmits a written waiver of notice of such meeting whether before or after the date stated therein. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Section 12.    Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise such powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, as the Board of Directors may by resolution determine and specify in the respective resolutions appointing them, subject to such restrictions as may be contained in the Articles of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Nevada. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. A majority of all the members of any such committee may fix its rules of procedure, determine its action and fix the time and place, whether within or without the State of Nevada, of its meetings and specify what notice thereof, if any, shall be given, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise by resolution provide. The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the membership of any such committee at any time, to fill vacancies thereon and to discharge any such committee, either with or without cause, at any time. Each member of any such committee shall be paid such fee, if



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any, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors for each meeting of such committee which he or she shall attend and for his or her expenses, if any, of attendance at each regular or special meeting of such committee as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 13.     Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors, or committee.

Section 14.    Fees and Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may, if it so desires, authorize members of the Board of Directors to be compensated for their expenses, if any, of attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. Such compensation may, in the Board of Directors’ discretion, also include a fixed sum for each meeting and an annual fee for serving as a director, such as may be allowed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors who are officers or employees of the Corporation may receive, if the Board of Directors desires, fees for serving as directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.


ARTICLE IV

Officers

Section 1.    Officers. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, or the equivalents of such offices. The Board of Directors may also choose such other officers, including, without limitation, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Vice Presidents and one or more Senior or Executive Vice Presidents, as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. One person may hold the offices and perform the duties of any two or more of said officers.

Section 2.     Election or Appointment and Term of Office. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at the annual meeting thereof. Each such officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly chosen and shall qualify, or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 3.     Subordinate Officers. In addition to the principal officers enumerated in Section 1 of this Article IV, the Corporation may have one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries and such other officers, agents and employees as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as the President, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. The Board of Directors may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint and to remove any such subordinate officers, agents or employees.

Section 4.    Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors called for that purpose at which a quorum is present, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation.

Section 5.    Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.




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Section 6.    Vacancies. A vacancy in any office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for appointment to such office for such term.

Section 7.     Powers and Duties. The officers shall each have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and as may be delegated by the President or the Chief Executive Officer, if any, without limiting the foregoing:

(a)     Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and he or she shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

(b)     Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board shall be the assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall assume the Chairman’s responsibilities in the event of his or her absence or disability or as directed by the Chairman of the Board.

(c)     President; Chief Executive Officer. Unless a separate Chief Executive Officer is appointed, the President shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, have general and active control of the affairs and business of the Corporation and general supervision of its officers, officials, employees and agents. In the absence of a Chairman of the Board or Vice Chairman of the Board, he or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders, at all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof of which he or she is a member, unless the Board of Directors or such committee shall have chosen another chairman. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, and in addition he or she shall have all the powers and perform all the duties generally pertaining to the office of the Chief Executive Officer of a corporation. If a separate Chief Executive Officer is appointed, the President shall have and perform such duties as otherwise generally pertain to such office and as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. Subject to the control and direction of the Board of Directors, the President may enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation.

(d)    Executive Vice President. The Executive Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

(e)    Senior Vice President. The Senior Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President and the Executive Vice Presidents, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

(f)     Vice President. The Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, the Executive Vice Presidents and the Senior Vice Presidents, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

(g)     Treasurer. The principal financial officer of the Corporation shall be the Treasurer of the Corporation unless the Board of Directors has designated another officer to serve as principal financial officer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Corporation and shall deposit all such funds in the name of the Corporation in such banks or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors. He or she shall exhibit at all reasonable times his or her books of account and records to any of the directors of the Corporation during business hours at the office of the Corporation where such books and records shall be kept; when requested by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, he or she shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the Corporation at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or at the annual meeting of stockholders; he or she shall receive, and give receipt for, monies due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever; and, in general, he or she shall perform all the duties incident to the office



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of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall give such bond, if any, for the faithful discharge of his or her duties as the Board of Directors may require.

