Form 8-K
8-K — LEGGETT & PLATT INC
Accession: 0001193125-26-366694
Filed: 2026-08-26
Period: 2026-08-26
CIK: 0000058492
SIC: 2510 (HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE)
Item: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Item: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
Item: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
Item: Changes in Control of Registrant
Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 26, 2026
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Missouri
001-07845
44-0324630
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1 Leggett Road
Carthage, MO
64836
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
417-358-8131
N/A
(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):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange
on which Registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
LEG
New 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 Exchange Act. ☐
Introductory Note
On August 26, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Sparrow Unity Corporation, a Missouri corporation (“Merger Sub”) and wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Somnigroup International Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), merged with and into Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger” and the time of consummation thereof, the “Effective Time”) pursuant to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 13, 2026 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Parent and Merger Sub. As a result of the Merger, the Company became a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the Parent (the “Surviving Corporation”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
Repayment and Termination of Credit Agreement
On August 26, 2026, in connection with the Merger, the Company terminated and repaid in full all outstanding obligations (approximately $277,000 in aggregate) due under that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated July 24, 2025, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
Termination of Commercial Paper Agreement
On August 26, 2026, in connection with the Merger, the Company also terminated its commercial paper program, pursuant to the Commercial Paper Issuing and Paying Agent Agreement between U.S. Bank National Association and the Company, dated December 2, 2014. At the time the commercial paper program was terminated, the Company had no commercial paper outstanding.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 3.01, Item 5.01, Item 5.02 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
At the Effective Time, each share of Company common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Company common stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares of Company common stock held, directly or indirectly, by the Company (as treasury shares or otherwise), any Company subsidiary, or Parent or any Parent subsidiary, in each case, immediately prior to the Effective Time, which were automatically cancelled, and other than dissenting shares) was automatically converted into the right to receive 0.1455 shares (the “Exchange Ratio”) of Parent’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Parent common stock”), with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares, if applicable (the “Merger Consideration”).
The Parent common stock was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Parent’s registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-296998), declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 9, 2026.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, (i) each outstanding restricted share of Company common stock fully vested and was converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, (ii) each outstanding option to acquire shares of Company common stock (a “Company Option”) was assumed by Parent and converted into an option to acquire shares of Parent common stock (a “Parent Option”), with the number of shares of Parent
common stock and exercise price per share of Parent common stock adjusted based on the Exchange Ratio, (iii) each restricted stock unit award covering shares of Company common stock (a “Company RSU Award”), other than a Company RSU Award issued under the Company’s 2005 Executive Stock Unit Program (the “ESUP”) and the Company’s Deferred Compensation Program (the “Deferred Compensation Program” and, together with the ESUP, the “Deferred Compensation Plans”), was assumed by Parent and converted into a restricted stock unit award with respect to shares of Parent common stock (a “Parent RSU Award”), with the number of shares of Parent common stock adjusted based on the Exchange Ratio, (iv) each outstanding performance stock unit award covering shares of Company common stock (a “Company PSU Award”) for which the performance period had not yet ended was assumed by Parent and converted into a Parent RSU Award, with the number of shares of Parent common stock determined assuming that the applicable performance metrics were settled at the maximum level of performance and adjusted based on the Exchange Ratio, (v) each outstanding Company PSU Award for which the performance period had ended was converted to the right to receive the Merger Consideration with respect to the number of shares of Company common stock earned based on actual performance achieved during the performance period, and (vi) each outstanding Company stock unit that tracked Company common stock held in participant accounts under the Deferred Compensation Plans was converted into notional cash investments based on the average closing price of Company common stock for the five trading days immediately prior to the closing date of the Merger. Any converted Parent Option or Parent RSU Award held by an individual who was not employed by or in service with the Company or its subsidiaries at the Effective Time will be settled solely in cash based on the closing price of Parent common stock on the applicable exercise or settlement date.
The foregoing summary of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 13, 2026 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01.
