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Date: December 11, 2014

A. H. BELO CORPORATION

/s/ Christine E. Larkin

Christine E. Larkin

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8-K

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): December 11, 2014

A. H. BELO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission file number: 1-33741


Delaware		38-3765318
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

P. O. Box 224866, Dallas, Texas 75222-4866		(214) 977-8200
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)		(Registrant’s 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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 11, 2014, A. H. Belo Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Daniel J. Blizzard, senior vice president and Corporate Secretary, will be departing the Company at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on or about May 15, 2015. In connection with his departure, the Company entered into a letter agreement with Mr. Blizzard summarizing the terms of his departure.

Under the terms of the letter agreement, Mr. Blizzard is eligible to receive upon his departure: (i) a cash severance payment equal to 16 weeks of base salary and (ii) payment of the cost of Mr. Blizzard’s COBRA health insurance continuation coverage for a period of 6 months after his departure date. The letter agreement also provides that Mr. Blizzard may receive a cash bonus earned in 2014 pursuant to the A. H. Belo 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, subject to the final approval of the 2014 financial performance metrics by the Company’s Compensation Committee. In addition, because Mr. Blizzard is retirement eligible, all unvested time-based restricted share units and long-term cash incentives will automatically vest upon his departure and will be paid 6 months after such departure date. Finally, pursuant to the letter agreement, the Company will enter into a consulting agreement with Mr. Blizzard for a term beginning on May 15, 2015 through February 15, 2016 at a rate of $5,384.62 per week, based on his current base salary.

The foregoing description of the letter agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the complete text of the letter agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02. A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Blizzard’s departure is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On and effective December 11, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved and adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”). The following changes are included in the Amended and Restated Bylaws:

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Amended Article II, Section 2 to remove the requirement that the annual meeting be held on a specified date if the Board does not schedule the meeting before such date.

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Amended Article II, Section 3 to provide that the Board will determine the date and time of any special meeting of stockholders (which must occur within 120 days after the request is received) and add certain disclosure and procedural requirements that would be applicable to stockholders who seek to call a special meeting. These amendments include a requirement that only record holders of the Company’s common stock may request a special meeting of stockholders and certain limitations on the type of business that may be presented at a special meeting.

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Amended Article II, Section 12 and Article II, Section 13 to reduce the advance notice period for the submission of stockholder proposals and director nominations, respectively, to be made at an annual meeting of stockholders to a maximum of 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting. The Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that only stockholders of record may propose business or make director nominations at a meeting of stockholders. The Amended and Restated Bylaws expand the disclosure requirements for stockholders who propose business or make nominations and require additional disclosure regarding proposed director nominees, including the submission of a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualifications of such nominees and certain representations from such nominees.

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Amended Article III, Section 2 to provide that the Board will fix the size of the Board.

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Amended Article III, Section 4 to clarify that only the Board, and not the stockholders, may fill vacancies on the Board.

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Amended Article X to include a forum selection provision for the adjudication of disputes, which provision provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or employee of the Company to the Company or its stockholders, any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws, any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be adjudicated in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if the Superior Court of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

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Amended Article XI to make certain clarifying amendments regarding director and officer indemnification.

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Amended Article XII to clarify that only the Board or stockholders of the Company representing at least two-thirds of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding voting stock shall have the power to amend or repeal the Amended and Restated Bylaws.

The Amended and Restated Bylaws also include a number of technical, procedural, conforming and clarifying changes. The foregoing summary of the Bylaw amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 11, 2014, the Board declared a special cash dividend of $2.25 per share, payable on January 14, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 30, 2014, as part of its continued efforts to return capital to shareholders. The Board also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share, payable on March 6, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 13, 2015. A copy of the related press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits.

3.1	Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended and restated December 11, 2014.

10.1	Letter Agreement dated December 11, 2014 between A. H. Belo Corporation and Daniel J. Blizzard.

99.1	Press Release issued by A. H. Belo Corporation on December 11, 2014.

SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.

EXHIBIT INDEX


3.1		Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended and restated December 11, 2014.

10.1		Letter Agreement dated December 11, 2014 between A. H. Belo Corporation and Daniel J. Blizzard.

99.1		Press release issued by A. H. Belo Corporation on December 11, 2014.

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

A. H. BELO CORPORATION

(A Delaware Corporation)

Effective December 11, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.	Registered Office.		1
Section 2.	Other Offices.		1

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1.	Place of Meetings.		1
Section 2.	Annual Meeting.		1
Section 3.	Special Meeting.		1
Section 4.	Notice of Annual or Special Meeting.		4
Section 5.	Business at Special Meeting.		4
Section 6.	Quorum of Stockholders.		4
Section 7.	Act of Stockholders’ Meeting.		5
Section 8.	Voting of Shares.		5
Section 9.	Proxies.		5
Section 10.	Voting List.		5
Section 11.	Order of Business.		6
Section 12.	Notice of Stockholder Business at an Annual Meeting.		6
Section 13.	Notice of Stockholder Nominees.		9
Section 14.	Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement.		12
Section 15.	General.		12

