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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) and Rule 424(c)
Registration Statement No. 333-122208
Prospectus Supplement
Number 4
14,032,896 Shares
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
Common Stock
This prospectus supplement relates to the public offering of up to 14,032,896 shares of common
stock by some of our existing shareholders, as described in the prospectus dated April 18, 2006,
which we refer to as the prospectus. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with
the prospectus. This prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus except to
the extent that the information in this prospectus supplement updates and supersedes the
information contained in the prospectus.
You should carefully consider the risk factors described beginning on page 12 of the
accompanying prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of the securities to be issued under this prospectus supplement or
determined if this prospectus supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus supplement is September 18, 2006.
Recent Developments
On September 11, 2006, Bruce D. Neviaser, the Chairman of the Board, resigned from the Board
of Directors. There was no disagreement between Mr. Neviaser and the Company.
On September 12, 2006, our Board of Directors unanimously approved an amendment to Article IV
of our bylaws. The amendment inserts new Section 3 to Article IV, which creates the Office of the
Chairman. Pursuant to the amendment, the Office of the Chairman can be used as an alternative to
a single board member serving as Chairman of the Board. If utilized, the Office of the Chairman
shall consist of such directors, and such number of directors, as the Board of Directors determines
from time to time. The description of the amendment to our bylaws contained in this Supplement
Number 4 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., set forth below.
Also on September 12, 2006, the Board of Directors selected Elan Blutinger, Randy Churchey and
Howard Silver to fill the new Office of the Chairman position described above.
Also on September 12, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing the resignation of
Mr. Neviaser and the creation of the Office of the Chairman. A copy of the press release is set
forth below.
Amended and Restated Bylaws
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC.
(originally adopted on May 14, 2004 as amended through September 12, 2006)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The Corporation shall maintain a registered
office and shall have a registered agent whose business office is the same as the registered
office.
Section 2. Principal Executive Office. The principal executive office of the
Corporation shall be at the principal place of business of the Corporation and shall not be its
registered office.
Section 3. Other Offices. 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
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the
election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before
the meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such
date and at such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution provide. The Board of Directors
may specify by resolution prior to any special meeting of stockholders held within the year that
such meeting shall be in lieu of the annual meeting.
Section 2. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders may be
called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President or the holders of 35% or more of the Corporations common stock
then outstanding. Such meeting shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of
Delaware, as fixed by the Secretary.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of
stockholders, stating the time and place of the meeting, and the purpose of any special meeting,
shall be mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote at or to notice of such meeting at the address
shown on the books of the Corporation not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to
such meeting unless such stockholder waives notice of the meeting. Any stockholder may execute a
waiver of notice, in person or by proxy, either before or after any meeting, and shall be deemed to
have waived notice if he is present at such meeting in person or by proxy, unless he objects at the
beginning of the meeting to the holding of the meeting or to transacting business at the meeting.
Neither the business transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting need be stated in the waiver of
notice of such meeting.
Notice of any meeting may be given by the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary.
Section 4. Adjournment. In the absence of a quorum or for any other reason,
the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time. If the adjournment is not
for more than thirty (30) days, the adjourned meeting may be held without notice other than an
announcement at the meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if 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. At any such adjourned meeting at which
a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting
originally called.
Section 5. List of Stockholders. The officer who has charge of the stock
ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the 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, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten
(10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place
where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also 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.
Section 6. Quorum; Voting. Each outstanding share of common stock of the
Corporation is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote. A quorum for the
transaction of business at any annual or special meeting of stockholders shall exist when the
holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote are represented either
in person or by proxy at such meeting. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is
required, a majority of the shares of such class or classes or series present in person or
represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on
that matter. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented
at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders,
unless a greater vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in the election for such directors.
When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, the stockholders present may continue to do
business at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof notwithstanding withdrawal of enough
stockholders to leave less than a quorum. The holders of a majority of the voting shares
represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting from time to
time.
Section 7. Proxies. A stockholder may vote either in person or by a proxy
that such stockholder has duly executed in writing. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years
from the date of its execution unless a longer period is expressly provided in the proxy.
