Section 1. The business and property of the Corporation shall be managed and controlled by a board of at least twelve but not more than sixteen directors. The exact number of directors may be fixed within the limits specified above by a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors. This number may be changed from time to time by amendment of these By‑Laws, but the term of office of no director shall be shortened after his or her election by reduction in the number of directors.
Except as provided in Section 4 of this Article II, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present; provided that if the number of director nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this section, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a director must exceed the number of votes cast “against” with respect to that director. In the event a director fails to receive an affirmative majority of the votes cast in an election where the number of nominees is less than or equal to the number of
directors to be elected, the Board of Directors, within its powers, may decrease the number of directors, fill the vacancy, or take other appropriate action.
The directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and shall have qualified.
Section 2. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and at such places as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time upon call of the Chairman of the Board or of the Vice Chairman of the Board or of the President or of three directors. Oral, telegraphic or written notice of the time and place of a special meeting shall be duly served on, or given or sent or mailed to, each director not less than two calendar days before the meeting. An organizational meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held, of which no notice shall be necessary, as soon as convenient after the annual meeting of the stockholders. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at the times fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all of the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in writing.
Section 6. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more other committees, to consist of such number of the directors and to have such powers as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine. The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve, any such committee. A majority of any such committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its meetings, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide.
Section 7. In addition to reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings or otherwise in connection with his or her attention to the affairs of the Corporation, each director as such, as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board and as a member of the Executive Committee or of any other committee of the Board of Directors, shall be entitled to receive such remuneration as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, in the form either of fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors and committees thereof or annual retainers, or both; but no director who receives a salary or other remuneration as an employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof shall receive any additional remuneration as a director or member of any committee of the Board of Directors.
Section 8. 董事提名. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-Laws and with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (including Rule 14a-19) shall be eligible to serve as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 8, who shall be entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 8. Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received by, the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting of stockholders, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; 不过,前提是若股东大会日期提前超过该周年日期前30天或延迟超过该周年日期后60天,为及时,该通知必须在该会议前至少90天之前并且最迟在会议日期的最晚70天之前或该会议日期后10天之内收到董事会。th 在股东特别大会的情况下,股东通知须在特别大会日期前不少于60天及最多90天,或该特别大会日期后10天之内于公开公告该会议日期之次日。在任何情况下,对于提前终止或延期年度大会的公开公告均不得开始新的时期(或延长任何时期)用于给予股东通知的描述如上。th 任何情况下,关于年度大会休会或延期的公开公告不得开始一个新的时期(或延长任何时期)用于给予股东通知如上所述。