(h)    Secretary. The Secretary, if present, shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof and of the stockholders and keep the minutes thereof in a book or books to be provided for that purpose. He or she shall see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and served; he or she shall have charge of the stock records of the Corporation; he or she shall see that all reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept and filed; and in general, he or she shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors

Section 8.    Salaries. The salaries of the principal officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof appointed for such purpose, and the salaries of any other officers may be fixed by the Chief Executive Officer.


ARTICLE V

Capital Stock
    
Section 1.    Certificates of Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form; provided, however, that, where any such certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent, or (b) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and a registrar, if the Board of Directors shall by resolution so authorize, the signature of such Chairman of the Board, President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary may be facsimiles thereof. In case any officer or officers of the Corporation who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate shall cease to be such officer or officers, whether by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been affixed thereto, had not ceased to be such officer or officers.

Section 2.    Stock Ledger. A record shall be kept by the Secretary, transfer agent or by any other officer, employee or agent designated by the Board of Directors of the name of the person, firm or corporation holding the stock represented by such certificate, the number of shares represented by such certificate, and the date of issuance thereof, and in case of cancellation, the date of cancellation.

Section 3.    Cancellation. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or transfer shall be cancelled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so cancelled, except in cases provided for in Section 6 of this Article V.

Section 4.    Transfers of Stock. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 5 of this Article V, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates, if any, for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon. The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation; provided,



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however, that whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact, if known to the Secretary of the Corporation, shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer.

Section 5.    Regulations. The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of the stock of the Corporation. It may appoint, or authorize any principal officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

Section 6.    Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates. As a condition to the issue of a new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued and alleged to have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may require the owner of any such certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and in such form as it may direct or to otherwise indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, mutilation or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares. Proper evidence of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall be procured for the Board of Directors, if required. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may authorize the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares without any bond when in its judgment it is proper to do so.

Section 7.     Record Date.
    
(a)    In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of 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, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

(b)    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 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 not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such 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.

(c)    Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express 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 for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose 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 in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is



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required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.


ARTICLE VI

Amendments
 
Section 1.    Amendments by Stockholders. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be added by the stockholders at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, repeal or addition be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereon.

Section 2.    Amendments by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Articles of Incorporation it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.
 

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Section 1.     Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 2.    Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. The Board of Directors may authorize any person on behalf of the Corporation to attend, waive notice, vote or consent and grant proxies (with or without power of substitution), with respect to the securities of any other entity which may be held by this Corporation.

Section 3.    Dividends; Reserves.
(a)    Dividends and other distributions may be declared, subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of Nevada and the Articles of Incorporation, by the Board of Directors and may be paid in money, shares of corporate stock. property or any other medium permitted under applicable law.
(b)    The Board of Directors may set apart out of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

Section 4.    Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal. The corporate seal, if any, shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, “Corporate Seal-Nevada.” Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

ARTICLE VIII

Indemnification
 
Section 1.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(a)For purposes of this Article, (A) “Indemnitee” shall mean each director or officer who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent (including, without limitation, as a trustee, fiduciary, administrator or manager) of the Corporation or any predecessor entity thereof, or is or was serving in any capacity at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent (including, without limitation, as a trustee, fiduciary, administrator, partner, member,



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manager) of, or in any other capacity for, another corporation or any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, or other enterprise; and (B) “Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation), whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative.

(b)Each Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding; provided that such Indemnitee either is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any Proceeding that is criminal in nature, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnitee is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or did not act in good faith and in a manner in which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or that, with respect to any criminal proceeding he or she had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee for any claim, issue or matter as to which the Indemnitee has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the Corporation or for any amounts paid in settlement to the Corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the Proceeding was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such amounts as the court deems proper. Except as so ordered by a court and for advancement of expenses pursuant to this Section, indemnification may not be made to or on behalf of an Indemnitee if a final adjudication establishes that his or her acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law and was material to the cause of action. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Bylaws, no director or officer may be indemnified for expenses incurred in defending any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding (including without limitation, an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that such director or officer incurred in his or her capacity as a stockholder.