Section 8. Inspectors of Election. All votes by ballot at any meeting of
stockholders shall be conducted by such number of inspectors of election as are appointed for that
purpose by the Corporation. The Corporation may designate one or more alternate inspectors to
replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting
of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall,
appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the
discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. Every vote
taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or inspectors.
Section 9. Notice of Stockholder Proposals. At any annual or special meeting
of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before
the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual or special meeting, business must be: (A)
specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors; (B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors; or (C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. In
order for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation
and such proposal must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the Delaware General
Corporation Law. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to or mailed and received
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the
one hundred twentieth (120th) calendar day prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event no annual
meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more
than thirty (30) days, notice by the stockholder to be timely received must be so received not
later than the close of business on the later of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance
of such meeting or ten (10) calendar days following the date on which public announcement of the
date of the meeting is first made. A stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to
each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (i) a brief description of
the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting; (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporations books, of
the stockholder proposing such business; (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation
which are beneficially owned by the stockholder; (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in
such business; and (v) any other information that is required to be provided by the
stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
1934 Act), in the stockholders capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder
proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholders meeting, stockholders must
provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding
anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting
except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 9. The chairman of the meeting
shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly
brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9, and, if he
should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not properly brought
before the meeting shall not be transacted.
Section 10. Shareholder Nominations of Directors. Except for Directors who
are elected by Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of Article III of these Bylaws,
only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10 shall
be eligible for election as Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders (a) by or at the directions
of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholders of
the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting who (i) is a
stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 10 and
on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (ii)
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 10 and Section 9 of Article II. Such
nominations other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly
authorized committee thereof), shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary
of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice for an annual meeting must be delivered
to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the
close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the anniversary date
of the preceding years annual meeting of stockholders, regardless of any postponements, deferrals
or adjournments of that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if and
only if the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences 25 days
before such anniversary date and ends 25 days after such anniversary date, such stockholders
notice must be delivered by the tenth (10th) day following the day on which the date of
the annual meeting is publicly disclosed or notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed,
whichever occurs first. A stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each
person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election 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 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (b) as to the stockholder
giving the notice (i) the name and record address, as they appear on the Corporations books, of
such stockholder, (ii) the class and number of shares of each class of capital stock of the
Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a description of
all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other
person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by
such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and that such stockholder intends to appear in person
or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons named in its notice and (v) any other
information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy
statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for
election of Directors pursuant to Regulation 14A of the 1934 Act. Such notice must be accompanied
by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a
director if elected. The Chairman 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, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective
nomination shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Power of Directors. The business of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors, which may exercise all the powers of
the Corporation, subject to any restrictions imposed by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or
by these Bylaws.
Section 2. Composition of the Board.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of no less than three (3) members
of the age of eighteen or over. The exact number of directors may be fixed by resolution duly
adopted by the Board of Directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the
term of any incumbent director.
(b) Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the
Corporation.
(c) At each annual meeting the stockholders shall elect the Directors, who shall serve until
their successors are elected and qualified; provided, that at any stockholders meeting,
the entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed, with or without cause, by
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an
election of directors.
(d) Each Director shall be elected for a one-year term. A Director shall hold office until
the annual meeting for the year in which his term expires and until his successor shall be duly
elected and qualified to serve, subject to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification
or removal from office.
Section 3. Meetings of the Board; Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice. The
Board of Directors shall hold an annual meeting of the Board of Directors for the purpose of
electing officers and transacting such other business as may be brought before the meeting. The
Board of Directors may by resolution provide for the time and place of this annual meeting and
other regular meetings and no notice of such regular meetings need be given. Special meetings of
the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President or by a
majority of directors unless the Board consists of one director, in which case special meetings may
be called by the sole director. Written notice of the time and place of such meetings shall be
given to each director by first class or air mail at least four (4) days before the meeting or by
telephone, telegraph, cablegram or in person at least two (2) days before the meeting. Any
director may execute a waiver of notice, either before or after any meeting, and shall be deemed to
have waived notice if he or she is present at such meeting, unless at the beginning of the meeting
he or she states that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be
transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the Board of Directors need be stated in the
notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Any meeting may be held at any place within or without
the State of Delaware.