On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that the Merger had been consummated and requested that the trading of Company common stock on NYSE be suspended and that the listing of Company common stock on NYSE be withdrawn. In addition, the Company requested that NYSE file with the SEC a notification on Form 25 to report the delisting of Company common stock from NYSE and to deregister Company common stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company intends to file with the SEC a Form 15 requesting the termination of registration of Company common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the suspension of reporting obligations under Section 13 and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 2.01, Item 3.01, Item 5.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 2.01, Item 3.01, and Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
At the closing of the Merger, Karl G. Glassman, Angela Barbee, Robert E. Brunner, Mary Campbell, Joseph W. McClanathan, Srikanth Padmanabhan, Jai Shah and Phoebe A. Wood, members of the board of directors of the Company, ceased to be directors of the Company, as the surviving entity of the Merger, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.
Additionally, at the closing of the Merger, the Deferred Compensation Plans were amended to convert Company stock units held in participant accounts thereunder into notional cash investments based on the average closing price of Company common stock for the five trading days immediately prior to the Closing Date. Such notional cash will be reinvested in one or more diversified investment options as determined by the board of directors of Parent, in accordance with the directions of affected participants in the Deferred Compensation Plans.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
In connection with the completion of the Merger, on the Closing Date, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri the summary articles of merger contemplating the Merger. At the Effective Time, the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation were amended and restated in their entirety. In connection with the completion of the Merger and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company, as the surviving entity, adopted the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. Copies of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
2.1*
Merger Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2026, by and among Somnigroup International Inc., Sparrow Unity Corporation and Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 13, 2026)
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
*
Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplemental copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the SEC.
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.
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
Date: August 26, 2026
By:
/s/ Jennifer J. Davis
Jennifer J. Davis
Executive Vice President – General Counsel
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
LEGGETT &
PLATT, INCORPORATED
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ARTICLE I.
The name of
the corporation (the “Corporation”) is:
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
ARTICLE II.
The address
of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri is 615 S. Bishop Ave., Suite F, Rolla MO 65401. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Cogency Global Inc.
ARTICLE III.
The
Corporation is formed for the following purposes:
to engage in any lawful business as provided by Section 351.386 of The General
and Business Corporation Law of Missouri (the “MGBCL”);
to exercise all of the powers granted under the provisions of
Section 351.385 of the MGBCL; and
to purchase, take, receive or otherwise acquire, hold, own, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose
of its own shares, subject to the provisions of Section 351.390 of the MGBCL.
The foregoing clauses are to be construed both as
objects and powers. It is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing enumeration of specific powers may not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of the Corporation, nor will the Corporation be required to exercise all of such
powers at any one time.
ARTICLE IV.
The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 10,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “Common Stock”). Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share held. There are no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights, including convertible
rights, if any, in respect to the shares.
ARTICLE V.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the by-laws of the
Corporation may be made, altered, amended or repealed by the shareholders of the Corporation or by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI.
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot.
ARTICLE VII.
(a) The
Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law presently or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue or permitted by law presently or hereafter in effect, and
such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that
except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article VII shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the
expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition but subject to, and conditioned upon, the receipt of an undertaking (in form and substance, including reasonable conditions, reasonably
acceptable to the Board of Directors) by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall be ultimately determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VII.
(b) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the
advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VII to directors and officers of the Corporation.
(c) The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other right which
any person may have or hereafter acquire under these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the by-laws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
(d) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of these Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VII, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VII in respect of any matter occurring before such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision or in respect of any
cause of action, suit or claim relating to any such matter which would have given rise to a right of indemnification or right to the reimbursement of expenses pursuant to this Article VII if such provision had not been so amended or repealed or if a
provision inconsistent therewith had not been so adopted.
(e) For purposes of this Article VII, 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 VII 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.
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ARTICLE VIII.
The Corporation hereby eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted by law (as contemplated by Section 351.055.2(3) of the MGBCL) the
personal liability of any person who serves as a director of the Corporation to the Corporation and/or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer; provided that this Article VIII shall not eliminate
or limit the liability of a director or officer: (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in subjective good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) in the case of a director, under Section 351.345 of the MGBCL; (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; provided, however, that if in the
future the MGBCL is amended or modified (including, but not limited to, Section 351.055.2(3) to permit the elimination of the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation to a greater extent than contemplated above, then the
provisions of this Article VIII shall be deemed to be automatically amended to provide for the elimination of the personal liability of the directors or officers of the Corporation to such greater extent. This Article VIII shall not eliminate or
limit the liability of a director or officer for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when this Article VIII becomes effective.
ARTICLE IX.
The duration
of the Corporation is perpetual.
