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

FORM 8-K

Current Report

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

May 6, 2024

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

Pitney Bowes Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-3579
06-0495050
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Address:3001 Summer Street,Stamford,Connecticut06926
Telephone Number:(203)356-5000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $1 par value per sharePBINew York Stock Exchange
6.70% Notes due 2043PBI.PRBNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Act.



ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
As discussed under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 6, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”), stockholders of Pitney Bowes Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to allow one or more stockholders who own at least 25% of the Company’s common stock, and who satisfy certain procedures, to require that the Company call a special meeting of the stockholders. The amendment to the Charter became effective upon the filing of a Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on May 6, 2024. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) also approved a Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”), that restated and integrated, but did not further amend, the Certificate (as amended through the filing of the certificate of amendment described above). On May 8, 2024, the Company filed the Restated Certificate with the Secretary of State, and it was effective upon filing. The foregoing summary of Certificate of Amendment is qualified in all respects by reference to the text of the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with approving the Charter amendment and recommending it to the Company’s stockholders for approval, and as disclosed in the Company’s 2024 proxy statement, the Board approved, contingent upon stockholder approval and implementation of the Charter amendment, amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws,” and, as so amended and restated, the “Contingent By-Laws”) to conform to and further implement the Certificate of Amendment. The Contingent By-Laws specify the information required to be provided in connection with a stockholder’s request to call a special meeting and set forth procedures and conditions applicable to stockholders’ ability to request that the Company call a special meeting. The Contingent By-Laws became effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State on May 6, 2024. The foregoing summary of Contingent By-Laws is qualified in all respects by reference to the text of the Contingent By-Laws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Also on May 6, 2024, following the Annual Meeting, the Board approved and adopted additional amendments to the Contingent By-Laws (as so amended and restated, the “Amended By-Laws”), effective immediately. Among other things, the Amended By-Laws: (a) eliminate the requirement to have a stockholder list available for inspection at stockholder meetings; (b) revise and enhance the procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements relating to business proposals submitted and director nominations made by stockholders, including by updating certain provisions to promote consistency with the SEC’s adoption of Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, relating to the universal proxy rules; (c) revise and enhance the organizational mechanics relating to the conduct stockholder meetings; (d) require that a stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders use a proxy card color other than white; (e) update the procedural mechanics with respect to adjourned meetings of stockholders; (f) revise the timing of the determination of whether an election of directors is contested or uncontested for purposes of determining the applicable voting standard; (g) increase to a majority of directors the number of directors required to request a special meeting of the Board; (h) provide for the role of Chairman of the Board as a Board position and remove references to the Chairman of the Board as an officer position; and (i) revise the procedures relating to the designation of the President of the Company. The Amended By-Laws also incorporate various other



updates and administrative, technical, clarifying and conforming changes. The foregoing summary of Amended By-Laws is qualified in all respects by reference to the text of the Amended By-Laws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
(a) The Company held the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2024.
(b) Each of the matters submitted to the stockholders was approved by the requisite voting power required for approval of the respective proposal. The results of the voting on the matters submitted to the stockholders are as follows:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
The nominees for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting received the number of votes reported below:
Director NomineeVote ForVote AgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote
Milena Alberti-Perez99,038,9432,342,699592,799
Todd Everett99,214,4742,157,601602,366
Lance Rosenzweig99,308,2512,040,870625,320
Jill Sutton99,808,1461,582,501583,794
Kurt Wolf99,410,6912,045,877517,873
Accordingly, Ms. Alberti-Perez, Mr. Everett, Mr. Rosenzweig, Ms. Sutton and Mr. Wolf were elected to serve as directors of the Company for a one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Audit Committee’s Appointment of the Independent Accountants for 2024
The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was ratified. The voting results were as follows:
Vote ForVote AgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote
99,368,2712,443,881162,289


Proposal 3 – Approval of an amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Give Holders of 25% of the Company's Stock the Right to Request a Special Meeting
The vote to approve an Amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation was approved. The voting results were as follows:
Vote ForVote AgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote
99,457,7452,243,750272,946




Proposal 4 – A Non-binding Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation
The advisory vote on executive compensation was approved. The voting results were as follows:
Vote ForVote AgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote
98,038,2553,595,097341,089
The Board and the Executive Compensation Committee will consider the voting results when making future decisions regarding the executive compensation program.


Proposal 5 – Approval of an Amendment and Restatement of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan to Increase Plan Shares Reserved for Issuance

The vote to approve an Amendment and Restatement of the Employee Stock Plan was approved. The voting results were as follows:
Vote ForVote AgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote
99,231,2922,488,752254,397


Proposal 6 – Approval of the Pitney Bowes Inc. 2024 Stock Plan

The vote to approve the Pitney Bowes Inc. 2024 Stock Plan was approved. The voting results were as follows:
Vote ForVote AgainstAbstainBroker Non-Vote
92,171,2149,517,616285,611

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Pitney Bowes Inc.
By:/s/ Lauren Freeman-Bosworth
Name: Lauren Freeman-Bosworth
Date: May 8, 2024Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 


Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PITNEY BOWES INC.
Pursuant to Section 242
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

Pitney Bowes Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify that:

1. The name of the corporation is Pitney Bowes Inc. and the name under which the corporation was originally incorporated is PITNEY-BOWES POSTAGE METER COMPANY. The date of filing its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State was April 23, 1920.
2. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting Article Eighth thereof in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
    “Eighth:-
    PROVISIONS RELATING TO STOCKHOLDER ACTION
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be affected by any consent in writing by such holders.
Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions Article Fourth of this Certificate of Incorporation, a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation: (a) may be called at any time by the Board of Directors; and (b) shall be called by President, a Vice-President or the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request or requests of one or more persons that: (i) own (as defined in the Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended from time to time) shares representing at least 25% of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting as of the record date fixed in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation (as amended from time to time) to determine who may deliver a written request to call the special meeting; and (ii) comply with such procedures for calling a special meeting of stockholders as may be set forth in the By-Laws of the Corporation and amended from time to time. The foregoing provisions of this Article Fourth shall be subject to the provisions of the By-Laws of the Corporation (as amended from time to time) that limit the ability to make a request for a special meeting and that specify the circumstances pursuant to which a request for a special meeting will be deemed to be revoked. Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth hereof, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.”


3.    The foregoing amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.

[Signature Page Follows]





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment has been executed by a duly authorized officer of this Corporation on this May 6, 2024.

By:    /s/ Lauren Freeman-Bosworth    
Name:    Lauren Freeman-Bosworth
Title:    Executive Vice President, General
        Counsel and Corporate Secretary





Signature Page to Certificate of Amendment



Exhibit 3.2
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

Pitney Bowes Inc.
Pitney Bowes Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the corporation is Pitney Bowes Inc., and the name under which the corporation was originally incorporated is PITNEY-BOWES POSTAGE METER COMPANY. The date of filing its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State was April 23, 1920.
2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation only restates and integrates and does not further amend the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation as heretofore amended or supplemented and there is no discrepancy between those provisions and the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3. The text of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended or supplemented heretofore is hereby restated without further amendment or changes to read as herein set forth in full:
First:- That the name of the Corporation is Pitney Bowes Inc.
Second:- The address of the Corporation’s registered office in Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19808, and the name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
Third:- The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Fourth:- The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 485,600,000 shares, divided into 600,000 shares of Cumulative Preferred Stock with the par value of $50.00 per share (hereinafter called 'Preferred Stock'), 5,000,000 shares of Preference Stock without par value (hereinafter called 'Preference Stock'), and 480,000,000 shares of Common Stock with the par value of $1.00 per share (hereinafter called 'Common Stock'). Subject to the provisions of law, the Corporation may issue shares of its Preferred Stock, Preference Stock and Common Stock, respectively, from time to time and any securities convertible into, warrants, options or rights to subscribe for, any such class or classes (or any series of any thereof), for such consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, which is hereby expressly authorized to fix the same in its absolute and uncontrolled discretion subject as aforesaid. Shares of Preference Stock without par value for which consideration so fixed has been paid or delivered to the Corporation shall be deemed fully paid stock and shall not be liable to any further call or assessment thereon and the holders of such shares shall not be liable for any further demands in respect of such shares. The Corporation may issue shares of its Preferred Stock, Preference Stock and Common Stock and any securities convertible into, or warrants, options or rights to subscribe for, such class or classes (or any series of any thereof) without offering the same to the holders of its outstanding capital stock. The minimum amount of capital with which the Corporation shall commence business shall not be less than $100,000.





I. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PREFERRED STOCK
A. Issuance in Series.
(1) The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each such series to have such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as are stated and expressed herein and in any resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided.
(2) Authority is hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of this Article Fourth, to authorize the issue of one or more series of Preferred Stock and with respect to each series to fix, by resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series,
(a) the number of shares to constitute such series (which number may be increased or decreased by action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation as provided by law) and the distinctive designation thereof;
(b) the dividend rate on the shares of such series, the date or dates from which dividends shall accumulate and the dividend payment dates;
(c) the premium, if any, over and above the par value thereof and accrued dividends thereon, payable upon the redemption of shares of such series otherwise than by or through a retirement, purchase or sinking fund;
(d) whether or not the shares of such series shall be subject to the operation of a retirement, purchase or sinking fund, and, if so, the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof, including the premium, if any, over and above the par value thereof and accrued dividends thereon, payable on redemption by or through such fund;
(e) whether or not the shares of such series shall be made convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or of any other series of the same class of stock of the Corporation, or shares of any other corporation, and, if made so convertible or exchangeable, the conversion or exchange price or prices or ratio or ratios or rate or rates at which such conversion or exchange may be made, the method (if any) of adjusting the same, and the other terms of such conversion or exchange;
(f) the premium, if any, over and above the par value thereof and accrued dividends thereon, which shares of such series shall be entitled to receive upon the voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; and
(g) any other preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article Fourth.
(3) Each share of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be identical with all other shares of such series in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereon shall accumulate. All series of Preferred Stock shall rank

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equally and be identical in all respects except as permitted by the foregoing provisions of this subheading A.
B. Dividend Rights and Restrictions.
(1) The holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of the assets of the Corporations legally available therefor, cumulative dividends at the respective rates per annum fixed by the Board of Directors for the shares of the respective series, and no more, payable on such dates as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors for the shares of the respective series. Such dividends shall be cumulative as to each share from the date fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) under subheading A of this heading I.
(2) No full dividend shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Preferred Stock of any series for any dividend period unless full cumulative dividends have been, or contemporaneously are, declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment on all the outstanding Preferred Stock of all series for all dividend periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full dividend. When dividends are not paid in full as aforesaid on all shares of all series of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, any dividend payments on the Preferred Stock, including accumulations, if any, shall be paid to the holders of shares of all series of the Preferred Stock ratably in proportion to the respective sums which such holders would receive if all dividends thereon accrued to the date of payment were declared and paid in full. Accumulations of dividends shall not bear interest.
(3) No dividend (other than a dividend in Common Stock or in any other class of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets and dividends) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment or other distribution declared or made upon the Common Stock or upon any other class of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends, nor shall any Common Stock of the Corporation nor any other class of stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets or dividends, be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration by the Corporation (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets and dividends) or any Subsidiary thereof (as defined under subheading G of this heading I), while any of the Preferred Stock is outstanding, unless, in each case;
(a) the full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock shall have been paid for all past dividend periods and the full cumulative dividend on all such shares of Preferred Stock for the current dividend period or periods shall have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment; and
(b) the Corporation shall have made all payments, if any, then or theretofore due under the requirements of all retirement, purchase or sinking funds, if any, for the Preferred Stock and all defaults in complying with any such requirements shall have been made good.
C. Liquidation Rights.
(1) Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock of each series shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation (whether capital or surplus) the following amounts, before any payment or distribution shall be made on the Common Stock or on any other class of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock as to assets:

