EX-3.01
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Exhibit 3.01
RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
OFFICES
SECTION 1.1. PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
The principal executive office for the transaction of the business of the corporation is
hereby fixed and located at 350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071. The Board of
Directors is granted full power and authority to change the principal executive office from one
location to another within the County of Los Angeles, California.
SECTION 1.2. OTHER OFFICES.
The corporation may have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time
to time designate or as the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 2.1. PLACE OF MEETINGS.
All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the
corporation, or such other place within or without the State of California, which may be designated
by the Board of Directors in the notice of such meeting.
SECTION 2.2. ANNUAL MEETINGS.
The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be such date and at such time as may be
determined by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2.3. SPECIAL MEETINGS.
Special meetings of shareholders, for any purpose or purposes whatsoever, unless otherwise
prescribed by statute may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Board of Directors, or by one or more shareholders holding shares
entitled to cast not less than ten percent of the votes at the meeting. Upon receipt of
written request submitted to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary by any person entitled to call a
special meeting of shareholders, such officer shall forthwith cause notice to be given to each
shareholder entitled to vote that a meeting will be held at a time requested by the person or
persons calling the meeting, which shall be not less than 35 nor more than 60 days after receipt of
the request. If such notice is not given within 20 days after receipt of the request, the person
or persons requesting the meeting, if entitled to call it, may give such notice. Notices of any
special meeting shall state in
addition to the place, day and hour of such meeting, the general nature of the business to be
transacted and any other items expressly required by the California Corporations Code, and no other
business may be transacted.
SECTION 2.4. NOTICE.
Written notice of meetings of shareholders shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote
thereat, either personally or by first class mail, or electronically as set forth in the
California Corporations Code, or by such other means of written communication, charges prepaid,
addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address appearing on the books of the
corporation or given by such shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If no such
address appears or is given, notice shall be deemed to have been given to the shareholder if sent
by mail or other means of written communication addressed to the shareholder at the principal
executive office of the corporation or if published at least once in a newspaper of general
circulation in Los Angeles County, California. Notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given
at the time the notice is deposited in the mail, postage prepaid. Any other written notice shall
be deemed to have been given at the time it is personally delivered to a shareholder or delivered
to a common carrier for transmission or actually transmitted to a shareholder. If any notice
addressed to the shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the
corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States postal service marked to indicate
that the United States postal service is unable to deliver the notice or report to the shareholder
at such address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without
further mailing if the same shall be available for the shareholder upon written demand of the
shareholder at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one year from the
date of the giving of the notice or report to all other shareholders. All such notices shall be
sent to each shareholder entitled thereto not less than ten nor more than 60 days before such
meeting, and shall state the place, day and hour of such meeting and (1) in the case of a special
meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted, and that no other business may be
transacted, or (2) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the Board of
Directors, at the time of the mailing of the notice, intends to present for action by the
shareholders, or (3) in the case of any meeting at which directors are to be elected, the names of
the persons whom the management of the corporation intends to nominate for election as directors at
the time of the giving of such notice, and such other matters, if any, as may be required by the
provisions of the California Corporations Code or which are proper matter to be presented at the
meeting.
SECTION 2.5. NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS AND SHAREHOLDER BUSINESS.
(a) Annual Meetings of Shareholders.
(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors or the proposal of
other business to be transacted by the shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of
shareholders only (A) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement
thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or
(C) by any shareholder of the corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of
giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.5(a), who shall be entitled to vote at the
meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5(a).
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(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting
of shareholders by a shareholder pursuant to clause (C) of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section
2.5, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and
any such proposed business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board
of Directors) must constitute a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, a
shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days
prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of shareholders;
provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more
than 30 days prior to such anniversary date or delayed more than 70 days after such
anniversary date then to be timely such notice must be received by the corporation no
earlier than 120 days prior to such annual meeting and no later than the later of 70 days
prior to the date of the meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public
announcement of the date of the meeting was first made by the corporation. In no event
shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting
commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a shareholder’s
notice as described above.
