# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001834494
**File Stem:** 0001140361-25-039178
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001140361-25-039178.hdr.sgml**: 20251024

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-25-039178

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251024

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Changes in Control of Registrant

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251024

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251024

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** MeridianLink, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001834494
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 824844620
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40680
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251414407

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 VENTURE, SUITE 235
- **CITY:** IRVINE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92618
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 866-417-3274

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 VENTURE, SUITE 235
- **CITY:** IRVINE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92618

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Project Angel Parent, LLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20201202

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

#### of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2025

## MeridianLink, Inc.

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **DE** | **001-40680**<br>| **82-4844620**<br>|
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer Identification No.)** |

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#### 1 Venture, Suite 235

#### Irvine, CA 92618

#### (Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)
(714) 708-6950

#### (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

#### Not Applicable

#### (Former name or former address if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share<br> MLNK<br>| NYSE |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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#### INTRODUCTORY NOTE
On October 24, 2025 (the "Closing Date"), ML Holdco, Inc. (as successor to ML Holdco, LLC), a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), completed the previously announced acquisition of MeridianLink, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 11, 2025 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, Parent and ML Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Surviving Corporation").

The descriptions of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the Merger) in this Current Report on Form 8-K are only a summary, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 11, 2025, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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| **Item 1.02.** | **Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.** |

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In connection with the consummation of the Merger, on the Closing Date, the Company terminated all outstanding commitments, including commitments to issue letters of credit, under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2021, by and among the Company, ML California Sub, Inc, the other lenders from time to time party thereto, each L/C issuer party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an L/C Issuer (as amended by that certain Conforming Changes Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2023, that certain Refinancing Amendment and First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2024, and that certain Refinancing Amendment and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2025, the "Credit Agreement"). In connection with the termination of the Credit Agreement, all obligations thereunder for principal, interest and fees were satisfied and paid off in full.

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| **Item 2.01.** | **Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.** |

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The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 3.01, 5.01, 5.02 and 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), (a) each share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the "Company Common Stock") (other than (i) shares of Company Common Stock (x) held in the treasury of the Company, or (y) that immediately prior to the Effective Time were owned by Parent or Merger Sub or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the "Excluded Shares"), and (ii) shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that are held by a holder who is entitled to demand and properly demands appraisal of such shares pursuant to, and who complies in all respects with, Section 262 of the DGCL) was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $20.00 (the "Merger Consideration"), without interest, (b) each Excluded Share was cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor and ceased to exist and (c) each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was automatically converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.

At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, each option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (each, a "Company Option"), whether vested or unvested, that was outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and had a per share exercise price that was less than the Merger Consideration (each an "In-the-Money Company Option") was cancelled and, in exchange therefor, each such holder of any such In-the-Money Company Option had the right to receive, without interest and subject to deduction for any required withholding under applicable tax law, an amount in cash equal to (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such In-the-Money Company Option as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the excess of the Merger Consideration over the per share exercise price of such In-the-Money Company Option. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, each Company Option, whether vested or unvested, that was outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and had a per share exercise price that was equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration was cancelled as of the Effective Time for no consideration.

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At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, each outstanding restricted stock unit award with respect to Company Common Stock (each a "Company RSU") that was vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time or that vested in accordance with its terms as in effect as of the date of the Merger Agreement as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger (the "Transactions") (each, a "Vested Company RSU"), and which was outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, was cancelled and, in exchange therefor, each such holder of any such Vested Company RSU had the right to receive, without interest and subject to deduction for any required withholding under applicable tax law, an amount in cash equal to (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Vested Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Merger Consideration.