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(a) in case of any involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock of each series shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to the par value thereof together with a sum equal to all dividends (whether or not earned or declared) on such shares accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution to the holders of the Preferred Stock at the rate fixed by the Board of Directors for the shares of such series; or
(b) in case of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock of each series shall be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to the par value thereof plus such premium, if any, as shall have been fixed by the Board of Directors for the shares of such series, together with a sum equal to all dividends (whether or not earned or declared) on such shares accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of the final distribution to the holders of the Preferred Stock at the rate fixed by the Board of Directors for the shares of such series.
(2) The sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation shall be deemed a voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation for the purposes of this subheading C, but the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation or the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the Corporation, if consented to by the holders of 66 2/3% of all the shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding as provided in paragraph (3) under subheading E of this heading I (or if, by reason of the provisions of sub paragraph (c) of such paragraph (3), not requiring such consent), shall not be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up voluntary or involuntary, for the purposes of this subheading C or for the purposes of subheading B or heading II of this Article Fourth.
(3) After the payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock of the full preferential amounts aforesaid, the holders of the Preferred Stock as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.
(4) If the assets distributable on such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to permit the payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock of the full preferential amounts aforesaid, then such assets or the proceeds thereof shall be distributed among the holders of the Preferred Stock ratably in proportion to the respective amounts the holders of such shares of stock would be entitled to receive if they were paid the full preferential amounts aforesaid.
D. Redemption.
(1) The Corporation shall have the right to redeem the Preferred Stock of any series at any time, either in whole or in such portions as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine, at the par value thereof, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends, thereon to the date fixed for redemption (hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption Date") and in addition thereto the amount of such premium, if any, payable upon such redemption as shall be fixed for the shares of such series by the Board of Directors (the total sum so payable upon any redemption being hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption Price").
(2) At its election, the Corporation, on or prior to the Redemption Date, may deposit the aggregate of the Redemption Price of the shares to be redeemed with a bank or trust company in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York having a capital and surplus (as shown by its latest

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published statement) of at least $5,000,000 (hereinafter referred to as the "Depositary") designated by the Board of Directors, in trust for payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock then to be redeemed.
(3) In the event that less than all of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of any series are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed shall be determined by the Board of Directors and the shares to be redeemed shall be determined by lot or pro rata as may be determined by the Board of Directors or by such other method as may be approved by the Board of Directors to conform to any rule or regulation of the New York Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange upon which the Preferred Stock may at the time be listed.
(4) Notice of any redemption of Preferred Stock, specifying the time and place of redemption, shall be mailed to each holder of record of the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at his address registered with the Corporation, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date; if less than all the shares owned by such shareholder are then to be redeemed, the notice shall also specify the number of shares thereof which are to be redeemed. Also, notice of any such redemption, specifying the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed and the time and place of redemption, and, if less than all the outstanding shares of any series are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers of the series to be redeemed, shall be published once, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, in a daily newspaper printed in the English language and published and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York.
(5) Notice of redemption having been so mailed and published, the shares of Preferred Stock therein designated for redemption shall not be entitled to any dividends accruing after the Redemption Date specified in such notice, unless default be made in the payment of the Redemption Price or in the deposit thereof as provided in paragraph (2) under this subheading D, and on such Redemption Date, or if the deposit provided for in paragraph (2) under this subheading D shall have been made and the Corporation shall have stated in such notice or redemption that the Redemption Price of such shares will be payable before the Redemption Date on an earlier date therein specified, then on such earlier date, all rights of the respective holders of such shares as shareholders of the Corporation by reason of the ownership of such shares, shall cease, except any unexpired conversion or exchange right and the right to receive the Redemption Price of such shares upon presentation and surrender of the respective certificates representing such shares, and such shares shall not after such Redemption Date or after such earlier date, as the case may be, be deemed to be outstanding. In case less than all the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without cost to the holder thereof.
(6) Any funds deposited with the Depositary as provided in paragraph (2) under this subheading D for the redemption of Preferred Stock which shall not be required for such redemption by reason of the exercise, subsequent to the date of such deposit, of any right of conversion or exchange, or otherwise, shall be returned to the Corporation forthwith. Any funds deposited with the Depositary as aforesaid for the redemption of shares of Preferred Stock remaining unclaimed at the end of six years from and after the Redemption Date in respect of which such funds were deposited shall be returned to the Corporation forthwith and thereafter the holders of such shares of Preferred Stock shall look only to the Corporation for the payment of the Redemption Price thereof. Any interest accrued on any funds deposited with the Depositary shall belong to the Corporation and shall be paid to it from time to time on demand.
(7) The provisions of the subheading D shall apply to redemptions made for the purpose of complying with the requirements of any retirements, purchase or sinking fund with respect to shares of any series of the Preferred Stock, provided, however, that the premium, if any, payable on any

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redemption for such retirement, purchase or sinking fund shall be as fixed for the shares of the particular series by the Board of Directors.
(8) In order to facilitate the redemption of any shares of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors is authorized to cause the transfer books of the Corporation to be closed as to the shares of the particular series to be redeemed.
(9) Any shares of Preferred Stock which shall at any time have been redeemed, or which shall at any time have been surrendered for cancellation pursuant to any retirement, purchase or sinking fund with respect to any series of the Preferred Stock, or which shall have been converted or exchanged for shares of any other class of stock of the Corporation, shall, after such redemption, surrender, conversion or exchange, have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are designated as part of a particular series by the Board of Directors.
(10) Regardless of any other provision hereof, if at any time the Corporation shall fail to pay dividends in full upon all the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, thereafter and until dividends in full shall have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment upon all such shares, the Corporation shall not redeem for any purpose any Preferred Stock unless all of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding is simultaneously redeemed, and neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary shall purchase any Preferred Stock except in accordance with a purchase offer made to all holders of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding upon the same terms (except that, if more than one series of Preferred Stock is at the time outstanding, the terms may include appropriate variations as between the respective series by reason of the differing provisions thereof); provided that the provisions of this paragraph (10) shall not prevent shares of Preferred Stock of any series acquired by the Corporation prior to any such failure to pay dividends in full from being applied at any time by the Corporation to the satisfaction of the requirements of any retirement, purchase or sinking fund with respect to such series of Preferred Stock.
E. Voting Rights.
(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law and by paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) under this subheading E, the holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall have no right to vote for the election of directors or for any other purpose or on any other subject or to be represented at or to receive notice of any meeting of stockholders.
(2) In the event that at any time, or from time to time,
(a) six or more quarterly dividends, whether consecutive or not, on any series of the Preferred Stock shall be in arrears and unpaid, whether or not earned or declared; or
(b) the Corporation shall have failed to set apart for the retirement or purchase of the Preferred Stock any amount then required by any retirement, purchase or sinking fund with respect to any series of Preferred Stock to be set apart; or
(c) after setting any such amount apart, the Corporation shall be in default in applying the same in the manner provided with respect to such fund;
thereafter the holders of the Preferred Stock of all series then outstanding shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors, and at each such meeting shall be entitled, voting separately as a class, to elect one-third of the total number of directors of the

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Corporation but not less than three directors. At any time after the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have become entitled as aforesaid to vote for the election of directors, a meeting of the stockholders for the election of new directors shall be called, upon the same notice as is required for the annual meeting of stockholders, by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the request of the holders of record of at least 10% of the shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, or may be called, upon such notice, by the holders of record of at least 10% of the shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding. The term of office of the directors of the Corporation shall terminate upon the election of new directors at such meeting, and the new directors elected at such meeting shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall be elected, except as hereinafter provided in case the voting rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock for the election of directors shall cease. Such voting rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock for the election of directors shall continue until
(i) all dividends on the Preferred Stock in arrears shall have been paid in full and dividends on the Preferred Stock for the current dividend period or periods shall have been declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment, and
(ii) all amounts for the retirement or purchase of the Preferred Stock which the Corporation shall have failed to set apart or apply shall have been set apart in full or applied, as the case may be, in which event the voting rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock for the election of directors shall cease, subject to revival, as aforesaid upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in subdivisions (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph (2). At any time after the holders of the Preferred Stock shall cease, as aforesaid, to be entitled to vote for the election of directors, a meeting of the stockholders for the election of new directors shall be called, upon the same notice as is required for the annual meeting of stockholders, by the Secretary of the Corporation upon the request of the holders of record of at least 10% of the shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding, or may be called, upon such notice, by the holders of record of at least 10% of the shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding. The term of office of the directors of the Corporation shall terminate upon the election of new directors at such meeting, and the new directors elected at such meeting shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall be elected, except as hereinabove provided in case the holders of the Preferred Stock shall again become entitled to vote for the election of directors.
(3) Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares of Preferred Stock shall then be required by law, the consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all of the shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by a vote at a meeting called for the purpose at which the holders of the Preferred Stock of all series shall vote separately as a class, shall be necessary for authorizing, effecting or validating any one or more of the following (subject to the provisions of paragraph (5) under this subheading E applicable in case of the simultaneous redemption of all of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding):
(a) the creation, authorization or issue of any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation ranking prior to the Preferred Stock as to dividends or assets or otherwise, or the reclassification of any authorized stock of the Corporation into any such prior shares, or the creation, authorization or issue of any obligation or security convertible into any such prior shares; or
(b) the amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or of any certificate amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, so as to affect adversely the preferences, rights, powers or privileges of the Preferred Stock or the holders thereof, provided, however, that if such amendment,

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alteration or repeal shall so affect less than all the series of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, then only the consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of the series so affected shall be necessary, unless at the time the laws of the State of Delaware shall otherwise require; or
(c) the voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Corporation or the parting with control thereof, or the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation or the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the Corporation; provided, however, that such restriction shall not apply to nor shall any consent of the holders of the Preferred Stock be required for the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with a Subsidiary or the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary into or with the Corporation if none of the preferences, rights, powers or privileges of the Preferred Stock or the holders thereof will be adversely affected thereby, and if the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation will have authorized or outstanding after such merger or consolidation no class of stock or other securities (except such stock or securities of the Corporation as may have been authorized or outstanding immediately preceding such merger or consolidation) ranking prior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock as to dividends or assets or otherwise.
(4) Unless the vote or consent of the holders of a greater number of shares of Preferred Stock shall then be required by law, the consent of the holders of at least a majority of all of the shares of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by a vote at a meeting called for the purpose at which the holders of the Preferred Stock of all series shall vote separately as a class, shall be necessary for authorizing, effecting or validating any one or more of the following (subject to the provisions of paragraph (5) under this subheading E applicable in case of the simultaneous redemption of all of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding):
any increase of the authorized amount of the Preferred Stock, or the creation, or authorization of any shares of any other class of stock of the Corporation ranking on a parity with the Preferred Stock as to dividends or assets or otherwise, or the reclassification of any authorized stock of the Corporation into any such parity shares, or the creation or authorization of any obligation or security convertible into any such parity shares.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) under this subheading E, no vote or consent of the holders of the Preferred Stock shall be required to create, authorize or issue any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation ranking prior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock as to dividends or assets or otherwise, if it is provided that no such prior or parity shares may be issued unless prior to or simultaneously with the issue thereof:
(a) the Redemption Price of all the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall be deposited with a Depositary as provided in paragraph (2) under subheading D hereof, and
(b) provision shall be made for the redemption of all such Preferred Stock in accordance with the provisions under such subheading D on a Redemption Date not more than 35 days after such issue.
F. No Preemptive Rights.
None of the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled as such, as a matter of right, to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any new or additional shares of stock of the Corporation of any class, or any options or warrants to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any such new

