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BYLAWS OF MORT, INC. ARTICLE I - OFFICFS The principal office of the Corporation in the U.S. Virgin Islands is as designated in the Articles of Incorporation as such location may be changed from time to time at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Corporation may also maintain an additional office or offices at such other places within or without the Virgin Islands as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, designate. ARTICLE II - MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Section I -- Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held each year on the second Tuesday in June, or on such other date as shall be specified in the notice or executed waiver of notice and agreed to by the shareholders, for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Section 2 -- Special Meetings: Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the written request of the holders of a majority of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote, or as otherwise required under the provisions of Title 13 of the Virgin Islands Code as it may be from time to time amended. Section 3 -- Place of Meetings: All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other places as shall be designated in the notices or waivers of notice of such meetings. SDNY_GM_00056776 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.CON(F DB-SONY-00 19600 EFTA_00167346 EFTA01295616 Section 4 -- Notice of Meetinzs: (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, written notice of each meeting of shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the time when and place where it is to be held, shall be served either personally or by mail, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the meeting, upon each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, or the shareholder's designated agent, and to any other shareholder to whom the giving of notice may be required by law. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and shall indicate that it is being issued by, or at the direction of, the person or persons calling the meeting. If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken that would, if taken, entitle shareholders to receive payment for their shares pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Virgin Islands Code, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to each such shareholder at his address, as it appears on the records of the shareholders of the Corporation, unless he shall have previously filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to the shareholders' agent and/or to some other address, in which case, it shall be mailed to the person and address designated in such request. (b) Notice may be provided by email if a shareholder has provided his email address to the Secretary for such purpose. (c) Notice of any meeting need not be given to any person who may become a shareholder of record after the mailing of such notice and prior to the meeting, or to any shareholder who attends 1 such meeting, in person or by proxy, or to any shareholder who, in person or by proxy, submits a signed waiver of notice either before or after such meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting of shareholders need not be given, unless otherwise required by statute. Section 5 -- Ouorum: (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, or by the applicable provisions of the Virgin Islands Code, or in the Articles of Incorporation (such Articles and any amendments thereof being herein collectively referred to as the "Articles"), at all meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, the presence at the commencement of such meetings in person or by proxy of any number of shareholders holding of record a majority of the total number of shares of the Corporation then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The withdrawal of any shareholder after the commencement of a meeting shall have no effect on the existence of a quorum, after a quorum has been established at such meeting. (b) Despite the absence of a quorum at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, the shareholders, by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, may adjourn the meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted at the meeting as originally called if a quorum had been present. SDNY_GM_00056777 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.cON(F DB-SONY-0019601 EFTA_OOI 67347 EFTA01295617 Section 6 -- Voting: (a) Except as otherwise provided by applicable provision of the Virgin Islands Code or by the Articles, any corporate action to be taken by vote of the shareholders shall be authorized by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon. (b) Except as otherwise provided by applicable provisions of the Virgin Islands Code or by the Articles of Incorporation, at each meeting of shareholders, each holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock registered in his name on the books of the Corporation. (c) Each shareholder entitled to vote or to express consent or dissent without a meeting, may do so by proxy; provided, however, that the instrument authorizing such proxy to act shall have been executed in writing by the shareholder himself, or his attorney in fact thereunto duly authorized in writing. No proxy shall be valid after expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless the person executing same directs in said proxy that it shall continue in force for a longer period of time. Such instrument shall be exhibited to the Secretary at the meeting and shall be filed with the records of the Corporation. (d) Shares registered in the name of another corporation, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president, a vice president or a proxy appointed by the president or a vice president of such other corporation, unless some other person has been appointed to vote such shares pursuant to a by-law or a resolution of the board of directors of such other corporation, in which case such person may vote such shares. Any fiduciary may vote shares registered in the name as such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy. (e) Any resolution in writing, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, shall be and constitute action by such shareholders to the effect therein expressed, with the same force and effect as if the same had been duly passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of shareholders of such resolution so signed and shall be inserted in the Minute Book of the Corporation under its proper date. ARTICLE III - BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section I -- Number, Qualification, Election and Term of office: (a) The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be three (3) unless and until otherwise determined by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The number of Directors shall in no event be less than three (3) unless and until such