At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holder thereof, each Company RSU that was unvested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, an "Unvested Company RSU"), and which was outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, was cancelled and replaced with a right to receive an amount in cash, without interest thereon and subject to applicable withholding taxes, equal to (i) the Merger Consideration, multiplied by (ii) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Unvested Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (such product, the "Cash Replacement RSU Amounts"), which Cash Replacement RSU Amounts will, subject to the holder's continued service with Parent or its subsidiaries (including, following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation or its subsidiaries) through the applicable vesting dates, vest and be payable at the same time as the Unvested Company RSUs for which such Cash Replacement RSU Amounts were exchanged would have vested and been payable pursuant to their terms. All Cash Replacement RSU Amounts have the same terms and conditions (including with respect to vesting) as applied to the Unvested Company RSUs for which such Cash Replacement RSU Amounts were exchanged, except for terms rendered inoperative by reason of the consummation of the Transactions or for such other administrative or ministerial changes as in the reasonable and good faith determination of Parent are appropriate to conform the administration of the Cash Replacement RSU Amounts.

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| **Item 3.01** | **Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.** |

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The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01.

On the Closing Date, the Company notified The New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") of the consummation of the Merger and requested that the NYSE file with the SEC a Form 25 Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), to delist the shares of the Company's Common Stock from the NYSE and deregister the Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

Trading of the Company's Common Stock on the NYSE was halted prior to the opening of trading on the Closing Date. Upon effectiveness of the Form 25, the Company intends to file with the SEC a Certification and Notice of Termination on Form 15 to deregister the Company Common Stock and suspend the Company's reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

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| **Item 3.03** | **Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.** |

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The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01, 3.01, 5.01 and 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 3.03.

As a result of the Merger, each share of Company Common Stock that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (except as described in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K) was automatically cancelled and converted, at the Effective Time, into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. Accordingly, at the Effective Time, the holders of such shares of Company Common Stock ceased to have any rights as stockholders of the Company, other than the right to receive the Merger Consideration.

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| **Item 5.01** | **Change in Control of Registrant.** |

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The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Items 2.01 and 3.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 5.01.

As a result of the Merger, at the Effective Time, a change in control of the Company occurred and the Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. In connection with the Merger, the aggregate purchase price paid for all outstanding Company Common Stock (except as described in Item 2.01 of this Current Report) was approximately $1.6 billion. The funds used to complete the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby were provided by equity contributions from funds managed by Centerbridge Capital Partners IV L.P. ("Centerbridge") and its affiliates, as well as third-party debt financing.

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| **Item 5.02** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.** |

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The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 5.02.

In connection with the Merger, as of the Effective Time, George Jaber, Edward H. McDermott, Reema Poddar, A.J. Rohde, Mark Sachleben, Nicolaas Vlok, Duston Williams and Yael Zheng each resigned from the board of directors of the Company (the "Company Board") and from any and all committees thereof on which they served and ceased to be directors of the Company. At the Effective Time, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, (i) Benjamin Jaffe and Jared Hendricks (the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time) became the directors of the Surviving Corporation and (ii) the officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time became the officers of the Surviving Corporation.

In addition, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President, pursuant to authority delegated to him on August 11, 2025 by the Company Board, approved transaction bonuses (each bonus, a "Transaction Bonus") to certain employees of the Company, including Elias Olmeta, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, which became payable on the Closing Date. The payment of each Transaction Bonus was subject to (i) the consummation of the Merger and (ii) the continued employment of the applicable recipient through the Closing Date. Mr. Olmeta received a Transaction Bonus in the amount of $750,000.

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| **Item 5.03** | **Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; Change in Fiscal Year.** |

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The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company's certificate of incorporation and by-laws were amended and restated in their entirety. Copies of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-laws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

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| **Item 8.01**  | **Other Events.** |

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On October 24, 2025, the Company and Centerbridge issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(d) Exhibits.

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| Exhibit<br> Number | Description |
| [2.1\*](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000119312525177535/d949966dex21.htm) | Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Parent, Company and Merger Sub, dated August 11, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 11, 2025). |
| [3.1](ef20057538_ex3-1.htm) | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MeridianLink, Inc. |
| [3.2](ef20057538_ex3-2.htm) | Amended and Restated By-Laws of MeridianLink, Inc. |
| [99.1](ef20057538_ex99-1.htm) | Press Release, dated October 24, 2025. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |

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\* All schedules to the Merger Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| MeridianLink, Inc. | MeridianLink, Inc. |
| By: | /s/ Elias Olmeta |
|  | Name: Elias Olmeta |
|  | Title: Chief Financial Officer |
| Dated: October 24, 2025 |  |

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## Exhibit 3.1

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**Exhibit 3.1**<br>

#### AMENDED AND RESTATED

#### CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

#### OF

#### MERIDIANLINK, INC.
<u>ARTICLE ONE</u>

The name of the corporation is MeridianLink, Inc.