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or additional shares, or any shares, notes, debentures, bonds or other securities convertible into or carrying options or warrants to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any such new or additional shares.
G. Definitions.
For the purposes of this heading I,
(a) the term "outstanding" used in reference to Preferred Stock shall mean issued shares of Preferred Stock, excluding shares held by the Corporation or a Subsidiary;
(b) the term "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation, association or business trust a majority of the shares of stock of which at the time outstanding having voting power for the election of directors or trustees either at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has voting powers because of default in dividends or because of the existence of some other default, is owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation and/or by one or more of its other Subsidiaries.
II. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMON STOCK
A. Dividend Rights.
Subject to the prior rights of all classes of stock having prior rights as to dividends at the time outstanding, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors out of the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.
B. Liquidation Rights.
Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, after the payment in full of all preferential amounts to which the holders of outstanding shares of all classes of stock having prior rights thereto at the time outstanding shall be entitled, the remainder of the assets of the Corporation shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding.
C. Voting Rights.
At all meetings of the stockholders, each holder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote and shall have one vote for each share held by him of record.
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IV. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PREFERENCE STOCK
A. Issuance in Series.
The Preference Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The designations, voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional, conversion and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Preference Stock of each series shall be such as are fixed therein and, to the extent not fixed therein, shall be such, not inconsistent with the

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provisions of this Article Fourth, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, authority so to do being hereby expressly granted, and stated in a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series of Preference Stock (herein called 'Directors' Resolution'). The Preference Stock shall rank as to dividends and assets junior to the Preferred Stock but prior to the Common Stock and to any other capital stock of the Corporation hereafter authorized, other than capital stock which shall by its terms rank prior to or on a parity with the Preference Stock and which shall be authorized pursuant to paragraph (3) under subheading E of this heading IV of this Article Fourth. Each share of Preference Stock shall in all cases rank as to dividends and assets on a parity with each other share of Preference Stock, irrespective of series, except that shares of a series may rank as to dividends or assets, or both, junior to shares of one or more other series if by express terms of the Directors' Resolution providing for the issuance of such junior series the junior series is expressly made junior to the senior series. No preferential dividend with respect to any quarterly dividend period shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any series of Preference Stock, or be paid or set apart for payment as part of the redemption price of any series of Preference Stock, unless at the same time a dividend in like proportion to the respective preferential dividend rates for each other series ranking equally or on a parity therewith and entitled to receive dividends for such period shall likewise be declared or paid or set apart for payment on each such other series then outstanding, and no amounts shall be paid or set apart for payment on any series of Preference Stock in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation unless at the same time amounts in like proportion to the respective preferential amounts to which the shares of each other series ranking equally or on a parity therewith are entitled shall likewise be paid or set apart for payment on each such other series then outstanding.
B. Dividends.
The holders of Preference Stock of each series shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of any funds legally available for that purpose, cumulative preferential dividends in cash at the rate fixed with respect to such series in the related Directors' Resolution, and no more. Such dividends shall accrue from the date or dates fixed with respect to such series in the related Directors' Resolution, and shall be cumulative, so that unless such dividends shall be declared and paid or set apart for payment in full for all previous quarterly dividend periods and for the current quarterly dividend period, no dividends shall be declared or paid upon, and no assets shall be distributed to or set apart for, the shares of any class of stock ranking junior to the Preference Stock as to dividends or assets. Accrued and unpaid dividends on the Preference Stock shall not bear interest. The term "accrued and unpaid dividends" as used herein with respect to the Preference Stock shall mean dividends on outstanding Preference Stock at the rates fixed for the respective series thereof, from the respective dates from which such dividends shall accrue to the date as of which accrued and unpaid dividends are being determined, less the aggregate of dividends theretofore declared and paid or set apart for payment upon such outstanding Preference Stock.
C. Liquidation Rights.
In the event of any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, then, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) under subheading C of heading I of this Article Fourth, the holders of Preference Stock of each series shall be entitled to receive, from the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders, such preferential amount, in cash, as may be specifically fixed with respect to such series in the related Directors’ Resolution, and in the event of any involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, then, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) under subheading C of heading I of this Article Fourth, the holders of Preference Stock of all series shall be entitled to receive, from the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders, a preferential amount in cash as may be specifically fixed with respect to such series in

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the related Directors' Resolution, plus, in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, a further preferential amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date payment is made available to the holders of the Preference Stock; subject as to all of the foregoing to the provisions of any Directors' Resolution to the effect that any series of Preference Stock shall be junior as to dividends or assets to any one or more other series thereof, all of such preferential amounts shall be paid or set apart for payment before the payment or setting apart for payment of any amount for, or the distribution of any assets of the Corporation to, the holders of any class of stock ranking junior to the Preference Stock as to dividends or assets.
D. Redemption.
If and to the extent so provided in the related Directors' Resolution and subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) under subheading B of heading I of this Article Fourth, the whole or any part of the Preference Stock of any series may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation at any time or from time to time at such redemption price or prices per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date designated for redemption, as may be fixed with respect to such series in the related Directors' Resolution, and upon such other terms and conditions as may be fixed with respect to such series in such Directors' Resolution. In the event that at any time less than all the Preference Stock of any series outstanding is to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed may be selected pro rata, or by lot, or by such other equitable method as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Notice of redemption shall be mailed or caused to be mailed by the Corporation, addressed to each holder of record of stock to be redeemed, at his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation, at least 30 days prior to the date designated for redemption. If such notice of redemption shall have been duly mailed, or irrevocable instructions to effect such mailing shall have been given to the transfer agent or agents for such stock, and if on or before the redemption date named in such notice all funds necessary for such redemption shall have been set aside by the Corporation in trust for the account of the holders of the Preference Stock to be redeemed, so as to be available therefor, then, from and after the mailing of such notice or the giving of such irrevocable instructions and the setting aside of such funds, notwithstanding that any certificate for shares of Preference Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the shares represented thereby shall no longer be deemed outstanding, and the holder of such certificate or certificates shall have with respect to such stock no rights in or with respect to the Corporation except the right to receive the redemption price thereof, without interest, upon the surrender of such certificate or certificates, and the right, if and to the extent granted by the related Directors’ Resolution, to convert such stock not later than the date designated for redemption into other securities of the Corporation; and after the date designated for redemption such stock shall not be transferable on the books of the Corporation except to the Corporation.
E. Voting Rights.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law or by the provisions of this heading IV or by a Directors' Resolution, the Preference Stock shall not entitle the holder thereof to vote upon or consent to any matter or for any purpose, or to be represented at or to receive notice of any meeting of stockholders.
(2) (a) If at any time dividends on any Preference Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six quarterly dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a period (herein called a "default period") which shall extend until such time when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Preference Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set

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apart for payment. During each default period, the holders of Preference Stock, voting as a class, irrespective of series, shall have the right to elect two Directors.
(b) During any default period, such voting right of the holders of Preference Stock may be exercised initially at a special meeting called pursuant to subparagraph (c) of this paragraph (2) or at any annual meeting of stockholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of stockholders, provided that neither such voting right nor the right of the holders of Preference Stock as hereinafter provided to increase in certain cases the authorized number of Directors shall be exercised unless the holders of 25% in number of shares of Preference Stock outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders of Preference Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the holders of Preference Stock shall exercise such voting right initially during an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect Directors to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board of Directors as may then exist up to two Directors or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to elect two Directors. If the number which may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the Preference Stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of Directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required number. After the holders of the Preference Stock shall have exercised their right to elect Directors in any default period and during the continuance of such period, the number of Directors shall not be increased or decreased except by vote of the holders of Preference Stock as herein provided.
(c) Unless the holders of Preference Stock shall, during an existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect Directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the total number of shares of Preference Stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may request, the calling of a special meeting of the holders of Preference Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the President, a Vice-President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any annual meeting at which holders of Preference Stock are entitled to vote shall be given to each holder of record of Preference Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than 20 days and not later than 60 days after such order or request; or in default of the calling of such meeting within 60 days after such order or request, such meeting may be called on similar notice by any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the total number of shares of Preference Stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subparagraph (c), no such special meeting shall be called during the period within 60 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the stockholders.
(d) In any default period the holders of Common Stock, and other classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall continue to be entitled to elect the whole number of Directors until the holders of Preference Stock shall have exercised their right to elect Directors as a class, after the exercise of which right (i) the Directors so elected by the holders of Preference Stock shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default period, and (ii) any vacancy in the Board of Directors may (except as provided in subparagraph (b) of this paragraph (2) be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining Directors theretofore elected by the holders of the class of stock which elected the Director whose office shall have become vacant. References in this paragraph (2) to Directors elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall include Directors elected by such Directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause (ii) of the foregoing sentence.
(e) Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (i) the right of the holders of Preference Stock as a class to elect Directors shall cease, (ii) the term of any Directors elected by the

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holders of Preference Stock as a class shall terminate, and (iii) the number of Directors shall be such number as may be provided for in the by-laws irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (b) of this paragraph (2) (such number being subject, however, to change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the by-laws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iii) in the preceding sentence, may be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors.
(3) As long as any Preference Stock is outstanding: (a) the Corporation shall not, without the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Preference Stock, irrespective of series, either given by vote in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, or given in writing, (i) increase the authorized amount of the Preference Stock or (ii) increase the authorized amount of any previously authorized class of stock of the Corporation ranking as to dividends or assets on an equality with the Preference Stock or (iii) authorize or create any class of stock of the Corporation ranking as to dividends or assets on an equality with the Preference Stock; and (b) the Corporation shall not, without the consent of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Preference Stock, irrespective of series, either given by vote in person or by proxy at a meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, or given in writing, create, authorize or increase the authorized amount of any class of stock of the Corporation having preference or priority as to dividends or assets over the Preference Stock.
(4) Any action specified in paragraph (3) of this subheading E as requiring the consent therein specified of the holders of Preference Stock may be taken with such consent and such additional vote or consent, if any, of stockholders as may from time to time be required by this Article Fourth or by law.
Fifth:- This Corporation shall have perpetual existence.
Sixth:- The private property of the stockholders shall not be subject to the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatsoever.
Seventh:-
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(a) Number, election and terms. Except as otherwise fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth hereof relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of the Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to the By-Laws of the Corporation. Commencing with the annual meeting of stockholders in 2011, the Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, shall be elected annually for terms expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting; provided, however, that Directors elected at the 2008 annual meeting of stockholders shall hold office until the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders, Directors elected at the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders shall hold office until the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders, and Directors elected at the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders shall hold office until the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders.
(b) Stockholder nomination of director candidates. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of Directors shall be given in the manner provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation.
(c) Newly created directorship and vacancies. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth hereof relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to

