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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) December 18, 2006
MGIC Investment Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Wisconsin
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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1-10816
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39-1486475 |
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification
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MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
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53202 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(414) 347-6480
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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 (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
(a) Effective December 18, 2006, Section 3.01 of our Bylaws was amended to add a new Section
3.01(d). Section 3.01(d) requires a director nominee (including an incumbent director) to agree to
submit an irrevocable resignation if he or she does not receive a Majority Vote in an election in
which the number of candidates does not exceed the number of directors to be elected. The
effectiveness of any such resignation will be contingent upon the Board of Directors acceptance.
The Management Development, Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board will recommend to the
Board whether such resignation should be accepted or rejected. The Board must accept or reject any
such resignation based upon such factors as the Board deems appropriate within 90 days after the
election. Majority Vote means that when there is a quorum present more than 50% of the votes
cast in the election of such director were for the election of such director, with votes cast
being equal to the total of the votes for the election of such director plus the votes withheld
from the election of such director.
Our Bylaws, as amended, are filed as Exhibit 3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The
foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual text of our Bylaws.
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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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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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Date: December 18, 2006 |
/s/ JEFFREY H. LANE
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Jeffrey H. Lane |
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Senior Vice President and Secretary |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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MGIC Investment Corporation Bylaws, as amended |
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EXHIBIT 3
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
ARTICLE I. OFFICES
1.01. Principal and Business Offices. The corporation may have such principal and
other business offices, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the Board of Directors
may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.
1.02. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation required by the
Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to be maintained in the State of Wisconsin may be, but need not
be, identical with the principal office in the State of Wisconsin, and the address of the
registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the registered
agent. The business office of the registered agent of the corporation shall be identical to such
registered office.
ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS
2.01. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders (Annual Meeting) shall
be held on the first Monday in May, at such time or on such other day as may be designated by
resolution of the Board of Directors. In fixing a meeting date for any Annual Meeting, the Board
of Directors may consider such factors as it deems relevant within the good faith exercise of its
business judgment.
2.02. Purposes of Annual Meeting. At each Annual Meeting, the shareholders shall
elect the number of directors equal to the number of directors in the class whose term expires at
the time of such Annual Meeting and transact such other business as may properly come before the
Annual Meeting in accordance with Section 2.14 of these Bylaws. If the election of directors shall
not be held on the date designated herein, or fixed as herein provided, for any Annual Meeting, or
any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special
meeting of shareholders (a Special Meeting) as soon thereafter as is practicable.
2.03. Special Meetings.
(a) A Special Meeting, unless otherwise prescribed by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law,
may be called only by (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chairman of the Board (if a Chairman is
elected) or (iii) the President and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President
upon the demand, in accordance with this Section 2.03, of the holders of record of shares
representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be
considered at the Special Meeting.
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(b) In order that the corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to demand a Special
Meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date to determine the shareholders entitled to
make such a demand (the Demand Record Date). The Demand Record Date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the Demand Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors and
shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the Demand Record
Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any shareholder of record seeking to have shareholders
demand a Special Meeting shall, by sending written notice to the Secretary of the corporation by
hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors
to fix a Demand Record Date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten
days after the date on which a valid request to fix a Demand Record Date is received, adopt a
resolution fixing the Demand Record Date and shall make a public announcement of such Demand Record
Date. If no Demand Record Date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten days after the
date on which such request is received by the Secretary, the Demand Record Date shall be the 10th
day after the first date on which a valid written request to set a Demand Record Date is received
by the Secretary. To be valid, such written request shall set forth the purpose or purposes for
which the Special Meeting is to be held, shall be signed by one or more shareholders of record (or
their duly authorized proxies or other representatives), shall bear the date of signature of each
such shareholder (or proxy or other representative) and shall set forth all information about each
such shareholder and about the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the request is
made that would be required to be set forth in a shareholders notice described in paragraph (a)
(ii) of Section 2.14 of these Bylaws.
(c) In order for a shareholder or shareholders to demand a Special Meeting, a written demand
or demands for a Special Meeting by the holders of record as of the Demand Record Date of shares
representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be
considered at the Special Meeting must be delivered to the corporation. To be valid, each written
demand by a shareholder for a Special Meeting shall set forth the specific purpose or purposes for
which the Special Meeting is to be held (which purpose or purposes shall be limited to the purpose
or purposes set forth in the written request to set a Demand Record Date received by the
corporation pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.03), shall be signed by one or more persons
who as of the Demand Record Date are shareholders of record (or their duly authorized proxies or
other representatives), shall bear the date of signature of each such shareholder (or proxy or
other representative), and shall set forth the name and address, as they appear in the
corporations books, of each shareholder signing such demand and the class and number of shares of
the corporation which are owned of record and beneficially by each such shareholder, shall be sent
to the Secretary by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and shall be
received by the Secretary within seventy days after the Demand Record Date.
