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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2008
Packaging Corporation of America
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-15399
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36-4277050 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1900 West Field Court, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(847) 482-3000
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2 (b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2 (b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4 (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4 (c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 5.03. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On December 3, 2008, PCAs board of directors approved amendments to Article II, Section 12
and Article III, Section 8(b) of PCAs amended and restated by-laws. The amendments require
additional information to be included in a stockholders notice to the company with respect to a
nomination for election to the board or a stockholder proposal of business at an annual meeting of
stockholders.
PCAs Amended and Restated Bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by
reference herein.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
The following information, including the exhibit described below, shall not be deemed filed
hereunder for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
a filing.
On December 4, 2008, PCA issued a press release, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(D) Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
(Registrant)
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/s/ PAUL T. STECKO
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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/s/ RICHARD B. WEST
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: December 5, 2008
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
A Delaware Corporation
(Effective as of December 3, 2008)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware shall be located at the Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City
of Wilmington, Delaware, County of New Castle. The name of the Corporations registered agent at
such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and/or registered agent
of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the board of directors (the
Board or the Board of Directors).
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other
places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place and Time of Meetings. An annual meeting of the stockholders
shall be held each year within one hundred fifty (150) days after the close of the immediately
preceding fiscal year of the Corporation for the purpose of electing directors and conducting such
other proper business as may come before the meeting, or at such other time as may be determined by
the chief executive officer or president of the Corporation. The date, time and place of the annual
meeting shall be determined by the chief executive officer or the president of the Corporation;
provided, that if the chief executive officer or the president does not act, the Board of Directors
shall determine the date, time and place of such meeting. At the annual meeting, stockholders shall
elect directors and transact such other business as properly may be brought before the annual
meeting pursuant to Section 12 of this Article II.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may only be
called in the manner provided in the certificate of incorporation.
Section 3. Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors may designate any place,
either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or
for any special meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called,
the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office of the Corporation. If for any reason
any annual meeting shall not be held during any year, the business thereof may be transacted at any
special meeting of the stockholders.
Section 4. Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take
action at a meeting, written or printed notice stating the place, date, time, and, in the case of
special meetings, the purpose or purposes, of such meeting, shall be given to each stockholder
entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the
United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the
same appears on the records of the Corporation. If sent by facsimile transmission, such notice
shall be deemed to be delivered when the facsimile transmission is promptly confirmed by telephone
confirmation thereof. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
such meeting, except when the person attends 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.
Section 5. Stockholders List. The officer having charge of the stock ledger of
the Corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in alphabetical order,
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares
registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any
stockholder, for any purpose germane to
the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be
specified in the notice of the meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is
to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during
the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section 6. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
capital stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or
by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum is not present, the holders of a majority of the
shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, and entitled to vote at the
meeting, may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or place. When a specified item of business
requires a vote by a class or series (if the Corporation shall then have outstanding shares of more
than one class or series) voting as a class or series, the holders of a majority of the shares of
such class or series shall constitute a quorum (as to such class or series) for the transaction of
such item of business.
Section 7. Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time and
place, notice need not be given of the 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 which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If
the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 8. Vote Required. All matters and questions (other than the election of
directors) shall, unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation,
these by-laws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, as
otherwise provided by law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its
securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the
shares of stock of the Corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote
thereon.
Section 9. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation or
any amendments thereto or these by-laws, every stockholder shall at every meeting of the
stockholders be entitled to cast one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of common stock
held by such stockholder.
Section 10. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may
authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be
voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long
as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may
be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in
the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. Any proxy is suspended when the
person granting the proxy is present at a meeting of stockholders and elects to vote, except that
when such proxy is coupled with an interest and the fact of the interest appears on the face of the
proxy, the agent named in the proxy shall have all voting and other rights referred to in the
proxy, notwithstanding the presence of the person granting the proxy. At each meeting of the
stockholders, and before any voting commences, all proxies submitted at or before the meeting shall
be submitted to the secretary or a person designated by the secretary, and no shares may be
represented or voted under a proxy that has been found to be invalid or irregular.
