BY-LAWS
OF
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OF
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I Offices | 1 | |||||
| ARTICLE II Stockholders | 1 | |||||
Section 1. |
Annual Meeting | 1 | ||||
Section 2. |
Special Meetings | 1 | ||||
Section 3. |
Notice of Meetings | 2 | ||||
Section 4. |
Quorum | 2 | ||||
Section 5. |
Organization | 2 | ||||
Section 6. |
Proxies and Voting | 2 | ||||
Section 7. |
Stock Lists | 2 | ||||
Section 8. |
Ratification | 3 | ||||
Section 9. |
Judges | 3 | ||||
| ARTICLE III Board of Directors | 3 | |||||
Section 1. |
Number, Term of Office and Eligibility | 3 | ||||
Section 2. |
Meetings | 4 | ||||
Section 3. |
Notice of Meetings | 4 | ||||
Section 4. |
Quorum and Organization of Meetings | 4 | ||||
Section 5. |
Powers | 5 | ||||
Section 6. |
Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records | 6 | ||||
Section 7. |
Compensation of Directors | 6 | ||||
| ARTICLE IV Committees | 7 | |||||
Section 1. |
Committees of the Board of Directors | 7 | ||||
Section 2. |
Audit Committee | 7 | ||||
Section 3. |
Compensation Committee | 8 | ||||
Section 4. |
Environmental and Public Policy Committee | 8 | ||||
Section 5. |
Finance Committee | 8 | ||||
Section 6. |
Nominating and Governance Committee | 8 | ||||
Section 7. |
Other Committees | 9 | ||||
Section 8. |
Rules and Procedures | 9 | ||||
Section 9. |
Application of Article | 9 | ||||
| ARTICLE V Officers | 10 | |||||
Section 1. |
Officers | 10 | ||||
Section 2. |
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors | 10 | ||||
Section 3. |
Chief Executive Officer | 10 | ||||
Section 4. |
President | 10 | ||||
Section 5. |
Vice Chairmen of the Company, Executive Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents | 11 | ||||
Section 6. |
Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer | 11 | ||||
Section 7. |
Secretary and Assistant Secretary | 11 | ||||
Section 8. |
General Counsel | 12 | ||||
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Section 9. |
Controller | 12 | ||||
Section 10. |
Salaries | 12 | ||||
| ARTICLE VI Resignations, Removals and Vacancies | 12 | |||||
Section 1. |
Resignations | 12 | ||||
Section 2. |
Removals | 13 | ||||
Section 3. |
Vacancies | 13 | ||||
| ARTICLE VII Capital Stock Dividends Seal | 13 | |||||
Section 1. |
Certificates of Shares; Uncertificated Shares | 13 | ||||
Section 2. |
Addresses of Stockholders | 14 | ||||
Section 3. |
Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificate | 14 | ||||
Section 4. |
Fixing a Record Date | 14 | ||||
Section 5. |
Regulations | 15 | ||||
Section 6. |
Corporate Seal | 15 | ||||
| ARTICLE VIII Execution of Contracts and Other Documents | 15 | |||||
Section 1. |
Contracts, etc. | 15 | ||||
Section 2. |
Checks, Drafts, etc. | 15 | ||||
| ARTICLE IX Fiscal Year | 15 | |||||
| ARTICLE X Miscellaneous | 16 | |||||
Section 1. |
Original Stock Ledger | 16 | ||||
Section 2. |
Notices and Waivers Thereof | 16 | ||||
Section 3. |
Voting upon Stocks | 16 | ||||
| ARTICLE XI Amendments | 17 | |||||
BY-LAWS
OF
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
The registered office of the Company shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle,
State of Delaware. The Company may also have an office in the City of Dearborn, State of Michigan,
and at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as the
business of the Company may require. The books and records of the Company may be kept (except as
otherwise provided by law) at the office of the Company in the City of Dearborn, State of Michigan,
outside of the State of Delaware, or at such other places as from time to time may be determined by
the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the annual meeting of the stockholders
for the purpose of electing directors and of transacting such other business as may come before it
shall be held in the City of Detroit, State of Michigan, on the second Thursday of May in each and
every year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday then on the next day not a legal
holiday. The Board of Directors shall, by resolution duly adopted, fix the place within the City
of Detroit, Michigan, or elsewhere if so determined, the time, and the date (if different from that
described above) for the holding of each such meeting. At least twenty (20) days notice shall be
given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting of the place, date and time for the
meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the stockholders shall be held at the office of the Company in the City of
Dearborn, State of Michigan, unless otherwise determined by resolution of the stockholders or of
the Board of Directors, whenever called in the manner required by law for purposes as to which
there are special statutory provisions, and for other purposes whenever called by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors or the President, or by resolution of the Board of Directors, and whenever
the holders of thirty percent (30%) or more of the total number of outstanding shares of any class
of stock the holders of which are entitled to vote on every matter that is to be voted on without
regard to class at such meeting shall file with the Secretary a written application for such
meeting stating the time and purpose thereof.
