Exhibit 3.2

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS OF

 

EQUINIX, INC.

 

A DELAWARE CORPORATION

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    

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ARTICLE I OFFICE AND RECORDS

  

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Section 1.1 Delaware Office

  

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Section 1.2 Other Offices

  

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Section 1.3 Books and Records

  

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ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS

  

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Section 2.1 Annual Meeting

  

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Section 2.2 Special Meeting

  

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Section 2.3 Place of Meeting

  

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Section 2.4 Notice of Meeting

  

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Section 2.5 Quorum and Adjournment

  

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Section 2.6 Proxies

  

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Section 2.7 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations

  

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Section 2.8 Procedure for Election of Directors

  

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Section 2.9 Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls

  

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Section 2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting

  

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ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  

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Section 3.1 General Powers

  

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Section 3.2 Number, Tenure and Qualifications

  

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Section 3.3 Regular Meetings

  

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Section 3.4 Special Meetings

  

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Section 3.5 Notice

  

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Section 3.6 Conference Telephone Meetings

  

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Section 3.7 Quorum

  

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Section 3.8 Vacancies

  

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Section 3.9 Committee

  

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Section 3.10 Removal

  

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ARTICLE IV OFFICERS

  

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Section 4.1 Elected Officers

  

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Section 4.2 Election and Term of Office

  

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Section 4.3 Chairman of the Board

  

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Section 4.4 President and Chief Executive Officer

  

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Section 4.5 Secretary

  

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Section 4.6 Treasurer

  

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Section 4.7 Removal

  

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Section 4.8 Vacancies

  

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ARTICLE V STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

  

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Section 5.1 Stock Certificates and Transfers

  

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ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION

  

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Section 6.1 Right to Indemnification

  

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Section 6.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses

  

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Section 6.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit

  

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Section 6.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights

  

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Section 6.5 Insurance

  

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Section 6.6 Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation

  

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ARTICLE VII GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS

  

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Section 7.1 Number of Directors

  

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Section 7.2 Nomination of Directors

  

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Section 7.3 Board Committees

  

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Section 7.4 Chairman of the Board

  

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Section 7.5 Budgets

  

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Section 7.6 Termination of Governance Provisions

  

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  

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Section 8.1 Fiscal Year

  

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Section 8.2 Dividends

  

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Section 8.3 Seal

  

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Section 8.4 Waiver of Notice

  

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Section 8.5 Audits

  

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Section 8.6 Resignations

  

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Section 8.7 Contracts

  

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Section 8.8 Proxies

  

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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS

  

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Section 9.1 Amendments

  

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ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES AND RECORDS

 

Section 1.1 Delaware Office. The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.

 

Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

 

Section 1.3 Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at the Corporation’s principal offices or at such other locations outside the State of Delaware as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 2.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such date, place and/or time as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.2 Special Meeting. Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. For purposes of these Amended and Restated Bylaws, the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships.

 

Section 2.3 Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate the place of meeting for any meeting of the stockholders. If no designation is made by the Board of Directors, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.4 Notice of Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, written or printed notice or notice otherwise allowed by Delaware General Corporation Law, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be prepared and delivered by the Corporation not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally, or by mail, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by law. Meetings may be held without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present (except as otherwise provided by law), or if notice is waived by those not present. Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders may be postponed and (unless the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation (as in effect from time to time, including any certificates of designation, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) otherwise provides) any


special meeting of the stockholders may be cancelled, by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Voting Stock”), represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series voting separately as a class or series, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business. The chairman of the meeting or a majority of the shares of Voting Stock so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum (or, in the case of specified business to be voted on by a class or series, the chairman or a majority of the shares of such class or series so represented may adjourn the meeting with respect to such specified business). No notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by law. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 2.6 Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or as may be permitted by law, or by his, her or its duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy must be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or his representative at or before the time of the meeting.

 

Section 2.7 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

 

A. Subject to Article VII, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (1) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice with respect to such meeting, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (3) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.7.

 

B. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to paragraph (A)(3) of this Section 2.7, (1) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and (2) such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the Delaware General Corporation Law. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 45 or more than 75 days prior to the first anniversary (the “Anniversary”) of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if no proxy materials were mailed by the Corporation in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or (y) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such

 

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meeting is first made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such person’s written consent to serve as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such business, 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 (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner.

 

C. Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (B) of this Section 2.7 to the contrary, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 55 days prior to the Anniversary, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.7 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

D. Subject to Article VII, only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.7 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.7. The chair of the meeting shall have the power and the duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Amended and Restated Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Amended and Restated Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.