Section 11. Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the
certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting
of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a
consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken and bearing the dates of
signature of the stockholders who signed the consent or consents, shall be signed by the holders of
outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to
authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were
present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in
the state of Delaware, or the Corporations principal place of business, or an officer or agent of
the Corporation having custody of the book or books in which proceedings of meetings of the
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or
by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested provided, however,
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that no consent or consents delivered by certified or registered mail shall be deemed delivered
until such consent or consents are actually received at the registered office. All consents
properly delivered in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be recorded when so
delivered. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein
unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation as
required by this section, written consents signed by the holders of a sufficient number of shares
to take such corporate action are so recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action
without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been
entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that
written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the
Corporation as provided herein. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent or consents of
the stockholders shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the stockholders at a meeting
thereof.
Section 12. Business Brought Before an Annual Meeting. At an annual meeting of
the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before
the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the
notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, (ii) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
(iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who was a stockholder of
record at the time of giving notice provided for in this by-law. For business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice must
be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not
less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the
prior years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is
changed by more than thirty (30) days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be
timely must be not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the date on which
such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public announcement was made. A
stockholders notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to
bring before the annual meeting as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder
Associated Person (as defined below): (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporations books, of
the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) any material interest in such business (iv) the
class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder
(v) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned beneficially but not of record by such
person, (vi) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of
transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or
understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options or borrowed
or loaned shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage
risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such
person with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, (vii) to the extent known by the
stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the
proposal of business on the date of such stockholders notice,
(viii) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between or among such persons in connection with the proposal of
such business by such stockholder, (ix) a representation that the stockholder giving the notice
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the
meeting, (x) notice whether such person intends to solicit proxies in connection with the proposed
matter and (xi) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), in his
capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal. Any information required pursuant to this
paragraph shall be supplemented to speak as of the record date for the meeting by the stockholder
giving the notice not later than ten (10) days after such record date. Notwithstanding anything in
these by-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this section. The presiding officer of an annual
meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not
properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this section; if he
should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought
before the meeting shall not be transacted. For purposes of this section, public announcement
shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a
comparable national news service. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect any rights of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to
Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. A Stockholder Associated Person of any stockholder shall mean
(i) any person acting in concert, directly or indirectly, with such stockholder and (ii) any person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such stockholder or any Stockholder
Associated Person.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to such powers as are
herein and in the certificate of incorporation expressly conferred upon it, the Board of Directors
shall have and may exercise all the powers of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the
laws of Delaware, the certificate of incorporation and these by-laws.
Section 2. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors which
shall constitute the first Board of Directors shall be six. Thereafter, subject to any rights of
the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified
circumstances, the number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed
from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number
of directors then in office. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the
shares present in person or represented by proxy at the annual meeting of the stockholders and
entitled to vote in the election of directors; provided that, whenever the holders of any class or
series of capital stock of the Corporation are entitled to elect one or more directors pursuant to
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (including, but not limited
to, for purposes of these by-laws, pursuant to any duly authorized certificate of designation),
such directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of such class or series present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election of such
directors. The directors shall be elected in this manner at the annual meeting of stockholders,
except as provided in Section 4 of this Article III, and each director shall hold office until a
successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal
as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal and Resignation. Any director or the entire Board of
Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the
shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Whenever the holders of any class or
series are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Corporations
certificate of incorporation, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the removal
without cause of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding
shares of that class or series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole. Any
director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation.
Section 4. Vacancies. Subject to any rights of holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to fill such newly created directorships or vacancies, any newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies
in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification or removal from
office for cause shall, unless otherwise provided by law or by resolution approved by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, be filled only by
resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in
office. Any director so chosen shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected
and qualified, unless he shall resign, die, become disqualified or be removed for cause.
Section 5. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of each newly elected Board of
Directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same
place as, the annual meeting of stockholders, unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board.
Section 6. Other Meetings; Notice. Meetings, other than the annual meeting, of
the Board may be called upon one days prior written notice to all directors stating the purpose or
purposes thereof. Such notice shall be effective upon receipt, in the case of personal delivery or
facsimile transmission, and three business days after deposit with the U.S. Postal Service, postage
prepaid, if mailed.