<u>ARTICLE TWO</u>

The address of the corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is 11209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

<u>ARTICLE THREE</u>

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

<u>ARTICLE FOUR</u>

The total number of shares of stock which the corporation has authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share.

<u>ARTICLE FIVE</u>

The corporation is to have perpetual existence.

<u>ARTICLE SIX</u>

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation.

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<u>ARTICLE SEVEN</u>

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws of the corporation may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation so provide.

<u>ARTICLE EIGHT</u>

To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of this corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this <u>ARTICLE EIGHT</u> shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

<u>ARTICLE NINE</u>

The corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

<u>ARTICLE TEN</u>

The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein and by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

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## Exhibit 3.2

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**Exhibit 3.2**<br>

<u>AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS</u>

<u>OF</u>

<u>MERIDIANLINK, INC.</u>

A Delaware corporation

*(Adopted as of October 24, 2025)*

ARTICLE I

<u>OFFICES</u>

<u>Section 1</u> <u>Registered Office</u>. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located at 11209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The name of the corporation's registered agent at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and/or registered agent of the corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the board of directors.

<u>Section 2</u> <u>Other Offices</u>. The corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

<u>MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS</u>

<u>Section 1</u> <u>Annual Meetings</u>. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held each year within 120 days after the close of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the corporation for the purpose of electing directors and conducting such other proper business as may come before the meeting. The date, time and place, if any, and/or the means of remote communication, of the annual meeting shall be determined by the board of directors of the corporation. No annual meeting of stockholders need be held if not required by the corporation's certificate of incorporation or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

<u>Section 2</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Special Meetings</u>. Special meetings of stockholders may be called for any purpose (including, without limitation, the filling of board vacancies and newly created directorships) and may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, and/or by means of remote communication, as shall be stated in a written notice of meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Such meetings may be called at any time by the board of directors or the president and shall be called by the president upon the written request of holders of shares entitled to cast not less than a majority of the votes at the meeting, which written request shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the president. The date, time and place, if any, and/or remote communication, of any special meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the board of directors of the corporation. On such written request, the president shall fix a date and time for such meeting within 10 days after receipt of a request for such meeting in such written request.

<u>Section 3</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Place of Meetings</u>. The board of directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and/or by means of remote communication, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office of the corporation.

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<u>Section 4</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Notice</u>. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, written or printed notice stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes, of such meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each director not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. All such notices shall be delivered, either personally, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given, by or at the direction of the board of directors, the president or the secretary, and if mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the records of the corporation. If given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered (a) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (c) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of such separate notice; and (d) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

<u>Section 5</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Stockholders List</u>. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, and/or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

<u>Section 6</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Quorum</u>. The holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, entitled to vote thereon, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the corporation's certificate of incorporation. If a quorum is not present, the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, and entitled to vote at the meeting, may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or place.

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<u>Section 7</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Adjourned Meetings</u>. When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

<u>Section 8</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Vote Required</u>. When a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one upon which by express provisions of an applicable law or of the corporation's certificate of incorporation a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

<u>Section 9</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Voting Rights</u>. Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or by the corporation's certificate of incorporation or any amendments thereto and subject to <u>Section 3</u> of <u>Article VI</u> hereof, every stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of common stock held by such stockholder.

<u>Section 10</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Proxies</u>. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. Any proxy is suspended when the person executing the proxy is present at a meeting of stockholders and elects to vote, except that when such proxy is coupled with an interest and the fact of the interest appears on the face of the proxy, the agent named in the proxy shall have all voting and other rights referred to in the proxy, notwithstanding the presence of the person executing the proxy. At each meeting of the stockholders, and before any voting commences, all proxies filed at or before the meeting shall be submitted to and examined by the secretary or a person designated by the secretary, and no shares may be represented or voted under a proxy that has been found to be invalid or irregular.