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation to be fully executed and acknowledged by its duly authorized officers this 26th day of August, 2026.
/s/ Jennifer J. Davis
Name:
Jennifer J. Davis
Title:
Executive Vice President – General Counsel
[Signature Page to A&R Articles of Incorporation of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated]
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Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Missouri
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES.
Section 1.1. The registered office of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, a Missouri corporation (the
“Corporation”), shall be located in the State of Missouri and shall be at such address as shall be set forth in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (as the same may be amended from time to time, the
“Articles of Incorporation”). The registered agent of the Corporation at such address shall be as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation may also have such other offices at such other places, within or without
the State of Missouri, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time designate or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II.
SHAREHOLDERS.
Section 2.1. Annual Meeting. If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of shareholders for the election of directors and
the transaction of any other business shall be held on such date and at such time and in such place, if any, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors. At the annual meeting
any proper business may be transacted and any corporate action may be taken, whether stated in the notice of meeting or not, except as otherwise expressly provided by statute or the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 2.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose may be called at any time by the Board of
Directors, by the President or Co-President and shall be called by the President or Co-President at the request of the holders of at least twenty percent (20%) of the
outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote. Special meetings shall be held at such place or places, if any, within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors. At a special meeting no
business shall be transacted and no corporate action shall be taken other than that stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.3. Notice of Meetings. Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the
meeting shall be given that shall state the time and place, if any, by which shareholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to vote at the
meeting (if such date is different from the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, such notice
shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten (10) days but not more than sixty (60) days before the day of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, directed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given except by announcement at the meeting so adjourned, unless
otherwise ordered in connection with such adjournment. Such further notice, if any, shall be given as may be required by law.
Section 2.4. Quorum. Any number of shareholders, together holding at least a
majority in voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, who shall be present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting duly called, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all
business, except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Section 2.5. Adjournment of
Meetings. If less than a quorum shall attend at the time for which a meeting shall have been called, the meeting may adjourn from time to time, by a majority vote of the shareholders present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote, without
notice other than by announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall attend. Any meeting at which a quorum is present may also be adjourned in like manner and for such time or upon such call as may be determined by a majority vote of the
shareholders present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted and any corporate action may be taken which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally called.
Section 2.6. Voting List. (a) The officer having charge of the transfer book for shares of the
Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by
each shareholder. The list shall be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. The list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and
place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting.
(b) If any
shareholders will participate in the meeting by remote communication, the list shall be open to examination by the shareholders for the duration of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access the
list shall be provided to shareholders with the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.7. Voting. Each shareholder entitled to vote
at any meeting may vote either in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted on or after eleven (11) months from its date, unless said proxy provides for a longer period. Except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, each
shareholder entitled to vote shall at every meeting of the shareholders be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of stock registered in his name on the record of shareholders. Except as may be provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation,
these Bylaws or any stock exchange or regulatory body applicable to the Corporation, each matter brought before any meeting of shareholders shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes of the shares of capital
stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter. Voting at meetings of shareholders need not be by written ballot.
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Section 2.8. Closing of Transfer Books; Record Date of Shareholders. (a) In
order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may close the Corporation’s transfer books or fix a record date, which closing of
the transfer books or record date may not be more than seventy (70) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date or closes the transfer books, such date shall also be the record
date for determining the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date or closes the transfer books, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the
date for making such determination. If the Board of Directors do not fix a record date or close the transfer books, only the shareholders of record at the close of business on the twentieth (20th)
day before the date of the shareholder meeting shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof; provided that if, before the meeting, all shareholders of record at the time the meeting is convened
deliver signed written waivers of notice to the Corporation, then only the shareholders of record at the time the meeting is convened are entitled to vote at the meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.
(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose 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 not be more than seventy (70) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed of if the Board of Directors do not close the transfer
books, the record date for determining shareholders for any such purpose shall be the twentieth (20th) preceding the at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto.
Section 2.9. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of
Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders 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, 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 Missouri, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of
shareholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be (a) by hand, (b) by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (c) by overnight courier, or (d) by electronic mail which
is confirmed to have been received. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those shareholders 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 the notice of such meeting had been the date that the written consent is signed by a sufficient number of holders to take
the action were delivered to the Corporation.