Section 7. Chairman of the Board, Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment. The
Board of Directors shall elect, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of
directors then in office, a chairman of the board, who shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and Board of Directors at which he or she is present and shall have such powers and
perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. If the chairman of
the board is not present at a meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, the chief
executive officer (if the chief executive officer is a director and is not also the chairman of the
board) shall preside at such meeting, and, if the chief executive officer is not present at such
meeting, a majority of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one of their members to so
preside. A majority of the total number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business. Unless by express provision of
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an applicable law, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws a different vote is required,
the vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the
act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of
Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 8. Nominations.
(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
these by-laws shall be eligible to serve as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders (i) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a
stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this by-law, who is entitled
to vote generally in the election of directors at the meeting and who shall have complied with the
notice procedures set forth below in Section 8(b).
(b) In order for a stockholder to nominate a person for election to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of stockholders, such stockholder shall have delivered
timely notice of such stockholders intent to make such nomination in writing to the secretary of
the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not
less than 60 nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual
meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by
more than 30 days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so
received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on
which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the meeting was made,
and (ii) in the case of a special meeting at which directors are to be elected, not later than the
close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of
the meeting was mailed or public announcement of the meeting was made. Such stockholders notice
shall set forth as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
re-election as a director and as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder
Associated Person: (A) the name, age, business address, residence address and record address of
such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the class and number of
shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between or among such persons (naming such person or persons)
pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder and any relationship between or
among the stockholder giving notice and any Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and
each proposed nominee, on the other hand, (E) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned
beneficially but not of record by such person, (F) whether and the extent to which any hedging or
other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other
agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit
interests, options or borrowed or loaned shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to
mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease
the voting power of, such person with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, (G) to the
extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder
supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director on the date of such stockholders
notice, (H) a representation that the stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (I) any other information relating to such
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or
is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including
without limitation the nominees written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as
a nominee and to serving as a director if elected). Any information required pursuant to this
paragraph shall be supplemented to speak as of the record date for the meeting by the stockholder
giving the notice not later than ten (10) days after such record date. 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 an independent
director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholders understanding
of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee. At the request of the Board of Directors,
any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the
secretary of the Corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholders notice of
nomination which pertains to the nominee.
(c) No person shall be eligible to serve as a director of the Corporation unless
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section. The chairman of the meeting
shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by this section, and if he should so determine, he shall
so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. A stockholder seeking
to nominate a person to serve as a director must 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.
Section 9. Telephonic Meetings; Written Consents. Except as may otherwise be
provided by applicable law, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting pursuant to a written consent, in
compliance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and such written consent is
filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or such committee. Any meeting of the Board
or any committee thereof may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so
long as all Board or committee members participating in the meeting can hear one another clearly,
and participation in a meeting by use of conference telephone or similar communication equipment
shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 10. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the total number of directors then in office, designate one or more committees, each
committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which to the extent
provided in such resolution or these by-laws shall have
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and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management and affairs of the
Corporation except, as otherwise limited by law. 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. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may
be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Each committee
shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when
required.
Section 11. Committee Rules. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix
its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may
otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee. Unless
otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the
committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. Unless otherwise provided in such a
resolution, in the event that a member and that members alternate, if alternates are designated by
the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members
thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or
members 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.
Section 12. Waiver of Notice and Presumption of Assent. Any member of the Board
of Directors or any committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed to
have waived notice of such meeting except when such member attends 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. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to any
action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless his
or her written dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of the
meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the secretary of
the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not
apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board
of Directors and shall consist of a chief executive officer, a president, one or more
vice-presidents, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers and assistant officers as may be
deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the
same person. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may choose not to fill any office for any
period as it may deem advisable, except that the offices of chief executive officer and secretary
shall be filled as expeditiously as possible.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be
elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of
stockholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Vacancies may be filled or new offices
created and filled at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office until a
successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal
as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected by the Board of Directors may
be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause, but such removal shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
Section 4. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for
the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors then in office.