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Section 3. Notice of Meetings.
Except as otherwise provided by law, at least twenty (20) days notice of stockholders
meetings stating the time and place and the objects thereof shall be given by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary to stockholders of record having voting power in
respect of the business to be transacted thereat. No business other than that stated in the notice
shall be transacted at any meeting.
Section 4. Quorum.
At any meeting of the stockholders the number of shares the holders of which shall be present
or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for, and the votes that shall be necessary
for, the transaction of any business shall be as expressly provided in Article FOURTH of the
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. At any meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is not
present, the holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of all of the votes (computed, in the
case of each share of Class B Stock, as provided in subsection 1.3 of said Article FOURTH) which
could be cast at such meeting by the holders of outstanding shares of stock of the Company who are
present in person or by proxy and who are entitled to vote on every matter that is to be voted on
without regard to class at such meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time.
Section 5. Organization.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of meetings of the stockholders.
The Board of Directors may designate any other officer or director of the Company to act as
chairman of any meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and the Board of
Directors may further provide for determining who shall act as chairman of any stockholders meeting
in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and such designee.
The Secretary of the Company shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but
in the absence of the Secretary the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as
secretary of any meeting.
Section 6. Proxies and Voting.
Every stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting may vote in person or by proxy authorized by
an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the
procedures established for the meeting. No proxy shall be voted after three years from its date
unless such proxy provides expressly for a longer period. Shares of the Companys stock belonging
to the Company shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly.
Section 7. Stock Lists.
A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be
prepared, in alphabetical order by class, by the Secretary and shall be open to the
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examination of any stockholder, at the place where the meeting is to be held, for at least ten days
before the meeting and during the whole time of the meeting.
Section 8. Ratification.
Any transaction questioned in any stockholders derivative suit, or any other suit to enforce
alleged rights of the Company or any of its stockholders, on the ground of lack of authority,
defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of any director, officer or stockholder,
nondisclosure, miscomputation or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting
may be approved, ratified and confirmed before or after judgment by the Board of Directors or by
the holders of Common Stock and the holders of Class B Stock voting as provided in subsection 1.6
of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and, if so approved, ratified or
confirmed, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been
originally duly authorized, and said approval, ratification or confirmation shall be binding upon
the Company and all of its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any
judgment in respect of such questioned transaction.
Section 9. Judges.
All votes by ballot at any meeting of stockholders shall be conducted by two judges appointed
for the purpose either by the directors or by the meeting. The judges shall decide upon the
qualifications of voters, count the votes and declare the result.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number, Term of Office and Eligibility.
Except as provided by the laws of the State of Delaware or by the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, the business and the property of the Company shall be managed by or
under the direction of a Board of not less than ten and not more than twenty directors, the exact
number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board. Each director shall
be elected annually by ballot by the holders of Common Stock and the holders of Class B Stock
voting as provided in subsection 1.6 of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, at the annual meeting of stockholders, to serve until his or her successor shall have been
elected and shall have qualified, except as provided in this Section. No person may be elected or
re-elected a director of the Company if at the time of his or her election or re-election he or she
shall have attained the age of seventy-two years, and the term of any director who shall have
attained such age while serving as a director shall terminate as of the time of the first annual
meeting of stockholders following his or her seventy-second birthday; provided, however, that the
Board by resolution may waive such age limitation in any year and from year to year with respect to
any director or directors.
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Section 2. Meetings.