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(d) The corporation shall not be required to call a Special Meeting upon shareholder demand
unless, in addition to the documents required by paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03, the Secretary
receives a written agreement signed by each Soliciting Shareholder (as defined below), pursuant to
which each Soliciting Shareholder, jointly and severally, agrees to pay the corporations costs of
holding the Special Meeting, including the costs of preparing and mailing proxy materials for the
corporations own solicitation, provided that if each of the resolutions introduced by any
Soliciting Shareholder at such meeting is adopted, and each of the individuals nominated by or on
behalf of any Soliciting Shareholder for election as a director at such meeting is elected, then
the Soliciting Shareholders shall not be required to pay such costs. For purposes of this
paragraph (d), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(i) Affiliate of any Person (as defined herein) shall mean any Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person.
(ii) Participant shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-11
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act).
(iii) Person shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
(iv) Proxy shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-1
promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(v) Solicitation shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-11
promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(vi) Soliciting Shareholder shall mean, with respect to any Special Meeting
demanded by a shareholder or shareholders, any of the following Persons:
(A) if the number of shareholders signing the demand or demands of meeting
delivered to the corporation pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03 is ten
or fewer, each shareholder signing any such demand;
(B) if the number of shareholders signing the demand or demands of meeting
delivered to the corporation pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03 is more
than ten, each Person who either (I) was a Participant in any Solicitation of such
demand or demands or (II) at the time of the delivery to the corporation of the
documents described in paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03 had engaged or intends to
engage in any Solicitation of Proxies for use at such Special Meeting (other than a
Solicitation of Proxies on behalf of the corporation); or
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(C) any Affiliate of a Soliciting Shareholder, if a majority of the directors
then in office determine, reasonably and in good faith, that such Affiliate should
be required to sign the written notice described in paragraph (c) of this Section
2.03 and/or the written agreement described in this paragraph (d) in order to
prevent the purposes of this Section 2.03 from being evaded.
(e) Except as provided in the following sentence, any Special Meeting shall be held at such
hour and day as may be designated by whichever of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board
or the President shall have called such meeting. In the case of any Special Meeting called by the
Chairman of the Board or the President upon the demand of shareholders (a Demand Special
Meeting), such meeting shall be held at such hour and day as may be designated by the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that the date of any Demand Special Meeting shall be not more than
seventy days after the Meeting Record Date (as defined in Section 2.06 hereof); and provided
further that in the event that the directors then in office fail to designate an hour and date for
a Demand Special Meeting within ten days after the date that valid written demands for such meeting
by the holders of record as of the Demand Record Date of shares representing at least 10% of all
the votes entitled to be cast on each issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting are
delivered to the corporation (the Delivery Date), then such meeting shall be held at 2:00 P.M.
local time on the 100th day after the Delivery Date or, if such 100th day is not a Business Day (as
defined below), on the first preceding Business Day. In fixing a meeting date for any Special
Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President may consider such
factors as it or he deems relevant within the good faith exercise of its or his business judgment,
including, without limitation, the nature of the action proposed to be taken, the facts and
circumstances surrounding any demand for such meeting, and any plan of the Board of Directors to
call an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting for the conduct of related business.
(f) The corporation may engage regionally or nationally recognized independent inspectors of
elections to act as an agent of the corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a
ministerial review of the validity of any purported written demand or demands for a Special Meeting
received by the Secretary. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no
purported demand shall be deemed to have been delivered to the corporation until the earlier of (i)
five Business Days following receipt by the Secretary of such purported demand and (ii) such date
as the independent inspectors certify to the corporation that the valid demands received by the
Secretary represent at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on each issue proposed to be
considered at the Special Meeting. Nothing contained in this paragraph (f) shall in any way be
construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any shareholder shall not be entitled
to contest the validity of any demand, whether during or after such five Business Day period, or to
take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of
any litigation with respect thereto).
(g) For purposes of these Bylaws, Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Wisconsin are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close.
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2.04. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the
President or the Secretary may designate any place, either within or without the State of
Wisconsin, as the place of meeting for any Annual Meeting or for any Special Meeting or for any
postponement or adjournment thereof. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the
principal business office of the corporation in the State of Wisconsin. Any meeting may be
adjourned to reconvene at any place designated by vote of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman
of the Board, the President or the Secretary.
2.05. Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice stating the date, time and place
of any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall be delivered not less than three days (unless a
longer period is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law) nor more than 70 days before
the date of such meeting either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of
the Board, the President or the Secretary, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such
meeting and to such other shareholders as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. In
the event of any Demand Special Meeting, such notice shall be sent not more than 45 days after the
Delivery Date. If mailed, notice pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be deemed to be effective
when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears
on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Unless otherwise
required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or the articles of incorporation of the
corporation, a notice of an Annual Meeting need not include a description of the purpose for which
the meeting is called. In the case of any Special Meeting, (a) the notice of meeting shall
describe any business that the Board of Directors shall have theretofore determined to bring before
the meeting and (b) in the case of a Demand Special Meeting, the notice of meeting (i) shall
describe any business set forth in the statement of purpose of the demands received by the
corporation in accordance with Section 2.03 of these Bylaws and (ii) shall contain all of the
information required in the notice received by the corporation in accordance with Section 2.14(b)
of these Bylaws. If an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or
place, the corporation shall not be required to give notice of the new date, time or place if the
new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment; provided, however, that if
a new Meeting Record Date for an adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, the corporation shall give
notice of the adjourned meeting to persons who are shareholders as of the new Meeting Record Date.
