EX-3.2 3 d135486dex32.htm EX-3.2 EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF

SYNACOR, INC.

Article 1.

Stockholders

Section 1.01 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of Synacor, Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be held at such place within or outside of the State of Delaware, at such time and on such date, as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors, for the election of directors and for the transaction of any other proper business.

Section 1.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called at any time and from time to time by the President or by a majority of the directors then in office, and shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of stockholders holding of record at least a majority in number of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Special meetings shall be held at such place within or outside of the State of Delaware, at such time and on such date as shall be specified in the call thereof.

Section 1.03 Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of the stockholders, stating the place, date and hour thereof and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which it is called, shall be given, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting (or at such other time as may be required by statute), to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to each stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

Section 1.04 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated in such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting of the stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a 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.

Section 1.05 Adjournment. When any meeting of the stockholders is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after such adjournment the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.


Section 1.06 Quorum. At any meeting of the stockholders, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be necessary in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. If there shall not be a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote present at such meeting, in person or by proxy, may adjourn such meeting from time to time, without further notice to the stockholders other than an announcement at such meeting, until holders of the amount of shares required to constitute a quorum shall be present in person or by proxy.

Section 1.07 Voting. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder. Voting need not be by ballot, except that all election of directors shall be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Whenever any corporate action is to be taken by vote of the stockholders, it shall, except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders of the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, except that all elections shall be decided by a plurality of the votes cast.

Section 1.08 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting thereof, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of such corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

Section 1.09 Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action, as the record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or 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.

Section 1.10 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

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Article 2.

Directors

Section 2.01 Number; Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation. The initial Board of Directors shall be:

Quinn Morgan – Director

Kenneth Lau – Director

Section 2.02 Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

Section 2.03 Meetings. A meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held for the election of officers and for the transaction of such other business as may come before such meeting as soon as practicable after the annual meeting of the stockholders. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may from time to time determine. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the President of the Corporation or by a majority of the directors then in office. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held within or outside of the State of Delaware.

Section 2.04 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice; Adjournment. No notice need be given of the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of stockholders or of any other regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors, specifying the place, date and hour thereof, shall be delivered personally, mailed or telegraphed to each director at his or her address as such address appears on the books of the Corporation at least two (2) business days (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays not being considered business days for the purpose of these Bylaws) before the date of such meeting. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a director at a special meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, the directors or any committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. A majority of the directors present whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

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Section 2.05 Quorum; Voting. A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

Section 2.06 Participation by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.07 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceeding of the Board of Directors or of such committee.

Section 2.08 Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, 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 by the officers on all papers which may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to (a) amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of the assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series); (b) adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation; (c) recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets; (d) recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (e) amending these Bylaws and, unless the resolution expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member.

Section 2.09 Removal; Resignation. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Any director may resign at any time, upon written notice to the Corporation.

 

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Section 2.10 Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided above in the filling of other vacancies. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.

Section 2.11 Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of directors.

Article 3.

Officers

Section 3.01 Election; Qualifications. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors and as soon as practicable after each annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall elect or appoint a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may elect or appoint at such time or from time to time such additional officers, with such titles as the Board of Directors shall designate by resolution, as the Board of Directors deems advisable. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also elect a chairman (who must be a director), one or more vice chairmen (who must be directors). No officer need be a director of the Corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

Section 3.02 Term of Office; Vacancies. Each officer shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Any vacancy occurring in any office, whether because of death, resignation or removal, with or without cause, or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.03 Removal; Resignation. Any officer may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign his or her office at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.

Section 3.04 Powers and Duties of the President. The President shall have overall management responsibility for the Corporation, shall set and carry out corporate policies and see to the execution of the Corporation’s long-term objectives. The President shall have authority to sign for and bind the corporation to any contract, mortgage, and other agreements unless the Board directs another officer to sign such document; and in general shall have such authority and responsibilities as are incident to the office of the President or are delegated to him by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.05 Powers and Duties of the Vice Presidents. Each of the Vice Presidents shall be given such titles and designations and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 3.06 Powers and Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary shall record and keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices by the Corporation. The Secretary shall be the custodian of, and shall make or cause to be made the proper entries in, the minute book of the Corporation and such other books and records as the Board of Directors may direct. The Secretary shall be the custodian of the corporate seal of the Corporation and shall affix or cause to be affixed such seal to such contracts and other instruments as the Board of Directors may direct. The Secretary shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.07 Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds and securities of the Corporation. Whenever required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall render a statement of the Corporation’s cash and other accounts and shall cause to be entered regularly in the proper books and records of the Corporation to be kept for such purpose full and accurate accounts of the Corporation’s receipts and disbursements. The Treasurer shall at all reasonable times exhibit the Corporation’s books and accounts to any director of the Corporation upon application at the principal office of the Corporation during business hours. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.08 Delegation. In the event of the absence of any officer of the Corporation or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may at any time or from time to time delegate all or any part of the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or officers or to any director or directors.

Article 4.

Stock

The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.

Article 5.

Execution of Documents

All contracts, agreements, instruments, bills payable, notes, checks, drafts, warrants or other obligations of the Corporation shall be made in the name of the Corporation and shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Article 6.

Seal

The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall contain the name of the Corporation, the words “Corporate Seal”, the year of its organization and the word “Delaware.”

 

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Article 7.

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation will end on the end of the calendar year unless otherwise proscribed by the Board of Directors.

Article 8.

Indemnification

Section 8.01 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), where the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent or in any other capacity while servicing as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Section 8.02 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.01, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in defending any proceeding for which such right to indemnification is applicable in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee 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 indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) 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 to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section or otherwise.

 

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Section 8.03 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Section 8.01 and Section 8.02, respectively, shall be contract rights. If a claim under Section 8.01 or Section 8.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (A) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (B) in any suit by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 8.03 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

Section 8.04 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 8 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise.

Section 8.05 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Section 8.06 Amendment of Rights. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article 8 that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

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Section 8.07 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to the advancement of expenses, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

Article 9.

Amendment of Bylaws

These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, and any new Bylaw may be adopted, by the stockholders entitled to vote or by the Board of Directors.

Effective as of April 1, 2021.

 

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