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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-01-506716
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4
FILED AS OF DATE: 20010926
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20010926
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CERNER CORP /MO/
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000804753
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373]
IRS NUMBER: 431196944
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1230
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: S-8
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-70170
FILM NUMBER: 1744827
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2800 ROCKCREEK PKWY-STE 601
CITY: KANSAS CITY
STATE: MO
ZIP: 64117
BUSINESS PHONE: 8162211024
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 2800 ROCKCREEK PKWY
STREET 2: DROP 1624
CITY: KANSAS CITY
STATE: MO
ZIP: 64117
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FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2001
Registration No. _____________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CERNER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 43-1196944
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2800 ROCKCREEK PARKWAY, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64117
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
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CERNER CORPORATION
ASSOCIATE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
AND
CERNER CORPORATION
2001 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN F
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)
MARC G. NAUGHTON
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
2800 ROCKCREEK PARKWAY, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64117
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
(816) 221-1024
(TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
PLEASE SEND COPIES OF ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
RANDY D. SIMS, ESQ.
VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY
2800 ROCKCREEK PARKWAY, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64117
(816) 221-1024
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
AMOUNT PROPOSED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(2) PER SHARE(1) OFFERING PRICE(1) FEE
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$31,608.75
Common Stock, $.01 par value........ 3,000,000 $42.145 $126,435,000.00
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, and solely for
the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, the proposed
maximum offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering
price is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock on September 24, 2001 on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
(2) The provisions of Rule 416 shall apply to this registration statement and
the number of shares registered on this registration statement
automatically shall increase or decrease as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference: (i) the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2000; (ii) the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001;
(iii) the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2001; and (iv) the description of the Common Stock of the Registrant which
is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.
000-15386), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities offered hereby remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such reports and documents, except in no event shall any information
included in any such document in response to Item 402(i), (k) or (l) of
Regulation S-K be deemed to constitute part of this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any subsequently filed document which is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Randy D. Sims, the Registrant's Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary, has passed on the validity of the shares of Common Stock identified
above. Mr. Sims beneficially owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less
than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
(a) Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL")
(i) gives Delaware corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and
former directors and officers and those of other enterprises, as well as certain
other persons, against expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts
incurred by such directors, officers or other persons in defense of any action,
suit or proceeding to which they are made parties by reason of being or having
been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or of another
enterprise at the request of the corporation, subject to specified conditions
and exclusions, (ii) gives such directors, officers or other persons who are
successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding the right to be
indemnified, and (iii) authorizes the corporation to purchase and
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maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance. The indemnification
authorized by Section 145 of the DGCL is not exclusive of any other rights to
which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise.
(b) Article Tenth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation authorizes the Registrant to agree to indemnify any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents, and any person who serves at the
request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the
fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware; provided that the
Registrant is not permitted to indemnify any person from or on account of such
person's conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent,
deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
(c) In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article Tenth of
the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision
eliminating a director's personal liability to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to
the fullest extent permitted or authorized by the laws of the state of Delaware.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL prohibits the elimination or limitation of a
director's liability (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, (3) under
Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful dividend payments or stock
redemptions or repurchases), or (4) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.
(d) Section 28 of the Registrant's Bylaws requires the Registrant to
indemnify any person (1) against all liabilities and expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) or (2)
against any amounts paid in settlement and expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in an action by or in the right of the Registrant, in
either case, by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving as a
director or officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of another
enterprise at the Registrant's request; provided that (a) such person must have
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the Registrant's best interests and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, that such person must have had no reasonable cause to
believe such person's conduct was unlawful, and (b) the Registrant is not
required to indemnify or advance expenses to such person in connection with an
action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person unless the initiation of
such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the Registrant's Board of
Directors. Said Section 28 further provides that the Registrant shall not
indemnify any person for any liabilities or expenses incurred by such person in
connection with an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the
Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the
extent that the court in which the action, suit or proceeding is brought
determines that the person is entitled to such indemnity. If any person serving
as a director or officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of
another enterprise at the Registrant's request is successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, said
Section 28 requires that the Registrant indemnify such person against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Prior
to indemnifying a person pursuant to Section 28 of the Registrant's Bylaws, the
Registrant must determine that such person has met the specified standard of
conduct required for indemnification unless ordered by a court and except as
otherwise provided by the immediately preceding sentence. Such determination
must be made by (y) a majority vote of a quorum of the directors who were not
party to the action, suit or proceeding (or by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion if so directed by a quorum of disinterested directors or if such
a quorum is not obtainable), or (z) the stockholders. If the determination is
adverse to the person seeking to be indemnified, such person may cause the
determination to be made by a court having jurisdiction over the Registrant. The
indemnification provided by Section 28 of the Registrant's Bylaws is not
exclusive of any
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other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any
statute, the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the
Registrant's Bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official
capacities and as to action in other capacities while holding their respective
offices.
(e) The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with the
Registrant's directors, Clifford W. Illig, Neal L. Patterson, Michael E.
Herman, Jeff C. Goldsmith, Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., John C. Danforth, William B.