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elect directors under specified circumstances, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any Director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until such Director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
(d) Removal. Subject to the rights of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect Directors under specified circumstances, any Director may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class.
(e) Amendment, repeal, etc. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend, adopt any provision inconsistent with or repeal this Article SEVENTH.
Eighth:-
PROVISIONS RELATING TO STOCKHOLDER ACTION
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be affected by any consent in writing by such holders.
Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions Article Fourth of this Certificate of Incorporation, a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation: (a) may be called at any time by the Board of Directors; and (b) shall be called by President, a Vice-President or the Secretary of the Corporation upon the written request or requests of one or more persons that: (i) own (as defined in the Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended from time to time) shares representing at least 25% of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting as of the record date fixed in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation (as amended from time to time) to determine who may deliver a written request to call the special meeting; and (ii) comply with such procedures for calling a special meeting of stockholders as may be set forth in the By-Laws of the Corporation and amended from time to time. The foregoing provisions of this Article Fourth shall be subject to the provisions of the By-Laws of the Corporation (as amended from time to time) that limit the ability to make a request for a special meeting and that specify the circumstances pursuant to which a request for a special meeting will be deemed to be revoked. Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth hereof, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.
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The Board of Directors shall have power to make, alter, amend and repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation (except so far as the By-Laws of the Corporation adopted by the stockholders shall otherwise provide). Any By-Laws made by the Directors under the powers conferred hereby may be altered, amended or repealed by the Directors or by the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, Article I, Section 7 and Article II, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the By-Laws shall not be altered, amended or repealed and no provision inconsistent therewith shall be adopted by the stockholders without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend, adopt any provision inconsistent with or repeal this Article NINTH.
Tenth:-
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Section 1. Vote Required for Certain Business Combinations.
A. Vote for Certain Business Combinations. In addition to any affirmative vote required by law or this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2 of this Article TENTH:
(i) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with (a) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (b) any other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder) which is, or after such merger or consolidation would be, an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder; or
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $50,000,000 or more; or
(iii) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $50,000,000 or more; or
(iv) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation proposed by or on behalf of an Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder; or
(v) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder;
shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Voting Stock”), voting together as a single class (it being understood that for purposes of this Article TENTH, each share of

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the Voting Stock shall have the number of votes granted to it as determined pursuant to Article FOURTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that a lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise.
B. Definition of "Business Combination". The term "Business Combination" as used in this Article TENTH shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph A of this Section 1.
Section 2. When Vote is Not Required.
The provisions of Section 1 of this Article TENTH shall not be applicable to any particular Business Combination, and such Business Combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, if all of the conditions specified in either of the following paragraphs A and B are met:
A. Approval by Disinterested Directors. The Business Combination shall have been approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined).
B. Price and Procedural Requirements. All of the following conditions shall have been met:
(i) The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of Common Stock in such Business Combination shall be at least equal to the higher of the following, appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, split-up or combination of shares:
(a) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees) paid by the Interested Stockholder for any shares of Common Stock acquired by it (1) within the two-year period immediately prior to the first public announcement of the proposal of the Business Combination (the "Announcement Date") or (2) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher; and
(b) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the Announcement Date or on the date on which the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder (such latter date is referred to in this Article TENTH as the "Determination Date"), whichever is higher.
(ii) The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of shares of any other class of outstanding Voting Stock shall be at least equal to the highest of the following, appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, split-up or combination of shares (it being intended that the requirements of this paragraph (b)(ii) shall be required to be met with respect to every class of outstanding Voting Stock, whether or not the Interested Stockholder has previously acquired any shares of a particular class of Voting Stock):
(a) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commission, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees) paid by the Interested Stockholder for any shares of such class of Voting Stock acquired by it (1) within the two-year period immediately prior to the Announcement Date of (2) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher;

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(b) (if applicable) the highest preferential amount per share to which the holders of shares of such class of Voting Stock are entitled in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; and
(c) the Fair Market Value per share of such class of Voting Stock on the Announcement Date or on the Determination Date, whichever is higher.
(iii) The consideration to be received by holders of a particular class of outstanding Voting Stock (including Common Stock) shall be in cash or in the same form as the Interested Stockholder has previously paid for shares of such class of Voting Stock. If the Interested Stockholder has paid for shares of any class of Voting Stock with varying forms of consideration, the form of consideration for such class of Voting Stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire the largest number of shares of such class of Voting Stock previously acquired by it.
(iv) After such Interested Stockholder has become an Interested Stockholder and prior to the consummation of such Business Combination: (a) except as approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors, there shall have been no failure to declare and pay at the regular date therefor any full quarterly dividends (whether or not cumulative) on the outstanding Preferred or Preference Stock; (b) there shall have been (1) no reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock (except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the Common Stock), except as approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors, and (2) an increase in such annual rate of dividends as necessary to reflect any reclassification (including any reverse stock split) recapitalization, reorganization or any similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding shares of the Common Stock, unless the failure so to increase such annual rate is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors; and (c) such Interested Stockholder shall have not become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock except as part of the transaction which results in such Interested Stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder.
(v) After such Interested Stockholder has become an Interested Stockholder, such Interested Stockholder shall not have received the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantages provided by the Corporation, whether in anticipation of or in connection with such Business Combination or otherwise.
(vi) A proxy or information statement describing the proposed Business Combination and complying with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder (or any subsequent provisions replacing such Act, rules or regulations) shall be mailed to public stockholders of the Corporation at least 30 days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination (whether or not such proxy or information statement is required to be mailed pursuant to such Act or subsequent provisions).
Section 3. Certain Definitions
For the purposes of this Article TENTH:
A. A "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity.
B. "Interested Stockholder" shall mean any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which:
(i) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 20% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock; or

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(ii) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock; or
(iii) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded to any shares of Voting Stock which were at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, if such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933.
C. A person shall be a "beneficial owner" of any Voting Stock:
(i) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates (as hereinafter defined) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly; or
(ii) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (a) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (b) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; or
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of Voting Stock.
D. For the purposes of determining whether a person is an Interested Stockholder pursuant to paragraph B of this Section 3, the number of shares of Voting Stock deemed to be outstanding shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph C of this Section 3 but shall not include any other shares of Voting Stock which may be issuable to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.
E. "Affiliate" or "Associate" shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on May 3, 1984.
F. "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Interested Stockholder set forth in paragraph B of this Section 3, the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation.
G. "Disinterested Director" means any member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board") who is unaffiliated with the Interested Stockholder and was a member of the Board prior to the time that the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, and any successor of a Disinterested Director who is unaffiliated with the Interested Stockholder and is recommended to succeed a Disinterested Director by a majority of Disinterested Directors then on the Board.
H. "Fair Market Value" means: (i) in the case of stock, the highest closing sale price during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date in question of a share of such stock on the Composite Tape for New York Stock Exchange Listed Stocks, or, if such stock is not quoted on the Composite Tape, on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if such Stock is not listed on such Exchange, on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on

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which such stock is listed, or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange, the highest closing bid quotation with respect to a share of such stock during the 30-day period preceding the date in question on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or any system then in use, or if no such quotations are available, the fair market value on the date in question of a share of such stock as determined by the Board in good faith; and (ii) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined by the Board in good faith.
I. In the event of any Business Combination in which the Corporation survives, the phrase "other consideration to be received" as used in paragraphs B (i) and (ii) of Section 2 of this Article TENTH shall include the shares of Common Stock and/or the shares of any other class of outstanding Voting Stock retained by the holders of such shares.
Section 4. Powers of the Board of Directors.
A majority of the directors of the Corporation shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article TENTH, on the basis of information known to them after reasonable inquiry, (A) whether a person is an Interested Stockholder, (B) the number of shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by any person, (C) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (D) whether the assets which are the subject of any Business Combination have, or the consideration to be received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any Business Combination have, or the consideration to be received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any Business Combination has, an aggregate Fair Market Value of $50,000,000 or more.
Section 5. No Effect on Fiduciary Obligations of Interested Stockholders.
Nothing contained in this Article TENTH shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.
Section 6. Amendment, Repeal, etc.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provisions inconsistent with this Article TENTH.
Eleventh:-
Provisions Relating To Director’s Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Section 1. Elimination of Certain Liability of Directors
A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

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Section 2. Indemnification and Insurance
(a) Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer, of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph (b) hereof, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.
(b) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) of this section is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or of stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

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(c) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
(d) Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance at its expense to protect itself and on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article, provided that such insurance is available on acceptable terms, which determination shall be made by the Board of Directors.
(e) Additional Provisions. Nothing set forth in this Article Eleventh Section 2 shall diminish the right of the Board of Directors to adopt By-laws concerning the indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents of the Corporation, as authorized by law and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
Section 3. Amendment and Savings Clauses
(a) Amendment and Repeal. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Eleventh shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability or the right to indemnification of any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director, officer, employee or agent occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
(b) Savings Clause. If this Article or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee and agent of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this article that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Pitney Bowes Inc., has caused this certificate to be signed by Lauren Freeman-Bosworth, its Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, this 8th day of May, 2024.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
/s/ Lauren Freeman-Bosworth    
Name:    Lauren Freeman-Bosworth
Title:    Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary

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Exhibit 3.3
PITNEY BOWES INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
(effective May 6, 2024)

ARTICLE I

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.    Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on such date, and at such place and time, as the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors shall designate.
Section 2.    Special Meeting. (a) Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation: (i) may be called at any time by the Board of Directors; and (ii) shall be called by the President of the Corporation (the “President”), a Vice-President of the Corporation (a “Vice-President”) or the Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) upon the written request or requests of one or more persons that: (A) own (as defined below) shares representing at least 25% of the voting power of the stock entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting (hereinafter, the “requisite percent”) as of the record date fixed in accordance with these By-laws to determine who may deliver a written request to call the special meeting; and (B) comply with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2 with respect to any matter that is a proper subject for the meeting pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section 2 (a meeting called in accordance with clause (ii) above, a “stockholder-requested special meeting”). Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.
(b)    For purposes of satisfying the requisite percent under this Section 2:
(i)    A person is deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation as to which such person possesses both: (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (B) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) the shares, except that the number of shares calculated in accordance with the foregoing clauses (A) and (B)



shall not include any shares: (1) sold by such person in any transaction that has not been settled or closed; (2) borrowed by the person for any purposes or purchased by the person pursuant to an agreement to resell; or (3) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, or other derivative or similar agreement entered into by the person, whether the instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation, if the instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised would have, the purpose or effect of: (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, the person’s full right to vote or direct the voting of the shares; and/or (y) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of the shares by the person. For purposes of the foregoing clauses (1)-(3), the term “person” includes its affiliates; and
(ii)    A person “owns” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as such person retains both: (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (B) the full economic interest in the shares. The person’s ownership of shares is deemed to continue during any period in which the person has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the person.
(c)    Any person seeking to request a special meeting shall first request that the Board of Directors fix a record date to determine the persons entitled to request a special meeting (the “ownership record date”) by delivering notice in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (the “record date request notice”). A person’s record date request notice shall contain information about the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned of record and beneficially by the person and state the business proposed to be acted on at the meeting. Upon receiving a record date request notice, the Board of Directors may set an ownership record date. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, the ownership record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the ownership record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall not be more than ten (10) days after the close of business (as defined in Article I, Section 5) on the date upon which the resolution fixing the ownership record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors, within ten (10) days after the date upon which a valid record date request notice is received by the Secretary, does not adopt a resolution fixing the ownership record date, the ownership record date shall be the close of business on the 10th day after the date upon which a valid record date request notice is received by the Secretary (or, if such 10th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter).
(d)    In order for a stockholder-requested special meeting to be called by the President, a Vice-President or the Secretary, one or more written requests for a special meeting signed by persons (or their duly authorized agents) who own or who are acting on behalf of persons who own, as of the ownership record date, at least the requisite percent (the “special meeting request”), shall be delivered to the Secretary. A special meeting