Section 5. Compensation. Compensation of all executive officers shall be fixed
by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by
virtue of his or her also being a director of the Corporation.
Section 6. The Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer, if there
shall be one, shall, in the absence of the chairman of the board, preside at all meetings of the
stockholders at which he is present; subject to the powers of the Board of Directors, shall have
general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation, and control over its
officers, agents and employees; and shall see that all orders and resolutions of
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the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The chief executive officer shall execute bonds,
mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where
required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or
agent of the Corporation. The chief executive officer shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or as may be provided in these by-laws.
Section 7. President. The president, if there shall be one, shall, in the
absence or disability of the chief executive officer, act with all of the powers and be subject to
all the restrictions of the chief executive officer. The president shall also perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or these
by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe.
Section 8. Vice-Presidents. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than
one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors or by the chief
executive officer, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, act with all of the powers
and be subject to all the restrictions of the president. The vice-presidents shall also perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer
or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe. The vice-presidents may also be designated as
executive vice-presidents or senior vice-presidents, as the Board of Directors may from time to
time prescribe.
Section 9. The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary shall attend
all meetings of the Board of Directors, all meetings of the committees thereof and all meetings of
the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for
that purpose or shall ensure that his or her designee attends each such meeting to act in such
capacity. Under the chief executive officers supervision, the secretary shall give, or cause to be
given, all notices required to be given by these by-laws or by law; shall have such powers and
perform such duties as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or these by-laws may,
from time to time, prescribe; and shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation. The
secretary, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any
instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the
signature of such assistant secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her
signature. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the
order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or secretary may,
from time to time, prescribe.
Section 10. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the
custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts
and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation; shall deposit all monies and other
valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of
Directors; shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have
been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; shall render to the chief
executive officer and the Board of Directors, at its regular meeting or when the Board of Directors
so requires, an account of the Corporation; and shall have such powers and perform such duties as
the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president or these by-laws may, from time
to time, prescribe. If required by the Board of Directors, the treasurer shall give the Corporation
a bond (which shall be rendered every six years) in such sums and with such surety or sureties as
shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the
office of treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of death, resignation,
retirement, or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of
whatever kind in the possession or under the control of the treasurer belonging to the Corporation.
The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order
determined by the Board of Directors, shall in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform
the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. The assistant treasurers shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the
president or treasurer may, from time to time, prescribe.
Section 11. Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents. Officers, assistant
officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these by-laws, shall
have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of
the Board of Directors.
Section 12. Absence or Disability of Officers. In the case of the absence or
disability of any officer of the Corporation and ofAbsence or Disability of Officers any person
hereby authorized to act in such officers place during such officers absence or disability, the
Board of Directors may by resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other
officer or to any director, or to any other person whom it may select.
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ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
Section 1. Nature of Indemnity. 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 a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer, of
the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent which it is empowered to do so unless
prohibited from doing so by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same
exists or may hereafter be amended against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys
fees actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding) and such
indemnification shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators;
provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 2 hereof, the Corporation shall indemnify
any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person
only if such proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to
indemnification conferred in this Article V shall be a contract right. 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.
Section 2. Procedure for Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Any
indemnification of a director or officer of the Corporation under Section 1 of this Article V or
advance of expenses under Section 5 of this Article V shall be made promptly, and in any event
within 30 days, upon the written request of the director or officer. If a determination by the
Corporation that the director or officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article V
is required, and the Corporation fails to respond within thirty days to a written request for
indemnity, the Corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the Corporation denies
a written request for indemnification or advancing of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment
in full pursuant to such request is not made within 30 days, the right to indemnification or
advances as granted by this Article V shall be enforceable by the director or officer in any court
of competent jurisdiction. Such persons costs and expenses incurred in connection with
successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such
action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. 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, has been tendered to
the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the Corporation to indemnify the
claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of 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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel, or its 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.
Section 3. Article Not Exclusive. The rights to indemnification and the payment
of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in
this Article V 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.
Section 4. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its
own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, 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 in any such
capacity, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under this Article V.