The directors may hold their meetings outside of the State of Delaware, at the office of the
Company in the City of Dearborn, State of Michigan, or at such other place as from time to time
they may determine.
The annual meeting of the Board of Directors, for the election of officers and the transaction
of other business, shall be held at the World Headquarters of the Company in Dearborn, Michigan, on
the same day as, and as soon as practicable following, the annual meeting of stockholders, or at
such other time or place as shall be determined by the Board of Directors at its regular meeting
next preceding said annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of said annual meeting of the Board
of Directors shall be required to be given to the directors.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as shall from
time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by direction of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or by one-third of the directors then in
office.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings.
The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall give notice of the time and place of holding of
meetings of the Board of Directors (excepting the annual meeting of directors) by mailing such
notice not later than during the second day preceding the day on which such meeting is to be held,
or by sending a cablegram, facsimile transmission, mailgram, radiogram, telegram or other form of
recorded communication containing such notice or delivering such notice personally or by telephone
not later than during the first day preceding the day on which such meeting is to be held to each
director. Unless otherwise stated in the notice thereof any and all business may be transacted at
any meeting.
Section 4. Quorum and Organization of Meetings.
A third of the total number of members of the Board of Directors as constituted from time to
time, but in no event less than three, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business;
but if at any meeting of the Board of Directors, there shall be less than a quorum present, a
majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and the meeting may be held as
adjourned without further notice or waiver. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or by these By-Laws, a majority of the directors present
at any duly constituted meeting may decide any question brought before such meeting.
The Board of Directors shall elect one of its members to be Chairman of the Board of
Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall lead the Board of Directors in fulfilling
its responsibilities as set forth in these By-Laws, including its responsibility to oversee the
performance of the Company, and shall determine the agenda and perform all other duties and
exercise all other powers which are or from time to time may be delegated to him or her by the
Board of Directors.
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Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or in his or her absence, by such other person as the Board of Directors may designate
or the members present may select.
Section 5. Powers.
In addition to the powers and authorities by these By-Laws expressly conferred upon them, the
Board of Directors shall have and may exercise all such powers of the Company and do all such
lawful acts and things that are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. Without
prejudice to or limitation of such general powers and any other powers conferred by statute, or by
the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors shall
have the following powers:
(1) To determine, subject to the requirements of law and of Section 5 of Article
FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, what, if any, dividends shall
be declared and paid to the stockholders out of net profits, current or accumulated,
or out of surplus or other assets of the Company available for dividends.
(2) To fix, and from time to time to vary, the amount of working capital of the
Company, and to set aside from time to time out of net profits, current or
accumulated, or surplus of the Company such amount or amounts as they in their
discretion may deem necessary and proper as, or as a safeguard to the maintenance of,
working capital, as a reserve for contingencies, as a reserve for repairs,
maintenance, or rehabilitation, or as a reserve for revaluation of profits of the
Company or for such other proper purpose as may in the opinion of the directors be in
the best interests of the Company; and in their sole discretion to abolish or modify
any such provision for working capital or any such reserve, and to credit the amount
thereof to net profits, current or accumulated, or to the surplus of the Company.
(3) To purchase, or otherwise acquire for the Company, any business, property,
rights or privileges which the Company may at the time be authorized to acquire, at
such price or consideration and generally on such terms and conditions as they think
fit; and at their discretion to pay therefor either wholly or partly in money, stock,
bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company.
(4) To create, make and issue mortgages, bonds, deeds of trust, trust agreements
or negotiable or transferable instruments or securities, secured by mortgage or
otherwise, and to do every other act and thing necessary to effect the same.
(5) To appoint any person or corporation to accept and hold in trust for the
Company any property belonging to the Company, or in which it is interested, or for
any other purpose, and to execute such deeds and do all things requisite in relation
to any such trust.
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(6) To delegate any of the powers of the Board in the course of the business of
the Company to any officer, employee or agent, and to appoint any person the agent of
the Company, with such powers (including the power to subdelegate) and upon such terms
as the Board may think fit.
(7) To remove any officer of the Company with or without cause, and from time to
time to devolve the powers and duties of any officer upon any other person for the
time being.
(8) To confer upon any officer of the Company the power to appoint, remove and
suspend subordinate officers, agents and employees.