<u>Section 11</u> <u>Action by Written Consent</u>. Unless otherwise provided in the corporation's certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken and bearing the dates of signature of the stockholders who signed the consent or consents, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the state of Delaware, or the corporation's principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book or books in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested or by reputable overnight courier service. All consents properly delivered in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be recorded when so delivered. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days after the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation as required by this section, written consents signed by the holders of a sufficient number of shares to take such corporate action are so recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent or consents of the stockholders shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the stockholders at a meeting thereof.

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Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used; provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

<u>Section 12</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Action by Facsimile, Email or Other Electronic Transmission Consent</u>. A facsimile, email or other electronic transmission by a stockholder or proxyholder (or by any person authorized to act on such person's behalf) of a proxy or a written consent to an action to be taken (including the delivery of such a document in the .pdf, .tif, .gif, .peg or similar format attached to an email message) shall be deemed to be written, signed, dated and delivered to the corporation for the purposes of this <u>Article II</u>; <u>provided</u> that any such facsimile, email or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine (a) that the facsimile, email or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (b) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person transmitted such facsimile, email or other electronic transmission. The date on which such facsimile, email or other electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent or proxy was signed. Any such facsimile, email or other electronic transmission of a consent or proxy shall be treated in all respects as an original executed consent or proxy and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of the board of directors or the Secretary of the corporation, each stockholder, proxyholder or other authorized person who delivered a consent or proxy by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission shall re-execute the original form thereof and deliver such original to the corporation at its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. No consent given by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.

ARTICLE III

<u>DIRECTORS</u>

<u>Section 1</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>General Powers</u>. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors.

<u>Section 2</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Number, Election and Term of Office</u>. The number of directors which shall constitute the first board shall be two. Thereafter, the number of directors shall be established from time to time by resolution of the board. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election of directors. The directors shall be elected in this manner at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided in <u>Section 4</u> of this <u>Article III</u>. Each director elected shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.

<u>Section 3</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Removal and Resignation</u>. Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Whenever the holders of any class or series are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the corporation's certificate of incorporation, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect of the removal without cause of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class or series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation.

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<u>Section 4</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Vacancies</u>. Except as otherwise provided in the corporation's certificate of incorporation, board vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as herein provided.

<u>Section 5</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Annual Meetings</u>. The annual meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held without notice (other than notice under these by-laws) immediately after, and at the same place, if any, as the annual meeting of stockholders.

<u>Section 6</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Other Meetings and Notice</u>. Regular meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place, if any, as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors and promptly communicated to all directors then in office. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any director on at least 24 hours notice to each director, either personally, by telephone, by mail or by electronic transmission.

<u>Section 7</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment</u>. A majority of the total number of directors then in office authorized shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Except as otherwise required by the corporation's certificate of incorporation, each director shall be entitled to one vote on exactly the matter presented to the board for approval.

<u>Section 8</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Committees</u>. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation, which to the extent provided in such resolution or these by-laws shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management and affairs of the corporation, except as otherwise limited by applicable law. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.

<u>Section 9</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Committee Rules</u>. Each committee of the board of directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the board of directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of a majority of the members of the committee then in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In the event that a member and such member's alternate, if alternates are designated by the board of directors as provided in <u>Section 8</u> of this <u>Article III</u>, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members 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.

<u>Section 10</u> <u>Communications Equipment</u>. Members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

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<u>Section 11</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Waiver of Notice and Presumption of Assent</u>. Any member of the board of directors or any committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed to have waived notice of such meeting, except when such member attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to any action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless his or her written dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.

<u>Section 12</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Action by Written Consent</u>. Unless otherwise restricted by the corporation's certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board, or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

ARTICLE IV

<u>OFFICERS</u>

<u>Section 1</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Number</u>. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors and may consist of a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer, one or more vice presidents, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board of directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its discretion, the board of directors may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable.