2.06. Fixing of Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date not
less than 10 days and not more than 70 days prior to the date of any Annual Meeting or Special
Meeting as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and
to vote at, such meeting (Meeting Record Date). In the case of any Demand Special Meeting, (i)
the Meeting Record Date shall not be later than the 30th day after the Delivery Date and (ii) if
the Board of Directors fails to fix the Meeting Record Date within 30 days after the Delivery Date,
then the close of business on such 30th day shall be the Meeting Record Date. The shareholders of
record on the Meeting Record Date shall be the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at,
the meeting. Except as provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law for a court-ordered
adjournment, a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any Annual
Meeting or Special Meeting is effective for any adjournment of such meeting unless the Board of
Directors fixes a new Meeting Record Date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date
more than 120 days after the date fixed for
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the original meeting. The Board of Directors may also fix in advance a date as the record
date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to take any other action or determining
shareholders for any other purpose. Such record date shall be not more than 70 days prior to the
date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken.
The record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution (other than a distribution
involving a purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the corporations shares) or a share
dividend is the date on which the Board of Directors authorizes the distribution or share dividend,
as the case may be, unless the Board of Directors fixes a different record date.
2.07. Voting Records. After a Meeting Record Date has been fixed, the corporation
shall prepare a list of the names of all of the shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting.
The list shall be arranged by class or series of shares, if any, and show the address of, and
number of shares held by, each shareholder. Such list shall be available for inspection by any
shareholder, beginning two business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list
was prepared and continuing to the date of the meeting, at the corporations principal office or at
a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder
or his agent may, on written demand, inspect and, subject to the limitations imposed by the
Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, copy the list, during regular business hours and at his
expense, during the period that it is available for inspection pursuant to this Section 2.07. The
corporation shall make the shareholders list available at the meeting and any shareholder or his
agent or attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders list shall not affect the
validity of any action taken at a meeting of shareholders.
2.08. Quorum and Voting Requirements; Postponements; Adjournments.
(a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at any
Annual Meeting or Special Meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that
matter. If the corporation has only one class of stock outstanding, such class shall constitute a
separate voting group for purposes of this Section 2.08. Except as otherwise provided in the
articles of incorporation of this corporation or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, a majority
of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter shall constitute a quorum of the voting group for
action on that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at any Annual Meeting or
Special Meeting, other than for the purpose of objecting to holding the meeting or transacting
business at the meeting, it is considered present for purposes of determining whether a quorum
exists for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting, unless a new
Meeting Record Date is or must be set for the adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, except in the
case of the election of directors, action on a matter shall be approved if the votes cast within
the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the articles
of incorporation of the corporation or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law requires a greater
number of affirmative votes. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of the
corporation, each director shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled
to vote in the election of directors at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting at which a quorum is
present.
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(b) The Board of Directors acting by resolution may postpone and reschedule any previously
scheduled Annual Meeting or Special Meeting; provided, however, that a Demand Special Meeting shall
not be postponed beyond the 100th day following the Delivery Date. Any Annual Meeting or Special
Meeting may be adjourned from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum, (i) at any time, upon
a resolution of shareholders if the votes cast in favor of such resolution by the holders of shares
of each voting group entitled to vote on any matter theretofore properly brought before the meeting
exceed the number of votes cast against such resolution by the holders of shares of each such
voting group or (ii) at any time prior to the transaction of any business at such meeting, by the
Chairman of the Board or the President or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors. No
notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by the
Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or
represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified.
2.09. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, and in his absence, the Vice
Chairman of the Board, and in his absence, the President, and in their absence, a Vice President in
the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any person chosen by the shareholders
present shall call any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to order and shall act as chairman of such
meeting, and the Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all Annual Meetings and
Special Meetings, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other
person to act as secretary of the meeting.
2.10. Proxies. At all Annual Meetings and Special Meetings, a shareholder entitled to
vote may vote in person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act
for the shareholder by signing an appointment form, either personally or by his attorney-in-fact.
An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the Secretary or other officer or agent of
the corporation authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven months from the
date of its signing unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form.
Unless otherwise provided, a proxy may be revoked any time before it is voted, either by written
notice filed with the Secretary or the acting secretary of the meeting or by oral notice given by
the shareholder to the presiding officer during the meeting. The presence of a shareholder who has
filed his proxy does not of itself constitute a revocation. The Board of Directors shall have the
power and authority to make rules establishing presumptions as to the validity and sufficiency of
proxies.
2.11. Voting of Shares.
(a) Each outstanding share shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote
at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares
of any class or classes are enlarged, limited or denied by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law
or the articles of incorporation of the corporation.
(b) Shares held by another corporation, if a sufficient number of shares entitled to elect a
majority of the directors of such other corporation is held directly or indirectly by this
corporation, shall not be entitled to vote at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, but shares
held in a fiduciary capacity may be voted.
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2.12. Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder Action. If the name signed on a
vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the
corporation, if acting in good faith, may accept the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment and
give it effect as the act of a shareholder. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or proxy
appointment does not correspond to the name of a shareholder, the corporation may accept the vote,
consent, waiver or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the shareholder if any of the
following apply:
(a) The shareholder is an entity and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or
agent of the entity.