(9) To determine who shall be authorized on the Companys behalf, either
generally or specifically, to make and sign bills, notes, acceptances, endorsements,
checks, releases, receipts, contracts, conveyances, and all other written instruments
executed on behalf of the Company.
(10) To make and change regulations, not inconsistent with these By-Laws, for the
management of the Companys business and affairs.
(11) To adopt and, unless otherwise provided therein, to amend and repeal, from
time to time, a bonus or supplemental compensation plan for employees (including
employees who are officers or directors) of the Company or any subsidiary. Power to
construe, interpret, administer, modify or suspend such plan shall be vested in the
Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
(12) To adopt a retirement plan, or plans, for the purpose of making retirement
payments to employees (including employees who are officers or directors) of the
Company or of any subsidiary thereof; and to adopt a group insurance plan, or plans,
for the purpose of enabling employees (including employees who are officers or
directors) of the Company or of any subsidiary thereof to acquire insurance
protection; any such retirement plan or insurance plan, unless otherwise provided
therein, shall be subject to amendment or revocation by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records.
Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors and each
officer, in the performance of his or her duties, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith
upon the books of account or reports made to the Company by any of its officials, or by an
independent certified public accountant, or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care by the
Board of Directors or by any such committee, or in relying in good faith upon other records of the
Company.
Section 7. Compensation of Directors.
Directors, as such, may receive, pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors, fixed fees
and other compensation for their services as directors, including, without limitation, services as
Chairman of the Board of Directors, or members of committees of the directors
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or as chairmen thereof; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to
preclude any director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 1. Committees of the Board of Directors.
There are hereby established as committees of the Board of Directors an Audit Committee, a
Compensation Committee, an Environmental and Public Policy Committee, a Finance Committee, and a
Nominating and Governance Committee, each of which shall have the powers and functions set forth in
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 hereof, respectively, and such additional powers as may be delegated to
it by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may from time to time establish additional
standing committees or special committees of the Board of Directors, each of which shall have such
powers and functions as may be delegated to it by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors
may abolish any committee established by or pursuant to this Section 1 as it may deem advisable.
Each such committee shall consist of one or more directors, the exact number being determined from
time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that membership on the Audit Committee
and on the Compensation Committee shall be limited to directors who are not officers or employees
of the Company. Designations of the Chairman and members of each such committee, and, if desired,
a Vice Chairman and alternates for members, shall be made by the Board of Directors. Each such
committee shall have a secretary who shall be designated by its chairman. A vice chairman of a
committee shall act as the chairman of the committee in the absence or disability of the chairman.
Section 2. Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee shall select and engage, on behalf of the Company, independent public
accountants to (1) audit the books of account and other corporate records of the Company and (2)
perform such other duties as the Committee may from time to time prescribe. The Committee shall
transmit financial statements certified by such independent public accountants to the Board of
Directors after the close of each fiscal year. The selection of independent public accountants for
each fiscal year shall be made in advance of the annual meeting of stockholders in such fiscal year
and shall be submitted for ratification or rejection at such meeting. The Committee shall confer
with such accountants and review and approve the scope of the audit of the books of account and
other corporate records of the Company. The Committee shall have the power to confer with and
direct the officers of the Company to the extent necessary to review the internal controls,
accounting practices, financial structure and financial reporting of the Company. From time to
time the Committee shall report to and advise the Board of Directors concerning the results of its
consultation and review and such other matters relating to the internal controls, accounting
practices, financial structure and financial reporting of the Company as the Committee believes
merit review by the Board of Directors. The Committee also shall perform such other functions and
exercise such other powers as may be delegated to it from time to time by the Board of Directors.
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Section 3. Compensation Committee.
The Compensation Committee shall fix from time to time the salaries of members of the Board of
Directors who are officers or employees of the Company, the President, and of any and all Vice
Chairmen of the Company, Executive Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents
and Vice Presidents of the Company. The Committee from time to time shall consider and make
recommendations to the Board of Directors, to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and to the
President with respect to the management organization of the Company, the nominations or elections
of officers of the Company, senior management succession plans and the appointments of such other
employees of the Company as shall be referred to the Committee. It also shall perform such
functions as may be delegated to it under the provisions of any bonus, supplemental compensation,
special compensation or stock option plan of the Company.
Section 4. Environmental and Public Policy Committee.
