Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On
? Section 1.2 of the By-laws has been amended to provide the Board with the
ability, in its sole discretion, to determine that a meeting of stockholders
shall take place entirely remotely, consistent with current
provisions.
? Section 1.6 of the By-laws has been amended to eliminate the requirement that
during a meeting of the Company's stockholders, if the meeting is to be held at
a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be
produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time
thereof and examined by any stockholder who is present.
? Section 1.9(B) of the By-laws has been amended to revise the required
information for stockholder nominations for annual meetings of stockholders,
including to require: (i) disclosure regarding ownership of any security of the
Company or of the Company's competitors identified in the Company's peer group,
as disclosed in its most recent proxy statement; (ii) a description of the
manner in which the stockholder proponent will conduct any solicitation with
respect to the nomination of any proposed director nominees, including an
undertaking to comply with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission's new universal proxy rules; (iii) a description of the investment
strategic or objective of the stockholder proponent, including a copy of each
prospectus, marketing or similar document or other certain documents that
describe the investment thesis of the stockholder proponent with respect to the
Company; (iii) a certification that the stockholder proponent will provide
facts, statements, and other information that are or will be true and correct
in all material respects and will not omit to state a fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading; (iv) an undertaking by the stockholder proponent to appear in
person or by proxy at the annual meeting to nominate any proposed director
nominee(s) or being such business before the meeting, and an acknowledgement
that if the stockholder proponent does not so appear at the meeting, the
Company need not bring such proposed director nominee(s) or such business for a
vote at such meeting; (v) an undertaking by the stockholder proponent to notify
the Company of any determination to no longer solicit proxies for the election
of any proposed director nominee(s) at the annual meeting; (vi) a certification
regarding whether the stockholder proponent has complied with all applicable
federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with such person's
acquisition of the Company's securities; and (vii) a representation that the
proposed director nominee will tender his or her resignation as a director of
the Company if the Board determines that such proposed nominee fails to comply
with the advance notice requirements of the By-laws and, if such non-compliance
may be cured, the proposed director nominee fails to cure such non-compliance
within 10 business days after being notified of such non-compliance.
? Section 1.9(D) of the By-laws has been amended to specify that, in order to be
eligible for election or re-election as a director, a person must complete and
sign all questionnaires required of the Company's directors, which, in the case
of a director nominee proposed by a stockholder proponent, such questionnaires
shall be provided by the Company within 10 business days after receipt of a
written request therefor from the stockholder proponent.
? Section 1.9(E) of the By-laws has been amended to provide that the Board may
reasonably require any proposed director nominee to submit to interviews with
the Board or any committee thereof following a request from the Board or any
committee thereof, as would be the case for any other nominee to the Board.
? Section 3.2 of the By-laws has been amended to clarify that, unless the Board's
resolution establishing a new committee provides otherwise, any committee
designated by the Board shall serve at the Board's pleasure and have such
powers and duties as the Board determines.
? Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 of the By-laws have been amended to revise the
scope of indemnification that the Company provides to its directors, officers
and other agents and to clarify the type of proceedings that are indemnified,
the expenses that are reimbursable, the persons who are indemnifiable, and the
rights of a claimant to bring suit for reimbursement.
The By-laws, as amended, also incorporate certain clarifying, ministerial, non-substantive and conforming changes.
The foregoing description of the amendments to the By-laws is a summary and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the By-laws as
adopted by the Board on
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits Exhibit Description
3.1 Amended and Restated By-laws ofCross Country Healthcare, Inc. , effective as ofDecember 12, 2022 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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