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1.	Powers.		13
Section 2.	Number of Directors.		13
Section 3.	Election and Term.		13
Section 4.	Vacancies.		14
Section 5.	Resignation and Removal.		14
Section 6.	Compensation of Directors.		14

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ARTICLE IV

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

Section 1.	Regular Meetings.	14
Section 2.	Special Meetings.	14
Section 3.	Business at Regular or Special Meeting.	14
Section 4.	Quorum of Directors.	15
Section 5.	Act of Directors’ Meeting.	15
Section 6.	Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting.	15

ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 1.	Methods of Giving Notice.	16
Section 2.	Waiver of Notice.	16
Section 3.	Attendance as Waiver.	16

ARTICLE VII

USE OF A CONFERENCE TELEPHONE OR SIMILAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

Section 1.	Executive Officers.	17
Section 2.	Election and Qualification.	17
Section 3.	Division Officers.	17
Section 4.	Other Officers and Agents.	18
Section 5.	Salaries.	18
Section 6.	Term, Removal and Vacancies.	18
Section 7.	Chairman of the Board.	18
Section 8.	Chief Executive Officer.	18
Section 9.	President.	18
Section 10.	Vice Chairman of the Board.	19
Section 11.	Vice Presidents.	19
Section 12.	Secretary.	19
Section 13.	Assistant Secretaries.	19
Section 14.	Treasurer.	19
Section 15.	Assistant Treasurers.	19
Section 16.	Officers’ Bond.	20

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ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1.	Certificated and Uncertificated Shares.	20
Section 2.	Transfer of Shares.	20
Section 3.	Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificate.	21
Section 4.	Closing of Stock Ledger and Fixing Record Date.	21
Section 5.	Registered Stockholders.	21

ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1.	Dividends.	22
Section 2.	Reserves.	22
Section 3.	Checks.	22
Section 4.	Fiscal Year.	22
Section 5.	Seal.	22
Section 6.	Forum	22

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 1.	Actions, Suits, or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation	23
Section 2.	Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation.	23
Section 3.	Indemnification for Costs, Charges, and Expenses of Successful Party; Suits Initiated by a Director, Officer, Employee or Agent	24
Section 4.	Determination of Right to Indemnification.	24
Section 5.	Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses.	24
Section 6.	Procedure for Indemnification.	25
Section 7.	Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification.	25
Section 8.	Extent of Indemnification.	26
Section 9.	Insurance.	26
Section 10.	Savings Clause.	26

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

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ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation shall be located in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

Section 2. Other Offices. The corporation also may 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 as the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other proper purpose, including any special meeting of stockholders regardless of by whom called, shall be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate, as stated in the notice of such meeting or a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communications, subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt from time to time.

Section 2. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. At such meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect, by a plurality vote of the voting power of all of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, the successors to the directors whose terms shall expire that year, and may transact such other business as properly may be brought before the meeting.

Section 3. Special Meeting. (a) Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer, by a majority of the total number of directors on the Board of Directors if there were no vacancies or by a request (a “Special Meeting Request”) of the holders of record of, in the aggregate, not less than one-fifth of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote at the meeting (the “Requisite Holders”). To be in proper form, a Special Meeting Request must comply with this Section 3. The Board of Directors shall determine whether a Special Meeting Request is in proper form and such determination shall be binding on the corporation and the stockholders, and if the Board of Directors should so determine, the Board of Directors shall so declare that any business not properly set forth in the Special Meeting Request shall not be transacted.

(b) If a Special Meeting Request is in proper form, the Secretary shall call such special meeting; provided, however, that the date of such special meeting shall not be more than one-hundred twenty (120) days after the date on which such Special Meeting Request was

delivered to the Secretary; provided, further, that the Board of Directors may (in lieu of calling the special meeting requested in such Special Meeting Request) present an identical or substantially similar item of business (a “Similar Item”; the election of directors shall be deemed a “Similar Item” with respect to all items of business involving the election or removal of directors), as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, for stockholder approval at any other meeting of the stockholders that is held not less than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date on which such Special Meeting Request was delivered to the Secretary.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, a Special Meeting Request shall not be valid and the special meeting requested in such Special Meeting Request shall not be called by the Secretary if (i) such Special Meeting Request relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law, (ii) such Special Meeting Request is delivered to the Secretary during the period commencing ninety (90) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting and ending on the date of the next annual meeting, (iii) a Similar Item was presented at any meeting of stockholders held within one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date on which such Special Meeting Request was delivered to the Secretary or (iv) a Similar Item is included in the corporation’s notice of meeting as an item of business to be presented at a stockholders meeting that has been called but not yet held. The Board of Directors may adjourn or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of the stockholders.