Neaves and Nancy-Ann DeParle, which agreements, among other things, (a) confirm
the present indemnity permitted under the DGCL, (b) provide that, in addition,
the directors shall be indemnified to the fullest possible extent permitted by
law against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and
settlement amounts, paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding,
including any action by or in the right of the Registrant, on account of their
services as a director of the Registrant or as a director of any subsidiary of
the Registrant or as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other
company or enterprise when they are serving in such capacities at the request
of the Registrant, and (c) provide procedures for notification and defense of a
claim. However, no indemnity will be provided to any director on account of
conduct which is adjudged to be knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or
willful misconduct. The indemnification agreements also provide that the
Registrant will advance the expenses of defending an action, lawsuit or other
proceeding to the indemnified director before the matter is disposed of if the
indemnitee agrees to repay any such advances to the Registrant if it is later
determined that he or she was not entitled to indemnification.
(f) Section 28 of the Registrant's Bylaws permits the Registrant to
insure any person against any liability incurred by such person by reason of the
fact that such person is or was serving as a director or officer of the
Registrant or as a director or officer of another enterprise at the Registrant's
request, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such
person under the provisions described above. The Registrant has obtained
directors' and officers' liability insurance for each of its directors and
executive officers which (subject to certain limits and deductibles) (i) insures
such persons against loss arising from certain claims made against them by
reason of such persons being a director or officer, and (ii) insures the
Registrant against loss which it may be required or permitted to pay as
indemnification due such persons for certain claims. Such insurance may provide
coverage for certain matters as to which the Registrant may not be permitted by
law to provide indemnification.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by
reference.
Exhibit Number
4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through June
29, 1996 (filed as Exhibit 3(i) to Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 1996, and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant dated March 28,
2001.
4.3 Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 12,
1999, between Cerner Corporation and UMB Bank, N.A., as Rights
Agent, which includes the Form of
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Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A
Preferred Stock of Cerner Corporation, as Exhibit A, and the
Form of Rights Certificate, as Exhibit B (filed as an exhibit
to Registrant's current report on Form 8-A/A dated March 31,
1999 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4 Specimen stock certificate (filed as Exhibit 4(a) to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
33-15156) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5 Cerner Corporation Associate Stock Purchase Plan (filed as
Annex II to Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed on April 16, 2001, and incorporated herein
by reference).
4.6 Cerner Corporation 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F (filed as
Annex I to Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
14A filed on April 16, 2001, and incorporated herein by
reference).
5.1 Opinion of Randy D. Sims, Esq.
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2 Consent of Randy D. Sims, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24 Power of Attorney included on page II-7 of this Registration
Statement.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereto)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
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securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement No. ________________ to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of North Kansas City, State of Missouri,
on September 26, 2001.
CERNER CORPORATION
By: /s/ Marc G. Naughton
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Marc G. Naughton
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Cerner Corporation,
hereby severally constitute Neal L. Patterson, Clifford W. Illig, Marc G.
Naughton and Randy D. Sims and each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and
in our names in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement filed
herewith and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement, and
generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as
officers and directors to enable Cerner Corporation to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Neal L. Patterson Chairman of the Board, Chief September 26, 2001
---------------------------------------- Executive Officer
Neal L. Patterson (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Clifford W. Illig Vice Chairman and Director September 26, 2001
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Clifford W. Illig
/s/ Marc G. Naughton (Principal Financial and Accounting September 26, 2001
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Marc G. Naughton
/s/ Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D. Director September 26, 2001
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Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D.
/s/ Michael E. Herman Director September 26, 2001
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Michael E. Herman
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/s/ William B. Neaves, Ph.D. Director September 26, 2001
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William B. Neaves, Ph.D.
/s/ Jeff C. Goldsmith, Ph.D. Director September 26, 2001
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Jeff C. Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Director September 26, 2001
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John C. Danforth
/s/ Nancy-Ann DeParle Director September 26, 2001
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Nancy-Ann DeParle
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
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EXHIBIT 4.2
BYLAWS
AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF MARCH 28, 2001
OF
CERNER CORPORATION
Offices
1. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of
the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the corporation in
the State of Delaware shall be as stated in the certificate of incorporation or
as determined from time to time by the board of directors and on file in the
appropriate public offices of the State of Delaware pursuant to applicable
provisions of law.
2. Corporate Offices. The corporation may have such other
corporate offices and places of business anywhere within or without the State of
Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time designate or the
business of the corporation may require.
Seal
3. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the corporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware".
The corporate seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.
Stockholders, Meetings
4. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders
shall be held at the offices of the corporation in the City of North Kansas
City, State of Missouri, or at such other place either within or without the
State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of
directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver
of notice thereof.
5. Annual Meeting.
5.1 An annual meeting of the stockholders of the
corporation shall be held on the second Tuesday in May of each year, if not a
legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following,
at 10:00 a.m., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time
to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.