(iii) A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (A) as to each person
whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all
information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of
proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including such
person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving
as a director if elected), (B) as to any other business that the shareholder proposes to
bring before the meeting, (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting, (2) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any
resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a
proposal to amend these Bylaws, (3) the text of the proposed amendment), (4) the reasons for
conducting such business at the meeting and (5) any material interest in such business of
such shareholder and any Shareholder Associated Person (as defined below) and (C) as to the
shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person:
(1) the name and address of such shareholder (as they appear on the
corporation’s books) and any Shareholder Associated Person; and
(2) (I) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the
corporation which are held of record or are beneficially owned by such shareholder,
the nominee proposed by the shareholder, as applicable, and by any Shareholder
Associated Person with respect to the corporation’s securities and a representation
that the shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of the class or series
and number of such shares owned of record and beneficially as of the record date for
the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of
the record date is first publicly disclosed; (II) a description of any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination between or among such
shareholder, the nominee proposed by the shareholder, as applicable, and any
Shareholder Associated Person, any of their respective affiliates or associates,
and
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any others (including their names) acting in concert with any of the foregoing
and a representation that the shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of
any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for
the meeting promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of
the record date is first publicly disclosed; (III) a description of any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit
interests, options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging
transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the
date of the shareholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, such shareholder, the nominee
proposed by the shareholder, as applicable, and any Shareholder Associated Person,
the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of
share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such
shareholder, proposed nominee, as applicable, or such Shareholder Associated Person,
with respect to shares of stock of the corporation and a representation that the
shareholder will notify the corporation in writing of any such agreement,
arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting
promptly following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record
date is first publicly disclosed; (IV) a representation that the shareholder is a
holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such nomination;
and (V) a representation whether the shareholder or the Shareholder Associated
Person, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy
statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the
corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to elect the nominee and/or (y)
otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of such nomination.
(b) Special Meetings of Shareholders.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders as shall
have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting
pursuant to Section 2.4. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at a
special meeting of shareholders may be made by shareholders only (i) in accordance with
Section 2.3 or (ii) if the election of directors is included as business to be brought
before a special meeting in the corporation’s notice of meeting, then only by any
shareholder of the corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of
notice provided for in this Section 2.5(b), who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and
who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5(b). The proposal by
shareholders of other business to be conducted at a special meeting of shareholders may be
made only in accordance with Section 2.3. For nominations to be properly brought by a
shareholder before a special meeting of shareholders pursuant to this Section 2.5(b), the
shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary. To be
timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal
executive offices of the corporation (A) not earlier than 120 days prior to the date of the
special meeting nor (B) later than the later of 90 days prior to the date of the special
meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the
special meeting was first made. A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall comply with
the notice requirements of Section 2.5(a)(iii).
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(c) General.
(i) At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of
Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary the information that is
required to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice of nomination that pertains to the
nominee. No person shall be eligible to be nominated by a shareholder to serve as a
director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 2.5. No business shall be conducted at a shareholder meeting except in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. The chairman of the meeting
shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not
made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws or that business was not
properly brought before the meeting, and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare to
the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded or such business shall not be
transacted, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
2.5, unless otherwise required by law, if the shareholder (or a qualified representative of
the shareholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of shareholders of the
corporation to present a nomination or other proposed business, such nomination shall be
disregarded or such proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be,
notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the
corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.5, to be considered a qualified representative
of the shareholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such
shareholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such shareholder or an electronic
transmission delivered by such shareholder to act for such shareholder as proxy at the
meeting of shareholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic
transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the
meeting of shareholders.