(b) The name purports to be that of a personal representative, administrator, executor,
guardian or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of
fiduciary status acceptable to the corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent,
waiver or proxy appointment.
(c) The name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the
shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the corporation
is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.
(d) The name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner, or attorney-in-fact of
the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the corporation of the
signatorys authority to sign for the shareholder is presented with respect to the vote, consent,
waiver or proxy appointment.
(e) Two or more persons are the shareholder as co-tenants or fiduciaries and the name signed
purports to be the name of at least one of the co-owners and the person signing appears to be
acting on behalf of all co-owners.
The corporation may reject a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment if the Secretary or
other officer or agent of the corporation who is authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good
faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the
signatorys authority to sign for the shareholder.
2.13. Waiver of Notice by Shareholders. A shareholder may waive any notice required
by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation of the corporation or
these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in
writing and signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, contain the same information that
would have been required in the notice under applicable provisions of the Wisconsin Business
Corporation Law (except that the time and place of meeting need not be stated) and be delivered to
the corporation for inclusion in the corporate records. A shareholders attendance at any Annual
Meeting or Special Meeting, in person or by proxy, waives objection to all of the following: (a)
lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the
meeting or promptly upon arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the
meeting; and (b) consideration of a particular
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matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose described in the meeting notice, unless the
shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
2.14. Notice of Shareholder Business and Nomination of Directors.
(a) Annual Meetings.
(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the
corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders may be
made at an Annual Meeting (A) pursuant to the corporations notice of meeting, (B)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (C) by any shareholder of the
corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided
for in this Bylaw and who is entitled to vote at the meeting and complies with the
notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14.
(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an Annual
Meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (C) of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section
2.14, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholders notice shall be
received by the Secretary of the corporation at the principal offices of the
corporation not less than 45 days nor more than 70 days prior to the first annual
anniversary of the date set forth in the corporations proxy statement for the
immediately preceding Annual Meeting as the date on which the corporation first
mailed definitive proxy materials for the immediately preceding Annual Meeting (the
Anniversary Date); provided, however, that in the event that the date for which
the Annual Meeting is called is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more
than 30 days from the first annual anniversary of the immediately preceding Annual
Meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier
than the close of business on the 100th day prior to the date of such Annual Meeting
and not later of (A) the 75th day prior to the date of such Annual Meeting or (B)
the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such
Annual Meeting is first made. In no event shall the announcement of an adjournment
of an Annual Meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder
notice as described above. Such shareholders notice shall be signed by the
shareholder of record who intends to make the nomination or introduce the other
business (or his duly authorized proxy or other representative), shall bear the date
of signature of such shareholder (or proxy or other representative) and shall set
forth: (A) the name and address, as they appear on this corporations books, of such
shareholder and the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the
nomination or proposal is made; (B) the class and number of shares of the
corporation which are beneficially owned by such shareholder or beneficial owner or
owners; (C) a representation that such shareholder is a holder of record of shares
of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person
or by proxy at the meeting to make the nomination or introduce the other business
specified in the notice; (D) in the case of any proposed nomination for election or
re-election as a director,(I) the
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name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated, (II) a
description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder or
beneficial owner or owners and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming
such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination is to be made by such
shareholder, (III) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such
shareholder as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
elections of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including any information that
would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation
14A had the nominee been nominated by the Board of Directors and (IV) the written
consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy statement and to serve as a director
of the corporation if so elected; and (E) in the case of any other business that
such shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, (I) a brief description of
the business desired to be brought before the meeting and, if such business includes
a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment, (II) such
shareholders and beneficial owners or owners reasons for conducting such business
at the meeting and (III) any material interest in such business of such shareholder
and beneficial owner or owners.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(ii) of
this Section 2.14 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be
elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no
public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size
of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least 45 days prior
to the Anniversary Date, a shareholders notice required by this Section 2.14 shall
also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions
created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal
offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day
following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the
corporation.
(b) Special Meetings. Only such business shall be conducted at a Special Meeting as
shall have been described in the notice of meeting sent to shareholders pursuant to Section 2.05 of
these Bylaws. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a
Special Meeting at which directors are to be elected pursuant to such notice of meeting (i) by or
at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any shareholder of the corporation who (A) is
a shareholder of record at the time of giving of such notice of meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at
the meeting and (C) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14. Any
shareholder desiring to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors at such a Special
Meeting shall cause a written notice to be received by the Secretary of the corporation at the
principal offices of the corporation not earlier than ninety days prior to such Special Meeting and
not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 60th day prior to such Special Meeting
and (y) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of
such Special Meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such
meeting. Such written notice shall be signed by the shareholder of
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record who intends to make the nomination (or his duly authorized proxy or other
representative), shall bear the date of signature of such shareholder (or proxy or other
representative) and shall set forth: (A) the name and address, as they appear on the corporations
books, of such shareholder and the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the
nomination is made; (B) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially
owned by such shareholder or beneficial owner or owners; (C) a representation that such shareholder
is a holder of record of shares of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to
appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to make the nomination specified in the notice; (D) the
name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated; (E) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between such shareholder or beneficial owner or owners and each
nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the
nomination is to be made by such shareholder; (F) such other information regarding each nominee
proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
elections of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including any information that would be required to be
included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had the nominee been nominated by
the Board of Directors; and (G) the written consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy
statement and to serve as a director of the corporation if so elected.