5.2 At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such
business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the
meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders,
business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement
thereto) given by or at the direction of the board of directors, (b) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of
directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder
of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of
notice provided for in these bylaws, who is entitled
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to vote at the annual meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Section 5.2. For business to be properly brought before an annual
meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof
in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's
notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive
offices of the corporation, not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to
the date of such meeting (as set forth in subparagraph 5.1); provided however,
that in the event that no annual meeting of stockholders was held in the
previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than
thirty (30) days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year's
proxy statement, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not
later than the close of business on the later of one hundred twenty (120)
calendar days in advance of such annual meeting or ten (10) calendar days
following the date on which public announcement of the date of the meeting is
first made. Such stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) a
brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual
meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any
material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner
(as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 as then in effect under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor thereto) (the "Exchange
Act")), if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (b) as to the stockholder
giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal
is made, the name and address of such stockholder as they appear on the
corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner, (c) the class and number of
shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned (as such term is defined
in Rule 13d-3 as then in effect under the Exchange Act) and of record by such
stockholder and such beneficial owner and (d) all other information with respect
to each such matter as would have been required to be included in a proxy
statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A as then in effect under the Exchange
Act, had proxies been solicited by the board of directors with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be
conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this subparagraph 5.2. The presiding officer of an annual meeting of
stockholders shall, if the facts warrant, have the power and duty to determine
whether the business proposed to be brought before the meeting was not made in
accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph 5.2, and if he should so
determine, he shall have the power and duty to declare to the meeting that such
business not properly brought before the meeting shall be disregarded and not
transacted.
5.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of subparagraph
5.2 and paragraph 18, (a) if any class or series of stock has the right, voting
separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special
meeting of stockholders, such directors shall be nominated and elected pursuant
to the terms of such class or series of stock, and (b) a stockholder shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in subparagraph 5.2
or paragraph 18. To the extent subparagraph 5.2 shall be deemed by the board of
directors or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or adjudged by a court of
competent jurisdiction, to be inconsistent with the rights of stockholders to
request inclusion of a proposal in the corporation's proxy statement pursuant to
Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, such rule shall prevail.
6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders
may be held for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute
or by the certificate of incorporation. Except as otherwise required by law and
subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any class or series of stock
having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation,
special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called only by
the chairman of the board, by the president, or by the board of directors
pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire board of
directors. At a special meeting of
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the stockholders, no business shall be transacted and no corporate action shall
be taken other than that stated in the notice of the meeting.
The "call" and the "notice" of any such meeting shall be deemed
to by synonymous.
7. Voting. At all meetings of stockholders, every
stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by
proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and
bearing a date not more than three years prior to said meeting, unless said
instrument shall provide for a longer period. Unless otherwise provided by the
certificate of incorporation or resolutions adopted by the board of directors in
accordance with the General Corporation Law of Delaware, each stockholder shall
have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote at such meeting
registered in his name on the books of the corporation. At all meetings of
stockholders the voting may be otherwise than by ballot, including the election
of directors, except that, unless otherwise provided by the certificate of
incorporation, any qualified voter may demand a vote by ballot on any matter, in
which event such vote shall be taken by ballot.
8. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of stock 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 any business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the
certificate of incorporation, or by these bylaws. Every decision of a majority
in amount of stock of such quorum shall be valid as a corporate act, except in
those specific instances in which a larger vote is required by law or by the
certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws.
If the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock
entitled to vote are not present in person or represented by proxy at a
meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority of the stock present in
person or by proxy at such meeting shall have power successively to adjourn the
meeting from time to time to a specified time and place, without notice to
anyone other than by announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present in person or by proxy. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall
be present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which might
have been transacted at the original meeting which was adjourned. If the
adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after adjournment a new
record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the
meeting.
9. Stock Ledger. The original or duplicate stock ledger
shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine
the list required under paragraph 10 of these bylaws or the books of the
corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the
stockholders.
10. Stockholders, Lists. The secretary or assistant
secretary, who shall have charge of the stock ledger, shall prepare and make, at
least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order,
and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered
in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of
any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary
business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting,
either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place
shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the
place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept
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at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be
inspected by any stockholder who is present.
11. Notice. Written or printed notice of each meeting of the
stockholders, whether annual or special, stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof,
shall be given to each stockholder of record of the corporation entitled to vote
at such meeting, either personally or by mail, not less than ten (10) days nor
more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be
deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with
postage thereon addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the
records of the corporation.
12. Stockholder Action; How Taken. No action required or
permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to
consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is
specifically denied.
13. Procedure and Conduct of Meetings.
13.1 Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the
chairman of the board, if any, or in his or her absence by the vice chairman of
the board, if any, or in his or her absence by the chairman of the executive
committee, if any, or in his or her absence by the president, if any, or in his
or her absence by an executive vice president, if any, or in his or her absence
by a senior vice president, if any, or in his or her absence by a vice
president, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen at the
meeting by the vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders present in
person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereat. The secretary or in
his or her absence an assistant secretary or in the absence of the secretary and
all assistant secretaries a person whom the chairman of the meeting shall
appoint shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the
proceedings thereof.
13.2 The board of directors of the corporation shall be
entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of
stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to
such rules and regulations of the board of directors, if any, the chairman of
the meeting 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 necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the
meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of
business for the meeting, rules and procedure for maintaining order at the
meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation on such
meeting to stockholders of records of the corporation and their duly authorized
and constituted proxies, and such other persons as the chairman shall permit,
restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement
thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for
balloting and matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the
extent determined by the board of directors or the chairman of the meeting,
meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with
rules of parliamentary procedure.