(ii) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.5, a shareholder shall
also comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in
this Section 2.5; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are
not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals
as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.5, and compliance with
paragraphs (a)(i)(C) and (b) of this Section 2.5 shall be the exclusive means for a
shareholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than as provided in the last
sentence of this paragraph (c)(ii)). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the notice
requirements set forth herein with respect to the proposal of any business pursuant to this
Section 2.5 other than a nomination shall be deemed satisfied by a shareholder if such
shareholder has submitted a proposal to the corporation in compliance with Rule 14a-8
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such shareholder’s
proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the corporation to
solicit proxies for the meeting of shareholders.
For the purposes of this Section 2.5, “Shareholder Associated Person” of any
shareholder means (A) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert
with, such shareholder, (B) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the corporation
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owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder and (C) any person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder Associated Person.
For the purposes of this Section 2.5, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in
a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, or 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 Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
SECTION 2.6. ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE THEREOF.
Any meeting of shareholders, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be
adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares, the holders of which are
present in person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted
at any such meeting.
When any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, is adjourned for 45 days or more,
or if after adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the
adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid, it
shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at
an adjourned meeting other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
SECTION 2.7. ENTRY OF NOTICE.
Whenever any shareholder entitled to vote has been absent from any meeting of shareholders,
whether annual or special, an affidavit of mailing executed by the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary, entered in the minutes of the meeting, to the effect that notice has been duly given,
shall be conclusive and incontrovertible evidence that due notice of such meeting was given to such
shareholder as required by law and by the Bylaws of the corporation.
SECTION 2.8. VOTING.
At all meetings of shareholders, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to
vote in person or by proxy the number of shares standing in such shareholder’s own name on the
stock records of the corporation. Such vote may be by voice vote or by ballot, provided, however,
that all elections of directors must be by ballot upon demand by a shareholder at any election and
before the voting begins. The affirmative vote of the majority of the voting shares present at any
meeting of shareholders to which there is a quorum shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the
vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by the Articles of Incorporation or the
California Corporations Code. Every shareholder entitled to vote at any election for directors
shall have the right to cumulate such shareholder’s votes and give one candidate a number of votes
equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which such
shareholder’s shares are entitled, or to distribute such votes on the same principle among as many
candidates as such shareholder sees fit. No shareholder, however, shall be entitled to cumulate
votes for any candidate or candidates pursuant to the preceding sentence unless such candidate’s or
candidates’ names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and the shareholder has given
notice, at the meeting prior to the voting, of the shareholder’s intention to cumulate the
shareholder’s votes. If any one shareholder has given such notice, all shareholders may cumulate
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their votes for candidates in nomination. The candidates receiving the highest number of
votes up to the number of directors to be elected shall be elected.
SECTION 2.9. QUORUM.
The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote
at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present
at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business
until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a
quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the
shares required to constitute a quorum,
SECTION 2.10. WAIVER OF NOTICE AND OTHER DEFECTS.
(a) The transactions of any meeting of shareholders either annual or special, however called
and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after
regular call and notice if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy and if either before or
after the meeting, each of the shareholders entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy,
signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of such meeting or an approval of the
minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be united with the corporate
records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
(b) Attendance of a shareholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of and
presence at such meeting, except when the shareholder objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to
the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Attendance
at a meeting is not, however, a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters
required by the applicable provisions of the California Corporations Code to be included in the
notice but not so included, if such objection is expressly made at the meeting. Neither the
business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of shareholders need
be specified in any written waiver of notice or consent to the holding of the meeting or approval
of the minutes thereof, except that any approval of shareholders at a meeting, other than unanimous
approval by those entitled to vote pursuant to the applicable provisions of the California
Corporations Code, shall be valid only if the general nature of the proposal so approved was stated
in the notice of meeting or in any written waiver of notice.
SECTION 2.11. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 603 of the California Corporations Code, any action
which, under any provision of the California Corporations Code, may be taken at any a annual or
special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a
consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be filed with the Secretary of the
corporation after having been signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the
minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting to
which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, provided, however, that (1)
unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in writing, notice of
any shareholder approval without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent and notice of the
taking of any corporate action so approved shall be given as required by the California
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Corporations Code, and (2) except as authorized by the California Corporations Code, directors
may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to
vote for the election of directors.
