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BLMGNF Bylaws
BLMGNF Bylaws
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Article I. Offices
Section 1.1 Registered Office. The address of the Corporation’s initial registered
office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Corporation Trust Center, New Castle
County, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801. The name of the Corporation’s initial registered agent at
such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may have such other offices, either
within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
Section 3.1 Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of such
number of persons as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that
the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten the term of any director at the time
in office; and provided, further, that the initial number of directors shall be one (1).
Section 3.2 Election and Term of Office. Directors shall be elected annually at
the annual meeting of the Board by majority vote of the directors then in office.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Bylaws to the contrary, each director shall hold
office until a successor is elected and qualifies or until that director’s earlier resignation, removal
or death. If the annual election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the
directors shall hold such election as soon thereafter as convenient.
Section 3.4 Resignation. Any director may resign from office at any time upon
giving written notice to the Executive Director of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall
take effect at the time it specifies or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt, and the
acceptance of such resignation, unless required by its terms, shall not be necessary to make such
resignation effective.
Section 3.5 Removal. A director may be removed at any time, with or without
cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office.
Section 3.6 Meetings. Meetings of the Board may be held at any place within or
without the State of Delaware. An annual meeting of the Board for the appointment of officers
and the transaction of any other business that may come before the Board shall be held no less
frequently than annually. The Board may fix times and places for regular and annual meetings
of the Board and no notice of such meetings need be given. A special meeting of the Board shall
be held whenever called by the Chair of the Board of Directors (“Chair of the Board”), Executive
Director or by any director at such time and place as shall be specified in the notice or waiver
thereof. Notice of each special meeting shall be given by the Executive Director or by a person
calling the meeting to each director by mailing the same, first-class postage prepaid, or
personally, or by telephoning the same, or sending it by facsimile or email, not later than the
tenth day before the meeting.
Section 3.7 Quorum and Voting. A majority of the directors then in office shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business (except as otherwise provided by Section 3.3
hereof). If there be less than a quorum at any meeting of the Board, a majority of the directors
present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and no further notice thereof need be given
other than announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned. Except as otherwise
provided by law or by these Bylaws, the act 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. There shall be no voting by
proxy.
Section 3.8 Written Consents and Meetings by Telephone. (a) Any action
required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without
a meeting if all members of the Board consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board.
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(b) Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of such Board
by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant
to this sentence shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.10 Non-voting Advisory Committees. The Board of Directors may from
time to time establish one or more non-voting advisory committees as the Board of Directors shall
deem advisable or desirable. Each such committee shall have such composition, role and eligibility
requirements as the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe. At no time, however, shall
any such committee exercise any of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the Corporation.
Section 4.1 Appointment and Qualification. The officers of the Corporation shall
be a Chair of the Board and an Executive Director, each of whom shall be appointed by the
Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Each officer shall
hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier resignation,
removal or death. The Board may appoint, and may delegate power to appoint, such other
officers, agents and employees as it may deem necessary or proper, who shall hold office for
such period, have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed
by the Board.
Section 4.3 Chair of the Board of Directors. The Chair of the Board shall preside
at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such authority and perform such duties
as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board.
Section 4.4 Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be the chief
executive officer of the Corporation. The Executive Director may vote the stock or other
securities of any other domestic or foreign corporation that may at any time be owned by the
Corporation, may execute any stockholders’ or other consents in respect thereof and may in his
or her discretion delegate such powers by executing proxies, or otherwise, on behalf of the
Corporation. He or she shall have charge of all funds and securities of the Corporation, shall
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endorse the same for deposit or collection when necessary and deposit the same to the credit of
the Corporation in such banks or depositories as the Board of Directors may from time to time
authorize. He or she may endorse all commercial documents requiring endorsements for or on
behalf of the Corporation and may sign all receipts and vouchers for payments made to the
Corporation. The Executive Director shall record all proceedings of meetings of the directors in
a book kept for that purpose and shall file in such book all written consents of directors to any
action taken without a meeting. He or she shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of
the Corporation and have charge of such books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct.
The Executive Director shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to
the position of Executive Director or as may be assigned to him or her by the Chair of the Board
or the Board of Directors.
Section 4.5 Delegation of Duties. In case of the absence of any officer of the
Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board may deem sufficient, the Board may confer
for the time being the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer upon any other officer or
upon any director.
Article V. Miscellaneous
Section 5.1 Books and Records. The Corporation shall prepare and maintain
correct and complete books and records of account and shall also keep minutes of all meetings of
its Board of Directors.
Section 5.2 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the year
selected from time to time by the Board of Directors.
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Article VII. Indemnification
Section 7.1 Indemnification. (a) The Corporation shall indemnify each director,
officer, employee and agent of the Corporation who is a natural person, and/or his or her heirs,
executors or administrators, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
(i) against all expenses (including attorneys’ and other experts’ fees and
disbursements), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any actual or threatened
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
or in connection with any appeal therein, or otherwise, arising from, or in
connection with, his or her serving the Corporation, and
(ii) against all expenses (including attorneys’ and other experts’ fees and
disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with
the defense or settlement of any action or suit by or in the right of the
Corporation, or in connection with any appeal therein, or otherwise; and
(b) In no case shall the Corporation indemnify, reimburse, or insure any person
from any taxes imposed on such individual under Chapter 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as now in effect or as may hereafter be amended (the “Code”). Further, if, at any time, the
Corporation is deemed to be a private foundation within the meaning of section 509 of the Code
then, during such time, no payment shall be made under this section if such payment would
constitute an act of self-dealing or a taxable expenditure, as defined in sections 4941(d) or
4945(d), respectively, of the Code.
(d) To right to indemnification conferred in these Bylaws shall include the right to
be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding for which such
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right to indemnification is applicable in advance of its final disposition (an “Advancement of
Expenses”); provided, however, that an Advancement of Expenses incurred by or on behalf of an
indemnitee shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an
“Undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right of appeal
that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 7.1 or
otherwise.
Section 7.4 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain, to the fullest
extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, as they presently exist or may hereafter be
amended, insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation and
any person who 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 or incurred by him or her in any capacity or
status.
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affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office; provided, that any such alteration,
amendment, repeal or adoption shall be consistent with the requirements of section 501(c)(3) of
the Code.
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