<u>Section 2</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Election and Term of Office</u>. The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.

<u>Section 3</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Removal</u>. Any officer or agent elected by the board of directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

<u>Section 4</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Vacancies</u>. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term by the board of directors then in office.

<u>Section 5</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Compensation</u>. Compensation of all officers shall be fixed by the board of directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of his or her also being a director of the corporation.

<u>Section 6</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Chief Executive Officer</u>. The chief executive officer, subject to the powers of the board of directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees; and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The chief executive officer shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. The chief executive officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or as may be provided in these by-laws.

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<u>Section 7</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Chief Financial Officer</u>. The chief financial officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate all books and accounts of the corporation as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with applicable law or generally accepted accounting principles; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation as may be ordered by the chairman of the board or the board of directors; shall cause the funds of the corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to the board of directors, at its regular meeting or when the board of directors so requires, an account of the corporation; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors, the chief executive officer, or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe. If required by the board of directors, the chief financial officer shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be rendered every six years) in such sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of chief financial officer and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement or removal from office of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the possession or under the control of the chief financial officer belonging to the corporation.

<u>Section 8</u> <u>Vice President (Acquisitions)</u>. The vice-president (acquisitions), or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents (acquisitions) in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, act with all of the powers and be subject to all the restrictions of the president. The vice-presidents (acquisitions) shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors, the president or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe.

<u>Section 9</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents</u>. Officers, assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these by-laws, shall have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of the board of directors.

<u>Section 10</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Absence or Disability of Officers</u>. In the case of the absence or disability of any officer of the corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such officer's place during such officer's absence or disability, the board of directors may by resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or to any other person whom it may select.

ARTICLE V

<u>INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS</u>

<u>Section 1</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Nature of Indemnity</u>. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), or any appeal of such proceeding, by reason of or arising out of the fact that such person, or any other person for whom such person is the legal representative, 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, manager, general partner, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, 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 said law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding) and such indemnification shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided that, except as provided in <u>Section 2</u> of this <u>Article V</u>, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by the board of directors of the corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this <u>Article V</u> shall be a contract right and, subject to <u>Sections 2</u> and <u>5</u> hereof, shall include the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition. The corporation may, by action of its board of directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.

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<u>Section 2</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Procedure for Indemnification of Directors and Officers</u>. Any indemnification of a director or officer of the corporation provided for under <u>Section 1</u> of this <u>Article V</u> or advance of expenses provided for under <u>Section 5</u> of this <u>Article V</u> shall be made promptly, and in any event within 30 days, upon the written request of the director or officer. If a determination by the corporation that the director or officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this <u>Article V</u> is required, and the corporation fails to respond within 60 days to a written request for indemnity, the corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the corporation wrongfully denies a written request for indemnification or advancing of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment in full pursuant to such request is not properly made within 30 days, the right to indemnification or advances as granted by this <u>Article V</u> shall be enforceable by the director or officer in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such person's costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to the corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of such defense shall be on the corporation. 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 action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

<u>Section 3</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Article Not Exclusive</u>. The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this <u>Article V</u> shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the corporation's certificate of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

<u>Section 4</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Insurance</u>. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this <u>Article V</u>.

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<u>Section 5</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Expenses</u>. Expenses incurred by any person described in <u>Section 1</u> of this <u>Article V</u> in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of such proceeding's final disposition unless otherwise determined by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer or other person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the board of directors deems appropriate.

<u>Section 6</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Employees and Agents</u>. Persons who are not covered by the foregoing provisions of this <u>Article V</u> and who are or were employees or agents of the corporation, or who are or were serving at the request of the corporation as employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, may be indemnified, and may be advanced expenses, to the extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the board of directors.