(d) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 3, a Special Meeting Request shall:

(i) Be in writing, signed by each Requesting Person (as defined in Section 3(e)) and delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation;

(ii) as to each Requesting Person, set forth the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 12(b)(ii), except that, for purposes of this Section 3(d)(ii), the term “Requesting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 12(b)(ii));

(iii) as to each Requesting Person, set forth any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 12(b)(iii), except that, for purposes of this Section 3(d)(iii), the term “Requesting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 12(b)(iii); provided, however, that the disclosure in clause (I) of Section 12(b)(iii) shall be made with respect to each item of business, if any, that the Requisite Holders propose to bring before the special meeting);

(iv) as to each item of business that the Requisite Holders propose to bring before the special meeting, set forth the Proposal Information (as defined in Section 12(b)(i));

(v) include (A) an agreement by each Requisite Holder to immediately deliver written notice to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation in the case of any disposition, on or prior to the record date for the special meeting requested in

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the Special Meeting Request, of any shares of common stock of the corporation held of record by such Requisite Holder and (B) an acknowledgement that (1) any such disposition shall be deemed a revocation of the Special Meeting Request to the extent of such disposition and (2) if, following such deemed revocation, the Requisite Holders hold of record, in the aggregate, less than one-fifth of the voting power of all outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation, there shall be no obligation to hold such special meeting;

(vi) as to each Requisite Holder, (A) a summary of any material discussions regarding the business proposed to be brought before the meeting (I) between or among any of the Requisite Holders or (II) between or among any Requisite Holder and any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any of the corporation’s securities (including their names) and (B) a representation whether the Requisite Holder will engage in a solicitation with respect to such nomination and, if so, the name of each participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) in such solicitation and whether such person or group intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of voting power of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the nominee (in person or by proxy); and

(vii) as to each Requisite Holder, such Requisite Holder’s written consent to the public disclosure of information provided pursuant to clauses (i) – (vi) of this Section 3(d) and Section 3(f).

Any Requisite Holder seeking to nominate a person for election to the Board of Directors must also comply with Section 13.

(e) For purposes of this Section 3, the term “Requesting Person” shall mean (i) each Requisite Holder, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request is being delivered to the Secretary and (iii) any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner. For purposes of these Bylaws, shares shall be treated as “beneficially owned” by a person if the person beneficially owns such shares, directly or indirectly, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

(f) The Requisite Holders giving a Special Meeting Request shall further update and supplement such Special Meeting Request, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such Special Meeting Request shall be true and correct as of the record date for the special meeting requested to be called pursuant to such Special Meeting Request and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the special meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the special meeting or, if practical, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the special meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

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(g) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, except as otherwise required by law, if none of the Requisite Holders giving a Special Meeting Request appears or sends a Qualified Representative to present the business proposed by the Requisite Holders to be brought before the special meeting requested in such Special Meeting Request, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of these Bylaws, to be considered a “Qualified Representative” of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder, or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder, to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of the stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of the stockholders.

(h) The Requisite Holders may revoke a Special Meeting Request by written revocation delivered to the corporation at any time prior to the special meeting requested in such Special Meeting Request; provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall have the discretion to determine whether or not to proceed with the special meeting.

Section 4. Notice of Annual or Special Meeting. The Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors shall fix the place, if any, means of remote communication, if any, date and time of each annual or special meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and notice thereof shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally, by electronic transmission, or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Secretary, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed to be given at the times provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Section 5. Business at Special Meeting. The business transacted at any special meeting of the stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice thereof provided by the corporation pursuant to Section 3(b) and Section 4 of this Article II. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, the Board of Directors may submit its own proposal or proposals for consideration at a special meeting. Stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders unless such business is brought pursuant to a Special Meeting Request that is timely delivered to the corporation in proper form or in accordance with Section 13 of this Article II.

Section 6. Quorum of Stockholders. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the stockholders, but in no event shall a quorum consist of the holders of less than one-third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote and thus represented at such meeting. If, however, a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

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Section 7. Act of Stockholders’ Meeting. The vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares entitled to vote on the applicable matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the stockholders’ meeting, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, that the election of directors shall be approved by a plurality vote of the voting power of all of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the stockholders’ meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

Section 8. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share shall be entitled to the number of votes per share as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and the Certificate of Designation, if any, which relates to such share, on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the stockholders. At each election of directors, every stockholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of votes allotted to the shares owned by him or her for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he or she has the right to vote. Cumulative voting in the election of directors or otherwise is expressly prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 9. Proxies. At any meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy. Any such proxy or evidence thereof shall be delivered to the secretary of such meeting at or prior to the time designated by the chairman of the meeting or in the order of business for so delivering such proxies. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and unless otherwise made irrevocable by law. Unless required by statute or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such proxy.

Section 10. Voting List. The officer or agent having charge of the stock ledger for shares of the corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and number of shares of each class or series of the corporation’s stock registered in the name of each stockholder, which list, for a period of ten (10) days prior to such meeting, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network; provided, that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, such 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 stockholder during the whole time of the meeting. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. The corporation shall be entitled to rely upon the stock ledger as the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger or to vote in person or by proxy at any such meeting of stockholders.