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Section 2.10. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if
there be none or if the Chairman is absent, the President or Co-President, shall preside at all regular or special meetings of shareholders. To the maximum extent permitted by law, such presiding person shall
have the power to set procedural rules, including but not limited to rules respecting the time allotted to shareholders to speak, governing all aspects of the conduct of such meetings.
Section 2.11. Meetings Through Use of Communications Equipment. Shareholders shall, except as otherwise provided by law, the
Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, have the power to participate in a meeting of the shareholders by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
ARTICLE III.
DIRECTORS.
Section 3.1. Number and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist initially of such number of directors as is set forth
in the Statement of the Sole Incorporator, and thereafter shall consist of such number as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the holders of a majority in voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation.
The directors need not be shareholders.
Section 3.2. Election of Directors. The directors shall be elected by the
shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders.
Section 3.3. Duration of Office. The directors chosen at any annual
meeting shall, except as hereinafter provided, hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are elected and qualify.
Section 3.4. Removal and Resignation of Directors. Except as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, any director may be
removed from the Board of Directors, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock entitled to vote, either by written consent or consents or at any special meeting of the shareholders called for
that purpose, and the office of such director shall forthwith become vacant.
Any director may resign at any time. Such resignation shall
take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the President, Co- President or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make
it effective, unless so specified therein.
Section 3.5. Filling of Vacancies. Except as otherwise set forth in the Articles
of Incorporation, any vacancy among the directors, occurring from any cause whatsoever, may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum; provided, however, that the shareholders removing any director
may at the same meeting fill the vacancy caused by such removal; and provided further that if the directors fail to fill any such vacancy, the shareholders may at any special meeting called for that purpose fill such vacancy. In case
of any increase in the number of directors, the additional directors may be elected by the directors in office before such increase or may be elected by the shareholders.
Any person elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office, subject to the right of removal as hereinbefore
provided, until the next annual election and until his successor is elected and qualifies.
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Section 3.6. Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold an annual
meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of any business immediately after the annual meeting of the shareholders, provided a quorum of directors is present. Other regular meetings may be held at such times as may be determined
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 3.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or by any two (2) directors.
Section 3.8. Notice
and Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other place as shall be stated in the notice of such meeting. Notice of any special meeting and, except as the Board of
Directors may otherwise determine by resolution, notice of any regular meeting also, shall be mailed or sent by overnight courier to each director addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business at least two (2) days before the day
on which the meeting is to be held, or if sent to him at such place by email or other means of electronic transmission, or delivered personally or by telephone, not later than the twenty-four (24) hours before the day on which the meeting is to
be held. No notice of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be required if it is held immediately after the annual meeting of the shareholders and if a quorum is present.
Section 3.9. Business Transacted at Meetings, etc. Any business may be transacted and any corporate action may be taken at any
regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum shall be present, whether such business or proposed action be stated in the notice of such meeting or not, unless special notice of such business or proposed action shall be
required by statute.
Section 3.10. Quorum. A majority of the Board of Directors at any time in office shall constitute a
quorum. At any meeting at which a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of the members present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the act of a greater number is specifically required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these
Bylaws. The members of the Board of Directors shall act only as the Board of Directors and the individual members thereof shall not have any powers as such.
Section 3.11. Compensation. Members of the Board of Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors,
but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity, as an officer,
agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 3.12. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic
transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.
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Section 3.13. Meetings Through Use of Communications Equipment. Members of the
Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, have the power to participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any
committee, by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
ARTICLE IV.
COMMITTEES.
Section 4.1. Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board,
designate two (2) or more of their number to constitute an Executive Committee to hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, which Committee shall, during the intervals between meetings of the Board of Directors, have and exercise
all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject only to such restrictions or limitations as the Board of Directors may from time to time specify, or as limited by The General and
Business Corporation Law of Missouri (the “MGBCL”).
Any member of the Executive Committee may be removed at any time,
with or without cause, by a resolution of a majority of the whole Board of Directors.
Any person ceasing to be a member of the Board of
Directors shall ipso facto cease to be a member of the Executive Committee.
Any vacancy in the Executive Committee occurring from any
cause whatsoever may be filled from among the directors by a resolution of a majority of the whole Board of Directors.
Section 4.2.
Other Committees. Other committees, whose members need not be members of the Board of Directors, may be appointed by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, which committees shall hold office for such time and have such powers and
perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.
