MOLEX INCORPORATED
RESTATEMENT OF BYLAWS
(As of January28, 2011)
AMENDMENTSDate of Board Action / Provision Amended
August3, 1983 / ArticleII , Section2
ArticleIII, Section1
August8, 1986 / ArticleIII, Section1
June20, 1988 / ArticleIV, Section9
ArticleIV, Section10
May29, 1990 / ArticleII, Section6
July27, 1990 / ArticleIII, Section1
April21, 1995 / ArticleIII, Section1
July29, 1995 / ArticleIII, Section1
April30, 1999 / ArticleIII, Section1
October22, 1999 / ArticleIII, Section1
January31, 2003 / ArticleIII, Section1B
May11, 2007 / Amendment and Restatement
November13, 2007 / Amendment and Restatement
January28, 2011 / Amendment and Restatement
MOLEX INCORPORATED
RESTATEMENT OF BYLAWS
(As of January28, 2011)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. / OFFICES / 1SECTION 1. / REGISTERED OFFICE / 1
SECTION 2. / OTHER OFFICES / 1
ARTICLE II. / STOCKHOLDERS / 1
SECTION 1. / PLACE OF MEETING / 1
SECTION 2. / ANNUAL MEETING / 1
SECTION 3. / SPECIAL MEETINGS / 1
SECTION 4. / NOTICE / 1
SECTION 5. / ADJOURNED MEETINGS / 2
SECTION 6. / QUORUM / 2
SECTION 7. / VOTING / 2
SECTION 8. / FIXING OF RECORD DATE / 3
SECTION 9. / ACTION WITHOUT MEETING / 3
SECTION 10. / STOCKHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND BUSINESS PROPOSALS / 4
SECTION 11. / LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE / 6
SECTION 12. / INSPECTOR OF ELECTIONS / 6
ARTICLE III. / DIRECTORS / 7
SECTION 1. / GENERAL / 7
SECTION 2. / VACANCIES / 7
SECTION 3. / REGULAR MEETINGS / 8
SECTION 4. / SPECIAL MEETINGS / 8
SECTION 5. / NOTICE / 8
SECTION 6. / QUORUM / 8
SECTION 7. / ACTION WITHOUT MEETING / 8
SECTION 8. / ACTION BY CONFERENCE TELEPHONE / 8
SECTION 9. / COMMITTEES / 8
SECTION 10. / COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS / 9
ARTICLE IV. / OFFICERS / 9
SECTION 1. / NUMBER / 9
SECTION 2. / ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE / 9
SECTION 3. / THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD / 9
SECTION 4. / THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER / 9
SECTION 5. / THE PRESIDENT / 9
SECTION 6. / THE VICE PRESIDENTS / 10
SECTION 7. / THE SECRETARY / 10
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SECTION 8. / THE TREASURER / 10SECTION 9. / ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS / 10
SECTION 10. / VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD / 10
ARTICLE V. / STOCK OF THE CORPORATION / 10
SECTION 1. / SHARES OF STOCK / 10
SECTION 2. / FACSIMILE SIGNATURES / 11
SECTION 3. / LOST CERTIFICATES / 11
SECTION 4. / TRANSFER OF STOCK / 11
SECTION 5. / REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS / 11
ARTICLE VI. / CONTRACT, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS / 11
SECTION 1. / CONTRACTS / 11
SECTION 2. / LOANS / 12
SECTION 3. / CHECKS / 12
ARTICLE VII. / DIVIDENDS / 12
SECTION 1. / DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS / 12
SECTION 2. / RESERVES / 12
ARTICLE VIII. / FISCAL YEAR / 12
ARTICLE IX. / WAIVER OF NOTICE / 12
ARTICLE X. / SEAL / 12
ARTICLE XI. / AMENDMENTS / 12
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MOLEX INCORPORATED
RESTATEMENT OF BYLAWS
(As of January28, 2011)
ARTICLE I. / OFFICESSECTION 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 may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II. / STOCKHOLDERSSECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETING. Meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, as may be designated by the Board of Directors or officers calling such meetings.
SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on a weekday on such date as the Board of Directors may determine, and shall be held at a time and place to be determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated for any annual meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a meeting of the stockholders as soon thereafter as the Board of Directors determines is reasonably convenient.
SECTION 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. NOTICE. A notice stating the date, time and place (if any) of the meeting, and in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 or more than 60days prior thereto, except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid.
Without limiting the foregoing, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation pursuant to this Section4 shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation and shall also be deemed revoked if (a)the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (b)such inability becomes known to the Secretary of the Corporation, the transfer agent or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Notice given by a form of electronic transmission in accordance with these Bylaws shall be deemed given: (i)if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii)if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii)if by a posting on an electronic network, together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of such posting and the giving of such separate notice; and (iv)if by another form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. For
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purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
Any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation may be given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at such address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholders by written notice to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation, within 60days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice as set forth in this Section4 shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.
Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders may be postponed by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the date previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
SECTION 5. ADJOURNED MEETINGS. When a meeting is adjourned, notice of the adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place (if any) thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, if the adjournment is for not more than 30days, and if no new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact only such business, which might have been transacted at the original meeting as originally notified.
SECTION 6. QUORUM. The holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. Whether or not such quorum is present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting or, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, only such business which may have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified may be transacted. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation or pursuant to any other regulation applicable to the Corporation or its stockholders, when a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of shares of capital stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any questions brought before such meeting (other than the election of directors). Except as otherwise set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other series or class of stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, at all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, a plurality of the votes cast thereat shall elect directors.
SECTION 7. VOTING. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, including the rights of any holder of Preferred Stock, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, elections of directors need not be by written ballot.
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Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy but no proxy shall be voted on or after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date.
SECTION 8. FIXING OF RECORD DATE. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action (other than action by consent in writing without a meeting), the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date: (i)in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, be not more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting; and (ii)in the case of any other action (other than action by consent in writing without a meeting), shall be not more than 60days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (i)the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and (ii)the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose (other than action by consent in writing without a meeting) shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
SECTION 9. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
(a)In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, request that the Board of Directors fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten days after the date on which such written notice is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section8. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section8 or otherwise within ten days after the date on which such written notice is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date after the expiration of such ten day time period on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to any officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section8 or this Section9, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
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(b)In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section9 and applicable law, to the Corporation of written consent or consents to take corporate action and/or any related revocation or revocations, the Corporation shall engage independent inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing promptly a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such inspectors have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and un-revoked consents delivered to the Corporation in accordance with this Section9 and applicable law have been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such determination for entry in the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders. Nothing contained in this Section9 shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).
(c)Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60days after the earliest dated written consent received in accordance with this Section9, a valid written consent or valid written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed in this Section9 and applicable law, and not revoked.
SECTION 10. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND BUSINESS PROPOSALS.
(a)Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1)Nominations and Business Proposals. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (i)pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (ii)by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, or (iii)by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section10(a) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section10(a). In order for business to be properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder, such business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors), as determined by the chairman of the meeting, must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action.
(2)Notice to Corporation. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section10(a)(1)), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed to and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day and not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however that in the event the date of the annual meeting is more than 30days before or more than 70days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above.
(3)Required Contents of Notice to Corporation. To be in proper form, such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i)as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (A) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and (B) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (ii)as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii)as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal for other business is made, (A)the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (B)the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner,(C)a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or other proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any other person or persons acting in concert with any of the foregoing (including their names), including, in the case of a nomination, the nominee, (D)a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, regardless of the form of settlement, any derivative, long or short positions, profit interests, forwards, futures, swaps, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owners or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the effect or intent of which is to create or mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner or any such nominee with respect to the Corporation’s securities (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and such beneficial owner not later than ten days after the record date for the annual meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), (E)a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (F)a representation as to whether such stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group that intends to (i)deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee and/or (ii)otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (G) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (H)with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section10(c)(3). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.