(b) Any written consent may be revoked by a writing received by the Secretary of the
corporation prior to the time when written consents of the number of shares required to authorize
the proposed action have been filed with the Secretary. Such revocation is effective upon its
receipt by the Secretary of the corporation.
SECTION.2.12. PROXIES.
Every person entitled to vote shares or execute consents shall have the right to do so either
in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or his or
her duly authorized agent and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, provided that no such
proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution, unless
the shareholder executing it specifies therein the length of time for which such proxy is to
continue in force, which in no case shall exceed five years from the date of its execution. A
proxy may be revoked by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked,
or by execution of a subsequent proxy or by attendance at any meeting and voting in person by the
person executing the proxy, unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and the proxy is held by
a person specified in Section 705(e) of the California Corporations Code in which event it is
irrevocable for the period specified therein. In accordance with Section 178 of the California
Corporations Code, “proxy” shall mean any written authorization signed or electronic transmission
authorized by a shareholder or a shareholder’s attorney-in-fact giving another person or persons
the power to vote with respect to the shares owned of record by such shareholder. A proxy shall be
deemed to be “signed” if the shareholder’s name or other authorization is placed on the proxy
(whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic or electronic transmission or otherwise) by
the shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney-in-fact. A proxy may be transmitted by an oral
telephonic transmission if it is submitted with information from which it may be determined that
the proxy was authorized by the shareholder or by the shareholder’s attorney-in-fact.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS
SECTION 3.1. POWERS.
Subject to any limitation in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, and to any
provision of the California Corporations Code requiring shareholder authorization or an approval,
the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be
exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.2. NUMBER AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.
The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than seven nor more
than thirteen, with the exact number of directors to be fixed, within the limit specified, by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 3.3. PLACE OF MEETINGS.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the principal executive office of the
corporation or at such other location as may be designated from time to time by resolution of the
Board of Directors or written consent of all of the members of the Board. Any meeting shall be
valid wherever held, if held by the written consent of all members of the Board of Directors given
either before or after the meeting and filed with the Secretary of the corporation.
SECTION 3.4. ANNUAL MEETINGS.
The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held within thirty days following the
adjournment of each annual meeting of shareholders.
SECTION 3.5. REGULAR MEETINGS.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and times as may be
fixed by the Board of Directors. No notice need be given of such regular meetings, provided,
however, that notice of any change in the time or place of regular meetings shall be given to all
of the directors in the same manner as notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors is
given.
SECTION 3.6. SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors or any purpose or purposes may be called at any
time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any two
directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally, or by
telephone, telegraph, or similar means of communication, to each director at least 48 hours before
the meeting, or sent to each director by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such
director at his or her address appearing upon the records of the corporation at least four days
before the holding of the meeting. Such notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting.
SECTION 3.7. WAIVER OF NOTICE AND OTHER DEFECTS.
The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or
wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a
quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not given
notice signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the
minutes thereof, or attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement,
the lack of notice of such director. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with
the corporation’s records or made a part of the minute of the meeting.
SECTION 3.8. QUORUM.
A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, and the action of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is
a quorum, when duly assembled, is valid as a corporate act, provided that a minority
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of the directors, in the absence of a quorum, may adjourn from time to time, but may not,
except as provided in Section 3.12 of Article III of these Bylaws, transact any business.
SECTION 3.9. PARTICIPATION BY TELEPHONE.
Members of the Board of Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors
through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all members
participating in such meeting can hear and be heard by each other.