 

E. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Subject to Article VII, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (2) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this paragraph, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.7. Subject to Article VII, nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders if the stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (B) of this Section 2.7 shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of

 

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the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.

 

F. For purposes of this Section 2.7, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

G. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 2.7. Nothing in this Section 2.7 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

 

Section 2.8 Procedure for Election of Directors. Election of directors at all meetings of the stockholders at which directors are to be elected shall be by written ballot or other means allowed by Delaware General Corporation Law, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation (the “Preferred Stock”) or any other series or class of stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, a plurality of the votes cast thereat shall elect directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Amended and Restated Bylaws, all matters other than the election of directors submitted to the stockholders at any meeting shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

 

Section 2.9 Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls.

 

A. The Board of Directors by resolution shall appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives of the Corporation, to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act, or if all inspectors or alternates who have been appointed are unable to act, at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

B. The chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting.

 

Section 2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by the

 

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stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Amended and Restated Bylaws, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

 

Section 3.2 Number, Tenure and Qualifications. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances and Article VII, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board.

 

Section 3.3 Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without notice other than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, each annual meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, provide the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without notice other than such resolution. Until December 31, 2003, the Board of Directors shall meet at least monthly.

 

Section 3.4 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the President or a majority of the Board of Directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place and time of the meetings.

 

Section 3.5 Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given to each director at his business or residence in writing or by telegram, facsimile transmission or telephone communication. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five days before such meeting. If by telegram, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company at least twenty-four hours before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission, such notice shall be transmitted at least twenty-four hours before such meeting. If by telephone, the notice shall be given at least twelve hours prior to the time set for the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to these Amended and Restated Bylaws as provided under Section 8.1. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present (except as otherwise provided by law) or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in writing, either before or after such meeting.

 

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Section 3.6 Conference Telephone Meetings. 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 conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 3.7 Quorum. A whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. The act 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 3.8 Vacancies. Subject to Article VII and the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall, unless otherwise provided by law or by resolution of the Board of Directors, be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which they have been chosen expires. No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section 3.9 Committees.

 

A. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and 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 to all papers which may require it.

 

B. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to these Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 

Section 3.10 Removal. Subject to Article VII and the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any directors, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of

 

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the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 4.1 Elected Officers. The elected officers of the Corporation shall be a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may be a Chairman of the Board, a President and a Chief Executive Officer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors from time to time may deem proper. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall be chosen from the directors. All officers shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of Articles II, III, IV and V. Such officers shall also have powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Directors or by any committee thereof.

 

Section 4.2 Election and Term of Office. The elected officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Subject to Section 4.7 of these Amended and Restated Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign.

 

Section 4.3 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board at any meeting, a majority of the directors present at such meeting shall have the power to select any director at the meeting to preside.

 

Section 4.4 President and Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, or if there is no Chief Executive Officer, the President, shall be the general manager of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and as such shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation, shall sign or countersign or authorize another officer to sign all certificates, contracts, and other instruments of the Corporation as authorized by the Board of Directors, shall make reports to the Board of Directors and stockholders, and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to such office or are properly required by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors creates the office of the President as a separate office from the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have such duties as are determined by, and shall be subject to the general supervision, direction, and control of, the Chief Executive Officer unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise.

 

Section 4.5 Secretary. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors and all other notices required by law or by these Amended and Restated Bylaws, and in case of his absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the Chairman of the Board, the

 

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Chief Executive Officer or the President, or by the Board of Directors, upon whose request the meeting is called as provided in these Amended and Restated Bylaws. He or she shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Directors, any committees thereof and the stockholders of the Corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors (to the extent consistent with the Chairman’s duty and authority to preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors), the Chief Executive Officer or the President. He or she shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and attest to the same.

 

Section 4.6 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. The Treasurer shall render to the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

Section 4.7 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in their judgment, the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby. No elected officer shall have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of his successor, his death, his resignation or his removal, whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or an employee plan.

 

Section 4.8 Vacancies. A newly created office and a vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

ARTICLE V

 

STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

 

Section 5.1 Stock Certificates and Transfers.

 

A. The interest of each stockholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock in such form as the appropriate officers of the Corporation may from time to time prescribe. The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by his, her or its attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, and

 

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with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require.