<u>Section 7</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Contract Rights</u>. The provisions of this <u>Article V</u> shall be deemed to be a vested contract right between the corporation and each director and officer who serves in any such capacity at any time while this <u>Article V</u> and the relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or other applicable law are in effect. Such contract right shall vest for each director and officer at the time such person is elected or appointed to such position, and no repeal or modification of this <u>Article V</u> or any such law shall affect any such vested rights or obligations of any current or former director or officer with respect to any state of facts or proceeding regardless of when occurring.

<u>Section 8</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Merger or Consolidation</u>. For purposes of this <u>Article V</u>, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this <u>Article V</u> with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

ARTICLE VI

<u>CERTIFICATES OF STOCK</u>

<u>Section 1</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Form</u>. The corporation may (but shall not be required to) issue certificates representing the shares. Absent a resolution of the board of directors, shares shall be uncertificated. If the board of directors elects for shares to be certificated, every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by any two duly appointed officers of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the corporation. If such a certificate is countersigned (1) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee or (2) by a registrar, other than the corporation or its employee, the signature of any two duly appointed officers of the corporation may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the corporation whether because of death, resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the corporation. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the corporation. Shares of stock of the corporation shall only be transferred on the books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the corporation of the certificate or certificates for such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons, with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization, and other matters as the corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. In that event, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate or certificates, and record the transaction on its books. The board of directors may appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in connection with the transfer of any class or series of securities of the corporation.

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<u>Section 2</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder Meetings</u>. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

<u>Section 3</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Fixing a Record Date for Action by Written Consent</u>. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by statute, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors and prior action by the board of directors is required by statute, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

<u>Section 4</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Fixing a Record Date for Other Purposes</u>. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

<u>Section 5</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Subscriptions for Stock</u>. Unless otherwise provided for in any subscription agreement, subscriptions for shares shall be paid in full at such time, or in such installments and at such times, as shall be determined by the board of directors. Any call made by the board of directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same class or as to all shares of the same series. In case of default in the payment of any installment or call when such payment is due, the corporation may proceed to collect the amount due in the same manner as any debt due the corporation.

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ARTICLE VII

<u>GENERAL PROVISIONS</u>

<u>Section 1</u> <u>Dividends</u>. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the corporation's certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to applicable law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the corporation's certificate of incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, deem proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for any other purpose and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

<u>Section 2</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Checks, Drafts or Orders</u>. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money by or to the corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

<u>Section 3</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Contracts</u>. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents, of the corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

<u>Section 4</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Loans</u>. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or its subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.

<u>Section 5</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Fiscal Year</u>. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

<u>Section 6</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Corporate Seal</u>. The board of directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

<u>Section 7</u> <u>Voting Securities Owned By Corporation</u>. Voting securities in any other corporation or other entity (such as a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust) held by the corporation shall be voted as directed by the board of directors, unless the board of directors specifically confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may be general or confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution.

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<u>Section 8</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Inspection of Books and Records</u>. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean any purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in the State of Delaware or at its principal place of business.

<u>Section 9</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Exclusive Jurisdiction</u>. Unless otherwise waived by resolution of the Board, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation's stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the corporation's certificate of incorporation or by-laws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

<u>Section 10</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Section Headings</u>. Section headings in these by-laws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

<u>Section 11</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Inconsistent Provisions</u>. In the event that any provision of these by-laws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the corporation's certificate of incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable law, the provision of these by-laws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

ARTICLE VIII

<u>AMENDMENTS</u>

These by-laws may be amended, altered, or repealed and new by-laws adopted at any meeting of the board of directors by a majority vote. The fact that the power to adopt, amend, alter, or repeal the by-laws has been conferred upon the board of directors shall not divest the stockholders of the same powers.

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## Exhibit 99.1

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**Exhibit 99.1**<br>

#### Centerbridge Partners Completes Acquisition of MeridianLink

*MeridianLink becomes private company and delists from NYSE* 

*Silversmith Capital Partners makes minority investment in MeridianLink* 

IRVINE, Calif. – October 24, 2025 –Centerbridge Partners, L.P. ("Centerbridge"), a global investment firm with deep experience investing in financial services and technology, today announced the completion of its acquisition of MeridianLink, Inc. ("MeridianLink" or the "Company"), a leading provider of modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies. The transaction includes a minority investment from Silversmith Capital Partners to further growth and innovation.