(c) General.
(i) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this Section 2.14 shall be eligible to serve as directors. Only such business
shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting as shall have been
brought before such meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 2.14. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to
determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the
meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14
and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section
2.14, to declare that such defective proposal shall be disregarded.
(ii) For purposes of this Section 2.14, public announcement shall mean
disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated
Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the
corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, a
shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in
this Section 2.14. Nothing in this Section 2.14 shall be deemed to limit the
corporations obligation to include shareholder proposals in its proxy statement if
such inclusion is required by Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
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ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
3.01 General Powers; Number and Classification; Vacancy.
(a) All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and
affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the Board of Directors.
(b) The number of directors of the corporation shall be not less than 7 nor more than 17, as
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, divided into three substantially equal
classes and designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Commencing at a Special
Meeting to be held promptly after the adoption of these Bylaws, a class of directors shall be
elected to Class I for a term to expire at the 1992 Annual Meeting, a class of directors shall be
elected to Class II for a term to expire at the 1993 Annual Meeting and a class of directors shall
be elected to Class III for a term to expire at the 1994 Annual Meeting and, in each case, until
their successors are duly qualified and elected. At each Annual Meeting thereafter the successors
to the class of directors whose term shall expire at the time of Annual Meeting shall be elected to
hold office until the third succeeding Annual Meeting, and until their successors are duly
qualified and elected or until there is a decrease in the number of directors that takes effect
after the expiration of their term.
(c) Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, including a vacancy created by an
increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
directors then in office, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole
remaining director. Any director so elected shall serve until the next election of the class for
which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be duly qualified and
elected.
(d) (i) As a condition of being nominated by the Board to stand for election as a
director at a meeting of shareholders, a nominee, including a nominee who is an incumbent
director, must agree in writing to submit an irrevocable resignation if such nominee does
not receive a Majority Vote and the election is not a Contested Election. Such resignation,
if so required, shall be promptly tendered following certification of the shareholder vote.
A Majority Vote means that when there is a quorum present more than 50% of the votes cast in
the election of such director were for the election of such director, with votes cast
being equal to the total of the votes for the election of such director plus the votes
withheld from the election of such director. A Contested Election shall occur if, at the
Determination Date, there are more nominees (whether the nominees have been nominated by the
Board of Directors, by one or more shareholders, or by a combination of the Board of
Directors and one or more shareholders) than directors to be elected in such election. The
Determination Date is (x) the day after the meeting of the Board of Directors in which the
Boards nominees for director are approved, when such meeting occurs after the last day on
which a shareholder may propose the nomination of a director for election pursuant to these
Bylaws, or (y) the day after the last day on which a shareholder may propose the nomination
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election pursuant to these Bylaws, when the last day for such a proposal occurs after
the meeting of the Board of Directors in which the Boards nominees for director are
approved, whichever of clause (x) or (y) is applicable.
(ii) The effectiveness of a resignation contemplated by subsection (d)(i) shall be at
such time as it is accepted by the Board of Directors and the resignation shall so specify.
Within 90 days after the date of the election that required the director to submit such a
resignation, the Board of Directors will determine, based on such factors as the Board deems
appropriate, whether such resignation will be accepted or rejected. The Management
Development, Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor
committee to such Committees corporate governance functions) will, in time sufficient to
enable the Board to meet such 90-day period, recommend to the Board whether such resignation
should be accepted or rejected. If a majority of the members of such Committee (or
committee) is required to submit a resignation as a result of an election held within such
90-day period, the other directors who are on the Board who did receive a Majority Vote or
who were not standing for election will appoint a Board committee among themselves for
purposes of considering the resignations submitted, which committee will recommend to the
Board whether to accept or reject such resignations. Each director who is required to
submit a resignation for an election held within such 90-day period shall recuse himself
from participation in the deliberations, whether by the Board or a committee, on whether
such resignation should be accepted or rejected.
(iii) If a directors resignation is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant to
this Section 3.01(d), then the Board may fill the resulting vacancy pursuant to the
provisions of Section 3.01(c) of these Bylaws or may decrease the size of the Board pursuant
to the provisions of Section 3.01(b) of these Bylaws.
3.02. Resignations and Qualifications. A director may resign at any time by
delivering written notice which complies with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to the Board
of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or to the corporation. A directors resignation is
effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.
Directors need not be residents of the State of Wisconsin or shareholders of the corporation.
3.03. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held
without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after the Annual Meeting. The place of such
regular meeting shall be the same as the place of the Annual Meeting which precedes it, or such
other suitable place as may be announced to directors at or before such Annual Meeting. The Board
of Directors may provide, by resolution, the date, time and place, either within or without the
State of Wisconsin, for the holding of additional regular meetings of the Board of Directors
without other notice than such resolution.
3.04. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by
or at the request of the Chairman of the Board, President, Secretary or any two directors. The
Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary may designate any place, either within or
without the State of Wisconsin, as the place for holding any such special
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meeting. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal business
office of the corporation in the State of Wisconsin.