time as Virgin Islands law shall allow. (b) Except as may otherwise be provided herein or in the Articles, the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, who need not be shareholders, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders, by the holders of shares, present in person or by proxy, entitled to vote in the election. - 3- SDNY_GM_00056778 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R.CON(F DB-SONY-00 19602 EFTA_00167348 EFTA01295618 (c) Each Director shall hold office until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his prior death, resignation or removal. Section 2 -- Duties and Powers: The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the control and management of the affairs, property and interests of the Corporation, and may exercise all powers of the Corporation, except as are in the Articles or by applicable provisions of the Virgin Islands Code expressly conferred upon or reserved to the shareholders. Section 3 -- Annual and Regular Meetings; Notices: (a) A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place of such annual meeting of shareholders. (b) The Board of Directors, from time to time, may provide for the holding of other regular meetings of the Board of Directors, and may fix the time and place thereof. (c) Notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall not be required to be given and, if given, need not specify the purpose of the meeting; provided, however, that in case the Board of Directors shall fix or change the time or place of any regular meeting, notice of such action shall be given to each Director who shall not have been present at the meeting at which such action was taken within the time limit, and in the manner set forth in paragraph (b), Section 4 of this Article III, with respect to the special meetings, unless such notice shall be waived in the manner set forth in paragraph (c) of such Section 4. Section 4 -- Special Meetings; Notice: (a) Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the President or by one of the Directors, at such time and place as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof. (b) Except as otherwise required by the applicable provisions of the Virgin Islands Code, notice of special meetings shall be mailed directly to each Director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least seven (7) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telegram, radio or cable, or shall be delivered to him personally or given to him orally, not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the time at which the meeting is to be held. A notice, or waiver of notice, except as required by Section 8 of this Article III, need not specify the purpose of the meeting. (c) Notice of any special meeting shall not be required to be given to any Director who shall attend such meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to -4 - SDNY_GM_00056779 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R.CON(F DB-SONY-0019603 EFTA_00 167349 EFTA01295619 him, or who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting shall not be required to be given. Section 5 -- Chairman: At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, if any and if present, shall preside. If there shall be no Chairman, or he shall be absent, then the President shall preside, and in his absence, a Chairman chosen by the Directors shall preside. Section 6 -- Ouorum and Adjournments: (a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors the presence of a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Articles, or by these Bylaws. (b) A majority of the Directors present at the time and place of any regular or special meeting, although less than a quorum, may adjourn the same from time to time without notice, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7 -- Manner of Acting: (a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each Director present shall have one vote, irrespective of the number of shares of stock, if any, which the Director may hold. (b) Except as otherwise provided by applicable provisions of the Virgin Islands Code, by the Articles, or by these Bylaws, the action of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, which action is authorized, in writing, by all of the Directors entitled to vote thereon and filed with the Minutes of the proceedings of the Board or the committee shall be the act of the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if the same had been passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of the Board or the committee. Section 8 -- Vacancies: My vacancy in the Board of Directors occurring by reason of any increase in the number of Directors, or by reason of the death, resignation, disqualification, removal (unless a vacancy created by the removal of a Director by the shareholders shall be filled by the shareholders at the meeting at which the removal was effected) or inability to act of any Director, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining Directors present, though less than a quorum, at any regular meeting or special meeting of the Board of Directors. - 5- SDNY_GM_00056780 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R.CON(F DB-SONY-00 19604 EFTA_OOI 67350 EFTA01295620 Section 9 -- Resignation: Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Section 10 -- Removal: Any Director may be removed with or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of shareholders holding of record in the aggregate at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, and may be removed for cause by action of the Board. Section 11 -- Salary: No stated salary shall be paid to Directors, as such, for their services, but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 12 -- Contracts: (a) No contract or other transaction between this Corporation and any other corporation shall be impaired, affected or invalidated, nor shall any Director be liable in any way by reason of the fact that any one or more of the Directors of this Corporation is or are interested in, or is a director or officer, or are directors or officers of such other corporation, provided that such facts are disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors. (b) Any Director, personally or individually, may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction of this Corporation, and no Director shall be liable in any way by reason of such interest, provided that the fact of such interest be disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors, and provided that the Board of Directors shall authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by the vote (not counting the vote of any such Director) of a majority of a quorum, notwithstanding the presence of any such Director at the meeting at which such action is taken. Such Director or Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting. This Section shall not be construed to impair or invalidate or in any way affect any contract or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the law (common, statutory or otherwise) applicable thereto. -6- SDNY_GM_00056781 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.CON(F DB-SONY-0019605 EFTA_OOI 6735 I EFTA01295621 Section 13 -- Committees: The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may from time to time designate from among its members an executive committee and such other committees, and alternate members thereof, as they may deem desirable, each consisting of two (2) or more members, with such powers and authority (to the extent permitted by law) as may be provided in such resolution. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS Section 1 -- Number, Qualification, Elections and Term of Office: (a) The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and such other officers, including a Chairman of the Board of Directors, and one or more Vice- Presidents, Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem advisable. The President of the Corporation shall, and any other officer may, be a Director of the Corporation. Any two offices (but not more than two) other than the offices of Chairman of the Board or President and Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be held by the same person. (b) The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the regular annual meeting of the Board following the annual meeting of shareholders. The salaries of all officers shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (c) Each officer shall hold office until the annual meeting of the Board of Directors next succeeding his election, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until his prior death, resignation or removal. Section 2 -- Resignation: Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or by such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effect. Section 3 -- Removal: Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, and a successor elected by a majority vote of the Board of Directors at any time. -7 - SDNY_GM_00056782 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.CON(F DB-SONY-0019606 EFTA_00 167352 EFTA01295622 Section 4 -- Vacancies: A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, inability to act, disqualification, or any other cause, may at any time be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Section 5 -- Duties of Officers: Officers of the Corporation shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such power and duties as may be set forth in these Bylaws, or may from time to time be specifically conferred or imposed by the Board of Directors. (a) The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. (b) The Vice-President, if any, shall perform the duties as required by the President or the Board of Directors. During any absence or incapacity of the President, the Vice-President, if any, shall be the acting chief executive officer of the Corporation, assuming the duties of the President, if any, until his resumption of same or until otherwise directed by the Board of Directors. (c) The Treasurer shall have the custody of all books of account and the funds and securities of the Corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation in payment of just 1 demands against the proper vouchers for such disbursements. He shall render an annual report to the Board of Directors for the benefit of shareholders concerning the finances of the Corporation. He shall perform such other duties as are incidental to his office and such as are required of him by the President or the Board of Directors. He shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (d) The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation; shall conduct such correspondence on behalf of the Corporation as shall be required of him by the President; and discharge such additional duties from time to time as may be required of him by the President or the Board of Directors. He shall issue all notices required for the holding of meetings of the Board of Directors and of shareholders; shall keep minutes of all meetings of shareholders; shall perform such additional duties as are incidental to his office; and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (e) The Assistant Secretaries and the Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors. Section 6 -- Sureties and Bonds: In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the Board - 8 - SDNY_GM_00056783 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.Cd1M(F DB-SONY-0019607 EFTA_00 167353 EFTA01295623 of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the Corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the Corporation which may come into his hands. Section 7 -- Shares of Other Corporations: Whenever the Corporation is the holder of shares of any other corporation, any right or power of the Corporation as such shareholder (including the attendance, acting and voting at shareholders' meetings and execution of waivers, consents, proxies or other instruments) may be exercised on behalf of the Corporation by the President, any Vice President, or such other person as the Board of Directors may authorize. Section 8 -- Compensation of Officers: The officers shall receive such salary or compensation, if any, as may be fixed and determined by the Board of Directors. Any payments made to an officer of the Corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, or rent, or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Bureau, shall be reimbursed by such officer of the Corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the Directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from future compensation payments until the amount owed to the Corporation has been recovered. ARTICLE V - SHARES OF STOCK Section 1 -- Certificates of Stock: (a) The certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall be numbered and registered in the order issued. They shall bear the holder's name and the number of shares, and shall be signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President, and (ii) the Secretary or Treasurer, or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, and shall bear the corporate seal. (b) No certificate representing shares shall be issued until the full amount of consideration therefor has been paid, except as otherwise permitted by law. (c) To the extent permitted by law, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of certificates for fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and participate in liquidating distributions, in proportion to the fractional holdings; or it may authorize the payment in cash of the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or it may authorize the issuance, subject to such conditions as may be permitted by law, of scrip in registered or bearer form over the signature of an - 9- SDNY_GM_00056784 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.WINIF DB-SONY-0019608 EFTA_00167354 EFTA01295624 officer or agent of the Corporation, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a