Section 4. Quorum; Voting. A majority of the number of Directors in office
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. When a quorum is
present, the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of the Board of
Directors, unless a greater vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws.
Section 5. Action of Board without Meeting. Any action required or permitted
to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a
meeting if a written consent, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the directors or
committee members and filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous affirmative vote of the Board of
Directors or committee, as the case may be.
Section 6. Committees. The Board of Directors shall designate an Audit
Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and such
other committees the Board of Directors deems advisable, each of which shall have and may exercise
the powers and authority of the Board of Directors to the extent provided in the charters of each
committee adopted by the Board of Directors in one or more resolutions. The Board of Directors may
designate the chairman and vice chairman, if any, of each committee. Vacancies may be filled by
the Board of Directors at any meeting. The committee chairman, vice chairman, if any, or a
majority of any committee may call a meeting of that committee. A quorum of any committee shall
consist of a majority of its members unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of
Directors. The majority vote of a quorum shall be required for the transaction of business. The
secretary of the committee or the chairman of the committee shall give notice of all meetings of
the committee in accordance with the provisions of Article III Section 3 of these Bylaws. Each
committee shall fix its other rules of procedure. Action may be taken by any committee without a
meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed
with the minutes of the proceedings of such committee.
Section 7. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be
filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum
of the Board of Directors, or by the sole remaining director, as the case may be, or if the vacancy
is not so filled, or if no director remains, by the stockholders. A director elected to fill a
vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office, or, if such vacancy
occurs by reason of an amendment to these Bylaws increasing the number of directors, until the next
election of directors by the stockholders and the election and qualification of the successor.
Section 8. Telephone Conference Meetings. Unless the Certificate of
Incorporation otherwise provides, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by
the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee by
means of telephone conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this
Section 8 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 9. Chairman. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman
of the Board of Directors shall preside and in the absence of, or in the case of a vacancy in the
office of, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a chairman selected by the Chairman of the Board
of Directors or, if he or she fails to do so, by the directors, shall preside.
Section 10. Compensation of Directors. Directors and members of any
committee of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to such reasonable compensation and fees for
their services as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors and
shall also be entitled to reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings
of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof, except that a director who is an officer or
employee of the Corporation shall receive no compensation or fees for serving as a director or a
committee member.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. Executive Structure of the Corporation. The officers of the
Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and such other officers or assistant
officers, including Vice Presidents, as may be elected by the Board of Directors. Each officer
shall hold office for the term for which such officer has been elected or appointed or until such
officers successor has been elected or appointed and has qualified, or until such officers
earlier resignation, removal from office, or death. Any two or more offices may be held by the
same person. The Board of Directors may designate a Vice President as an Executive Vice President
or a Senior Vice President and may designate the order in which other Vice Presidents may act.
Section 2. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of
Directors shall be chosen from among the Directors, shall have the general powers and duties of
management and supervision of the business of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the
Board of Directors if present, and shall, in general, perform all duties incident to the office of
Chairman of the Board of Directors and such other duties as, from time to time, may be assigned to
him by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Office of the Chairman. In lieu of a Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the Board of Directors may designate an Office of the Chairman consisting of two or more
Directors as determined by the Board of Directors. While so designated, the Office of the Chairman
shall have and shall exercise the powers and authority of the Chairman of the Board. The Office of
the Chairman shall function in accordance with procedures adopted from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
Section 4. Vice Chairman. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or in the event of such officers inability or refusal to act, the Vice Chairman, if
any, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Chairman of the Board of
Directors or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 5. Chief Executive Officer The Chief Executive Officer shall have
the general powers of oversight, supervision and management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
The Chief Executive Officer may sign certificates for shares of the Corporation and any deeds,
bonds, mortgages, contracts and other documents that the Board of Directors has authorized to be
executed (and those deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other documents for which no such
authorization is required under applicable law), except where required 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 or these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
Section 6. President. The President shall, under the direction of the Chief
Executive Officer: (i) have general and active management of business and affairs of the
Corporation; (ii) implement the general directives, plans and policies formulated by the Board of
Directors; and (iii) further have such duties, responsibilities and authorities as may be assigned
by the Board of Directors. The President may sign certificates for shares of the Corporation and
any deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other documents that the Board of Directors has
authorized to be executed (and those deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other documents for
which no such authorization is required under applicable law), except where required 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 or these Bylaws, to some other officer or agent of the
Corporation.