SECTION 3.10. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors under any provision of
the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the California Corporations Code may
be taken without a meeting if, prior to or after such action, all members of the Board of Directors
shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Any written consent or
consents so executed shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.11. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
The directors shall be divided into two classes to serve for terms of two years. Each class
shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-half of the total number of directors
constituting the entire Board of Directors. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the
date of the second annual meeting of shareholders next following the annual meeting at which such
director was elected. In the event of any change in the number of directors, the Board of
Directors shall apportion any newly created directorships among, or reduce the number of
directorships in, such class or classes as shall equalize, as nearly as possible, the number of
directors in each class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required by law,
whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of outstanding preferred shares shall
have the right voting separately as a class or series, to elect one or more directors of the
corporation, the terms of the director or directors elected by those holders shall expire at the
next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders. If the corporation ceases to be a “listed
corporation” as defined in the California Corporations Code Section 301.5(d) for any reason, unless
the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation provide for the elimination of classes
of directors at an earlier date or dates, the Board of Directors of the corporation shall cease to
be divided into classes as to each class of directors on the date of the expiration of the term of
the directors in that class and the term of each director serving at the time the corporation
ceases to be a “listed corporation as defined in the California Corporations Code Section 301.5(d)
(and the term of each director elected to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation, or
removal of any of those directors) shall continue until its expiration as if the corporation had
not ceased to be a “listed corporation” as defined in the California Corporations Code Section
301.5(d).
SECTION 3.12. VACANCIES.
(a) A vacancy or vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in the case of
the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the authorized number of directors is
increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be
elected, to elect the full authorized number of directors to be elected at that meeting.
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(b) Except for a vacancy created by the removal of a director, vacancies on the Board of
Directors may be filled by approval of the Board of Directors or, if the number of directors then
in office is less than a quorum, by the unanimous written consent of the directors then in office,
the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office at a meeting held pursuant to
notice or waivers of notice under the California Corporations Code, or a sole remaining director;
each director so elected shall hold office until his or her successor is elected at a meeting of
shareholders and until such director’s successor has been elected and qualified.
(c) The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or
vacancies not filled by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors accepts the resignation
of a director tendered to take effect at a future time, the Board of Directors or the shareholders
shall have the power to elect a successor to take office when the resignation is to become
effective.
(d) No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any
director prior to the expiration of his or her term of office.
SECTION 3.13. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.
The entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office as
provided by Section 303 of the California Corporations Code.
SECTION 3.14. COMPENSATION.
No stated salary shall be paid 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 that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in an other capacity and
receiving compensation therefore. Members of special or standing committees of the Board of
Directors may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
SECTION 3.15. COMMITTEES.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of
directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at
the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have all the authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the corporation, except with respect to (a) the approval
of any action requiring shareholders’ approval, (b) the filling of vacancies on the Board of
Directors or in any such committee, (c) the fixing of compensation of directors for serving on the
Board of Directors or on any such committee, (d) the adoption, amendment or repeal of
Bylaws, (e) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its
express terms is not so amendable or repealable, (f) a distribution to shareholders, as defined in
Section 166 of the California Corporations Code, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within
a price range determined by the Board, or (g) the appointment of other committees of the Board of
Directors or the members thereof. Any such committee must be designated, and the members
or alternate members thereof appointed, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized
number of directors and any such committee may be designated an Executive Committee or by such
other name as the Board of Directors shall specify. Alternate members of a committee may replace
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absent member at any meeting of the committee. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
prescribe the manner in which proceedings of any such committee shall be conducted. In the absence
of any such prescription, such committee shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which its
proceedings shall be conducted. Unless the Board of Directors or such committee shall otherwise
provide, the regular and special meetings and other actions of any such committee shall be governed
by the provisions of this Article III applicable to meetings and actions of the Board of Directors.
Minutes shall be kept of every meeting of each such committee and shall be filed with the
proceedings of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
SECTION 4.1. OFFICERS.
The officers of the corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a
President, a Chief Operating Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Chief
Financial Officer, and, at the option of the Board of Directors, one or more Assistant Secretaries.
The Board of Directors may create such other offices and elect such other officers as the Board of
Directors may deem appropriate. All officers shall be elected by, and hold office at the pleasure
of, the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.2. OFFICERS HOLDING MORE THAN ONE OFFICE.
Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute,
acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity unless so authorized by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 4.3. COMPENSATION AND TENURE OF OFFICE.
The compensation and tenure of office of all the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
The Chief Executive Officer, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall be the
general manager of the corporation and shall have general supervision, direction and control of the
business and officers of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the general
powers and duties of management usually vested in a chief executive office of a corporation and
shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 4.5. PRESIDENT.
The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive
Officer, have such powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
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SECTION 4.6. VICE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENTS.
The Vice President or the Vice Presidents, in the order of their seniority, or, if of equal
seniority, then at the discretion of the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of
the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and shall perform such
other duties as the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors shall
prescribe from time to time.
SECTION 4.7. SECRETARY.
The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the
corporation or such other place as the Board of Directors may order, a book of minutes of all
meetings of directors and shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or
special, and if special, how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at
directors; meetings, the number of shares present or represented by proxy at shareholders’
meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the
corporation, a share register showing the names of the shareholders and their addresses, the number
of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and
date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all annual meetings of shareholders
and all special meeting of the Board of Directors required by these Bylaws or by law to be given,
shall keep the seal of the corporation in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and
perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer,
the President or the Board of Directors.
The Assistant Secretary or the Assistant Secretaries, if any, in the order of their seniority,
or, if of equal seniority, then at the discretion of the President, shall, in the absence or
disability of the Secretary, or in the event of such officer’s refusal to act, perform the duties
and exercise the power of the Secretary, and discharge such other duties as may be assigned from
time to time by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.8. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
The Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained,
adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation,
including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital,
surplus and share. The books of account shall at all times be open to inspection by any director.
The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to
the credit of the corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of
Directors, shall disburse or arrange for the disbursement of the funds of the corporation as may be
ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President and
the directors, upon their request, an account of all financial transactions and of the financial
condition of the corporation, and shall have such other duties as may be prescribed from time to
time by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 4.9. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman of the Board who shall serve at the pleasure of
the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall, if present, preside at all meetings of
the Board of Directors, provide strategic planning for the operation and growth of the corporation
and exercise and perform such policy-making and other duties and powers as may be prescribed from
time to time by the Board of Directors. Additionally, the Board of Directors may elect one or more
vice Chairmen of the Board with such duties and powers as the Board of Directors may from time to
time prescribe.
SECTION 4.10. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
The Chief Operating Officer of the Company shall, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive Officer, have responsibility for the operations of the corporation
and the general powers and duties usually vested in chief operating officer of a corporation and
such other powers and duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 5.1. RECORD DATE AND CLOSING OF STOCK BOOKS.
(a) The Board of Directors may fix a date in the future as a record date for the determination
of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders or entitled to
receive any dividend or distribution, or any allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect
to any change, conversion or exchange of shares. The record date so fixed shall be not more than
sixty nor less than ten days prior to the date of the meeting or the event for the purposes of
which it is fixed. When a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record on that date shall
be entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, or to receive a dividend, distribution or
allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of
any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date. The Board of Directors may close
the register of shares of the corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any
portion of such period.
(b) If no record date is fixed pursuant to this Section 5.1, the record date for determination
of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders or entitled to
receive any dividend or distribution, or any allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect
to any change, conversion or exchange of shares shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of Section 701(b) of the California Corporations Code.
SECTION 5.2. INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS.
(a) Any shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent in the aggregate of the
outstanding voting shares of the corporation or who hold at least one percent of such voting shares
and have filed a Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall have an absolute
right to do either or both of the following: (i) inspect and copy the record of shareholders’
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names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours upon five business days’
prior written demand upon the corporation, or (ii) obtain from the transfer agent for the
corporation, upon written demand and upon the tender of its usual charges for such a list (the
amount of which charges shall be stated to the shareholder by the transfer agent upon request), a
list of the shareholders’ names and addresses, who are entitled to vote for the election of
directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which it has been
compiled or as of a date specified by the shareholder subsequent to the date of demand. The list
shall be made available on or before the later of five business days after demand is received or
the date specified therein as the date as of which the list is to be compiled. The record of
shareholders shall also be open to inspection and copying by any shareholder or holder of a voting
trust certificate at any time during usual business hours upon written demand on the corporation,
for a purpose reasonably related to such holder’s interests as a shareholder or holder of a voting
trust certificate.