Section 5. Expenses. Expenses incurred by any person described in Section 1 of
this Article V in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of such
proceedings final disposition upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined
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that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Such expenses incurred by
other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of
Directors deems appropriate.
Section 6. Employees and Agents. Persons who are not covered by the foregoing
provisions of this Article V and who are or were employees or agents of the Corporation, or who are
or were serving at the request of the Corporation as employees or agents of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, may be indemnified to the extent authorized
at any time or from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 7. Contract Rights. The provisions of this Article V shall be deemed to
be a contract right between the Corporation and each director or officer who serves in any such
capacity at any time while this Article V and the relevant provisions of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware or other applicable law are in effect, and any repeal or modification
of this Article V or any such law shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with
respect to any state of facts or proceeding then existing.
Section 8. Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this Article V, references
to the Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger
which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its
directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this
Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with
respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Section 1. Form. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates unless the Board of Directors shall by resolution or resolutions provide that some or
all of any or all classes or series of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares of
stock. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder
of stock represented by a certificate and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares
shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the chief
executive officer, any vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. If such a
certificate is countersigned (i) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent other than the
Corporation or its employee or (ii) by a registrar, other than the Corporation or its employee, the
signature of any such chief executive officer, president, vice president, secretary or assistant
secretary may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile
signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be
such officer or officers of the Corporation whether because of death, resignation or otherwise
before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or
certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed
such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon
had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation. All certificates for shares
shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the person to whom the shares
represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on
the books of the Corporation. Shares of stock of the Corporation represented by a certificate
shall only be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by
such holders attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation of the
certificate or certificates for such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons, with
such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization, and other matters
as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps.
In that event, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person
entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate or certificates, and record the transaction on its
books. Uncertificated shares of the Corporation shall only be transferred on the books of the
Corporation upon delivery of proper instructions to transfer such shares by the holder of record
thereof or by such holders attorney duly authorized in writing, upon presentment of proper
evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer in accordance with the customary
procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form. The Board of Directors may appoint a
bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof to act as
its transfer agent or registrar, or both in connection with the transfer of any class or series of
securities of the Corporation.
Section 2. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously
issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or
destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors
may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of
such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to
give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be
made against the Corporation on account of the loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate
or the issuance of such new certificate.
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Section 3. Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder Meetings. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record
date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the
Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten
(10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors,
the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall be the close of business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is
given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which
the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at
a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that
the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 4. Fixing a Record Date for Action by Written Consent. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, if permitted by the certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors may fix
a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the
record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten days
after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when
no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute, shall be the first date on which
a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the
Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of
business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings
of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office
shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date
has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by
statute, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in
writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of
Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 5. Fixing a Record Date for Other Purposes. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful
action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not
more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for
determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which
the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 6. Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of
the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock with a request to record the
transfer of such share or shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person
entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications, and otherwise to exercise all the
rights and powers of an owner. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Corporation
shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares
on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.
Section 7. Subscriptions for Stock. Unless otherwise provided for in the
subscription agreement, subscriptions for shares shall be paid in full at such time, or in such
installments and at such times, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Any call made by
the Board of Directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same
class or as to all shares of the same series. In case of default in the payment of any installment
or call when such payment is due, the Corporation may proceed to collect the amount due in the same
manner as any debt due the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and these by-laws, may be declared by
the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to applicable law. Dividends may
be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any
funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to
time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or
for equalizing
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dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or any other purpose
and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
Section 2. Issuance of Stock. The shares of all classes of stock of the
Corporation may be issued by the Corporation from time to time for such consideration as from time
to time may be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, provided that shares of stock
having a par value shall not be issued for a consideration less than such par value, as determined
by the Board. At any time, or from time to time, the Corporation may grant rights or options to
purchase from the Corporation any shares of its stock of any class or classes to run for such
period of time, for such consideration, upon such terms and conditions, and in such form as the
Board of Directors may determine. The Board of Directors shall have authority, as provided by law,
to determine that only a part of the consideration which shall be received by the Corporation for
the shares of its stock which it shall issue from time to time, shall be capital; provided,
however, that, if all the shares issued shall be shares having a par value, the amount of the part
of such consideration so determined to be capital shall be equal to the aggregate par value of such
shares. The excess, if any, at any time, of the total net assets of the Corporation over the amount
so determined to be capital, as aforesaid, shall be surplus. All classes of stock of the
Corporation shall be and remain at all times nonassessable.