Section 7. Vice President. The several Vice Presidents shall have such
powers and duties as may be assigned to them by these Bylaws and as may from time to time be
assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors. Each
Vice President may sign certificates for shares of the Corporation and any deeds, bonds, mortgages,
contracts and other documents that the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed (and those
deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other documents for which no such authorization is required
under applicable law), except where required 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 or
these Bylaws, to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
Section 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose,
and shall have custody of and attest the seal of the Corporation.
Section 9. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have
the custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in the books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys
and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as
may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds
of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer or, if there be no Chief Executive
Officer, the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of
Directors so requires, an account of all such persons transactions as Chief Financial Officer and
of the financial condition of the Corporation.
Section 10. Other Duties and Authority. Each officer, employee and agent of
the Corporation shall have such other duties and authority as may be conferred upon such officer,
employee or agent by the Board of Directors or delegated to such officer, employee or agent by the
Chief Executive Officer.
Section 11. Removal of Officers. Any officer may be removed at any time by
the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, and such vacancy may be filled by the Board
of Directors. This provision shall not prevent the making of a contract of employment for a
definite term with any officer and shall have no effect upon any cause of action that any officer
may have as a result of such officers removal in breach of a contract of employment.
Section 12. Compensation. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from
time to time by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors.
No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that such officer is
also a Director of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
SHARES
Section 1. Stock Certificates. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall
be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be in such form as
may be approved by the Board of Directors, which certificates shall be issued to stockholders of
the Corporation in numerical order from the stock book of the Corporation, and each of which shall
bear the name of the stockholder, the number of shares represented and the date of issue; and which
shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President (or in lieu thereof,
by the Chairman of the Board if there be one) and may be signed by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Corporation; provided, however, that where the Certificate is
signed (either manually or by facsimile) by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, the
signatures of those officers may be facsimiles.
Section 2. Transfer of Stock. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be
transferred only on the books of the Corporation upon surrender to the Corporation of the
certificate or certificates representing the shares to be transferred accompanied by an assignment
in writing of such shares properly executed by the stockholder of record or such stockholders duly
authorized attorney-in-fact and with all taxes on the transfer having been paid. The Corporation
may refuse any requested transfer until furnished evidence satisfactory to it that such transfer is
proper. Upon the surrender of a certificate for transfer of stock, such certificate shall at once
be conspicuously marked on its face Canceled and filed with the permanent stock records of the
Corporation. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of
uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall be canceled and issuance of new equivalent
uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the
transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may make
such additional rules concerning the issuance, transfer and registration of stock and requirements
regarding the establishment of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken stock certificates (including
any requirement of an indemnity bond prior to issuance of any replacement certificate) as it deems
appropriate.
Section 3. Lock-Up Period. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in
these Bylaws to the contrary, no holder (each a Pre-IPO Holder) of a share of common stock issued
prior to the initial public offering of the Corporation (each a Pre-IPO Share), including any
shares issued in the Private Placement (which shall mean the issuance of shares of the
Corporations common stock prior to, concurrently with, or immediately following the closing of the
Corporations initial public offering in a transaction exempt from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933), shall offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale
of, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly (collectively, Dispose of), any such Pre-IPO
Share, without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer,
until the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the closing date of the
Corporations initial public offering.