13.3 The board of directors shall appoint two or more
Inspectors of Election to serve at every meeting of the stockholders at which
directors are to be elected.
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14. Management. The property, business and affairs of the
corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a board of directors.
The number of directors of the corporation (including directors to be elected by
the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock voting separately as a
class or classes) shall be eight (8). As used in these bylaws, the terms "whole
board" or "whole board of directors" mean the total number of directors which
the corporation would have if there were no vacancies. In addition to the powers
and authorities by these bylaws and the certificate of incorporation expressly
conferred upon it, the board of directors may exercise all such powers of the
corporation, and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by
the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be
exercised or done by the stockholders.
15. Classes. The members of the whole board of directors,
other than those who may be elected by the holders of any Preferred Stock or
series thereof, shall be divided into three (3) classes (to be designated as
Class I, Class II and Class III), with the term of office of one class expiring
each year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required by
law, whenever the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock shall
have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of
the corporation, the terms of the director or directors elected by such holders
shall expire at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders. Subject to
the foregoing, at each annual meeting of stockholders, the successors to the
class of directors whose term shall then expire shall be elected to hold office
for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting and until their
respective successors shall be elected and qualified or until their respective
earlier resignation or removal.
16. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except for
directorships created pursuant to paragraph FOURTH of the certificate of
incorporation relating to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock or any series
thereof, and except for vacancies in such directorships, any vacancies in the
board of directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, though less than quorum, or by a sole
remaining director, unless it is otherwise provided in the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, and the directors so chosen shall hold office
until the next election of the class for which such directors shall have been
chosen and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or
until their earlier resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of
directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
17. Removal of Directors. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of these bylaws (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser
percentage may be specified by law or these bylaws), any director or the entire
board of directors of the corporation may be removed at any time, but only for
cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of eighty percent (80%) or
more of the Total Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock,
considered for this purpose as one class (for purposes of this paragraph 17,
each share of the Voting Stock shall have the number of votes granted to it
pursuant to paragraph FOURTH of the corporation's certificate of incorporation).
For the purposes of this paragraph 17, (i) the term "Total Voting Power" shall
mean the aggregate of all votes of all outstanding shares of Voting Stock; and
(ii) the term "Voting Stock" shall mean the shares of all classes of capital
stock of the corporation entitled to vote on removal of any director or the
entire board of directors in the manner provided in this paragraph 17 (except
that if the next succeeding sentence is operative, then the outstanding shares
of Preferred Stock shall not be considered "Voting Stock" for purposes of this
paragraph 17). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required
by law, whenever the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock shall
have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of
the corporation, the foregoing
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provisions of this paragraph 17 shall not apply with respect to the director or
directors elected by such holders of Preferred Stock.
As used in these bylaws, the term "for cause" is hereby
exclusively defined and limited to mean conviction of a felony by a court of
competent jurisdiction where such conviction is no longer subject to direct
appeal, or an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of liability for
negligence, or misconduct, in the performance of the director's duty to the
corporation in a matter of substantial importance to the corporation, where such
adjudication is no longer subject to direct appeal.
18. Notification of Nominations. Subject to the rights of
holders of Preferred Stock, nominations for the election of directors may be
made by the board of directors or a proxy committee appointed by the board of
directors or by any stockholder entitled to generally vote in the election of
directors at the meeting of the stockholders at which directors will be elected.
However, any such stockholder may nominate one or more persons for election as
directors at a meeting only if written notice of such stockholder's intent to
make such nomination or nominations has been given, either by personal delivery
or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the corporation
not later than (i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting
of stockholders, one hundred twenty (120) days in advance of the date of such
meeting (as set forth in paragraph 5 of these bylaws), and (ii) with respect to
an election to be held at a special meeting of stockholders for the election of
directors, the close of business on the seventh (7th) day following the date on
which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Each such
notice shall set forth: (a) the name and address of the stockholder who intends
to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated; (b) a
representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the
corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or
by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the
notice; (c) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of
such stockholder; (d) the class and number of shares of the corporation which
are beneficially owned (as defined in Rule 13d-3 as then in effect under the
Exchange Act) by the nominating stockholder and each nominee proposed by such
stockholder; (e) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the
nominating stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming
such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to
be made by the stockholder; (f) such other information regarding each nominee
proposed by such stockholder as would have been required to be included in a
proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-1 et seq.) as
then in effect under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, had the
nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the board of directors;
and (g) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the corporation if
so elected. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination
of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
19. Meetings of the Newly Elected Board - Notice. The first
meeting of the members of the board of directors after each election with
respect to a class of directors shall be held (i) at such time and place either
within or without the State of Delaware as shall be suggested or provided by
resolution of the stockholders at the meeting at which such election was held
with respect to a class of directors, and no notice of such meeting shall be
necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the
meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, (ii) if not so suggested or
provided for by resolution of the stockholders or if a quorum shall not be
present, at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a
majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice
of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner
as provided in paragraph 22 of these bylaws
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with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the board except
that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such
notice, or (iii) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting
shall be suggested or provided for by resolution of the stockholders, at such
time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected
directors.