With the completion of the transaction, MeridianLink shareholders will receive $20.00 in cash for each share of common stock they own. In connection with the completion of the transaction, MeridianLink common stock ceased trading and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.

"MeridianLink has grown from a pioneer in digital lending to a market leader helping credit unions and community banks build and foster lasting relationships with consumers," said Larry Katz, President and CEO of MeridianLink. "We are excited to accelerate our digital lending trajectory with Centerbridge and Silversmith. Together we will unlock the potential of our trusted, mission-critical, and scalable platform by accelerating automation, harnessing the power of AI and data, and improving customer experiences."

"MeridianLink is uniquely positioned to meet the digital lending needs of financial institutions of all sizes through its leading end-to-end platform of innovative and trusted technology solutions," said Jared Hendricks, Senior Managing Director, Centerbridge, and Ben Jaffe, Managing Director, Centerbridge. "We look forward to working with Larry and the MeridianLink team to support the Company's next phase of innovation and growth as it continues to enhance the capabilities of its powerful platform, delivers even greater value to new and existing customers, and contributes to shaping a vibrant modern banking system."

"At Silversmith, we've invested in technology providers to banks and credit unions for years, and we see significant opportunity in the space," said Todd MacLean, Managing Partner of Silversmith Capital Partners. "What excites us most about MeridianLink is the opportunity to partner with Centerbridge in backing Larry and his team as they capitalize on their market leadership and push forward to expand the platform and drive continued innovation."

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#### Advisors

The Company's lead financial advisor is Centerview Partners LLC and its legal advisor is Goodwin Procter LLP. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC also served as a financial advisor to MeridianLink. Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher is serving as strategic communications advisor to MeridianLink.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as financial advisor to Centerbridge, and Kirkland & Ellis is serving as its legal counsel. Kekst CNC is serving as strategic communications advisor to Centerbridge.

#### About MeridianLink

MeridianLink® empowers financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies to drive efficient growth. MeridianLink's cloud-based digital lending, account opening, background screening, and data verification software solutions leverage shared intelligence from a unified data platform, MeridianLink® One, to enable customers of all sizes to identify growth opportunities, effectively scale up, and support compliance efforts, all while powering an enhanced experience for staff and consumers alike.

For more than 25 years, MeridianLink has prioritized the democratization of lending for consumers, businesses, and communities. Learn more at www.meridianlink.com.

#### About Centerbridge

Centerbridge Partners, L.P. is a private investment management firm employing a flexible approach across investment disciplines - Private Equity, Private Credit and Real Estate - in an effort to develop the most attractive opportunities for our investors. The Firm was founded in 2005 and, as of June 30, 2025, has approximately $43 billion in assets under management with offices in New York and London. Centerbridge is dedicated to partnering with world-class management teams across targeted industry sectors and geographies. For more information, please visit www.centerbridge.com and LinkedIn.

#### About Silversmith Capital Partners
Founded in 2015, Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston-based growth equity firm with over $5 billion in capital under management. Silversmith seeks to partner with founders and entrepreneurs building enduring technology and healthcare businesses. The firm brings deep domain expertise, strategic perspective, and a long-term partnership approach to help management teams accelerate growth. The firm has served as the first institutional partner to some of the most dynamic and successful companies in its core verticals, including Appfire, Apryse, DistroKid, Iodine Software, and LifeStance Health. For more information visit <u>www.silversmith.com</u>.

#### Press Contact
Erica Bigley

(415) 710-9006

Erica.Bigley@Meridianlink.com

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Or

Jeremy Fielding / Anntal Silver / Daniel Hoadley

Kekst CNC

CenterbridgePartners@kekstcnc.com

#### Investor Relations Contact
Nandan Amladi

(714) 332-6357

InvestorRelations@MeridianLink.com

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