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Section 11. Order of Business. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence, by the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence, by the Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence, by the President or an Executive Vice President or a Senior Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons, by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. The order of business of each meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations, and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the dismissal of business not properly presented, the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the corporation, restrictions on entry to such meetings after the time prescribed for commencement thereof, establishing limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, opening and closing of the voting polls, and adjournment of such meetings. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

Section 12. Notice of Stockholder Business at an Annual Meeting.

(a) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before such annual meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote at such annual meeting who was a stockholder of record of the corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 12 and at the time of the meeting, is entitled to vote at the meeting and complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than sixty (60) days from such anniversary date, then notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which the date of the meeting is publicly disclosed. For the purposes of these Bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting, or the announcement

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thereof, commence a new time period (or extend the time period) for the giving of timely notice as described above. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors must comply with Section 13 of this Article II and this Section 12 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 13 of this Article II.

(b) To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of business proposed to be brought at the annual meeting shall set forth:

(i) as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (A) a reasonably detailed description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of (1) any material interest of such stockholder in such business and (2) all contracts, agreements, arrangements and understandings (a) between or among any of the Proposing Persons (as defined in Section 12(c)) or (b) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder (collectively, the “Proposal Information”);

(ii) as to each Proposing Person, (a) the name and address of such Proposing Person, including, if applicable, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and (b) the class, series and number of shares of the corporation which are, directly or indirectly, held of record or beneficially owned by such Proposing Person (including any shares such Proposing Person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of at any time in the future) (collectively, the “Stockholder Information”);

(iii) as to each Proposing Person, (A) any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to give such Proposing Person economic risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of the corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any shares of any class or series of the corporation, or which derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any increase in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Synthetic Equity Interest”), which Synthetic Equity Interest shall be disclosed without regard to whether (1) the derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions conveys any voting rights in such shares to such Proposing Person, (2) the derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares or (3) such Proposing Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions, (B) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to vote any shares of any class or series of the corporation, (C) any agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship, including

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any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, entered into or engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of shares of any class or series of the corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to shares of any class or series of the corporation, or that provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Short Interest”), (D) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such Proposing Person is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the corporation, or any Synthetic Equity Interest or Short Interest, (E) any significant equity interest or any Synthetic Equity Interest or Short Interest in any principal competitor of the corporation held by such Proposing Person, (F) any direct or indirect interest (including, without limitation, any existing or prospective commercial, business or contractual relationship) of such Proposing Person in the corporation, any affiliate of the corporation or any principal competitor of the corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), (G) any pending or threatened litigation in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the corporation, (H) any transaction occurring, in whole or in part, during the then immediately preceding twelve (12) month period between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the corporation, any affiliate of the corporation or any principal competitor of the corporation, on the other hand, and (I) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (I) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner;

(iv) as to each Proposing Person, (A) a summary of any material discussions regarding the business proposed to be brought before the meeting (I) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (II) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any of the corporation’s securities (including their names) and (B) a representation whether the Proposing Person will engage in a solicitation with respect to such business and, if so, the name of each participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) in such solicitation and whether such person or group intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of voting power of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the business to be proposed (in person or by proxy); and

(v) as to each Proposing Person, such Proposing Person’s written consent to the public disclosure of information provided pursuant to clauses (i) – (iv) of this Section 12(b) and Section 12(d).

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(c) For purposes of this Section 12, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) any beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed to be brought before the meeting and (iii) any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of these Bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.

(d) A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(e) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, except as otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a Qualified Representative of the stockholder) giving notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders does not appear at such annual meeting to present such proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation.

(f) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of the stockholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12. The chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a stockholder seeking to have a proposal included in the corporation’s proxy statement in addition shall comply with the requirements of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including, but not limited to, Rule 14a-8 or its successor provision).

Section 13. Notice of Stockholder Nominees.

(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation may be made at an annual meeting of

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stockholders or a special meeting of stockholders (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the corporation’s notice of such special meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Secretary, as the case may be) (a) by or at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting who was a stockholder of record of the corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 13 and at the time of the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 13. Nominations by stockholders shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice (other than a notice submitted by a Requisite Holder) shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than sixty (60) days from such anniversary date, then notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which the date of the meeting is publicly disclosed. If a Requisite Holder seeks to make any nomination of a person for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting, such Requisite Holder must, concurrently with delivery of the Special Meeting Request, deliver notice thereof in writing and in proper form in accordance with this Section 13 at the principal executive offices of the corporation. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting, or the announcement thereof, commence a new time period (or extend the time period) for the giving of timely notice as described above.