3.05 Notice; Waiver. Notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors (unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to Section 3.03) shall be given to each director not less than 24
hours prior to the meeting by giving oral, telephonic or written notice to a director communicated
in person, or by telegram, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication, or not less
than 48 hours prior to a meeting by delivering, sending by private carrier or mailing written
notice to the business address or such other address as a director shall have designated in writing
filed with the Secretary. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be effective when deposited in
the United States mail so addressed with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram,
such notice shall be deemed to be effective when the telegram addressed as in case of notice by
mail is delivered to the telegraph company. If notice is given by private carrier, such notice
shall be deemed to be effective when the notice addressed as in case of notice by mail is delivered
to the private carrier. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given to any director of
the corporation under the articles of incorporation of the corporation, these Bylaws or any
provision of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any
time, whether before or after the date and time of meeting, by the director entitled to such
notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. The corporation shall retain any
such waiver as part of its permanent corporate records, but only for so long as such other
permanent corporate records are maintained. A directors attendance at, or participation in, a
meeting waives any required notice to him of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of
the meeting or promptly upon his arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at
the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of
Directors need be specified in the notice, or waiver of notice, of such meeting.
3.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law,
the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the number of
directors fixed in Section 3.01 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any
meeting of the Board of Directors, but a majority of the directors present (though less than such
quorum) may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may
be, from time to time without further notice. Except as otherwise provided by the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation or by these Bylaws, a quorum of any
committee of the Board of Directors created pursuant to Section 3.12 hereof shall consist of a
majority of the number of directors appointed to serve on the committee, but a majority of the
members present (though less than a quorum) may adjourn the meeting from time to time without
further notice.
3.07. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting
at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a
greater number is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation
of this corporation or these Bylaws.
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3.08. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, and in his absence, the Vice
Chairman of the Board, and in their absence, the President and in their absence, a Vice President
in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any director chosen by the
directors present, shall call meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the
Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any Assistant Secretary or any director or any other
person present to act as secretary of the meeting. Minutes of any regular or special meeting of
the Board of Directors shall be prepared and distributed to each director.
3.09. Compensation. The Board of Directors, irrespective of any personal interest of
any of its members, may establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the
corporation as directors, officers or otherwise, or may delegate such authority to an appropriate
committee. The Board of Directors also shall have authority to provide for, or to delegate
authority to an appropriate committee to provide for, reasonable pensions, disability or death
benefits, and other benefits or payments, to directors, officers and employees and to their
estates, families, dependents, or beneficiaries on account of prior services rendered by such
directors, officers and employees to the corporation.
3.10. Unanimous Consent Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by the
articles of incorporation of the corporation, these Bylaws or any provision of the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law to be taken by the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof created
pursuant to Section 3.12) at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of
the committee, as the case may be, then in office. Any such consent action may be signed in
separate counterparts and shall be effective when the last director or committee member signs the
consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.
3.11. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a
meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof of which he is a member at which action
on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless any
of the following occurs: (a) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon
his arrival to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; (b) the directors
dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (c) the
director delivers written notice that complies with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law of his
dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the
corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent or abstain shall
not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
3.12. Committees.
(a) (i) An Executive Committee consisting of three or more members of the Board
of Directors be and it hereby is created. The Board of Directors by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the number of directors fixed in Section 3.01, shall designate
the members of the Executive Committee, one of whom shall be designated by the Board
of Directors as Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall
have and may exercise all powers of the Board of
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Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation when
the Board of Directors is not in session; provided, however, that the Executive
Committee shall have no power or authority to take action on behalf of the Board of
Directors to the extent limited in Section 3.12(b) of these Bylaws or the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time
to fill vacancies in, to change the members of, or to dissolve the Executive
Committee by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office,
though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining
director.
(ii) Notice of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be given to each
member thereof in accordance with Section 3.05. The attendance or participation of
a committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of required notice to him
of such meeting, unless the committee member at the beginning of the meeting or
promptly upon his arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at
the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the
meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, not the purpose of, any meeting
of the Executive Committee need be specified in the notice, or waiver of notice, of
such meeting.
(iii) The act of the majority of the members present at a meeting at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of the Executive Committee, unless the act of a
greater number is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or by the
articles incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws.
(iv) The Chairman of the Executive Committee, and, in his absence, any member
chosen by the members present, shall call meetings of the Executive Committee to
order and shall act as chairman of the meeting. The presiding officer may appoint
any member or other person present to act as secretary of the meeting. Unless
otherwise provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of
incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, the Executive Committee shall fix
its own rules governing the conduct of its activities and shall keep and report to
the Board of Directors regular minutes of the proceedings of the Executive Committee
for subsequent approval by the Board of Directors.