Section 3. Checks, Drafts or Orders. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the
payment of money by or to the Corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued
in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the
Corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or
a duly authorized committee thereof.
Section 4. Contracts. In addition to the powers otherwise granted to the
officers pursuant to Article IV hereof, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or
officers, or any agent or agents, of the Corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and
deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be
general or confined to specific instances.
Section 5. Loans. The Corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation
of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the Corporation or of its subsidiaries,
including any officer or employee who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiaries,
whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be
expected to benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without
interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve,
including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the Corporation. Nothing contained in
this section shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the
Corporation at common law or under any statute.
Section 6. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 7. The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which shall be in
the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the words
Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section 8. Voting Securities Owned By Corporation. Voting securities in any
other corporation held by the Corporation shall be voted by the chief executive officer, unless the
Board of Directors specifically confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may
be general or confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person
authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of
substitution.
Section 9. Inspection of Books and Records. The Board of Directors shall have
power from time to time to determine to what extent and at what times and places and under what
conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open
to the inspection of the stockholders; and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any
account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of
Delaware, unless and until authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the
stockholders of the Corporation.
Section 10. Section Headings. Section headings in these by-laws are for
convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or
otherwise construing any provision herein.
Section 11. Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these
by-laws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the certificate of incorporation, the
General Corporation Law of the State of
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Delaware or any other applicable law, the provision of these by-laws shall not be given any effect
to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
These by-laws may be amended, altered, or repealed and new by-laws adopted at any
meeting of the Board of Directors by a majority vote. The fact that the power to adopt, amend,
alter, or repeal the by-laws has been conferred upon the Board of Directors shall not divest the
stockholders of the same powers.
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exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND AND UPDATES BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Lake Forest, IL December 4, 2008 Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE: PKG) announced that
its Board of Directors approved a regular quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share on its common
stock. The quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share will be paid to shareholders of record as of
December 15, 2008 with a payment date of January 15, 2009. Future declaration of quarterly
dividends, and the establishment of future record and payment dates, are subject to the final
determination by PCAs Board of Directors.
PCA also announced that business conditions have continued to be weaker during the fourth quarter,
and demand for containerboard and corrugated products is significantly lower than expected entering
the quarter. As a result, PCA currently expects that approximately 90,000 tons of market related,
mill downtime or slowbacks will be required in the fourth quarter. Through November 30, about half
of the downtime/slowbacks has occured, and the remaining half is scheduled throughout December.
With lower demand and higher than anticipated downtime, PCA expects fourth quarter earnings to be
below the companys previous guidance of $0.35 per share.
PCA is the fifth largest producer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the United
States with sales of $2.3 billion in 2007. PCA operates four paper mills and 67 corrugated product
plants in 26 states across the country.
Contact: Barbara Sessions
Packaging Corporation of America
INVESTOR RELATIONS: (877) 454-2509
PCA Web Site: www.packagingcorp.com
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements include statements about our future earnings and financial condition, expected downtime
and slowbacks, our industry and our business strategy. Statements that contain words such as
will, should, anticipate, believe, expect, intend, estimate, hope or similar
expressions, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the
current expectations of PCA. Because forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and
uncertainties, the plans, actions and actual results of PCA could differ materially. Among the
factors that could cause plans, actions and results to differ materially from PCAs current
expectations include the following: the impact of general economic conditions; containerboard and
corrugated products general industry conditions, including competition, product demand and product
pricing; fluctuations in wood fiber and recycled fiber costs; fluctuations in purchased energy
costs; the possibility of unplanned outages or interruptions at our principal facilities; and
legislative or regulatory requirements, particularly concerning environmental matters, as well as
those identified under Item 1A. Risk Factors in PCAs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at the SECs
website at www.sec.gov.