The following transfers of Pre-IPO Shares shall not be subject to the lock-up period set forth
in the preceding paragraph:
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a Pre-IPO Holder who is a natural person may Dispose of Pre-IPO Shares to his
or her spouse, siblings, parents or any natural or adopted children or other
descendants or to any personal trust in which such family members or such Pre-IPO
Holder retain the entire beneficial interest; |
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a Pre-IPO Holder that is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or other business entity may (1) Dispose of Pre-IPO Shares to one or more entities that
are wholly owned or controlled by, or under common control with, the Pre-IPO Holder or
(2) Dispose of Pre-IPO Shares by distributing such Pre-IPO Shares in a liquidation,
dissolution, winding up or otherwise without consideration to the equity owners of such
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or business entity or to any other
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or business entity that is wholly
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a Pre-IPO Holder may Dispose of Pre-IPO Shares on his or her death to such
Pre-IPO Holders estate, executor, administrator or personal representative or to such
Pre-IPO Holders beneficiaries pursuant to a devise or bequest or by the laws of
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a Pre-IPO Holder may Dispose of Pre-IPO Shares as a bona fide gift; and |
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a Pre-IPO Holder may Dispose of Pre-IPO Shares pursuant to a pledge, grant of
security interest or other encumbrance effected in a bona fide transaction with an
unrelated and unaffiliated pledgee. |
Section 4. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation may deem and treat the
holder of record of any stock as the absolute owner for all purposes and shall not be required to
take any notice of any right or claim of right of any other person.
Section 5. Record Date. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled
to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other
purpose, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may fix in advance a date as the record date for
any such determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days
and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on
which the particular action, requiring such determination of stockholders, is to be taken.
Section 6. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Board of Directors may appoint
such transfer agents and registrars of transfers as may be deemed necessary and may require all
stock certificates to bear the signature or either or both.
Section 7. Dividends. The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions
contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the
Corporations capital stock pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law. Dividends may be
paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporations capital stock. The Board of Directors
may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or
reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but
not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation
and meeting contingencies.
ARTICLE VI
DEPOSITORIES, SIGNATURES AND SEAL
Section 1. Depositories. All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited in
the name of the Corporation in such bank, banks or other financial institutions as the Board of
Directors may from time to time designate and shall be drawn out on checks, drafts or other orders
signed on behalf of the Corporation by such person or persons as the Board of Directors may from
time to time designate.
Section 2. Contracts and Deeds. All contracts, deeds and other instruments
shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, President or by such
other officer, officers, agent or agents as the Board of Directors may from time to time by
resolution provide.
Section 3. Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be as follows:
If the seal is affixed to a document, the signature of the Chief Executive Officer, President,
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall attest the seal. The seal and its attestation may be
lithographed or otherwise printed on any document and shall have, to the extent permitted by law,
the same force and effect as if it had been affixed and attested manually.
ARTICLE VII
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNITY
Section 1. Right to Indemnification. 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
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a Proceeding), by reason of the
fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a
Director, officer or employee of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans,
whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director,
officer, employee or (if serving for another corporation at the request of the Corporation) agent
or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or (if serving for another
corporation at the request of the Corporation) agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the
Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same
exists or may hereafter be amended, (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent
that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law
permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and
loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts to
be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and
such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or (if serving for another corporation at the request of the Corporation) agent and shall
inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided,
however, that except as provided in Section 2 of this Article VIII with respect to
proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such
persons seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such
person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section 1 shall be a contract right
and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any
such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if
the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director
or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without
limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf
of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined
that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or
otherwise.
Section 2. Payment of Indemnification. If a claim under Section 1 of this
Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days after a written claim
has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against
the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part,
the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. 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 is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards
of conduct that make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation
to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be
on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors,
independent legal counsel or 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 Delaware General Corporation Law,
nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, should
be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable
standard of conduct.
Section 3. Indemnification Not Exclusive. The right to indemnification and
the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition
conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have
or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 4. Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person
against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 5. Authority to Enter into Indemnification Agreements. The
Corporation shall have the power to enter into contracts with any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation in furtherance of the provisions in this Article VIII to provide for the
payment of such amounts as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, to
effect indemnification and payment of expenses as provided in this Article VIII.