The Environmental and Public Policy Committee shall review all aspects of the Companys
policies and practices that relate to environmental, public policy and corporate citizenship
considerations facing the Company worldwide. From time to time the Committee shall report and make
recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning the results of its review and such other
matters relating to the foregoing matters as the Committee believes merit consideration by the
Board of Directors. The Committee also shall perform such other functions and exercise such other
powers as may be delegated to it from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee shall review all aspects of the Companys policies and practices that
relate to the management of the financial affairs of the Company, not inconsistent, however, with
law or with such specific directions as to the conduct of affairs as shall have been given by the
Board of Directors. The Committee also shall perform such other functions and exercise such other
powers as may be delegated to it from time to time by the Board of Directors. From time to time
the Committee shall report and make recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning the
results of its review and such other matters relating to the foregoing matters as the Committee
believes merit consideration by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Nominating and Governance Committee.
The Nominating and Governance Committee from time to time shall consider and make
recommendations to the Board of Directors and to the Chairman of the Board of Directors with
respect to the nominations or elections of directors of the Company.
The Committee from time to time shall consider the size, composition, functioning and
compensation of the Board of Directors and make recommendations to the Board of Directors with
respect to such matters. Prior to the annual meeting of stockholders each year, and prior to any
special meeting of stockholders at which a director is to be elected, the Committee shall recommend
to the Board of Directors persons proposed to constitute
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the nominees whose election at such meeting will be recommended by the Board of Directors.
The authority vested in the Committee by this section shall not derogate from the power of
individual members of the Board of Directors to recommend or place in nomination persons other than
those recommended by the Committee.
The Committee also shall perform such other functions and exercise such other powers as may be
delegated to it from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 7. Other Committees.
The Board of Directors, or any committee, officer or employee of the Company may establish
additional standing committees or special committees to serve in an advisory capacity or in such
other capacities as may be permitted by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation and by the
By-Laws. The members of any such committee need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any
committee established pursuant to this Section 7 may be abolished by the person or body by whom it
was established as he, she or it may deem advisable. Each such committee shall consist of two or
more members, the exact number being determined from time to time by such person or body.
Designations of members of each such committee and, if desired, alternates for members, shall be
made by such person or body, at whose will all such members and alternates shall serve. The
chairman of each such committee shall be designated by such person or body. Each such committee
shall have a secretary who shall be designated by the chairman.
Section 8. Rules and Procedures.
Each committee may fix its own rules and procedures and shall meet at such times and places as
may be provided by such rules, by resolution of the committee, or by call of the chairman or vice
chairman. Notice of meeting of each committee, other than of regular meetings provided for by its
rules or resolutions, shall be given to committee members. The presence of one-third of its
members, but not less than two, shall constitute a quorum of any committee, and all questions shall
be decided by a majority vote of the members present at the meeting. All action taken at each
committee meeting shall be recorded in minutes of the meeting.
Section 9. Application of Article.
Whenever any provision of any other document relating to any committee of the Company named
therein shall be in conflict with any provision of this Article IV, the provisions of this Article
IV shall govern, except that if such other document shall have been approved by the stockholders,
voting as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, or by the Board of Directors, the
provisions of such other document shall govern.
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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers.
The officers of the Company shall be an Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, who
shall be chosen from among the directors, a President, and may also include one or more Vice
Chairmen of the Company, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Group Vice Presidents,
one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a Controller and a
Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors to hold office until his or her
successor shall have been chosen and shall have qualified. The Board of Directors may elect or
appoint one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and such other
officers as it may deem necessary, or desirable, each of whom shall have such authority, shall
perform such duties and shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors from time to time. Any person may hold at one time more than one office.
Section 2. Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Subject to the provisions of these By-Laws, the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
shall have all powers commonly incident to such position or which are or from time to time may be
delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors, or which are or may at any time be authorized or
required by law.
Section 3. Chief Executive Officer.
Subject to the provisions of these By-Laws and to the direction of the Board of Directors and
the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have ultimate
authority for decisions relating to the general management and control of the affairs and business
of the Company and shall perform all other duties and exercise all other powers commonly incident
to the position of Chief Executive Officer or which are or from time to time may be delegated to
him or her by the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the Board of Directors, or
which are or may at any time be authorized or required by law. He or she may redelegate from time
to time and to the full extent permitted by law, in writing, to officers or employees of the
Company any or all of such duties and powers, and any such redelegation may be either general or
specific. Whenever he or she so shall delegate any of his or her authority, he or she shall file a
copy of the redelegation with the Secretary of the Company.