Any member of such
a committee may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. Any vacancy in a committee occurring from any cause whatsoever may be filled by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.
Section 4.3. Resignation. Any member of a committee may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing or by
electronic transmission and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the President, Co- President or Secretary. The acceptance of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless so specified therein.
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Section 4.4. Quorum. A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a
quorum. The act of a majority of the members of a committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee. The members of a committee shall act only as a committee, and the individual members thereof shall
not have any powers as such.
Section 4.5. Record of Proceedings, etc. Each committee shall keep a record of its acts and
proceedings, and shall report the same to the Board of Directors when and as required by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.6.
Organization, Meetings, Notices, etc. A committee may hold its meetings at the principal office of the Corporation, or at any other place which a majority of the committee may at any time agree upon. Each committee may make such rules as it
may deem expedient for the regulation and carrying on of its meetings and proceedings. Unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee, any notice of a meeting of such committee may be given by the Secretary of the Corporation or by the chairman
of the committee and shall be sufficiently given if mailed or sent by overnight courier to each member at his residence or usual place of business at least two (2) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or if sent to him at
such place by electronic mail, facsimile, telegraph or cable, or delivered personally or by telephone, not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time at which the meeting is to be held.
Section 4.7. Compensation. The members of any committee shall be entitled to such compensation as may be allowed them by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS.
Section 5.1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President or Co-
President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and a Secretary and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Article V. The Board of Directors in its discretion may also elect a Chairman of the Board of
Directors.
Section 5.2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers, except as provided in Section 3 of
this Article V, shall be chosen annually by the Board of Directors. Each such officer shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold office until his successor shall have been chosen and shall qualify. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if
any, shall be a director of the Corporation, and should he cease to be a director, he shall ipso facto cease to be such officer. Except as otherwise provided by law, any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 5.3. Other Officers. Other officers, including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Treasurers or Assistant
Treasurers, may from time to time be appointed by the Board of Directors, which other officers shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or the officer or committee appointing them.
Section 5.4. Removal of Officers. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office, with or without cause, by a vote of a
majority of the Board of Directors.
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Section 5.5. Resignation. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time.
Such resignation shall be in writing or by electronic transmission and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the President, Co- President
or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary in order to make it effective, unless so specified therein.
Section 5.6. Filling of Vacancies. A vacancy in any office shall be filled by the Board of Directors or by the authority
appointing the predecessor in such office.
Section 5.7. Compensation. The compensation of the officers shall be fixed by the
Board of Directors, or by any committee upon which power in that regard may be conferred by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.8.
Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, shall be a director and shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors, and shall have such power and perform such duties as may
from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.9. President. In the absence of the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, or if there be none, a President, or Co-President if there is more than one, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders. The President or
Co-President shall have the power to call special meetings of the shareholders at any time. He shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and shall have the general direction of the business,
affairs and property of the Corporation, and of its several officers, and shall have and exercise all such powers and discharge such duties as usually pertain to the office of President.
Section 5.10. Vice Presidents. The Vice President, or Vice Presidents if there is more than one, shall, subject to the direction
of the Board of Directors, at the request of the President or in his absence, or in case of his inability to perform his duties from any cause, perform the duties of the President, and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to
all restrictions upon, the President. The Vice Presidents shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors may determine the order of priority among them.
Section 5.11. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform such duties as are incident to the office of
Chief Financial Officer, or as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, or as are prescribed by these Bylaws.
Section 5.12. General Counsel. The General Counsel shall perform such duties as are incident to the office of General Counsel, or
as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, or as are prescribed by these Bylaws.
Section 5.13.
Secretary. The Secretary shall perform such duties as are incident to the office of Secretary, or as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, or as are prescribed by these Bylaws.
Section 5.14. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and have powers as are usually incident to the office of
Treasurer, or which may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, or as are prescribed by these Bylaws.
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ARTICLE VI.
CAPITAL STOCK.
Section 6.1. Issue of Stock. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, all capital stock of the Corporation shall be
uncertificated.
If the Board of Directors determines that certificates of capital stock shall be adopted, the following paragraph shall
apply to such certificate:
Any certificates of capital stock shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. They
shall be numbered in the order of their issue and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Co-President, General Counsel or one of the Vice Presidents, and the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and a facsimile thereof shall be impressed or affixed or reproduced thereon; provided, however, that where such certificates are signed by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer
agent or by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and a registrar, the signature of any such Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Co-President, General Counsel, Vice President,
Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer may be a facsimile. In case any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall 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 shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may
nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon, have not ceased to be such
officer or officers of the Corporation.