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request shall: (i) state the business (including the identity of nominees for election as a director, if any) proposed to be acted on at the meeting, which shall be limited to the business set forth in the record date request notice received by the Secretary; (ii) bear the date of signature of each such person (or duly authorized agent) submitting the special meeting request; (iii) set forth the name and address of each person submitting the special meeting request (as they appear on the Corporation’s books, if applicable); (iv) contain the information required by Article I, Section 5 with respect to any director nominations or other business proposed to be presented at the special meeting, and as to each person requesting the meeting, any nominee such person proposes to be elected as a director and each other person (including any beneficial owner) on whose behalf the person requesting the meeting is acting, other than persons who are not affiliates or associates of the requesting person and who have provided such special meeting request solely in response to any form of public solicitation for such special meeting request; (v) include documentary evidence that the requesting persons own the requisite percent as of the ownership record date; provided, however, that if the requesting persons are not the beneficial owners of the shares representing the requisite percent, then to be valid, the special meeting request must also include documentary evidence of the number of shares owned (as defined in paragraph (b) above) by the beneficial owners on whose behalf the special meeting request is made as of the ownership record date; (vi) be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, within sixty (60) days after the ownership record date. The special meeting request shall be updated and supplemented within five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the stockholder requested-special meeting (or by the opening of business on the date of the meeting, whichever is earlier, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is different from the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), and in either case such information when provided to the Corporation shall be current as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. In addition, the requesting person and each other person (including any beneficial owner) on whose behalf the person is acting, shall provide such other information as the Corporation may reasonably request within ten (10) business days of such a request.
(e)    After receiving a special meeting request, the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith whether the persons requesting the special meeting have satisfied the requirements for calling a special meeting of stockholders, and the Corporation shall notify the requesting person of the Board’s determination about whether the special meeting request is valid, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Corporation and all stockholders and other persons. The date, time and place of the special meeting shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, and the date of the special meeting shall not be more than ninety (90) days after the date on which the Board of Directors fixes the date of the special meeting. The record date for the special meeting shall be fixed by the Board of Directors in accordance with these By-laws.

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(f)    A special meeting request shall not be valid, and the Corporation shall not call a special meeting if: (i) the special meeting request relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under, or that involves a violation of, applicable law; (ii) an item of business that is the same or substantially similar (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) was presented at a meeting of stockholders occurring within ninety (90) days preceding the earliest date of signature on the special meeting request, provided that the removal of directors and the filling of the resulting vacancies shall not be considered the same or substantially similar to the election of directors at the preceding annual meeting of stockholders; (iii) the special meeting request is delivered during the period commencing ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting and ending on the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders; or (iv) the special meeting request does not comply with the requirements of this Section 2.
(g)    Any person who submitted a special meeting request may revoke its written request by written revocation delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation at any time prior to the stockholder-requested special meeting. If, as a result of any revocations, there are no longer valid unrevoked written requests from the requisite percent, the Board of Directors shall have the discretion to determine whether or not to proceed with the special meeting.
(h)    Business transacted at a stockholder-requested special meeting shall be limited to: (i) the business stated in the valid special meeting request received from the requisite percent; and (ii) any additional business that the Board of Directors determines to include in the Corporation’s notice of meeting. If none of the persons who submitted the special meeting request (or their qualified representatives, as defined in Article I, Section 10) appears at the special meeting to present the matter or matters to be brought before the special meeting that were specified in the special meeting request, the Corporation need not present the matter or matters for a vote at the meeting, notwithstanding that proxies and votes in respect of such matter may have been received by the Corporation. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled pursuant to this Section 2.
Section 3.    Notice of Meetings. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and except as otherwise required by law, written notice of an annual or special meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. In the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be set forth in the notice. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
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days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list, as of the record date, of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of, 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, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 5.    Advance Notice Procedures.
(a)    Annual Meetings. (i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business other than nominations to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 5(a) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the provisions set forth in this Section 5(a).
(ii)    For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of Section 5(a)(i), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such business must be a proper subject for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:
(A)    as to any business (other than nominations for persons for election to the Board of Directors) that the stockholder proposes to bring before

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the annual meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any substantial interest (within the meaning of Item 5 of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of 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 nomination is made or the business is proposed:
(1)    the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder intending to propose such business and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made;
(2)    the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any;
(3)    any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard to whether the stockholder of record, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived

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from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned  beneficially by such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith;
(4)    a description of any proxy, contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any class or series of shares of the Corporation, the nomination or proposed business between or among such stockholder or beneficial owner and any other person, including any agreements that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Exchange Act Schedule 13D (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable to the stockholder or beneficial owner);
(5)    any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such stockholder, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or that provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, “Short Interests”);
(6)    any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;
(7)    any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership;
(8)    any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, including any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household;
(9)    any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such stockholder;

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(10)    any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement);
(11)    any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement and form of proxy or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(12)    a representation that the stockholder will, within ten business days of the record date for such meeting, notify the Corporation in writing of any changes to the above information.
(C)    a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to present such nomination or business;
(D)    as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board, a stockholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in clause (B) above, also set forth:
(1)    a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements or understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and
(2)    such other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the

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rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected);
(E)    as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board, a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request), and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person:
(1)    is not and will not become a party to (a) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (b) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law;
(2)    is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein; and
(3)    in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation publicly disclosed from time to time; and
(F)    a representation whether the stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends to (1) deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve the nomination or approve or adopt the proposal and (2) otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such nomination or proposal.
(iii)    The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, including information relevant to a determination whether such proposed nominee can

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be considered an independent director or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.
(b)    Special Meetings. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 5(b) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the provisions set forth in this Section 5(b). In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the notice required by Section 5(a)(ii) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(c)    Notice. For purposes of these By-laws, notice shall be deemed to be first given to stockholders when disclosure of such date is first made in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(d)    Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, 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 this Section 5. Nothing in this Section 5 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or Preference Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances. This By-law shall not apply to a proposal proposed to be made by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present the proposal at an annual or special meeting only pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under

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the Exchange Act and such proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such meeting.
(e)    Determination of Eligibility. Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-law shall be eligible to be elected at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-law. The Chairman of the Board shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-law. If any proposed nomination or business was not made or chairman of the meeting shall have the power to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.
Section 6.    Adjournments and Postponements. Subject to the provisions of Article I, Section 7 hereof, any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.  The Corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board or the Chairman of the Board.
Section 7.    Quorum and Voting. At any meeting of stockholders the holders of shares representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. At each meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, each director shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast; provided that (i) if, as of the record date for such meeting, the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the nominees receiving the greatest number of votes of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, present in person or by proxy, shall be the directors for the term as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (even if less than a majority), and (ii) no more than the authorized number of directors to be elected as fixed by the Board of Directors shall be elected. For purposes of the Section, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” a director must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the director (with abstentions and broker non-votes not counted as either

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a vote “for” or a vote “against” that director).If a director is not elected, the director shall tender his or her resignation to the Board. The Governance Committee of the Board (the “Governance Committee”) will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on the Governance Committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. If, for any cause, the Board of Directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected thereafter at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these By-laws. Each other question properly presented to any meeting of stockholders shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question entitled to vote thereon, except as otherwise required by law or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities. Elections of directors shall be by ballot but the vote upon any other question need be by ballot only if so ordered by the person presiding at the meeting, or by a vote of a majority of the stockholders, present in person or by proxy, entitled to vote on the question. In the event of lack of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting or majority in interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be obtained.
Treasury shares as of the record date shall not be shares entitled to vote or to be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders.
Section 8.    Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at such meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board of Directors may (i) appoint a person to preside over meetings of stockholders (in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the President), and (ii) adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene, and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman shall permit; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement

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thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. 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.
Section 9.    Inspectors of Election. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.
The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
ARTICLE II

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1.    Powers of Board. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.    Number, Election and Terms. Except as otherwise fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of the Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors but shall not be less than three. The Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, shall be elected annually for terms expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting.

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Section 3.    Stockholder Nomination of Director Candidates. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of Directors shall be given in the manner provided in Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws.
Section 4.    Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any Director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until such Director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
Section 5.    Removal. Subject to the rights of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect Directors under specified circumstances, any Director may be removed from office, with or without cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class.
Section 6.    Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but if at any meeting of the Board there is less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time. Except in cases in which the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws otherwise provide, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.    First Meeting. As soon as practicable after each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business. Notice of such meeting need not be given. In the alternative, such first meeting may be held at any other time which shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided, for special meetings of the Board of Directors.
Section 8.    Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held, without notice, at such times and places as may be fixed by the Board.
Section 9.    Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman, and shall be called by Chairman on the written request of any two of the directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board

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shall be given to each director either by mail not later than noon, New York time, on the third day prior to the meeting, or by electronic transmission, written message or orally to the director not later than noon, New York time, on the day prior to the meeting. Notices are deemed to have been given: by mail, when deposited in the United States mail; by electronic transmission, at the time of transmission; and by messenger, at the time of delivery. Notices by mail, electronic transmission or messenger shall be sent to each director at the address designated by him for that purpose, or, if none has been designated, at his last known residence or business address.
A notice of meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purpose of any meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section 10.    Organization. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at meetings of the Board; in the Chairman’s absence, a member of the Board selected by a majority of the members present shall preside at meetings of the Board. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Secretary, but in his absence the presiding officer may appoint a Secretary.
Section 11.    Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written or electronic notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time is specified, upon receipt thereof. Unless otherwise specified, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy created by a resignation may be filled in the same manner as prescribed under Article II, Section 4, hereof.
Section 12.    Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation and provide for the reimbursement of expenses of directors in respect of their service in any capacity.
Section 13.    Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may designate one 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 the committee, the member or 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 place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all 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.

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Section 14.    Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to these By-laws.
Section 15.    Emergency Bylaws. In the event of any emergency, disaster or catastrophe, as referred to in Section 110 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors or a standing committee of the Board of Directors cannot readily be convened for action, then the director or directors in attendance at the meeting shall constitute a quorum. Such director or directors in attendance may further take action to appoint one or more of themselves or other directors to membership on any standing or temporary committees of the Board of Directors as they shall deem necessary and appropriate.
ARTICLE III

OFFICERS
Section 1.    Election; Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. There may be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of Directors may determine. Subject to the provisions of these By-laws, officers shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 2.    Powers and Duties. The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed by the By-laws, or by the Board of Directors, and to the extent not so prescribed pursuant to the By-laws, they shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board, as generally pertain to their respective offices.
Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at the meetings of the Board and of stockholders and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.
Section 3.    Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general and active supervision and management of the business of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman, he shall preside at meetings of stockholders.
Section 4.    President. The President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, he shall preside at meetings of stockholders.