Section 4. President.
There shall be a President of the Company. Subject to the provisions of these By-Laws and to
the direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and of
the Chief Executive Officer, he or she shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as from
time to time may be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Executive Chairman of
the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer, or which are or may at any time be
authorized or required by law.
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Section 5. Vice Chairmen of the Company, Executive Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents,
Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents.
Each of the Vice Chairmen of the Company, each of the Executive Vice Presidents, each of the
Group Vice Presidents, each of the Senior Vice Presidents and each of the other Vice Presidents
shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be delegated to him or her by the Board
of Directors, by the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the President.
In addition, the Board of Directors shall designate one of the Vice Chairmen of the Company,
Executive Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents as the
Chief Financial Officer, who, among his or her other powers and duties, shall provide and maintain,
subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Finance Committee, financial and
accounting controls over the business and affairs of the Company. Such office shall maintain,
among others, adequate records of the assets, liabilities and financial transactions of the
Company, and shall direct the preparation of financial statements, reports and analyses. The Chief
Financial Officer shall perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as are incident to
such functions, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer.
The Treasurer, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, shall have the care and
custody of all funds and securities which may come into his or her hands. When necessary or proper
he or she shall endorse on behalf of the Company, for collection, checks, notes and other
obligations, and shall deposit all funds of the Company in such banks or other depositaries as may
be designated by the Board of Directors or by such officers or employees as may be authorized by
the Board of Directors so to designate. He or she shall perform all acts incident to the office of
Treasurer, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. He or she may be required to give a
bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, in such sum and upon such conditions as the
Board of Directors may require.
At the request of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, in the case of the absence or
inability to act of the Treasurer, temporarily may act in his or her place. In the case of the
death of the Treasurer, or in the case of his or her absence or inability to act without having
designated an Assistant Treasurer to act temporarily in his or her place, the Assistant Treasurer
so to perform the duties of the Treasurer shall be designated by the Executive Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the President, a Vice Chairman of the Company or an Executive Vice President.
Section 7. Secretary and Assistant Secretary.
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of
Directors, and, when required, the minutes of meetings of the committees, and shall be responsible
for the custody of all such minutes. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the
Secretary shall have custody of the stock ledgers and documents of the Company. He or she shall
have custody of the corporate seal and shall affix and attest such seal to any instrument whose
execution under seal shall have been duly authorized. He or she shall give notice of meetings and,
subject to the direction of the Board of
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Directors, shall perform all other duties and enjoy all other powers commonly incident to his or
her office.
At the request of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, in the case of the absence or
inability to act of the Secretary, temporarily may act in his or her place. In the case of the
death of the Secretary, or in the case of his or her absence or inability to act without having
designated an Assistant Secretary to act temporarily in his or her place, the Assistant Secretary
or other person so to perform the duties of the Secretary shall be designated by the Executive
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, a Vice Chairman of the Company or an Executive
Vice President.
Section 8. General Counsel.
The Company may have a General Counsel who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and
who shall have general supervision of all matters of a legal nature concerning the Company.
Section 9. Controller.
The Controller shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be delegated to him
or her by the Board of Directors, the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President,
or the appropriate Vice Chairman of the Company, Executive Vice President, Group Vice President,
Senior Vice President or Vice President.
Section 10. Salaries.
Salaries of officers, agents or employees shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of
Directors or by such committee or committees, or person or persons, if any, to whom such power
shall have been delegated by the Board of Directors. An employment contract, whether with an
officer, agent or employee, if expressly approved or specifically authorized by the Board of
Directors, may fix a term of employment thereunder; and such contract, if so approved or
authorized, shall be valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with the terms thereof,
provided that this provision shall not limit or restrict in any way the right of the Company at any
time to remove from office, discharge or terminate the employment of any such officer, agent or
employee prior to the expiration of the term of employment under any such contract, except that the
Company shall not thereby be relieved of any continuing liability for salary or other compensation
provided for in such contract.