Section 6.2. Registration and Transfer of Shares. The name of each person owning a
share of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be entered on the books of the Corporation together with the number of shares held by him, the numbers of the certificates (if any) covering such shares and the dates of issue of such certificates.
The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holders thereof in person, or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives and, if applicable, on surrender and cancellation of
certificates for a like number of shares, accompanied by an assignment or power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, and with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably
require. A record shall be made of each transfer.
The Board of Directors may make other and further rules and regulations concerning the
transfer and registration of capital stock, and any certificates for stock, and may appoint a transfer agent or registrar or both and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature of either or both.
Section 6.3. Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates. The following shall apply if certificates of capital stock are issued
pursuant to the determination of the Board of Directors:
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The holder of any certificate of stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the
Corporation of any loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the certificates therefor. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and
the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum not exceeding double the value of the stock and with such surety
or sureties as they may require, to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it by reason of the issue of such new certificate and against all other liability in the premises, or may remit such owner to such remedy or remedies as he
may have under the laws of the State of Missouri.
ARTICLE VII.
DIVIDENDS, SURPLUS, ETC.
Section 7.1. General Discretion of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and vary the amount to be set aside
or reserved as working capital of the Corporation, or as reserves, or for other proper purposes of the Corporation, and, subject to the requirements of the Articles of Incorporation, to determine whether any part of the surplus or net profits of the
Corporation, if any, shall be declared as dividends and paid to the shareholders, and to fix the date or dates for the payment of dividends.
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 8.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on January 1 of each year and end on
December 31 of that year, or such other period as the Board of Directors may fix by resolution.
Section 8.2. Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice required by these Bylaws to be given shall be sufficient if given by depositing the same in a post office or letter box in a sealed postpaid wrapper addressed to the person entitled thereto at his
address, as the same appears upon the books of the Corporation, or by sending via overnight courier, electronic mail, facsimile, telegraphing or cabling the same to such person at such addresses; and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the
time it is mailed, sent via overnight courier, electronic mail, facsimile, telegraphed or cabled.
Section 8.3. Waiver of
Notice. Any shareholder or director may at any time, by writing or by electronic mail, facsimile, telegraph or cable, waive any notice required to be given under these Bylaws, and if any shareholder or director shall be present at any meeting
his presence shall constitute a waiver of such notice.
Section 8.4. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders
for the payment of money, notes or 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 from time to time be designated
by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 8.5. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited from time to
time to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select, and, for the purpose of such deposit, checks, drafts, warrants and other orders for the payment of money that
are payable to the order of the Corporation, may be endorsed for deposit, assigned and delivered by any officer of the Corporation, or by such agents of the Corporation as the Board of Directors or the President or
Co-President may authorize for that purpose.
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Section 8.6. Voting Stock of Other Corporations. Except as otherwise ordered by
the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, the President, Co-President or the Treasurer shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting
of the shareholders of any corporation of which the Corporation is a shareholder and to execute a proxy to any other person to represent the Corporation at any such meeting, and at any such meeting the President,
Co-President or the Treasurer or the holder of any such proxy, as the case may be, shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to ownership of such stock and which, as owner thereof,
the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if present. The Board of Directors or the Executive Committee may from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 8.7. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
(a) Every person who is made party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she was, is now serving or hereafter serves as a director or officer of the Corporation or at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against any expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit and in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(b)
Advancement of Expenses. Expenses incurred by a person entitled to indemnification pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 8.7 in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that if the MGBCL also requires, such advances of expenses shall only be made upon receipt of an undertaking (in form and substance, including reasonable conditions,
reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors) by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Section 8.7.