(b) The books of account and records and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and the
Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors shall be open to inspection upon the
written demand on the corporation of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate at any
reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to such
holder’s interests as a shareholder or as the holder of such voting trust certificate. This right
of inspection shall also extend to the records of any subsidiary of the corporation.
SECTION 5.3. PAYMENTS AND EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of
indebtedness issued in the name of, or payable to, the corporation shall be signed or endorsed by
such person or persons and in such manner as from time to time shall be determined by resolution of
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.4. ANNUAL REPORT.
The Board of Directors shall submit or cause to be submitted to the shareholders an annual
report of the affairs of the corporation in compliance with Section 1501(a)of the California
Corporations Code.
SECTION 5.5. EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS.
The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract, or execute any instrument in the
name and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific
instances, and unless so authorized by the Board of Directors, no officer, agent, or employee shall
have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement, or to pledge its
credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
SECTION 5.6. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK.
Certificates of stock shall be issued in numerical order and each shareholder shall be
entitled to a certificate assigned in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board or
the Vice Chairman or the President or a Vice President, and by the Chief Financial Officer or the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying to the number of shares owned by such shareholder.
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Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. Prior to the due
presentment for registration of transfer in the stock transfer book of the corporation, the
registered owner shall be treated as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive
notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner, except as expressly
provided otherwise by the laws of the State of California.
SECTION 5.7. REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS.
The Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer,
the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary of the corporation are authorized to vote, represent and
exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other
corporation or corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority herein granted
to said officers to vote or represent on behalf of this corporation any and all shares held by this
corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised either by such officers in
person or by any person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such
officers.
SECTION 5.8. INSPECTION OF BYLAWS.
The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office a copy of the Bylaws, as amended,
certified by the Secretary, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable
times during office hours.
SECTION 5.9. FISCAL YEAR.
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be made by resolution of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.10. AMENDMENTS.
These Bylaws may be amended or repealed either by approval of the outstanding shares, as
defined in Section 52 of the California Corporations Code, or by the approval of the Board of
Directors provided, however, that a Bylaw specifying or changing a fixed number of directors or the
maximum or minimum number of directors or changing from a fixed to a variable number of directors
or vice versa, may only be adopted by approval of the outstanding shares, and provided further,
that a Bylaw reducing the fixed number or the minimum or maximum number of directors shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 212(a) of the California Corporations Code.
SECTION 5.11. INDEMNIFICATION OF CORPORATE AGENTS.
The corporation shall indemnify each of its agents against expenses, judgments, fines,
settlements or other amounts, actually and reasonably incurred by such person by reason of such
person having been made or having been threatened to be made a party to a proceeding to the fullest
extent permissible by the provisions of Section 317 of the California Corporations Code, as amended
from time to time, and the corporation shall advance the expenses reasonably expected to be
incurred by such agent, in defending any such proceeding upon receipt of the undertaking required
by subdivision (f) of such Section. The terms “agent,” “proceeding” and “expenses” appearing in
this Section 5.11 shall have the same meaning as those terms have in Section 317 of the California
Corporations Code.
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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that:
1. I am the duly elected, acting and qualified Secretary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., a
California corporation (the “Corporation”);
2. The foregoing Bylaws, as amended and restated, comprising sixteen (16) pages, constitute
the Bylaws of the corporation as duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation held October 14, 2009.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed name and affixed the seal of the Corporation
this 20th day of October 2009.
| Yvette M. Schiotis | ||||
| Secretary | ||||
(Corporate Seal)
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