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Section 5.    Resignation, Removal and Vacancies. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of Directors. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancies resulting from death, resignation, or removal of an officer in the same manner as provided for the election or appointment of such person.
ARTICLE IV

OTHER MATTERS
Section 1.    Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise used. The Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer may affix the seal to any instrument signed by a duly authorized officer, or when specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, and may attest the same. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the seal may also be attested by any officer of the Corporation except the officer signing the instrument on behalf of the Corporation.
Section 2.    Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws or otherwise by law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. 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 or any waiver by electronic transmission.
Section 3.    Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President and Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, or such other person as the Board of Directors may designate shall be authorized to attend, vote and grant proxies to be used at any meeting of stockholders or equity holders of any corporation or other entity in which the Corporation may hold stock or other equity interests.
Section 4.    By-law Amendment. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws, these By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular meeting of the stockholders (or at any special meeting thereof duly called for that purpose) by a majority of the votes cast on the question entitled to vote thereon; provided that in the notice of such special meeting notice of such purpose shall be given. Subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws, the Board of

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Directors may, by majority vote of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, amend these By-laws or enact such other By-laws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.
Section 5.    Construction. The masculine gender, where appearing in these By-laws, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.

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Exhibit 3.4
PITNEY BOWES INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
(effective May 6, 2024)

ARTICLE I

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.    Annual Meeting(1)    . The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on such date, and at such place and time, as the Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Chairman of the Board”) or the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) shall designate.
Section 2.    Special Meeting. (a) Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation: (i) may be called at any time by the Board of Directors; and (ii) shall be called by the President of the Corporation (the “President”), a Vice-President of the Corporation (a “Vice-President”) or the Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) upon the written request or requests of one or more persons that: (A) own (as defined below) shares representing at least 25% of the voting power of the stock entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting (hereinafter, the “requisite percent”) as of the record date fixed in accordance with these By-laws to determine who may deliver a written request to call the special meeting; and (B) comply with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2 with respect to any matter that is a proper subject for the meeting pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section 2 (a meeting called in accordance with clause (ii) above, a “stockholder-requested special meeting”). Except as otherwise required by law, and except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.
(b)    For purposes of satisfying the requisite percent under this Section 2:
(i)    A person is deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation as to which such person possesses both: (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (B) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) the shares, except that the



number of shares calculated in accordance with the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) shall not include any shares: (1) sold by such person in any transaction that has not been settled or closed; (2) borrowed by the person for any purposes or purchased by the person pursuant to an agreement to resell; or (3) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, or other derivative or similar agreement entered into by the person, whether the instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation, if the instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised would have, the purpose or effect of: (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, the person’s full right to vote or direct the voting of the shares; and/or (y) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of the shares by the person. For purposes of the foregoing clauses (1)-(3), the term “person” includes its affiliates; and
(ii)    A person “owns” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as such person retains both: (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (B) the full economic interest in the shares. The person’s ownership of shares is deemed to continue during any period in which the person has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the person.
(c)    Any person seeking to request a special meeting shall first request that the Board of Directors fix a record date to determine the persons entitled to request a special meeting (the “ownership record date”) by delivering notice in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (the “record date request notice”). A person’s record date request notice shall contain information about the class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned of record and beneficially by the person and state the business proposed to be acted on at the meeting. Upon receiving a record date request notice, the Board of Directors may set an ownership record date. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, the ownership record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the ownership record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall not be more than ten (10) days after the close of business (as defined in Article I, Section 5) on the date upon which the resolution fixing the ownership record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors, within ten (10) days after the date upon which a valid record date request notice is received by the Secretary, does not adopt a resolution fixing the ownership record date, the ownership record date shall be the close of business on the 10th day after the date upon which a valid record date request notice is received by the Secretary (or, if such 10th day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter).
(d)    In order for a stockholder-requested special meeting to be called by the President, a Vice-President or the Secretary, one or more written requests for a special meeting signed by persons (or their duly authorized agents) who own or who are acting on behalf of persons who own, as of the ownership record date, at least the requisite percent

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(the “special meeting request”), shall be delivered to the Secretary. A special meeting request shall: (i) state the business (including the identity of nominees for election as a director, if any) proposed to be acted on at the meeting, which shall be limited to the business set forth in the record date request notice received by the Secretary; (ii) bear the date of signature of each such person (or duly authorized agent) submitting the special meeting request; (iii) set forth the name and address of each person submitting the special meeting request (as they appear on the Corporation’s books, if applicable); (iv) contain the information required by Article I, Section 5 with respect to any director nominations or other business proposed to be presented at the special meeting, and as to each person requesting the meeting, any nominee such person proposes to be elected as a director and each other person (including any beneficial owner) on whose behalf the person requesting the meeting is acting, other than persons who are not affiliates or associates of the requesting person and who have provided such special meeting request solely in response to any form of public solicitation for such special meeting request; (v) include documentary evidence that the requesting persons own the requisite percent as of the ownership record date; provided, however, that if the requesting persons are not the beneficial owners of the shares representing the requisite percent, then to be valid, the special meeting request must also include documentary evidence of the number of shares owned (as defined in paragraph (b) above) by the beneficial owners on whose behalf the special meeting request is made as of the ownership record date; (vi) be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, within sixty (60) days after the ownership record date. The special meeting request shall be updated and supplemented within five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the stockholder requested-special meeting (or by the opening of business on the date of the meeting, whichever is earlier, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is different from the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), and in either case such information when provided to the Corporation shall be current as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. In addition, the requesting person and each other person (including any beneficial owner) on whose behalf the person is acting, shall provide such other information as the Corporation may reasonably request within ten (10) business days of such a request.
(e)    After receiving a special meeting request, the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith whether the persons requesting the special meeting have satisfied the requirements for calling a special meeting of stockholders, and the Corporation shall notify the requesting person of the Board’s determination about whether the special meeting request is valid, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Corporation and all stockholders and other persons. The date, time and place of the special meeting shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, and the date of the special meeting shall not be more than ninety (90) days after the date on which the Board of Directors fixes the date of the special meeting. The record date for the special meeting shall be fixed by the Board of Directors in accordance with these By-laws.

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(f)    A special meeting request shall not be valid, and the Corporation shall not call a special meeting if: (i) the special meeting request relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under, or that involves a violation of, applicable law; (ii) an item of business that is the same or substantially similar (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) was presented at a meeting of stockholders occurring within ninety (90) days preceding the earliest date of signature on the special meeting request, provided that the removal of directors and the filling of the resulting vacancies shall not be considered the same or substantially similar to the election of directors at the preceding annual meeting of stockholders; (iii) the special meeting request is delivered during the period commencing ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting and ending on the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders; or (iv) the special meeting request does not comply with the requirements of this Section 2.
(g)    Any person who submitted a special meeting request may revoke its written request by written revocation delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation at any time prior to the stockholder-requested special meeting. If, as a result of any revocations, there are no longer valid unrevoked written requests from the requisite percent, the Board of Directors shall have the discretion to determine whether or not to proceed with the special meeting.
(h)    Business transacted at a stockholder-requested special meeting shall be limited to: (i) the business stated in the valid special meeting request received from the requisite percent; and (ii) any additional business that the Board of Directors determines to include in the Corporation’s notice of meeting. If none of the persons who submitted the special meeting request (or their qualified representatives, as defined in Article I, Section 10) appears at the special meeting to present the matter or matters to be brought before the special meeting that were specified in the special meeting request, the Corporation need not present the matter or matters for a vote at the meeting, notwithstanding that proxies and votes in respect of such matter may have been received by the Corporation. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled pursuant to this Section 2.
Section 3.    Notice of Meetings. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and except as otherwise required by law, written notice of an annual or special meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. In the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be set forth in the notice. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
Section 4.    List of Stockholders. The Secretary or the Treasurer shall prepare and make, or cause the Transfer Agent to prepare and make, no later than the

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10th day before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list, as of the record date, of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of, 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 ten (10) days ending on the day before the meeting date, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 5.    Advance Notice Procedures.
(a)    Annual Meetings. (i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business other than nominations to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a committee thereof), (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 5(a) is delivered to the Secretary, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the provisions set forth in this Section 5(a), or (D) by any Eligible Stockholder (as defined in Article I, Section 10 of these By-laws) whose Stockholder Nominee (as defined in Article I, Section 10 of these By-laws) is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for the relevant annual meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clauses (C) and (D) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make director nominations and the foregoing clause (C) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose any other business (other than a proposal included in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
(ii)    For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of Section 5(a)(i), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and such business must be a proper subject for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business (as defined below) on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall an adjournment, recess or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new

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time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:
(A)    as to any business (other than nominations for persons for election to the Board of Directors) that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, any substantial interest (within the meaning of Item 5 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of 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 nomination is made or the business is proposed:
(1)    the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder intending to propose such business and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made;
(2)    the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned (as defined below) and owned of record by the stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any;
(3)    any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard to whether the stockholder of

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record, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates, may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned  beneficially by such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates;
(4)    a description of any proxy, contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any class or series of shares of the Corporation, the nomination or proposed business between or among such stockholder or beneficial owner and any other person, including any agreements that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Exchange Act Schedule 13D (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable to the stockholder or beneficial owner);
(5)    any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such stockholder, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or that provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, “Short Interests”);
(6)    any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;
(7)    any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership;
(8)    any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, including any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household;

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(9)    any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such stockholder;
(10)    any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement); and
(11)    any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement and form of proxy or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(C)    a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or through a qualified representative (as defined in this Section 5) at the meeting to present such nomination or business;
(D)    as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board, a stockholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in clause (B) above, also set forth:
(1)    a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, and their respective affiliates and associates, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates , on the other hand, including, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and
(2)    such other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s

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written consent to being named in a proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected);
(E)    as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board, a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request), and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person:
(1)    is not and will not become a party to (a) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (b) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law;
(2)    is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein; and
(3)     if elected as a director of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation publicly disclosed from time to time;
(F)    (i) a representation confirming (i) whether the stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, or any other participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) will engage in a solicitation with respect to such nomination or proposal and, if so, (x) in the case of any solicitation that is subject to Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act, confirming that such person or group will engage in such solicitation in accordance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, (y) in the case of a proposal of business other than nominations, whether such person or group intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve the nomination or approve or adopt the proposal and (z) whether such person or group intends to otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such nomination or proposal (for purposes of this clause (6), the term “holders” shall include, in addition to stockholders of record, any beneficial

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owners pursuant to Rule 14b-1 and Rule 14b-2 of the Exchange Act) and (ii) that promptly after soliciting the holders of the Corporation’s stock referred to in the representation required under clause (i) of this paragraph (F), and in any event no later than the 10th day before such meeting of stockholders, such stockholder or beneficial owner will provide the Corporation with documents, which may take the form of a certified statement and documentation from a proxy solicitor, specifically demonstrating that the necessary steps have been taken to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of such percentage of the Corporation’s stock.
(G)    a representation that the stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, or their respective affiliates or associates, will, within five (5) business days after the record date for such meeting, notify the Corporation in writing of any changes to the above information.
(iii)    The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, including information relevant to a determination whether such proposed nominee can be considered an independent director or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee. Such information shall be provided to the Corporation promptly upon request by the Corporation, but in any event within five (5) business days after such request (or by the day prior to the day of the meeting, if earlier). All information provided pursuant to this paragraph (iii) shall be deemed part of the stockholder’s notice submitted pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) above or a Stockholder Notice submitted pursuant to Article I, Section 10, as applicable.
(b)    Special Meetings. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 5(b) is delivered to the Secretary, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the provisions set forth in this Section 5(b). In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the notice required by Section 5(a)(ii) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier

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than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting. In no event shall an adjournment, recess or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(c)    General. For purposes of these By-laws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and “close of business” shall mean 6:00 p.m., New York time, on any calendar day, whether or not the day is a business day. For purposes of clause (a)(ii)(B)(2) of this Section 5, shares shall be treated as “beneficially owned” by a person if the person beneficially owns such shares, directly or indirectly, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulations 13D and 13G thereunder or has or shares pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing): (A) the right to acquire such shares (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or the fulfillment of a condition or both), (B) the right to vote such shares, alone or in concert with others and/or (C) investment power with respect to such shares, including the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such shares. For purposes of Sections 5 and 10 of this Article I, the term “affiliate” or “affiliates” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(d)    Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, without limitation, Rule 14a-19 thereunder) with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 5 and in Article I, Section 10. Nothing in this Section 5 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or Preference Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances. This Section 5 shall not apply to a proposal proposed to be made by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present the proposal at an annual or special meeting only pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and such proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such meeting.
(e)    Determination of Eligibility. Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5(a)(i) or Section 5(b) of this Article I shall be eligible to be elected at any meeting of stockholders of the

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Corporation to serve as directors and only such other business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5. The Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws (including whether a stockholder or beneficial owner provided all information and complied with all representations required under this Section 5 and/or complied with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act). If any proposed nomination or business was not made in compliance with these By-laws, including due to a failure to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act, then the chairman of the meeting shall declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. In furtherance and not by way of limitation of the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the chairman of the meeting or any other person designated by the Board, (A) if the stockholder does not provide the information required under this Section 5 to the Corporation within the time frames specified herein or (B) if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or other business, any such nomination shall be disregarded or such other business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies and votes in respect of any such nomination or other business may have been received by the Corporation.
(f)    Solicitations. Any stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use for solicitation by the Board of Directors.
Section 6.    Adjournments and Postponements. Subject to the provisions of Article I, Section 7 hereof, any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place (including to address a technical failure or continue a meeting using remote communication), and notice need not be given of such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are (i) announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, (ii) displayed, during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxyholders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communication; or (iii) set forth in the notice of meeting given in accordance with Article I, Section 3. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled

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to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.  The Corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board or the Chairman of the Board.
Section 7.    Quorum and Voting. At any meeting of stockholders the holders of shares representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. At each meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, each director shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast; provided that (i) if, on or before the 5th business day prior to the date that the Corporation files its definitive proxy statement relating to such meeting with the SEC (regardless of whether thereafter revised or supplemented), the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the nominees receiving the greatest number of votes of the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, present in person or by proxy, shall be the directors for the term as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (even if less than a majority), and (ii) no more than the authorized number of directors to be elected as fixed by the Board of Directors shall be elected. For purposes of the Section, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” a director must exceed the number of votes cast “against” the director (with abstentions and broker non-votes not counted as either a vote “for” or a vote “against” that director).If a director is not elected, the director shall tender his or her resignation to the Board. The Governance Committee of the Board (the “Governance Committee”) will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on the Governance Committee’s recommendation and publicly disclose its decision within ninety (90) days from the date of the certification of the election results. If, for any cause, the Board of Directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected thereafter at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these By-laws. Each other question properly presented to any meeting of stockholders shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question entitled to vote thereon, except as otherwise required by law or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities. Elections of directors shall be by ballot but the vote upon any other question need be by ballot only if so ordered by the chairman of the meeting, or by a vote of a majority of the stockholders, present in person or by proxy, entitled to vote on the question. In the event of lack of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting or majority in interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be obtained.
Treasury shares as of the record date shall not be shares entitled to vote or to be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders.

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Section 8.    Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at such meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board of Directors may (i) appoint a person to preside over meetings of stockholders (in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the President), and (ii) adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene, and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman shall permit; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. 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.
Section 9.    Inspectors of Election. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.
The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by

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applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
Section 10.    Proxy Access for Director Nominations.

(a)     (i) Subject to the terms and conditions of these By-laws, in connection with an annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected, the Corporation (A) shall include in its proxy statement and on its form of proxy the names of, and (B) shall include in its proxy statement the “Additional Information” (as defined below) relating to, a number of nominees specified pursuant to paragraph (a)(4) of this Section 10 for election to the Board of Directors submitted pursuant to this Section 10 (each, a “Stockholder Nominee”), if:
(1)     the Stockholder Nominee satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10,
(2)     the Stockholder Nominee is identified in a timely notice (the “Stockholder Notice”) that satisfies this Section 10 and is delivered by a stockholder that qualifies as, or is acting on behalf of, an Eligible Stockholder (as defined below),
(3)     the Eligible Stockholder satisfies the requirements of this Section 10 and expressly elects at the time of the delivery of the Stockholder Notice to have the Stockholder Nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy materials, and
(4)     the additional requirements of these By-laws are met.
(ii)    The maximum number of Stockholder Nominees appearing in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders (the “Authorized Number”) shall not exceed the greater of two (2) or twenty percent (20%) of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Stockholder Notice may be delivered pursuant to this Section 10 with respect to the annual meeting, or if such amount is not a whole number, the closest whole number (rounding down) below 20%; provided that the Authorized Number shall be reduced: (A) by any Stockholder Nominee whose name was submitted for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 10 but whom the Board of Directors decides to nominate as a Board nominee; (B) but not below one, by any directors in office or director nominees that in either case shall be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to the annual meeting as an unopposed (by the Corporation) nominee pursuant to an agreement, arrangement or other understanding between the Corporation and a stockholder or group of stockholders (other than any such agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into in connection with an acquisition of capital stock, by the stockholder or group of stockholders, from the Corporation); and (C) by any Stockholder Nominee who is not included in the Corporation’s proxy materials or is not submitted for director election for any reason, in accordance with the last sentence of Section 10(j). In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs after the date of the Stockholder Notice but before

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the annual meeting and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the Board of Directors in connection therewith, the Authorized Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced.

(b)     To qualify as an “Eligible Stockholder,” a stockholder or a group as described in this Section 10(b) must:
(i)     Own and have Owned (as defined below), continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Stockholder Notice, a number of shares (as adjusted to account for any stock dividend, stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or recapitalization of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors) that represents at least three percent (3%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors as of the date of the Stockholder Notice (the “Required Shares”), and

(ii)     thereafter continue to Own the Required Shares through such annual meeting of stockholders.

For purposes of satisfying the ownership requirements of this Section 10(b), a group of note more than 20 stockholders and/or beneficial owners may aggregate the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors that each group member has individually Owned continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Stockholder Notice if all other requirements and obligations for an Eligible Stockholder set forth in this Section 10 are satisfied by and as to each stockholder or beneficial owner comprising the group whose shares are aggregated. No shares may be attributed to more than one Eligible Stockholder, and no stockholder or beneficial owner, alone or together with any of its affiliates (as defined in Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws), may individually or as a member of a group qualify as or constitute more than one Eligible Stockholder under this Section 10. A group of any two or more funds shall be treated as only one stockholder or beneficial owner for this purpose if they are (A) under common management and investment control, (B) under common management and funded primarily by a single employer, or (C) part of a “group of investment companies,” as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(c)     For purposes of this Section 10:

(i)     For purposes of this Section 10, a stockholder or beneficial owner is deemed to “Own” only those outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors as to which the person possesses both (A) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares and (B) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares, except that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (A) and (B) shall not include any shares (1) sold by such person in any transaction

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that has not been settled or closed, (2) borrowed by the person for any purposes or purchased by the person pursuant to an agreement to resell, or (3) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, or other derivative or similar agreement entered into by the person, whether the instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, if the instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised would have, the purpose or effect of (x) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, the person’s full right to vote or direct the voting of the shares, and/or (y) hedging, offsetting, or altering to any degree any gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of the shares by the person. The terms “Owned,” “Owning” and other variations of the word “Own,” when used with respect to a stockholder or beneficial owner, have correlative meanings for purposes of this Section 10. For purposes of this clause (i), the term “person” includes its affiliates.

(ii)     A stockholder or beneficial owner “Owns” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the person retains both: (1) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (2) the full economic interest in the shares. The person’s Ownership of shares is deemed to continue during any period in which the person has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the stockholder.
(iii)     A stockholder or beneficial owner’s Ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the person has loaned the shares if the person has the power to recall the loaned shares on not more than five (5) business days’ notice and (1) the person recalls the loaned shares within five (5) business days of being notified that its Stockholder Nominee shall be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for the relevant annual meeting; and (2) the person holds the recalled shares through the annual meeting.
(d)     For purposes of this Section 10, the “Additional Information” referred to in Section 10(a) that the Corporation will include in its proxy statement is:

(i)     the information set forth in the Schedule 14N provided with the Stockholder Notice concerning each Stockholder Nominee and the Eligible Stockholder that is required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s proxy statement by the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and

(ii)     if the Eligible Stockholder so elects, a written statement of the Eligible Stockholder (or, in the case of a group, a written statement of the group), not to exceed 500 words, in support of its Stockholder Nominee(s), which must be provided at the same time as the Stockholder Notice for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy statement for the annual meeting (the “Statement”).

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement that it, in good faith, believes is untrue in any material respect (or omits a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading) or would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard. Nothing in this Section 10 shall limit the Corporation’s ability to solicit against and include in its proxy materials its own statements relating to any Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee.