shareholder, except as therein provided. Section 2 — Lost or Destroyed Certificates: The holder of any certificate representing shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss or destruction of the certificate representing the same. The Corporation may issue a new certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost or destroyed. On production of such evidence of loss or destruction as the Board of Directors in its discretion may require, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the corporation a bond in such sum as the Board may direct, and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the Board, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim, loss, liability or damage it may suffer on account of the issuance of the new certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any such evidence or bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it is proper so to do. Section 3 Transfer of Shares: (a) Transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made on the share records of the Corporation only by the holder of the records thereof, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, with an assignment or power of 1 transfer endorsed thereon or delivered therewith, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature and of authority to transfer and of payment of transfer taxes as the Corporation or its agents may require. (b) The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any legal, 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 expressly provided by law. Section 4 -- Record Date: In lieu of closing the share records of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date not exceeding fifty (50) days, nor less than ten (10) days, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, or to consent to any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividends, or allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held, except that the record date for determining the eligibility of shares —10 — SDNY_GM_00056785 .NEIDENTIAL „QC) CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED_ DB-SDNY-0019609 EFTA_00167355 EFTA01295625 to be voted on at any election for directors, shall be no less than 20 days next preceding such election of directors; the record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the Directors relating thereto is adopted. When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided for herein, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Directors fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. ARTICLE VI - DIVIDENDS Subject to applicable law, dividends may be declared and paid out of any funds available therefor, as often, in such amounts, and at such time or times as the Board of Directors may determine. ARTICLE VII - FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, subject to applicable law. ARTICLE VIII - CORPORATE SEAL Section I -- Seal: 1 The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof. Section 2 -- Affixing Seal: Whenever the Corporation is required to place its corporate seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a corporate seal to impress, affix, draw or reproduce a facsimile thereof adjacent to the signature of the authorized officer. ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS Section 1 By Shareholders: All Bylaws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new Bylaws may be made, by the affirmative vote of shareholders holding of record in the aggregate at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, provided that the notice or waiver or notice of such meeting shall have summarized or set forth in full therein the proposed amendment. SDNY_GM_00056786 I DENTIAL NE CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED R.QP DB-SDNY-0019610 EFTA_00167356 EFTA01295626 Section 2 -- By Directors: The Board of Directors shall have power to make and adopt Bylaws of the Corporation, except that the Board of Directors shall have no power to effectively change the quorum for meetings of shareholders or of the Board of Directors, or to effectively change any provisions of the Bylaws with respect to the removal of directors or the filling of vacancies in the Board resulting from removal by the shareholders; provided, however, that the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto as in this Article IX above-provided may alter, amend or repeal Bylaws made by the Board of Directors. If any bylaw regulating an impending election of Directors is adopted by the Board of Directors, which effectively amends or repeals a regulation concerning the method, notice, quorum necessary or otherwise substantially affecting the means for conducting an impending election of the Board of Directors, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of Directors, the bylaw so made and adopted together with a concise statement of the changes made. ARTICLE X - INDEMNITY Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was 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, may be indemnified by the Corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any 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 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 conduct was unlawful. Any indemnification under the foregoing provisions shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of a director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he had met the applicable standard of conduct set forth above. Such determination shall be made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable and the quorum of disinterested directors so -12- SDNY_GM_00056787 IDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.CON(F DB-SONY-0019611 EFTA_00 167357 EFTA01295627 directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or by the shareholders. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amounts unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as herein authorized. The indemnification herein provided by this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any By-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators of such person. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was 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 and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions above set forth. For purposes of this Article, references to "the Corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The amount of indemnity to which any officer or Director may be entitled shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, except that in any case where there is no disinterested majority of the Board available, the amount shall be fixed by arbitration pursuant to the then existing rules of the American Arbitration Association. Adopted by written consent of the share of the t2"d. ay of April, 2011. Jeffrey Epstein, S RADOCSV9IPSCORPOOO12R9965.DOC -13- SDNY_GM 00056788 I DENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED R.Q0 NE DB-SDNY-0019612 EFTA_0O167358 EFTA01295628