(b) To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at the annual or special meeting shall set forth:

(i) as to each Nominating Person (as defined in Section 13(c)), set forth the Stockholder Information (except that, for purposes of this Section 13(b)(i), the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 13(b)(i));

(ii) as to each Nominating Person, set forth any Disclosable Interests (except that, for purposes of this Section 13(b)(ii), the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 13(b)(ii) and the disclosure in clause (I) of Section 12(b)(iii) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting);

(iii) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (1) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including such person’s written consent to being named in a proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (2) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 13(b) if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person and

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(3) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee or any of his or her respective affiliates and associates, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) are referred to as “Nominee Information”);

(iv) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as required by Section 14;

(v) as to each Nominating Person, (A) a summary of any material discussions regarding the business proposed to be brought before the meeting (I) between or among any of the Nominating Persons or (II) between or among any Nominating Person and any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any of the corporation’s securities (including their names) and (B) a representation whether the Nominating Person will engage in a solicitation with respect to such nomination and, if so, the name of each participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) in such solicitation and whether such person or group intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of voting power of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the nominee (in person or by proxy); and

(vi) as to each Nominating Person and nominee, such Nominating Person’s and nominee’s written consent to the public disclosure of information provided pursuant to clauses (i) – (v) of this Section 13(b) and Section 13(d).

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 stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws. The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall not be admitted.

(c) For purposes of this Section 13, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made and (iii) any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner.

(d) A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 13 shall be true and

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correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(e) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no nominee shall be nominated for election as a director at a meeting of the stockholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 13. The chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the nomination was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such nomination not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

Section 14. Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the corporation, a proposed nominee must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of a stockholder’s notice under Section 13(a)), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such proposed nominee (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request), and a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such proposed nominee (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been fully disclosed to the corporation or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (ii) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person other than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of the corporation that has not been fully disclosed to the corporation, and (iii) in such proposed nominee’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person on whose behalf the nomination is made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the corporation, and will comply, with the corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, including all applicable, publicly disclosed conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and insider trading policies and guidelines of the corporation.

Section 15. General. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, a stockholder giving notice of a nomination to be made at, or any other business proposed to be brought before, an annual or special meeting of the stockholders shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to such nomination or business, as the case may be; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the

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Exchange Act are not intended to and shall not limit the separate and additional requirements set forth in these Bylaws with respect to nominations or proposals of other business. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of any stockholder to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of any holder of any series of preferred stock of the corporation if and to the extent provided under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. Subject to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, nothing in these Bylaws shall be construed to permit any stockholder, or give any stockholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the corporation’s proxy statement any nomination of a person for election to the Board of Directors or any proposal of other business.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised and done by the stockholders.

Section 2. Number of Directors. The number of directors of the corporation constituting the Board of Directors shall be not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10), determined from time to time in accordance with these Bylaws by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Election and Term. The directors shall be classified with respect to the time for which they shall severally hold office by dividing them into three (3) classes, each consisting of approximately one-third (1/3) of the whole number of the Board of Directors, and each director of the corporation shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation, or removal. Each class of directors shall be as nearly equal in number of directors as possible and shall be denominated in such manner as the Board of Directors may determine. The term of office of those of the first class will expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders after adoption of this Bylaw provision; of the second class one year thereafter; of the third class two years thereafter; and at each annual election held after such classification and election, the successors to the class of directors whose terms shall expire that year shall be elected to hold office for a term of three (3) years, so that the term of office for one class of directors shall expire in each year. Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the corporation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person shall be eligible to stand for election as director if he or she has attained the age of 68 years. Furthermore, the term of each director shall terminate at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the date on which such director attains the age of 68 years. Notwithstanding anything else in these Bylaws, the term of any director elected, reelected or named to the Board of Directors who was an officer or other employee of the corporation (or of a subsidiary of or other entity controlled by the corporation) at the time he or she was last elected, reelected or named to serve as a director, other than any person who at such time was serving as Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, shall

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automatically terminate at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the date on which such director ceases to serve as an officer or other employee of the corporation (or of a subsidiary of or other entity controlled by the corporation).

Section 4. Vacancies. Any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors although less than a quorum of the Board of Directors (and not by the stockholders). A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors (and not by the stockholders), subject to the applicable provisions then in effect of the Delaware General Corporation Law pertaining thereto. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation, or removal.

Section 5. Resignation and Removal. Any director may resign at any time upon giving written notice to the corporation. At any meeting of stockholders called expressly for the purpose of removing a director or directors, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, but for cause only (removal of directors without cause being expressly prohibited), by a vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 6. Compensation of Directors. As specifically prescribed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors of the corporation may be paid their expenses of attendance at each meeting of the Board and may be paid reasonable compensation for their services as directors. This provision shall not preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for their services in such capacities.

ARTICLE IV

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

Section 1. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held with or without notice at such time and at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as from time to time shall be prescribed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary on the written request of two directors. Written notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting.

Section 3. Business at Regular or Special Meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

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Section 4. Quorum of Directors. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. 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 of the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 5. Act of Directors’ Meeting. The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 6. Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof under the applicable provisions of any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of the committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors or of the committee, as the case may be.

ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES

The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors, may designate from among its members an executive committee and one or more other committees, each of which, to the extent provided in such resolution, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, except that no such committee shall have the power or authority of the Board of Directors in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except as permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease, or exchange of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation otherwise than in the usual and regular course of its business, recommending to the stockholders a voluntary dissolution of the corporation or a revocation thereof, amending, altering, or repealing the Bylaws of the corporation or adopting new Bylaws for the corporation, filling vacancies in or removing members of the Board of Directors or any such committee, fixing the compensation of any member of such committee, or altering or repealing any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its terms provides that it shall not be so amendable or repealable. Unless such resolution, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of shares of the corporation, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Vacancies in the membership of any such committee shall be filled by resolution adopted by the majority of the full Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board. The designation of any such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him or her by law.

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Any executive committee designated by the Board of Directors shall consist of the Chief Executive Officer and such number (not less than two (2)) of other directors as the Board may from time to time determine by resolution adopted by the majority of the full Board of Directors, one of the members of which committee shall be designated the chairman thereof by the Board of Directors. The executive committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, not inconsistent with this Article V, as it shall from time to time deem necessary and shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. A majority of the members of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at a meeting, the members present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is present. The act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the executive committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the corporation. Any member of the executive committee may be removed by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full Board of Directors, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 1. Methods of Giving Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director under the provisions of any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, it shall be given in writing and delivered personally, by mail or other delivery service or by electronic transmission to such stockholder or director at such address as appears on the books of the corporation, and any such notice delivered by mail or other delivery service shall be deemed to be given at the time the same shall be deposited in the United States mail with sufficient postage thereon prepaid. Notice given by electronic transmission shall be deemed to be delivered when transmitted for delivery to the recipient.

Section 2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof signed by such stockholder or director, as applicable, or a waiver by electronic transmission by such stockholder or director, whether before or after the date and time stated in such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. The waiver shall be delivered to the corporation and filed with the minutes of the meeting or with the corporate records, as applicable. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting need be specified in any waiver of notice.

Section 3. Attendance as Waiver. Attendance of a stockholder or director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder or director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

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ARTICLE VII

USE OF A CONFERENCE TELEPHONE OR SIMILAR COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

Subject to the provisions required or permitted for notice of meetings, unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, stockholders, members of the Board of Directors or members of any committee designated by such Board may participate in and hold a meeting of such stockholders, Board or committee by conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICERS

Section 1. Executive Officers. The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (with such supplemental designation to indicate seniority or scope of duties as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time), a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 2 of this Article; provided that any of such offices except President, Secretary and Treasurer may be allowed to become vacant by failure of the Board of Directors to fill the office. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that the Chairman of the Board or the President and the Secretary shall not be the same person.

Section 2. Election and Qualification. The Board of Directors shall annually choose (subject to the provisions of Section 1 of this Article) a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, such Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents as the Board shall deem necessary, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, none of whom, except the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the President need to be a member of the Board.

Section 3. Division Officers. The Board of Directors may from time to time establish one or more divisions of the corporation and assign to such divisions responsibilities for such of the corporation’s business, operations and affairs as the Board may designate. The Board of Directors may appoint or authorize an officer of the corporation to appoint in writing officers of a division. Unless elected or appointed an officer of the corporation by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authority granted by the Board, an officer of a division shall not as such be an officer of the corporation, except that he or she shall be an officer of the corporation for the purposes of executing and delivering documents on behalf of the corporation or for other specific purposes, if and to the extent that he or she may be authorized to do so by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in the writing appointing an officer of a division, such officer shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Any officer of a division may be removed with or without cause by the Board of Directors or by the officer, if any, of the

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corporation then authorized by the Board of Directors to appoint such officer of a division. The Board of Directors may prescribe or authorize an officer of the corporation or an officer of a division to prescribe in writing the duties and powers and authority of officers of divisions and may authorize an officer of the corporation or an officer of a division to determine the compensation for officers of divisions.

Section 4. Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may elect or appoint a Vice Chairman and such Vice Presidents, other officers, assistant officers and agents as the Board may deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

Section 5. Salaries. Subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Article, the compensation of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 6. Term, Removal and Vacancies. Each officer of the corporation shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon giving written notice to the corporation. Any officer or agent or member of the executive committee elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled (subject to the provisions of Sections 1 and 3 of this Article) by the Board of Directors.

Section 7. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as usually pertain to such office or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 8. Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may designate whether the Chairman of the Board or the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The officer so designated as the Chief Executive Officer shall have general powers of oversight, supervision and management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she 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 duties as usually pertain to such office or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. If a Chief Executive Officer is not otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.

Section 9. President. The President, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board. The President shall perform such duties and exercise such other powers as usually pertain to such office or as may be delegated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

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Section 10. Vice Chairman of the Board. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman of the Board, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the President, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman shall perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be delegated from time to time by the Board of Directors or Chairman of the Board.

Section 11. Vice Presidents. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Vice Presidents, in the order of their seniority as such seniority may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President in the absence or disability of the President. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

Section 12. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders, and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. He or she shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. When so affixed, such seal shall be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 13. Assistant Secretaries. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Assistant Secretaries, in the order of their seniority as such seniority may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

Section 14. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

Section 15. Assistant Treasurers. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order of their seniority as such seniority may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer in the absence or disability of the Treasurer. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

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Section 16. Officers’ Bond. If required by the Board of Directors, any officer so required shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed as the Board of Directors may require) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of any and all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the corporation.