ARTICLE VI
RESIGNATIONS, REMOVALS AND VACANCIES
Section 1. Resignations.
Any director, officer or agent of the Company, or any member of any committee, may resign at
any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, to the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Company. Any such
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resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if the time be not specified
therein, then upon receipt thereof. The acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to
make it effective.
Section 2. Removals.
At any meeting thereof called for the purpose, the holders of Common Stock and the holders of
Class B Stock voting as provided in subsection 1.6 of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, may remove from office or terminate the employment of any director,
officer or agent with or without cause; and the Board of Directors, by vote of not less than a
majority of the entire Board at any meeting thereof called for the purpose, may, at any time,
remove from office or terminate the employment of any officer, agent or member of any committee.
Section 3. Vacancies.
Subject to the last sentence of Section 1 of Article III, any vacancy in the office of any
director, officer or agent through death, resignation, removal, disqualification, increase in the
number of directors or other cause may be filled by the Board of Directors (in the case of
vacancies in the Board, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even
though less than a quorum remains) and the person so elected shall hold office until his or her
successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified.
ARTICLE VII
CAPITAL STOCK-DIVIDENDS-SEAL
Section 1. Certificates of Shares; Uncertificated Shares
The shares of capital stock of the Company shall be represented by certificates, provided that
the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all
classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company.
Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock
represented by certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be
entitled to have a certificate in such form, not inconsistent with the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The certificates shall
be signed by the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, a Vice Chairman of
the Company, an Executive Vice President, a Group Vice President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice
President, and also by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary. Any and all signatures may be facsimiles.
All certificates shall bear the name of the person owning the shares represented thereby,
shall state the number of shares represented by such certificate and the date of issue; and such
information shall be entered in the Companys original stock ledger.
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Section 2. Addresses of Stockholders.
It shall be the duty of every stockholder to notify the Company of his or her post office
address and of any change therein. The latest address furnished by each stockholder shall be
entered on the original stock ledger of the Company and the latest address appearing on such
original stock ledger shall be deemed conclusively to be the post office address and the last-known
post office address of such stockholder. If any stockholder shall fail to notify the Company of
his or her post office address, it shall be sufficient to send corporate notices to such
stockholder at the address, if any, understood by the Secretary to be his or her post office
address, or in the absence of such address, to such stockholder, at the General Post Office in the
City of Wilmington, State of Delaware.
Section 3. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificate.
Any person claiming a stock certificate in lieu of one lost, destroyed or stolen, shall give
the Company an affidavit as to his, her or its ownership of the certificate and of the facts which
go to prove that it has been lost, destroyed or stolen. If required by the Board of Directors, he,
she or it also shall give the Company a bond, in such form as may be approved by the Board of
Directors, sufficient to indemnify the Company against any claim that may be made against it on
account of the alleged loss of the certificate or the issuance of a new certificate.
Section 4. Fixing a Record Date.
The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date not exceeding (i) sixty (60) days preceding
the date of any meeting of stockholders, or the date for payment of any dividend, or the date for
the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of stock shall go
into effect (other than conversions or exchanges pursuant to Sections 2, 3 or 4 of Article FOURTH
of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended), as a record date for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or
entitled to payment of any such dividend or to any such allotment of rights or to exercise the
rights in respect of any such change, or conversion or exchange of stock (other than conversions or
exchanges pursuant to Sections 2, 3 or 4 of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended), or (ii), ten (10) days after adoption of the resolution fixing such date, as a record
date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to consent in writing to corporate action;
and in any such case, such stockholders and only such stockholders, as shall be stockholders of
record on the date so fixed, shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of Article FOURTH of the
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to such notice of and to vote at such meeting and any
adjournment thereof or to receive payment of such dividend or to receive such allotment of rights
or to exercise such rights or to give such consent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any
transfer of any stock on the books of the Company after such record date.
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Section 5. Regulations.
The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations
not inconsistent with any of the provisions of Sections 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Article FOURTH of the
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, as it may deem expedient, concerning the issue, transfer
and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the Company.
Section 6. Corporate Seal.
The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Company, the year of its
organization, and the words Corporate Seal and Delaware. If and when so authorized by the
Board of Directors, a duplicate of the seal may be kept and used by the Secretary or Treasurer or
by any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.