(e)     The Stockholder Notice shall set forth all information, representations (other than the representations required under clause (a)(ii)(F) of Article I, Section 5) and agreements required under Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws, including the information required with respect to the nominee for election as a director, any stockholder giving notice of an intent to nominate a candidate for election, and any stockholder, beneficial owner, if any, or other person on whose behalf the nomination is made under this Section 10. In addition, such Stockholder Notice shall include:

(i)     a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been or concurrently is filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act,

(ii)     a written statement of the Eligible Stockholder (and in the case of a group, the written statement of each stockholder or beneficial owner whose shares are aggregated for purposes of constituting an Eligible Stockholder), which statement(s) shall also be included in the Schedule 14N filed with the SEC: (A) setting forth and certifying to the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors the Eligible Stockholder Owns and has Owned (as defined in Section 10(c) of these By-laws) continuously for at least three years as of the date of the Stockholder Notice and (B) agreeing to continue to Own such shares through the annual meeting,

(iii)     the written agreement of the Eligible Stockholder (and in the case of a group, the written agreement of each stockholder or beneficial owner whose shares are aggregated for purposes of constituting an Eligible Stockholder) addressed to the Corporation, setting forth the following additional agreements, representations, and warranties:

(A)     it shall provide (1) within (5) five business days after the date of the Stockholder Notice, one or more written statements from the record holder(s) of the Required Shares and from each intermediary through which the Required Shares are or have been held, in each case during the requisite three-year holding period, specifying the number of shares that the Eligible Stockholder Owns, and has Owned continuously in compliance with this Section 10; (B) within five (5) business days after the record date for the annual meeting both the information required under Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws and

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notification in writing verifying the Eligible Stockholder’s continuous Ownership of the Required Shares, in each case, as of such date, and (2) immediate notice to the Corporation if the Eligible Stockholder ceases to own any of the Required Shares prior to the annual meeting,

(B)     it (1) acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control at the Corporation, and does not presently have this intent, (2) has not nominated and shall not nominate for election to the Board at the annual meeting any person other than the Stockholder Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this Section 10, (3) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not been and shall not be a participant (as defined in Item 4 of Exchange Act Schedule 14A) in, a solicitation within the meaning of Exchange Act Rule 14a-1(l), in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Stockholder Nominee(s) or any nominee(s) of the Board, and (4) shall not distribute to any stockholder any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation, and

(C)     it will (1) assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Stockholder’s communications with the stockholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Stockholder provided to the Corporation, (2) indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of the nomination or solicitation process pursuant to this Section 10, (3) comply with all laws, rules, regulations and listing standards applicable to its nomination or any solicitation in connection with the annual meeting, (4) file with the SEC any solicitation or other communication by or on behalf of the Eligible Stockholder relating to the Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders, one or more of the Corporation’s directors or director nominees or any Stockholder Nominee, regardless of whether the filing is required under Exchange Act Regulation 14A, or whether any exemption from filing is available for the materials under Exchange Act Regulation 14A, and (5) at the request of the Corporation, promptly, but in any event within five (5) business days after such request (or by the day prior to the day of the annual meeting, if earlier), provide to the Corporation such additional information as reasonably requested by the Corporation, and

(iv)     in the case of a nomination by a group, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all members of the group with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination and the written agreement, representation, and warranty of the Eligible Stockholder that it shall provide, within five (5) business days after the

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date of the Stockholder Notice, documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation demonstrating that the number of stockholders and/or beneficial owners within such group does not exceed twenty (20), including whether a group of funds qualifies as one stockholder or beneficial owner within the meaning of this Section 10.

(f)     To be timely under this Section 10, the Stockholder Notice must be delivered by a stockholder to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business (as defined in Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws) on the 120th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 150th day prior to the first anniversary of the date (as stated in the Corporation’s proxy materials) the definitive proxy statement was first released to stockholders in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before the anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, to be timely, the Stockholder Notice must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 150th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 120th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement (as defined in Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws) of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall an adjournment or recess of an annual meeting of stockholders, or a postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders for which notice of the meeting has already been given to stockholders or a public announcement of the meeting date has already been made, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of the Stockholder Notice as described above.

(g)     Within the time period for delivery of the Stockholder Notice, each Stockholder Nominee shall deliver to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation all information required to be submitted regarding nominees pursuant to Article I, Section 5 above. The Corporation may request such additional information as necessary to permit the Board to determine if each Stockholder Nominee satisfies the requirements of this Section 10.

(h)     In the event that any information or communications provided by the Eligible Stockholder or any Stockholder Nominees to the Corporation or its stockholders is not, when provided, or thereafter ceases to be, true, correct and complete in all material respects (including omitting a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading), such Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary and provide the information that is required to make such information or communication true, correct, complete and not misleading; it being understood that providing any such notification shall not be deemed to cure any defect or limit the Corporation’s right to omit a Stockholder Nominee from its proxy materials as provided in this Section 10.


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All information provided pursuant to paragraphs (e) through (h) above shall be deemed part of the Stockholder Notice for purposes of this Section 10.

(i)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any Stockholder Nominee, and such nomination and any proxies or votes in respect of any such nomination shall be disregarded and no vote on such Stockholder Nominee shall occur, notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of any such nomination may have been received by the Corporation, if:

(i)     the Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee breaches any of its agreements, representations, or warranties set forth in the Stockholder Notice (or otherwise submitted pursuant to this Section 10), any of the information in the Stockholder Notice (or otherwise submitted pursuant to this Section 10) was not, when provided, true, correct and complete, or the Eligible Stockholder or applicable Stockholder Nominee otherwise fails to comply with its obligations pursuant to these By-laws, including, but not limited to, its obligations under this Section 10.

(ii)     the Stockholder Nominee (A) is not independent under any applicable listing standards, any applicable rules of the SEC, and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation’s directors, (B) is an officer or director of a competitor, as defined for the purposes of Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended, (C) is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) within the past ten years or (D) is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

(iii)     the Corporation receives a notice (whether or not subsequently withdrawn) that a stockholder intends to nominate any candidate for election to the Board pursuant to the advance notice requirements for stockholder nominees for director in Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws, or

(iv)     the election of the Stockholder Nominee to the Board would cause the Corporation to violate the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, or any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard.
(j)     An Eligible Stockholder submitting more than one Stockholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 10 shall rank such Stockholder Nominees based on the order that the Eligible Stockholder desires such Stockholder Nominees to be selected for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials and include such assigned rank in its Stockholder Notice submitted to the Corporation. In the event that the number of Stockholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Stockholders pursuant to this Section 10 exceeds the Authorized Number, the

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Stockholder Nominees to be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions: one Stockholder Nominee who satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10 shall be selected from each Eligible Stockholder for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Authorized Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of the Corporation each Eligible Stockholder disclosed as Owned in its Stockholder Notice submitted to the Corporation and going in the order of the rank (highest to lowest) assigned by each Stockholder Nominee by such Eligible Stockholder. If the Authorized Number is not reached after one Stockholder Nominee who satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10 has been selected from each Eligible Stockholder, this selection process shall continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Authorized Number is reached. Following such determination, if any Stockholder Nominee who satisfies the eligibility requirements in this Section 10 thereafter is nominated by the Board, thereafter is not included in the Corporation’s proxy materials or thereafter is not submitted for director election for any reason (including the Eligible Stockholder’s or Stockholder Nominee’s failure to comply with this Section 10), no other nominee or nominees shall be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials or otherwise submitted for election as a director at the applicable annual meeting in substitution for such Stockholder Nominee.

(k)     Any Stockholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for a particular annual meeting of stockholders but either (i) withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the annual meeting for any reason, including for the failure to comply with any provision of these By-laws (provided that in no event shall any such withdrawal, ineligibility or unavailability commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Stockholder Notice) or (ii) does not receive a number of votes cast in favor of his or her election that is at least equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote in the election of directors, shall be ineligible to be a Stockholder Nominee pursuant to this Section 10 for the next two annual meetings.
(l)     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, unless otherwise required by law or otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting or the Board, if the stockholder delivering the Stockholder Notice (or a qualified representative of the stockholder, as defined in Article I, Section 5 of these By-laws) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present its Stockholder Nominee or Stockholder Nominees, such nomination or nominations shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies and votes in respect of the election of the Stockholder Nominee or Stockholder Nominees may have been received by the Corporation. Without limiting the Board’s power and authority to interpret any other provisions of these By-laws, the Board (and any other person or body authorized by the Board) shall have the power and authority to interpret this Section 10 and to make any and all determinations necessary or advisable to apply this Section 10 to any persons, facts or circumstances, in each case acting in good faith. Except for any nomination made in accordance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act, this

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Section 10 shall be the exclusive method for stockholders to include nominees for director election in the Corporation’s proxy materials.
ARTICLE II

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1.    Powers of Board. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.    Number, Election and Terms. Except as otherwise fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of the Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors but shall not be less than three. The Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, shall be elected annually for terms expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting.
Section 3.    Stockholder Nomination of Director Candidates. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of Directors shall be given in the manner provided in Article I, Section 5 or Article I, Section 10 of these By-laws, as applicable.
Section 4.    Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any Director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until such Director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
Section 5.    Removal. Subject to the rights of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect Directors under specified circumstances, any Director may be removed from office, with or without cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class.

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Section 6.    Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but if at any meeting of the Board there is less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time. Except in cases in which the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws otherwise provide, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.    First Meeting. As soon as practicable after each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business. Notice of such meeting need not be given. In the alternative, such first meeting may be held at any other time which shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided, for special meetings of the Board of Directors.
Section 8.    Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held, without notice, at such times and places as may be fixed by the Board.
Section 9.    Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman, and shall be called by Chairman on the written request of a majority of the directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given to each director either by mail not later than noon, New York time, on the 3rd day prior to the meeting, or by electronic transmission, written message or orally to the director not later than noon, New York time, on the day prior to the meeting. Notices are deemed to have been given: by mail, when deposited in the United States mail; by electronic transmission, at the time of transmission; and by messenger, at the time of delivery. Notices by mail, electronic transmission or messenger shall be sent to each director at the address designated by him for that purpose, or, if none has been designated, at his last known residence or business address.
A notice of meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purpose of any meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section 10.    Chairman of the Board; Organization. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at meetings of the Board and of stockholders and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. In the Chairman’s absence, a member of the Board selected by a majority of the members present shall preside at meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall act as Secretary at meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the Secretary’s absence the director presiding at the meeting may appoint a Secretary.
Section 11.    Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written or electronic notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman or to the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time is specified, upon receipt thereof. Unless otherwise specified, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy

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created by a resignation may be filled in the same manner as prescribed under Article II, Section 4, hereof.
Section 12.    Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation and provide for the reimbursement of expenses of directors in respect of their service in any capacity.
Section 13.    Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may designate one 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 the committee, the member or 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 place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all 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.
Section 14.    Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to these By-laws.
Section 15.    Emergency By-laws. In the event of any emergency, disaster or catastrophe, as referred to in Section 110 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors or a standing committee of the Board of Directors cannot readily be convened for action, then the director or directors in attendance at the meeting shall constitute a quorum. Such director or directors in attendance may further take action to appoint one or more of themselves or other directors to membership on any standing or temporary committees of the Board of Directors as they shall deem necessary and appropriate.
ARTICLE III

OFFICERS
Section 1.    Election; Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. There may be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of Directors may determine. Subject to the provisions of

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these By-laws, officers shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 2.    Powers and Duties. The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed by the By-laws, or by the Board of Directors, and to the extent not so prescribed pursuant to the By-laws, they shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board, as generally pertain to their respective offices.
Section 3.    Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general and active supervision and management of the business of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman, he shall preside at meetings of stockholders.
Section 4.    President. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall preside at meetings of stockholders.
Section 5.    Resignation, Removal and Vacancies. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of Directors. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancies resulting from death, resignation, or removal of an officer in the same manner as provided for the election or appointment of such person.
ARTICLE IV

OTHER MATTERS
Section 1.    Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise used. The Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer may affix the seal to any instrument signed by a duly authorized officer, or when specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, and may attest the same. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the seal may also be attested by any officer of the Corporation except the officer signing the instrument on behalf of the Corporation.
Section 2.    Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws or otherwise by law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person

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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 or any waiver by electronic transmission.
Section 3.    Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President and Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, or such other person as the Board of Directors may designate shall be authorized to attend, vote and grant proxies to be used at any meeting of stockholders or equity holders of any corporation or other entity in which the Corporation may hold stock or other equity interests.
Section 4.    By-law Amendment. Subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws, these By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular meeting of the stockholders (or at any special meeting thereof duly called for that purpose) by a majority of the votes cast on the question entitled to vote thereon; provided that in the notice of such special meeting notice of such purpose shall be given. Subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws, the Board of Directors may, by majority vote of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, amend these By-laws or enact such other By-laws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.
Section 5.    Construction. The masculine gender, where appearing in these By-laws, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.

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Entity File Number 1-3579
Entity Tax Identification Number 06-0495050
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Trading Symbol PBI
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