ARTICLE IX

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 1. Certificated and Uncertificated Shares. Shares of capital stock of the corporation may, but shall not be required to, be issued in certificated form. If such stock is certificated, such certificates shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued, and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of the Chairman of the Board, the President or Vice President and Secretary or Assistant Secretary, upon a certificate may be facsimiles, if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar, either of which is other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the date of its issuance. If the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or the certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and determined, and the authority of the Board of Directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series. Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face thereof that the corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, the name of the person to whom issued, the number and the class and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate or a statement that the shares are without par value. No shares of capital stock shall be issued until the consideration therefor has been fully paid.

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Section 2 of Article Four of the Certificate of Incorporation, the capital stock held of record by a shareholder shall be transferable only on the transfer books of the corporation, subject to these Bylaws, by the owner in person, or by attorney or legal representative, written evidence of whose authority shall be filed with the corporation. No transfer of shares of capital stock shall be valid until such transfer has been entered on the books of the corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred. If stock is certificated, upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the

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corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction upon its books.

Section 3. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificate. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore 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 to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Section 4. Closing of Stock Ledger and Fixing Record Date. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock ledger shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, sixty (60) days. If the stock ledger shall be closed for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such ledger shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock ledger, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days, and, in case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days, prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is to be taken. If the stock ledger is not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of stockholders. When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section 4, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, except where the determination has been made through the closing of the stock ledger and the stated period of closing has expired.

Section 5. Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and 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, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

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ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Dividends. The Board of Directors from time to time may declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property, or its own shares pursuant to law and subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.

Section 2. Reserves. The Board of Directors may by resolution create a reserve or reserves out of earned surplus for any proper purpose or purposes, and may abolish any such reserve in the same manner.

Section 3. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate.

Section 4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year.

Section 5. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

Section 6. Forum. (a) Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or (v) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if the Superior Court of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 6.

(b) If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of Section 6 above is filed in a court other than the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such courts to enforce Section 6(a) above (an “Enforcement Action”) and (ii) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such Enforcement Action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

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(c) If any provision or provisions of this Section 6 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Section 6 (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Section 6 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 1. Actions, Suits, or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation. The corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted or required by the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, as the same exists, may exist or be amended (but, in the case of any such new law or amendment and unless applicable law otherwise requires, only to the extent that such new law or amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such new law or amendment), indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or who is or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a witness) in, any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection with such investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom. The termination of any investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

Section 2. Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation. The corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted or required by the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, as the same exists, may exist or be amended (but, in the case of any such new law or amendment and unless applicable law otherwise requires, only to the extent that such new law or amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such new law or amendment), indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened

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to be made a party to, or who is or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a witness) in, any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of such investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom.

Section 3. Indemnification for Costs, Charges, and Expenses of Successful Party; Suits Initiated by a Director, Officer, Employee or Agent. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article XI, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in defense of any investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against all costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection therewith. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article XI, except with respect to a proceeding to enforce rights to indemnification or advances under Section 6 of this Article, the corporation shall be required to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent under this Article in connection with an investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding initiated or brought by such person (including any counterclaim or cross-claim) only if such investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article XI (unless required by Section 3 of this Article XI or ordered by a court) shall be paid by the corporation unless a determination is made (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (b) by a committee of the Board of Directors designated by majority vote of the Board of Directors even though less than a quorum, or (c) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares entitled to vote thereon, that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is not proper in the circumstances. The only basis upon which a finding that indemnification may not be made is that such indemnification is prohibited by law or is beyond the scope of the right to indemnification conferred herein.

Section 5. Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses. In furtherance, but not in limitation, of the foregoing provisions, to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, as the same exists, may exist or be amended (but, in the case of any such new law or amendment and unless applicable law otherwise requires, only to the extent that such new law or amendment permits the corporation to provide broader rights to payment of expenses than such law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such new law or amendment), and the other provisions of this Section 5, all costs, charges and expenses

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(including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending a civil or criminal investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that the payment of such costs, charges and expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer) in advance of the final disposition of such investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article XI. Such costs, charges and expenses incurred by other employees and agents or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. The Board of Directors may, in the manner set forth above, and upon approval of such director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, authorize the corporation’s counsel to represent such person, in any investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the corporation is a party to such investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding.