Every director of the corporation, upon his election, shall
qualify by accepting the office of director, and his attendance at, or his
written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the board subsequent to his
election shall constitute his acceptance of such office; or he may execute such
acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.
20. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of
directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or
without the State of Delaware as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution
adopted by the whole board of directors. Any business may be transacted at a
regular meeting.
21. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of
directors may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the president,
any vice president or the secretary, or by any two (2) or more of the directors.
The place may be within or without the State of Delaware as designated in the
notice.
22. Notice of Special Meetings. Written or printed notice
of each special meeting of the board, stating the place, day and hour of the
meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director
addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business at least three (3)
days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him
by telegram, or delivered to him personally, at least two (2) days before the
day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed
to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage
thereon addressed to the director at his residence or usual place of business.
If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is
delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any officer
having authority to call the meeting. "Notice" and "call" with respect to such
meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous. Any meeting of the board of directors
shall be a legal meeting without any notice thereof having been given if all
directors shall be present.
23. Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar
Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of directors of the
corporation, or any committee designated by the board, may participate in a
meeting of the board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by that means shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
24. Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law, the
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a majority of the total number of
directors shall be necessary at all meetings to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business and, except as may be otherwise provided by law, the
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the act of a majority of the
directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of
the board of directors.
If at least two (2) directors or one third (1/3) of the whole
board of directors, whichever is greater, is present at any meeting at which a
quorum is not present, a majority of
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the directors present at such meeting shall have power successively to adjourn
the meeting from time to time to a subsequent date, without notice to any
director other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at
which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the original meeting which was adjourned.
25. Standing or Temporary Committees. The board of
directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole
board, designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one
(1) or more directors of the corporation. The board may designate one (1) or
more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent
or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or
disqualification of a member of a committee, the member of members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or
they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of
directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified
member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the
board of directors or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all of the
powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business
and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to
be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have
the power or authority of the board of directors with respect to amending the
certificate of incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation,
recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the
stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution,
amending the bylaws of the corporation, declaring a dividend or making any other
distribution to the stockholders, authorizing the issuance of stock otherwise
than pursuant to the grant or exercise of a stock option under employee stock
option plans of the corporation, or appointing any member of any committee of
the board of directors.
Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as
may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of
directors. All committees so appointed shall, unless otherwise provided by the
board of directors, keep regular minutes of the transactions at their meetings
and shall cause them to be recorded in books kept for that purpose in the office
of the corporation and shall report the same to the board of directors at its
next meeting. The secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation may act
as secretary of the committee if the committee so requests.
26. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the
certificate of incorporation, the board of directors may, by resolution, fix the
compensation to be paid directors for serving as directors of the corporation
and may, by resolution, fix a sum which shall be allowed and paid for attendance
at each meeting of the board of directors and may provide for reimbursement of
expenses incurred by directors in attending each meeting; provided that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity and receiving his regular compensation
therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed similar
compensation for attending committee meetings.
27. Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon
written notice to the corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the
time specified therein or shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the
corporation if no time is specified therein; and unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
28. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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(a) Indemnification in Actions by Third Parties. The
corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or
appellate (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason
of the fact that such person is or was an officer or director of the corporation
or is or was serving at the corporation's request as a director or officer of
any Other Enterprise against all liabilities and expenses, including, without
limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement (provided that such settlement
and all amounts paid in connection therewith are approved in advance by the
corporation in accordance with paragraph (d) of this paragraph 28, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), attorneys' fees, ERISA excise
taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including
without limitation the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such
action, suit or proceeding) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that
the corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any
such person or person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses in
connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person unless
the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the board of
directors of the corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under 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 he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that he had reasonable cause
to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(b) Indemnification in Derivative Actions. The corporation
shall indemnify each person who has been or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
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 an officer of director of the
corporation or is or was serving at the corporation's request as a director or
officer of any Other Enterprise against amounts paid in settlement thereof
(provided that such settlement and all amounts paid in connection therewith are
approved in advance by the corporation in accordance with subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 28, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and all
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, suit or
proceeding (including without limitation the investigation, defense, settlement
or appeal of 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, except that no indemnification under this
subparagraph (b) shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation unless and
only to the extent that the court in which the action, suit or proceeding is
brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to such indemnification.
(c) Indemnification for Expenses. Notwithstanding the other
provisions of this paragraph 28, to the extent that a person who is or was
serving as a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director or officer of any Other Enterprise, has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 28
(including the dismissal
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of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice), or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith.