(c)Indemnification pursuant to this Section shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation or member, manager or managing member of a predecessor limited liability company or affiliate of such limited liability company or a director, officer, employee, agent, partner, member, manager or fiduciary of, or to serve in any other capacity for, another corporation or any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, or other enterprise and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators.

(d)The expenses of Indemnitees must be paid by the Corporation or through insurance purchased and maintained by the Corporation or through other financial arrangements made by the Corporation, as such expenses are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. To the extent that an Indemnitee is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Corporation shall indemnify him or her against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred in by him or her in connection with the defense.

Section 2.    Indemnification of Employees and Other Persons. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors and to the extent provided in such action, indemnify employees and other persons as though they were Indemnitees.



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Section 3.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification provided in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors, or otherwise.
Section 4.    Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any Indemnitee for any liability asserted against him or her and liability and expenses incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee, member, managing member or agent, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation has the authority to indemnify him or her against such liability and expenses.
Section 5.    Other Financial Arrangements. The other financial arrangements which may be made by the Corporation may include the following (i) the creation of a trust fund; (ii) the establishment of a program of self-insurance; (iii) the securing of its obligation of indemnification by granting a security interest or other lien on any assets of the Corporation; and (iv) the establishment of a letter of credit, guarantee or surety. No financial arrangement made pursuant to this subsection may provide protection for a person adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable for intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of law, except with respect to advancement of expenses or indemnification ordered by a court.
Section 6.    Other Matters Relating to Insurance or Financial Arrangements. Any insurance or other financial arrangement made on behalf of a person pursuant to this Section may be provided by the Corporation or any other person approved by the Board of Directors, even if all or part of the other person’s stock or other securities is owned by the Corporation. In the absence of fraud, (i) the decision of the Board of Directors as to the propriety of the terms and conditions of any insurance or other financial arrangement made pursuant to this Section and the choice of the person to provide the insurance or other financial arrangement is conclusive; and (ii) the insurance or other financial arrangement is not void or voidable and does not subject any director approving it to personal liability for his action; even if a director approving the insurance or other financial arrangement is a beneficiary of the insurance or other financial arrangement.
Section 7.    Amendments. The provisions of this Article VIII relating to indemnification shall constitute a contract between the Corporation and each of its directors and officers which may be modified as to any director or officer only with that person’s consent or as specifically provided in this Section. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws relating to their amendment generally, any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII which is adverse to any director or officer shall apply to such director or officer only on a prospective basis, and shall not limit the rights of an Indemnitee to indemnification with respect to any action or failure to act occurring prior to the time of such repeal or amendment. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, Article VI), no repeal or amendment of these Bylaws shall affect any or all of this Article VIII so as to limit or reduce the indemnification in any manner unless adopted by (i) the unanimous vote of the directors of the Corporation then serving, or (ii) by the stockholders as set forth in Article VI; provided that no such amendment shall have a retroactive effect inconsistent with the preceding sentence.
Section 8.    Saving Clause. In the case of any change to law which expands the liability of directors or officers of the Corporation or limits the indemnification rights or the rights to advancement of expenses which the Corporation may provide in this Article VIII, the rights to limited liability, to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in the Articles of Incorporation and/or these Bylaws shall continue as theretofore to the extent permitted by law; and (ii) if such change permits the Corporation, without the requirement of any further action by stockholders or directors, to limit further the liability of directors or limit the liability of officers or to provide broader indemnification rights or rights to the advancement of expenses than the Corporation was permitted to provide prior to such change, then liability thereupon shall be so limited and the rights to indemnification and the advancement of expenses shall be so broadened to the extent permitted by law.