(b) The Board of Directors by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
number of directors fixed in Section 3.01 may designate one or more other committees, appoint
members of the Board of Directors to serve on the committees and designate other members of the
Board of Directors to serve as alternates. Alternate members of a committee shall take the place
of any absent member or members at any meeting of such committee upon request of the Chairman of
the Board or the President or upon request of the chairman of such meeting. Each committee (other
than the Executive Committee) shall consist of two or more directors elected by, and to serve at
the pleasure of, the Board of Directors. A committee may be authorized to exercise the authority
of the Board of Directors, except that a committee (including the Executive Committee) may not do
any of the following: (a) authorize distributions; (b) approve or propose to shareholders action
that the Wisconsin Business
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Corporation Law requires to be approved by shareholders; (c) fill vacancies on the Board of
Directors or, unless the Board of Directors provides by resolution that vacancies on a committee
shall be filled by the affirmative vote of the remaining committee members, on any Board committee;
(d) amend the articles of incorporation of the corporation; (e) adopt, amend or repeal these
Bylaws; (f) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval; (g) authorize or approve
reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of
Directors; and (h) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or
determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of
shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee to do so within limits
prescribed by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in
creating the committee, a committee (including the Executive Committee) may employ counsel,
accountants and other consultants to assist it in the exercise of its authority. Notices of
committee meetings shall be given to committee members in compliance with Section 3.05. Each such
committee shall fix its own rules governing the conduct of its activities and shall make such
reports to the Board of Directors of its activities as the Board of Directors may request.
3.13. Telephonic Meetings. Except as herein provided and notwithstanding any place
set forth in the notice of the meeting or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors (and any
committees thereof created pursuant to Section 3.12) may participate in regular or special meetings
by, or through the use of, any means of communication by which all participants may simultaneously
hear each other, such as by conference telephone. If a meeting is conducted by such means, then at
the commencement of such meeting the presiding officer shall inform the participating directors
that a meeting is taking place at which official business may be transacted. Any participant in a
meeting by such means shall be deemed present in person at such meeting. If action is to be taken
at any meeting held by such means on any of the following: (a) a plan of merger or share exchange;
(b) a sale, lease, exchange or other disputation of substantial property or assets of the
corporation; (c) a voluntary dissolution or the revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings; or
(d) a filing for bankruptcy, then the identity of each director participating in such meeting must
be verified by the disclosure at such meeting by each such director of each such directors social
security number to the secretary of the meeting before a vote may be taken on any of the foregoing
matters. For purposes of the preceding clause (b), the phrase sale, lease, exchange or other
disposition of substantial property or assets shall mean any sale, lease, exchange or other
disposition of property or assets of the corporation having a net book value equal to 10% or more
of the net book value of the total assets of the corporation on and as of the close of the fiscal
year last ended prior to the date of such meeting and as to which financial statements of the
corporation have been prepared.
ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS
4.01. Number. The principal offices of the corporation shall be a Chairman of the
Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, as authorized from time to time by the Board of
Directors, a Controller, a Secretary and a Treasurer and such other officers and agents as the
Board of Directors may from time to time determine necessary, each of whom shall be chosen by the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also from time to time elect or appoint a Vice
Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also authorize any duly
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authorized officer to appoint one or more officers or assistant officers. Any number of
offices may be held by the same person.
4.02. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation to be elected by
the Board of Directors shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the Board of Directors
held after each Annual Meeting. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting,
such election shall be held as soon thereafter as practicable. Each officer shall hold office
until his successor shall have been duly chosen or until his prior death, resignation or removal.
4.03. Removal. The Board of Directors may remove any officer and, unless restricted
by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, an officer may remove any officer or assistant officer
appointed by that officer, at any time, with or without cause and notwithstanding the contract
rights, if any, of the officer removed. The election or appointment of an officer does not of
itself create contract rights.
4.04. Resignations and Vacancies.
(a) An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the corporation that complies
with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. The resignation shall be effective when the notice is
delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the corporation accepts the later
effective date.
(b) A vacancy in the office of Chairman of the Board, President, Secretary or Treasurer shall
be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term. A vacancy in any other
office may also be filled by the Board of Directors, should it deem it necessary to do so. If a
resignation of an officer is effective at a later date as contemplated by this Section 4.04, the
Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors
provides that the successor may not take office until the effective date.
4.05. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be the Chief Executive
Officer of the corporation and shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and at all
meetings of the Board of Directors. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the Chairman
of the Board shall, in general, supervise and control the business and affairs of the corporation.
He shall also in general perform such other duties as may be assigned herein and as may be assigned
or delegated by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Chairman shall have authority,
subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, to appoint and remove such
agents and employees of the corporation as he shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers,
duties and compensation and to delegate authority to them. The Chairman shall have authority to
sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, stock
certificates, contracts, leases, reports and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper
to be executed in the course of the corporations regular business, or which shall be authorized by
resolution of the Board of Directors; and, except as otherwise provided by law or the Board of
Directors, he may authorize the President, any Executive Vice President or any Vice President or
other officer or agent of the corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or
instruments in his place and stead.
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4.06. Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board, if one shall be
elected or appointed, shall in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, perform the duties and
functions of the Chairman of the Board insofar as such duties relate to presiding at meetings of
shareholders and the Board of Directors. He shall also in general perform such other duties and
functions as may be delegated or assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the
Board.