ARTICLE IX
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Subject to the provisions of Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, any notice
required by these Bylaws may be given by electronic transmission, as defined in Section 232(c).
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
The Board of Directors shall have the power to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new
bylaws, but any bylaws adopted by the Board of Directors may be altered, amended, or repealed and
new bylaws adopted by the stockholders. The stockholders may prescribe that any bylaw or bylaws
adopted by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.
Press Release
Great Wolf Resorts Establishes Office of the Chairman
Tuesday September 12, 4:42 pm ET
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Great Wolf Resorts (Nasdaq: WOLF News), the
nations leader in indoor waterpark resorts, today announced that its board of directors has
established an Office of the Chairman, consisting of the chairs of the companys Audit, Corporate
Governance and Compensation Committees, to oversee the companys board. The company also announced
that Bruce D. Neviaser has stepped down as chairman and as a member of the board, effective
immediately. The board now consists of six members, five of whom qualify as independent directors.
As a founder of our predecessor company, Bruce was instrumental in the formation and growth
of Great Wolf Resorts, said John Emery, chief executive officer. His vision and entrepreneurial
spirit helped establish our brand, and he remains a strong supporter of the company. I thank him
for his significant contributions to the company and wish him all the best in his future pursuits.
I am departing in order to pursue other investment opportunities. I am leaving the company in good
hands and feel very positive about the companys future prospects and ability to continue to build
shareholder value, Neviaser said.
About Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.® (Nasdaq: WOLF News) is North Americas largest family of indoor
waterpark resorts and owns and operates its family resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge® and Blue
Harbor Resort(TM) brands. Great Wolf Resorts is a fully integrated resort company and owns and/or
manages Great Wolf Lodge locations in:
Wisconsin Dells, Wis.; Sandusky, Ohio; Traverse City, Mich.; Kansas City, Kan.; Williamsburg, Va.;
the Pocono Mountains, Pa.; Niagara Falls, Ontario; and Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center in
Sheboygan, Wis. Great Wolf Lodge properties are currently in predevelopment and/or under
construction in Mason, Ohio; Grapevine, Texas; and Grand Mound, Wash.
The companys resorts are family-oriented destination facilities that generally feature 300 to 400
rooms and a large indoor entertainment area measuring 40,000 to 100,000 square feet. The all-suite
properties offer a variety of room styles, arcade/game rooms, fitness centers, themed restaurants,
spas, supervised childrens activities and other amenities. Additional information may be found on
the companys website at http://www.greatwolf.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal
securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, including, among
others, statements regarding Great Wolf Resorts future prospects, are forward-looking statements.
Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Great
Wolf Resorts, Inc. and members of its board of directors and management team, as well as the
assumptions on which such statements are based, and generally are identified by the use of words
such as may, will, seeks, anticipates, believes, estimates, expects, plans,
intends, should or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve risks and uncertainties that actual results may differ materially from
those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are beyond the
companys ability to control or predict. Such factors include, but are not limited to, competition
in the companys markets, changes in family vacation patterns and consumer spending habits,
regional or national economic downturns, the companys ability to attract a significant number of
guests from its target markets, economic conditions in its target markets, the impact of fuel
costs, the companys ability to develop new resorts in desirable markets or further develop
existing resorts on a timely and cost efficient basis, the companys ability to manage growth,
including the expansion of the companys infrastructure and systems necessary to support growth,
the companys ability to manage cash and obtain additional cash required for growth, potential
accidents or injuries at its resorts, its ability to achieve or sustain profitability, downturns in
its industry segment and extreme weather conditions, increases in operating costs and other expense
items and costs, uninsured losses or losses in excess of the companys insurance coverage, the
companys ability to protect its intellectual property, trade secrets and the value of its brands,
and other factors discussed under Item IA (Risk Factors) in Great Wolf Resorts 2005 Form 10-K. We
assume no duty to update these statements.
Management believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should
not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. All
written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Great Wolf Resorts or persons acting on
its behalf are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Further, forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the company undertakes no obligation to
update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of
unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time unless otherwise required by
law.
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