 

B. The certificates of stock shall be signed, countersigned and registered in such manner as the Board of Directors may by resolution prescribe, which resolution may permit all or any of the signatures on such certificates to be in facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 6.1 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 is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee 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”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee 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 or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 6.3 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 6.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses. The right to indemnification conferred in Section 6.1 shall include, to the extent permitted by law, the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses 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

 

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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.

 

Section 6.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2, respectively, shall be contract rights. If a claim under Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty 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 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 Board of 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 Board of 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 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

 

Section 6.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Amended and Restated Bylaws, or any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 6.5 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any indemnitee 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 6.6 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

 

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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 Section with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS

 

Section 7.1 Number of Directors. Notwithstanding Section 3.2, until this Article VII terminates in accordance with Section 7.6, the number of directors of this Corporation shall be fixed at nine.

 

Section 7.2 Nomination of Directors. At each annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any meeting of the stockholders at which members of the Board of Directors are to be elected, the nominees to the Board of Directors shall be determined as follows:

 

A. Series A Directors.

 

(1) Each Series A Director (as defined in Section 7 of the Corporation’s certificate of designation filed with the Secretary of the State of Delaware on December 30, 2002 (the “Certificate of Designation”)) shall be nominated by holders of a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding.

 

(2) If at any time the number of Series A Directors is reduced by operation of Section 7 of the Certificate of Designation, nominations for the director seats affected by such reduction shall thereafter be made in accordance with Section 7.2(D) of these Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 

B. Pihana Director.

 

(1) Until the earlier of (the “Pihana Board Termination Date”) (i) this Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders after December 31, 2002, provided such meeting does not occur prior to May 30, 2003, and (ii) the sale by this Corporation of convertible debt securities in aggregate principal amount of at least $10 million, one director (the “Pihana Director”) shall be nominated by holders of a majority of the Corporation’s voting stock held by the Pihana Stockholders (as defined in that certain Governance Agreement between the Corporation, STT Communications Ltd. and the former stockholders of Pihana Pacific, Inc. dated December 31, 2002 (the “Governance Agreement”)) as of the record date for any election of directors; provided, however, that any Pihana Director shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority of the the Series A Directors, the Equinix Directors (as defined below) and the Independent Directors (as defined below), taken as a whole.

 

(2) At such time as the Pihana Stockholders are no longer eligible to nominate a Pihana Director pursuant to Section 7.2(B)(1), nominations for the director seat affected by such reduction shall be made in accordance with Section 7.2(D) of these Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 

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(3) Notwithstanding Section 7.2(B)(2), Section 9.1 or any other provision in these Bylaws to the contrary, after the Pihana Board Termination Date the Board of Directors may amend this Section 7.2(B) to provide an alternative nomination process to fill the seat vacated by the Pihana Director; provided, however, that any such action by the Board of Directors shall include the vote of at least one non-independent Series A Director, one non-independent Equinix Director and one Remaining Director. For purposes of this Section 7.2(B)(3) whether or not a director is independent shall be determined based on the definition of “independent” provided in Section 7.2(C)(3).

 

C. Equinix Directors. So long as any Series A Directors may be nominated pursuant to Section 7.2(A), the stockholders of the Corporation shall be represented by three directors (the “Equinix Directors”) who shall be nominated as follows:

 

(1) The initial Equinix Directors shall be the Original Equinix Directors (as defined in the Governance Agreement) until their resignation or removal.

 

(2) Any vacancies among the Equinix Directors shall be filled based on the nomination of the remaining Original Equinix Directors or any successor directors nominated by Original Equinix Directors or properly nominated successors of Original Equinix Directors; provided, however, if no Original Equinix Directors or successors of Original Equinix Directors are then on the Board of Directors, the Equinix Directors shall be Independent Directors (as defined below) selected for nomination by Parent’s nominating committee.

 

(3) One Equinix Director nominated pursuant to Section 7.2(C)(1) or (2) shall at all times be “independent” within the meaning of the then-applicable rules and regulations of The Nasdaq National Market or any stock exchange or trading system (“Trading Rules”) on which the Corporation’s Common Stock may then trade (an “Independent Director”), and the nomination of such independent Equinix Director shall be subject to reasonable approval by nomination by Parent’s nominating committee.

 

D. Remaining Directors. All other directors (the “Remaining Directors”) shall be Independent Directors selected for nomination by Parent’s nominating committee.

 

E. Removal of Directors. Stockholders and other persons having the right to designate a Series A Director or Pihana Director pursuant to this Section 7.2 may remove the director or directors so designated by providing written notice to the Corporation at any time and from time to time, and may do so with or without cause, in their sole discretion. Equinix Directors may only be removed by this Corporation’s stockholders for cause.