Section 6. Procedure for Indemnification. Any (i) indemnification under Sections 1, 2 and 3 shall be made promptly, and in any event within sixty (60) days or (ii) advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 5 of this Article XI shall be made promptly, and in any event within twenty (20) days, in each case upon the written request of the director, officer, employee or agent to the Secretary of the corporation. The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article XI shall be enforceable by the director, officer, employee or agent in any court of competent jurisdiction, if the corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within the prescribed time period for such payment. Such person’s costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) 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 the advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 5 of this Article XI where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the corporation) that indemnification or advancement of costs and expenses is prohibited by law or beyond the scope of the right to indemnification conferred herein, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and 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, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and 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 7. Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification. The indemnification and advancement of costs, charges and expenses provided by this Article XI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of costs, charges and expenses may be entitled under any law (common or

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statutory), other Bylaw provision, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the corporation. All rights under this Article shall vest at the time a person becomes a director, officer, employee or agent, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent as to actions taken while he or she was such a director, officer, employee or agent, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person. All rights under this Article XI shall be deemed to be a contract between the corporation and each director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Article XI or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall be prospective only and shall not in any way diminish any rights of such director, officer, employee or agent or the obligations of the corporation arising hereunder.

Section 8. Extent of Indemnification. In addition to the specific indemnification provided for herein, the corporation shall indemnify each person who is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted (a) by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or any other applicable law, new law or by any amendment thereof or other statutory provisions in effect on the date hereof, or (b) by the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof. Subject to the exceptions and conditions set forth in Article XI, Section 2 of these Bylaws, the corporation shall also advance expenses to any of the foregoing individuals to the fullest extent authorized or permitted (i) by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or any other applicable law, new law or by any amendment thereof or other statutory provision in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) by the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof.

Section 9. Insurance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article.

Section 10. Savings Clause. If this Article XI or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee and agent of the corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article XI that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

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ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

The initial Bylaws of the corporation shall be adopted by the Board of Directors. The power to alter, amend, or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws, subject to repeal or change by action of the stockholders, is vested in the Board of Directors. Thus, these Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board, subject, however, to repeal or change by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present or represented by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the voting power of all of the shares entitled to vote at such meeting, voting together as a single class, and present or represented thereat, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, adoption, repeal or change is contained in the notice of such meeting of stockholders.

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

[AHC Letterhead]

December 11, 2014

Mr. Dan Blizzard

Senior Vice President & Secretary

A. H. Belo Corporation

Dear Dan:

This letter will summarize the terms of your departure from A. H. Belo Corporation. I would like for you to continue to serve in your current capacity through the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 15, 2015 or until you find other employment, whichever comes first. Upon your departure, you will be eligible to receive the following:

I. Severance

16 Weeks of Base Pay

6 Months of COBRA Premiums

Payment of severance is contingent on the execution of a Confidential Severance Agreement and General Release.

II. Bonus

Any cash bonus you have earned based upon the Company’s 2014 financial performance will be paid, subject to the final approval of the Compensation Committee of the Company’s 2014 financial performance metrics at their meeting on February 3, 2015. Payment of your cash bonus based upon your Individual Non-Financial Performance Objectives will be paid at 100% on the earlier of (i) February 3, 2015 and (ii) your last day of employment with the Company, but in no event before December 31, 2014.

III. Equity and LTI Payouts

Regardless of when you depart the Company, you meet the retirement eligibility requirements under the Company’s Incentive Compensation Plan. As such, all unvested Time-Based Restricted Share Units and Long-Term Cash Incentives will automatically vest upon termination and will be paid six months after your termination date in order to comply with IRS Section 409A regulations.

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IV. Benefits

Benefits for you and any covered dependents will continue through May 31, 2015. If you voluntarily resign prior to May 15, 2015, you will be covered under the Company’s benefit plans through the end of the month in which you resign.

V. Outplacement

We will provide you outplacement services in the amount of $2,500.

VI. Consulting Agreement

The Company will enter into a Consulting Agreement with you for a term from May 15, 2015 through February 15, 2016 and at a rate of $5,384.62 per week. This amount was determined by dividing your current base salary of $280,000 by 52. Termination of this Consulting Agreement by the Company shall result in accelerated payments that would have been made during the remainder of the term.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

A.H. Belo Corporation

/s/ Jim M. Moroney, III

Chairman of the Board, President and

Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

4:30 P.M. CST

A. H. Belo Corporation Announces Regular and Special Dividends and Departure of Dan Blizzard

DALLAS – A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $2.25 per share, payable on January 14, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 30, 2014. In addition, the Board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share, payable on March 6, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 13, 2015.

A. H. Belo disclosed that Dan Blizzard, senior vice president and Corporate Secretary, will be departing the Company at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 15, 2015. As a result of selling The Providence Journal and The Press-Enterprise, transactions that Dan played a key role in executing, the Company has decided to reduce the breadth of its executive leadership team.

Jim Moroney, chairman, president and Chief Executive Officer, said “Dan has made many important contributions to our Company over the fifteen years he has worked here. Most especially and recently, Dan was an integral part of the team that completed the sales of Riverside and Providence and almost single-handedly has monetized a great portion of our real estate assets. The Board and I appreciate all of his efforts and wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

About A. H. Belo Corporation

A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) is a leading local news and information publishing company with commercial printing, distribution and direct mail capabilities, as well as businesses with expertise in emerging media and digital marketing. With a continued focus on extending our media platform, we are able to deliver news and information in innovative ways to new audiences with diverse interests and lifestyles. For additional information, visit ahbelo.com, email invest@ahbelo.com.

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