(d) Determination of Right to Indemnification. Prior to
indemnifying a person pursuant to the provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 28, unless ordered by a court and except as otherwise provided by
subparagraph (c) of this paragraph 28, the corporation shall determine that such
person has met the specified standard of conduct entitling such person to
indemnification as set forth under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph
28. Any determination that a person shall or shall not be indemnified under the
provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 28 shall be made by
the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors
who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, or if such quorum is not
obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or by the
stockholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the
corporation; provided, however, that in the event such determination is adverse
to the person or persons to be indemnified hereunder, such person or persons
shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent
jurisdiction against the corporation to determine whether or not such person has
met the requisite standard of conduct and is entitled to such indemnification
hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person or persons is
determined to be entitled to such indemnification, such person or persons shall
be reimbursed by the corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action
(including without limitation the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal
of such action).
(e) Advancement of Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by a person who may be entitled to
indemnification hereunder in defending an action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, 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 person to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled
to indemnification by the corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance
shall be made by the corporation if a determination is reasonably and promptly
made by (i) the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding for which the
advancement is requested, (ii) if a quorum is not obtainable, or even if
obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders, that, based
upon the facts known to the board, counsel or stockholders at the time such
determination is made, such person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such
person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
corporation, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such person
believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In no
event shall any advance be made in instances where the board, stockholders or
independent legal counsel reasonably determines that such person deliberately
breached his duty to the corporation or its stockholders.
(f) Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by this paragraph 28 shall not be exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any statute, under the certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance
or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in
any way any right which the corporation may have to make additional
indemnifications with respect to the same or
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different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this paragraph 28 shall continue
as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and
shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and estate of
such a person.
(g) Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the board of
directors, 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
serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of any Other
Enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the provisions of this paragraph.
(h) Vesting of Rights. The rights granted by this paragraph
28 shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a
bargained-for, contractual condition of such person's acceptance of his election
or appointment as a director or officer of the corporation or serving at the
request of the corporation as a director of officer of any Other Enterprise and
while this paragraph 28 may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal
shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under
this paragraph 28 with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act
by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action,
suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such
amendment or repeal.
(i) Definition of the "Corporation". For purposes of this
paragraph 28, references to "the corporation" shall, if and only if the board of
directors shall determine, 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 or persons serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a
director or officer of any Other Enterprise, so that any person who is or was a
director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of such constituent corporation as a director or officer of any Other
Enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
paragraph 28 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.
(j) Certain Definitions. For the purpose of this paragraph
28, references to "Other Enterprises" or "Other Enterprise" shall include
without limitation any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
employee benefit plan; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes
assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; references to
"defense" shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any
defensive assertion of a cross claim or counterclaim and references to "serving
at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director or
officer of a 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 he
reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries
of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this
paragraph 28. For the purpose of this paragraph 28, unless the board of
directors of the corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer
of the corporation who shall serve as an officer or director of any Other
Enterprise of which the corporation, directly or indirectly, is a stockholder or
creditor, or in which the corporation is in any way interested, shall be
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presumed to be serving as such director or officer at the request of the
corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director
or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that such
person is or was serving as such director or officer at the request of the
corporation, the board of directors of the corporation shall determine whether
such person is or was serving at the request of the corporation, and it shall
not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which
determination shall be final and binding on the corporation and the person
seeking indemnification.
(k) Severability. If any provision of this paragraph 28 or
the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining
provisions of this paragraph 28 and the application of such provisions to other
persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and to the fullest extent
possible the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable
shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable
as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection
to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity,
legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if any officer or director of the corporation or any person who is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of any Other
Enterprise, is entitled under any provision of this paragraph 28, to
indemnification by the corporation for some or a portion of the judgments,
amounts paid in settlement, attorneys' fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties,
fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(including without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal
of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, or administrative,
investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount
thereof, the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the
portion thereof to which such person is entitled.
29. Action without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted
by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or any committee
thereof may be taken without a meeting if written consent thereto is signed by
all members of the board of directors or of such committee, as the case may be,
and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board
or committee.
Officers
30. (a) Officers - Who Shall Constitute. The officers of
the corporation shall be a chairman of the board, a president, one or more vice
presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, one or more assistant secretaries and one
or more assistant treasurers. The board shall elect a president and a secretary
at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the stockholders. The board
then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed
officers as it may deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a
president and a secretary. The board may, if it desires, elect or appoint
additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the
officers of the corporation.
Officers of the corporation need not be members of the board of
directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person.
An officer shall be deemed qualified when he enters upon the
duties of the office to which he has been elected or appointed and furnishes any
bond required by the board; but the board may also require his written
acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.
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(b) Term of Office. Each officer of the corporation shall
hold his office at the pleasure of the board of directors or for such other
period as the board may specify at the time of his election or appointment, or
until his death, resignation or removal by the board, whichever first occurs. In
any event, each officer of the corporation who is not reelected or reappointed
at the annual election of officers by the board next succeeding his election or
appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the board, unless the board
provides otherwise at the time of his election or appointment.
(c) Other Agents. The board from time to time may also
appoint such other agents for the corporation as it shall deem necessary or
advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the board or for such
period as the board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such
titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the
board or by an officer empowered by the board to make such determinations.