ARTICLE VIII
EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
Section 1. Contracts, etc.
Except as otherwise prescribed in these By-Laws, such officers, employees or agents of the
Company as shall be specified by the Board of Directors shall sign, in the name and on behalf of
the Company, all deeds, bonds, contracts, mortgages and other instruments or documents, the
execution of which shall be authorized by the Board of Directors; and such authority may be general
or confined to specific instances. Except as so authorized by the Board of Directors, no officer,
agent or employee of the Company shall have power or authority to bind the Company by any contract
or engagement or to pledge, mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose of its credit or any of its
property or to render it pecuniarily liable for any purpose or in any amount.
Section 2. Checks, Drafts, etc.
Except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws, all checks, drafts, notes, bonds, bills of
exchange or other orders, instruments or obligations for the payment of money shall be signed by
such officer or officers, employee or employees, or agent or agents, as the Board of Directors
shall by resolution direct. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, also provide by
resolution for the countersignature or registration of any or all such orders, instruments or
obligations for the payment of money.
ARTICLE IX
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Company shall begin the first day of January in each year.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Original Stock Ledger.
As used in these By-Laws and in the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the words
original stock ledger shall mean the record maintained by the Secretary of the Company of the
name and address of each of the holders of shares of any class of stock of the Company, and the
number of shares and the numbers of the certificates for such shares held by each of them, taking
into account transfers at the time made by and recorded on the transfer sheets of each of the
Transfer Agents of the Company although such transfers may not then have been posted in the record
maintained by the Secretary.
Section 2. Notices and Waivers Thereof.
Whenever any notice whatever is required by these By-Laws or by the Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, or by any of the laws of the State of Delaware to be given to any
stockholder, director or officer, such notice, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the
State of Delaware, may be given personally or by telephone or be given by cablegram, facsimile
transmission, mailgram, radiogram, telegram or other form of recorded communication, addressed to
such stockholder at the address set forth as provided in Section 2 of Article VII, or to such
director or officer at his or her Company location, if any, or at such address as appears on the
books of the Company, or the notice may be given in writing by depositing the same in a post
office, or in a regularly maintained letter box, in a postpaid, sealed wrapper addressed to such
stockholder at the address set forth in Section 2 of Article VII, or to such director or officer at
his or her Company location, if any, or such address as appears on the books of the Company.
Any notice given by cablegram, mailgram, radiogram or telegram shall be deemed to have been
given when it shall have been delivered for transmission. Any notice given by facsimile
transmission or other form of recorded communication shall be deemed to have been given when it
shall have been transmitted. Any notice given by mail shall be deemed to have been given when it
shall have been mailed.
A waiver of any such notice in writing, including by cablegram, facsimile transmission,
mailgram or telegram, signed or dispatched by the person entitled to such notice or by his or her
duly authorized attorney, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent to the notice required to be given, and the presence at any meeting of any person
entitled to notice thereof shall be deemed a waiver of such notice as to such person.
Section 3. Voting upon Stocks.
The Board of Directors (whose authorization in this connection shall be necessary in all
cases) may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Company, or
may at any time or from time to time authorize the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the President, any Vice Chairman of the Company, any Executive Vice President, any Group Vice
President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the
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Treasurer or the Secretary to appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Company,
in the name and on behalf of the Company, to cast the votes which the Company may be entitled to
cast as a stockholder or otherwise in any other corporation or association, any of the stock or
securities of which may be held by the Company, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other
securities of such other corporation or association, or to consent in writing to any action by any
such other corporation or association, and the Board of Directors or any aforesaid officer so
authorized may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes
or giving such consent, and the Board of Directors or any aforesaid officer so authorized may from
time to time authorize the execution and delivery, on behalf of the Company and under its corporate
seal, or otherwise, of such written proxies, consents, waivers or other instruments as may be
deemed necessary or proper in the premises.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
The Board of Directors shall have power to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the
Company by vote of not less than a majority of the entire Board at any meeting of the Board. The
holders of Common Stock and the holders of Class B Stock voting as provided in subsection 1.6 of
Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, shall have power to make, alter,
amend or repeal the By-Laws at any regular or special meeting, if the substance of such amendment
be contained in the notice of such meeting of stockholders.
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