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CLUBCORP HOLDINGS, INC. AND AFFILIATES OF CERTAIN FUNDS MANAGED BY AFFILIATES OF APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC ANNOUNCE THE CLOSING OF THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TRANSACTION AMONGST THE PARTIES
DALLAS AND NEW YORK, September 18, 2017 - ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. (“ClubCorp” or the “Company”) and affiliates of certain funds (the “Apollo Funds”) managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”) (NYSE: APO) today announced the successful completion of the previously announced transaction amongst the parties, whereby affiliates of the Apollo Funds acquired all of the outstanding common stock of ClubCorp.
On July 9, 2017, ClubCorp and Apollo announced that ClubCorp and certain affiliates of the Apollo Funds had entered into a merger agreement whereby upon completion of the transaction, ClubCorp stockholders were entitled to receive $17.12 per share in cash in exchange for their shares of ClubCorp common stock, which represents an aggregate transaction value of approximately $1.1 billion and an enterprise value of $2.2 billion including debt. As a result of the transaction, ClubCorp’s common stock will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange and be delisted.
John Beckert, Chairman of the Board of ClubCorp, said, “We are pleased to have completed the transaction with the Apollo Funds and for ClubCorp to begin this new chapter. Apollo shares our Company's vision to continue to advance ClubCorp's position as the world leader in private clubs and as a provider of premier services, unrivaled benefits and extraordinary experiences to members and guests of ClubCorp's family of clubs.
“We are excited for our funds to be acquiring ClubCorp,” said David Sambur, Senior Partner at Apollo. “We look forward to working with ClubCorp’s outstanding management team and talented employees, who have built a best-in-class member-centric business that delivers exceptional experiences. We plan to leverage Apollo's resources and expertise while working with ClubCorp’s dedicated team to continue to grow the business and provide the highest level of service and club offerings to members."
Jefferies LLC and Wells Fargo Securities / Eastdil Secured acted as financial advisors to the Company and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal counsel.
Financing for the transaction was provided by Citigroup, Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. Citigroup acted as lead financial advisor to Apollo, and other financial advisors include RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as Apollo’s legal counsel.
About ClubCorp
Since its founding in 1957, Dallas-based ClubCorp has operated with the central purpose of Building Relationships and Enriching Lives®. ClubCorp is a leading owner-operator of private golf and country clubs and private business clubs in North America. ClubCorp owns or operates a portfolio of over 200 golf and country clubs, business clubs, sports clubs, and alumni clubs in 28 states, the District of Columbia and two foreign countries that serve over 430,000 members, with approximately 20,000 peak-season employees. ClubCorp properties include: Firestone Country Club (Akron, Ohio); Mission Hills Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California); The Woodlands Country Club (The Woodlands, Texas); Capital Club Beijing; and Metropolitan Club Chicago. You can find ClubCorp on Facebook at facebook.com/clubcorp and on Twitter at @ClubCorp.
About Apollo



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Apollo is a leading global alternative investment manager with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, St. Louis, Bethesda, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Luxembourg, Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Apollo had assets under management of approximately $232 billion as of June 30, 2017 in private equity, credit and real estate funds invested across a core group of nine industries where Apollo has considerable knowledge and resources. For more information about Apollo, please visit www.agm.com.
Media Contacts
Apollo Contacts:
For investor inquiries regarding Apollo, please contact:
Gary M. Stein
Head of Corporate Communications
Apollo Global Management, LLC
212-822-0467
gstein@apollolp.com

Noah Gunn
Investor Relations Manager
Apollo Global Management, LLC
212-822-0540
ngunn@apollolp.com

For media inquiries regarding Apollo, please contact:
Charles Zehren
Rubenstein Associates, Inc. for Apollo Global Management, LLC
(212) 843-8590
czehren@rubenstein.com
ClubCorp Contacts:
Investor Relations:
clubcorp.investor.relations@clubcorp.com
Media Relations:
Joele Frank



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Andrew Siegel / Jonathan Keehner
MYCC-JF@joelefrank.com
212-355-4449