31. The Chairman of the Board. If a chairman of the board
be elected, he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors
at which he may be present and shall have such other duties, powers and
authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these bylaws. The board of directors
may delegate such other authority and assign such additional duties to the
chairman of the board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the
president, as it may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible
by law, the board may designate the chairman of the board as the chief executive
officer of the corporation with all of the powers otherwise conferred upon the
president of the corporation under paragraph 32 of these bylaws, or it may, from
time to time, divide the responsibilities, duties and authority for the general
control and management of the corporation's business and affairs between the
chairman of the board and the president.
32. The President. Unless the board otherwise provides, the
president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation with such
general executive powers and duties of supervision and management as are usually
vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he
shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the board. The
president, in the absence of the chairman of the board or if there be no
chairman of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and
directors.
The president may execute all bonds, notes, debentures,
mortgages and other instruments for and in the name of the corporation, may
cause the corporate seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other
instruments for and in the name of the corporation.
Unless the board otherwise provides, the president, or any
person designated in writing by him, shall have full power and authority on
behalf of this corporation (i) to attend and to vote or take action at any
meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which this corporation
may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and
all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) to
execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of the
corporation with respect to any securities held by the corporation.
He shall, unless the board otherwise provides, be ex officio a
member of all standing committees.
He shall have such other or further duties and authority as may
be prescribed elsewhere in these bylaws or from time to time by the board of
directors.
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If a chairman of the board be elected or appointed and
designated as chief executive officer of the corporation, as provided in
paragraph 31, of these bylaws, the president shall perform such duties as may be
specifically delegated to him by the board of directors or are conferred by law
exclusively upon him, and in the absence, disability, or inability or refusal to
act of the chairman of the board, the president shall perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the chairman of the board.
33. Vice Presidents. In the absence of the president or in
the event of his disability, or inability or refusal to act, any vice president
may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president until the board
otherwise provides. Vice presidents shall perform such other duties as the board
may from time to time prescribe.
34. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary
shall attend all sessions of the board and all meetings of the stockholders,
shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve
them in a minute book of the corporation. He shall perform similar duties for
the executive committee and other standing committees when requested by the
board or any such committee.
The secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and
information, or duplicates, required to be maintained in Delaware, or elsewhere,
are so maintained.
The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the
corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal to any instrument
requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, he shall attest the seal by his
signature. The board of directors may give general authority to any other
officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his
signature.
The secretary shall have the general duties, responsibilities
and authorities of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other
duties and have such other responsibility and authority as may be prescribed
elsewhere in these bylaws or from time to time by the board of directors or the
chief executive officer of the corporation, under whose direct supervision he
shall be.
In the absence of the secretary or in the event of his
disability, or inability or refusal to act, any assistant secretary may perform
the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary until the board otherwise
provides. Assistant secretaries shall perform such other duties as the board of
directors may from time to time prescribe.
35. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The treasurer
shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the
corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall keep,
or cause to be kept, all other books of account and accounting records of the
corporation. He shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of
the corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the board.
He shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the
corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the board, and shall
render to the chief executive officer of the corporation and the directors
whenever they may require it, an account of all his
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transactions as treasurer and of those under his jurisdiction, and of the
financial condition of the corporation.
He shall perform such other duties and shall have such other
responsibility and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these bylaws or
from time to time by the board of directors.
He shall have the general duties, powers and responsibility of
a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the board,
be the chief financial and accounting officer of the corporation.
If required by the board, he shall give the corporation a bond
in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the board, for the
faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the
corporation, in the case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever
kind in his possession or under his control which belong to the corporation.
In the absence of the treasurer or in the event of his
disability, or inability or refusal to act, any assistant treasurer may perform
the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. Assistant treasurers shall
perform such other duties and have such other authority as the board of
directors may from time to time prescribe.
36. Duties of Officers May be Delegated. If any officer of
the corporation be absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the
board may deem sufficient, the board may delegate, from the time being, some or
all of the functions, duties, powers and responsibilities of any officer to any
other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the corporation or other
responsible person, provided a majority of the whole board concurs.
37. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by
the board of directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the
board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be
served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the
contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.
38. Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of
all elected officers of the corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased
by the board of directors, but this power, except as to the salary or
compensation of the chairman of the board and the president, may, unless
prohibited by law, be delegated by the board to the chairman of the board or the
president, or may be delegated to a committee. Salaries and compensation of all
appointed officers, agents and employees of the corporation may be fixed,
increased or decreased by the board of directors, but until action is taken with
respect thereto by the board of directors, the same may be fixed, increased or
decreased by the president or such other officer or officers as may be empowered
by the board of directors to do so.
39. Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and
Designate Duties. The board from time to time may delegate to the chairman of
the board, the president or other officer or executive employee of the
corporation, authority to hire, discharge and fix and modify the duties, salary
or other compensation of employees of the corporation under their jurisdiction,
and the board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar
authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the corporation the
services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.
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Stock
40. Certificates for Shares of Stock. Certificates for
shares of stock shall be issued in numerical order, and each stockholder shall
be entitled to a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by,
the chairman of the board or the president or a vice president, and by the
treasurer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or an assistant secretary,
certifying the number of shares owned by him. Any of or all the signatures on
such 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, such certificate may nevertheless be issued
by the corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or
registrar who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature shall have
been used thereon, had not ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or
registrar of the corporation.