(c) Claims. Any indemnification under clause (a) of this Section 8.7 or any advance of expenses under clause (b) of this
Section 8.7 shall be made only against a written request therefor (together with supporting documentation) submitted by or on behalf of the person seeking indemnification or advance. Indemnification may be sought by a person under this clause
(a) of this Section 8.7 in respect of a proceeding only to the extent that both the liabilities for which indemnification is sought and all portions of the proceeding relevant to the determination of whether the person has satisfied any
appropriate standard of conduct have become final. A person seeking indemnification or advance of expenses may seek to enforce such person’s rights to indemnification or advance of expenses (as the case may be) in court to the extent all or
any portion of a requested indemnification has not been granted within ninety days of, or to the extent all or any portion of a requested advance of expenses has not been granted within twenty days of, the submission of such request. All expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by such person in connection with successfully establishing such person’s right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article, in whole or in part, shall also be
indemnified by the Corporation.
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(d) Burden of Proof. In any proceeding brought to enforce the right of a person to
receive indemnification to which such person is entitled under clause (a) of this Section 8.7, the Corporation has the burden of demonstrating that the standard of conduct applicable under the MGBCL or other applicable law was not met. A
prior determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, its independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct does not itself constitute
evidence that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any proceeding brought to enforce a claim for advances to which a person is entitled under clause (b) of this Section 8.7, the person seeking an advance need
only show that he or she has satisfied the requirements expressly set forth in clause (b) of this Section 8.7.
(e)
Nonexclusivity of Rights. The right of indemnification herein provided shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such director or officer may now or hereafter be entitled under any
by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as
to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
(f) Survival. For purposes of this Section 8.7, 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 Section 8.7 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.
(g) Amendment or Repeal. The rights to indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by this Article VIII shall be deemed to be separate contract rights between the Corporation and each director and officer who serves in any such capacity at any time while these provisions as well as the relevant
provisions of the MGBCL are in effect, and no repeal or modification of any of these provisions or any relevant provisions of the MGBCL shall adversely affect any right or obligation of such director or officer existing at the time of such repeal or
modification with respect to any state of facts then or previously existing or any proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. Such contract rights may not be modified
retroactively as to any present or former director or officer without the consent of such director or officer.
(h) Heirs and
Executors. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Section 8.7, to any present or former director or officer of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
person.
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(i) Other Sources. Any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
entitled to indemnification, advancement of expense and/or insurance, in each case pursuant to this Section 8.7, and that is a director, officer, employee, partner, member or advisor of a shareholder (each such person an “Upstream
Indemnitee”), may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by or on behalf of such shareholder and/or its affiliates (collectively, the “Upstream Indemnifying Parties”).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws or otherwise: (i) the Corporation is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., the Corporation’s obligations to each Upstream Indemnitee are primary and the any obligation of the
Upstream Indemnifying Parties to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by each Upstream Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) the Corporation will be required to advance the full amount of expenses
incurred by each Upstream Indemnitee and will be liable for the full amount of all liabilities, expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by this Section 8.7, without
regard to any rights each Upstream Indemnitee may have against the Upstream Indemnifying Parties and (iii) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Upstream Indemnifying Parties from any and all claims against the
Upstream Indemnifying Parties for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these bylaws or otherwise, no advancement or payment by the Upstream Indemnifying
Parties on behalf of an Upstream Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which such Upstream Indemnitee has sought indemnification or advancement of expenses from the Corporation will affect the foregoing and the Upstream Indemnifying Parties will
have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Upstream Indemnitee against the Corporation. The Upstream Indemnifying Parties are express third party
beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 8.7.
(j) Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Section 8.7
shall not limit the right of the corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS.
Section 9.1. The Board of Directors shall have the power to make, rescind, alter, amend and repeal these Bylaws;
provided, however, that the shareholders shall have power to rescind, alter, amend or repeal any bylaws made by the Board of Directors, and to enact bylaws which if so expressed shall not be rescinded, altered, amended or repealed by
the Board of Directors.
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Adopted August 26, 2026
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Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.
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No definition available.
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- Definition
Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.
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No definition available.
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- Definition
The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection b-2
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- Definition
The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection b-2
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Balance Type:
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Local phone number for entity.
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No definition available.
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- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 13e
-Subsection 4c
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- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 14d
-Subsection 2b
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- Definition
Title of a 12(b) registered security.
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection b
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Name of the Exchange on which a security is registered.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection d1-1
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 14a
-Subsection 12
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Trading symbol of an instrument as listed on an exchange.
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No definition available.
+ Details
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Namespace Prefix:
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Data Type:
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Balance Type:
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Period Type:
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X
- Definition
Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Securities Act
-Number 230
-Section 425
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