 

F. Appointment of Directors. In the event of the resignation, death, removal or disqualification of an Equinix Director, Series A Director or Pihana Director, the stockholders or directors having the right to nominate that director pursuant to this Section 7.2 may nominate a new director to fill the vacancy so created, and, after written notice of such nomination has been given by such stockholders to Parent, the Board shall appoint such nominee to fill such vacancy or, if necessary, shall nominate such nominee for election to the Board.

 

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Section 7.3 Board Committees.

 

A. To the extent permitted under applicable Trading Rules, each committee of the Board of Directors shall have at least one Series A Director and one Equinix Director. There shall at all times be an equal number of Series A Directors and Equinix Directors on each committee.

 

B. Subject to applicable Trading Rules, so long as at least two Series A Directors may be nominated pursuant to Section 7.2(A), a Series A Director shall be the Chairman of the Compensation Committee with the powers, if any, delegated by the Board of Directors to such Chairman in the Compensation Committee charter.

 

C. The Corporation shall at all times have an audit committee, compensation committee and a nominating committee. Each such committee shall be constituted and operated pursuant to applicable Trading Rules.

 

Section 7.4 Chairman of the Board. Subject to applicable Trading Rules, so long as at least two Series A Directors may be nominated pursuant to Section 7.2(a), the Chairman of the Board shall be a Series A Director.

 

Section 7.5 Budgets. Each annual, and, if applicable, quarterly, budget shall be approved by the Board of Directors, which approval shall include the vote of at least one non-independent Series A Director, one non-independent Equinix Director and one Remaining Director. For purposes of this Section 7.2(B)(3), whether or not a director is independent shall be determined based on the definition of “independent” provided in Section 7.2(C)(3).

 

Section 7.6 Termination of Governance Provisions. The provisions of this Article VII shall terminate on the earliest of (i) such time as the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock are no longer eligible to nominate a Series A Director pursuant to Section 7.2, (ii) upon the occurrence of a Voting Stock Trigger Event (as defined in the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation to the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) and (iii) December 31, 2004.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December of each year.

 

Section 8.2 Dividends. The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 8.3 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed the name of the Corporation thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 8.4 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Board of Directors need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 8.5 Audits. The accounts, books and records of the Corporation shall be audited upon the conclusion of each fiscal year by an independent certified public accountant selected by the Board of Directors, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to cause such audit to be made annually.

 

Section 8.6 Resignations. Any director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any time by serving written notice of such resignation on the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary or at such later date as is stated therein. No formal action shall be required of the Board of Directors or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.

 

Section 8.7 Contracts. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Amended and Restated Bylaws and any signing authority policies adopted by the Board of Directors from time to time, any contracts or other instruments may be executed and delivered in the name and on the behalf of the Corporation by such officer or officers of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may from time to time direct. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the Board may determine. The Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President may execute bonds, contracts, deeds, leases and other instruments to be made or executed for or on behalf of the Corporation. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President of the Corporation may delegate contractual powers to others under his jurisdiction, it being understood, however, that any such delegation of power shall not relieve such officer of responsibility with respect to the exercise of such delegated power.

 

Section 8.8 Proxies. The Board of Directors may by resolution from time to time appoint any attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other entity, any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock and other securities of such other corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem necessary or proper in the premises.

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 9.1 Amendments. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and these Amended and Restated Bylaws, these Amended and Restated Bylaws may be amended, altered, added to, rescinded or repealed at any meeting of the Board of Directors or by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Corporation’s outstanding voting stock (on an as-converted to Common Stock basis), provided notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of the meeting and, in the case of a meeting of the Board of Directors, in a notice given no less than twenty-four hours prior to the meeting; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 7.2(B), until Article VII terminates pursuant to Section 7.6 of these Amended and Restated Bylaws, Article VII (including references thereto throughout these Amended and Restated Bylaws) and this Section 9.1 may not be amended by the Board of Directors and may only be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Corporation’s outstanding voting stock (on an as-converted to Common Stock basis).

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY OF

 

EQUINIX, INC.

 

The undersigned, Renee F. Lanam, hereby certifies that he is the duly elected and acting Secretary of Equinix, Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and that the Bylaws attached hereto constitute the Bylaws of said Corporation as duly adopted by the Directors on December 30, 2002.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his name this 30th day of December, 2002.

 

/s/    RENEE F. LANAM        


Renee F. Lanam

Secretary