power of the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the
bylaws both before and after the Trigger Date; provided, that with respect to the powers of stockholders entitled to vote with
respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws, from and after the Trigger Date, in addition to any other vote
otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto, voting together as a
single class, shall be required to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.
(b) Amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained
in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the DGCL, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Certificate of Incorporation, and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage may be permitted from time to time by applicable law, no provision of Article V, Article VI, paragraphs (a) and (b) of Article VII, Article VIII, Article IX, and Article X
and Article XI may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision or bylaw inconsistent therewith
be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise required by law, (i) prior
to the Trigger Date, such
alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, voting together as a single class, and (ii) from and after the Trigger Date, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting
together as a single class, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.
ARTICLE IX
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
(a) Opt Out of DGCL
203. The Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.
(b) Limitations on Business Combinations. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Corporations Common Stock is registered under Sections 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:
(i) prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an
interested stockholder, or
(ii) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the
interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting
stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers or (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares
held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or
(iii) at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is
approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by
the interested stockholder.
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this Article IX, references to:
(i) affiliate means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, another person.
(ii) associate, when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any
corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in
which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same
residence as such person.
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