41. Transfers of Stock. Transfers of stock shall be made
only upon the stock transfer books of the corporation, kept at the office of the
corporation or of the transfer agent designated to transfer the class of stock,
and before a new certificate is issued the old certificate shall be surrendered
for cancellation. Until and unless the board appoints some other person, firm or
corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such
appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the secretary
of the corporation shall be the transfer agent of the corporation without the
necessity of any formal action of the board, and the secretary, or any person
designated by him, shall perform all of the duties thereof.
42. Registered Stockholders. Only registered stockholders
shall be entitled to be treated by the corporation as the holders and owners in
fact of the shares standing in their respective names, and the corporation shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or
other notice thereof, except as expressly provided by applicable federal law or
by the laws of Delaware.
43. Lost Certificates. The board of directors may direct
that a new certificate or certificates be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate or certificates to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a replacement certificate or certificates, the board
of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative, to give the corporation and its
transfer agents and registrars, if any, a bond in such sum as it may direct to
indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it with respect to the
certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or
with respect to the issuance of such new certificate or certificates.
44. Regulations. The board of directors shall have power
and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient
concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for
shares of stock of the corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of Delaware,
the certificate of incorporation of the corporation and these bylaws.
45. Fixing Record Date. In order that the corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, if such action is
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authorized, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution
or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful
action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall
not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of
such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided,
however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
Dividends and Finance
46. Dividends. Dividends upon the outstanding shares of
stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation and of any applicable law and of these bylaws, may be declared by
the board of directors at any meeting. Subject to such provisions, dividends may
be paid in cash, in property or in shares of stock of the corporation.
47. Creation of Reserves. The directors may set apart out
of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or
reserves for any proper purpose or may abolish any such reserve in the manner in
which it was created.
48. Depositories. The moneys of the corporation shall be
deposited in the name of the corporation in such bank or banks or other
depositories as the board of directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out
only by check signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the board of
directors, except that the board of directors may delegate said powers in the
manner hereinafter provided in this paragraph 48. The board of directors may by
resolution authorize an officer or officers of the corporation to designate any
bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the corporation may be
deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks drawn on any
particular account or accounts of the corporation, whether created by direct
designation of the board of directors or by an authorized officer or officers as
aforesaid.
49. Fiscal Year. The board of directors shall have power to
fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the corporation. In the
absence of action by the board of directors, the fiscal year of the corporation
shall end each year on the date which the corporation treated as the close of
its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be
changed by the board of directors.
50. Directors, Annual Statement. The board of directors may
present at each annual meeting of the stockholders, and when called for by vote
of the stockholders shall present to any annual or special meeting of the
stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the
corporation.
Books and Records
51. Books, Accounts and Records. The books, accounts and
records of the corporation, except as may be otherwise required by the laws of
the State of Delaware, may be kept outside of the State of Delaware, at such
place or places as the board of directors may from time to time determine. The
board of directors shall determine whether, to what extent and the conditions
upon which the books, accounts and records of the corporation, or any of them,
shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and no stockholder shall
have any right to inspect
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any book, account or record of the corporation, except as conferred by law or by
resolution of the stockholders or directors.
Miscellaneous
52. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be
given under the provisions of the statutes of Delaware or of the certificate of
incorporation or of these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at
a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the
person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning
of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the
purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or
members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of
notice unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
53. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any
officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute
and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and
such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
54. Amendments. These bylaws may be altered, amended or
repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the
certificate of incorporation.
55. Business Combinations. The corporation shall not be
governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
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CERTIFICATE
The undersigned secretary of Cerner Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing bylaws are the bylaws of said
corporation as amended and as adopted by the directors of the corporation.
Dated: March 28, 2001.
/s/ Randy D. Sims
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Randy D. Sims, Secretary
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OPINION/CONSENT OF RANDY D. SIMS, ESQ.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
September 26, 2001
Cerner Corporation
2800 Rockcreek Parkway
North Kansas City, MO 64117
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") of Cerner Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on or about September
26, 2001 for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, (i) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common
Stock"), of the Company, proposed to be issued pursuant to the Cerner
Corporation 2001 Associate Stock Purchase Plan and (ii) 2,000,000 shares of
Common Stock of the Company proposed to be issued pursuant to the Cerner
Corporation 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan F (the "Plans").
As Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Company, I am of the opinion,
based upon my examination of the law and pertinent documents, that all necessary
corporate action has been taken to authorize the issuance of the aforesaid
shares of Common Stock under the Plans and all such shares of Common Stock, when
issued pursuant to the Plans, will be legally issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to my name under the heading
"Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" in the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Randy D. Sims
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Randy D. Sims
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
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CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.1
ACCOUNTANT'S CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Cerner Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Cerner Corporation of our reports, dated January 31, 2001, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of Cerner Corporation and subsidiaries as of
December 30, 2000 and January 1, 2000, and the related consolidated statements
of operations, changes in equity, and cash flows and the related schedule for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 30, 2000, which
reports appear in the 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Cerner Corporation and
are incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
(insert electronic signature)
Kansas City, Missouri
September 26, 2001