4.07. President. The President shall be the Chief Operating Officer of the
corporation. The President shall have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the
Board of Directors and as may be limited by the Chief Executive Officer, to appoint and remove such
agents and employees of the corporation as he shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers,
duties and compensation and to delegate authority to them. He shall have authority to sign,
execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, contracts, leases,
reports and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of
the corporations regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of
Directors; and, except as otherwise provided by law or the Board of Directors, he may authorize any
Executive Vice President or any Vice President or other officer or agent of the corporation to
sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or instruments in his place and stead. In general he
shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and Chief Operating Officer and such
other duties as may be assigned or delegated by the Chief Executive Officer from time to time.
4.08. The Vice Presidents. The Board of Directors shall elect one or more Vice
Presidents as it shall deem necessary for the carrying out of the corporations business, some of
whom may be designated as Executive Vice Presidents and some of whom may be designated as Senior
Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or
refusal to act, the Vice President (or, in the event there be more than one Vice President, giving
priority to any Executive Vice Presidents, and then to any Senior Vice Presidents (in the order of
their respective priorities), but otherwise in the order designated by the Board of Directors or in
the absence of any such designation, then in order of choosing) shall perform the duties of the
President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon
the President. Any Vice President shall perform such duties and have such authority, as, from time
to time, may be delegated or assigned to him by the President, or by the Board of Directors. The
execution of any instrument of the corporation by any Vice President shall be conclusive evidence
as to third parties of his authority to act in the stead of the President.
4.09. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the Annual Meetings
and Special Meetings and other meetings of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for
that purpose (including records of consent actions taken by the shareholders or the Board of
Directors (or committees thereof) without a meeting; (b) see that all notices are duly given in
accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation
Law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the
seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the
corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) maintain a record of the shareholders of the
corporation, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all
shareholders, by class or series of shares, if any, and showing the number and
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class or series of shares, if any, held by each shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or a
Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been
authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer
books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary
and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or
assigned to him by the President, any Vice President or the Board of Directors.
4.10. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be
responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for
moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys
in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be
selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04; and (c) in general perform all of the
duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other
authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him by the President, any Vice
President or the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall
give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties
as the Board of Directors shall determine.
4.11. Controller. Subject to the control and supervision of the Board of Directors,
the Controller shall have charge of the books of account of the corporation and maintain
appropriate accounting records and he shall perform such other duties and exercise such other
authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him by the Board of Directors, the
President or the Vice President responsible for financial matters.
4.12. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. There shall be such number of
Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as the Board of Directors may from time to time
authorize. The Assistant Secretaries may sign with the President or a Vice President certificates
for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of
the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of
Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such
sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties and have such authority as shall from time to
time be delegated or assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the
President, any Vice President or the Board of Directors.
4.13. Other Assistants and Acting Officers. The Board of Directors shall have the
power to appoint, or to authorize any duly appointed officer of the corporation to appoint, any
person to act as assistant to any officer, or as agent for the corporation in his stead, or to
perform the duties of such officer whenever for any reason it is impracticable for such officer to
act personally, and such assistant or acting officer or other agent so appointed by the Board of
Directors or an authorized officer shall have the power to perform all the duties of the office to
which he is so appointed to be assistant, or as to which he is so appointed to act, except as such
power may be otherwise defined or restricted by the Board of Directors or the appointing officer.
4.14. Salaries. The salaries of the principal officers shall be fixed from time to
time by the Board of Directors or, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
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Chairman of the Board, President or any Executive Vice President, by a duly authorized
committee thereof, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the
fact that he is also a director of the corporation.
ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS
AND DEPOSITS; SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS
5.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent
or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on
behalf of the corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.
In the absence of other designation, all deeds, mortgages and instruments of assignment or pledge
made by the corporation shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or any
Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer; the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, when necessary or required, shall affix the
corporate seal thereto; and when so executed no other party to such instrument or any third party
shall be required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer or officers.
5.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no
evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by or under the authority
of a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to
specific instances.
5.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of
money, notes or 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
from time to time be determined by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of
Directors.
5.04. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be
deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or
other depositories as may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of
Directors.
5.05. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. Subject always to the specific
directions of the Board of Directors, any share or shares of stock or other securities issued by
any other corporation and owned or controlled by the corporation may be voted at any meeting of
security holders of such other corporation by the President or by any Vice President who may be
present. Whenever, in the judgment of the President or of any Vice President, it is desirable for
the corporation to execute a proxy or written consent in respect to any share or shares of stock or
other securities issued by any other corporation and owned by the corporation, such proxy or
consent shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or by any one of the Vice
Presidents and, if required, should be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary under
the corporate seal without necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors. Any person or
persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of the corporation shall have
full right, power and authority to vote the share or shares of stock
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issued by such other corporation and owned by the corporation the same as such share or shares
might be voted by the corporation.
5.06. No Nominee Procedures. The corporation has not established, and nothing in
these Bylaws shall be deemed to establish, any procedure by which a beneficial owner of the
corporations shares that are registered in the name of a nominee is recognized by the corporation
as the shareholder under Section 180.0723 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.
ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
6.01. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation
shall be in such form consistent with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, as shall be
determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice
President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.
The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the
number of shares and date of issue, shall be registered upon the stock transfer books of the
corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no
new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have
been surrendered and canceled, except as provided in Section 6.06.
6.02. Facsimile Signature and Seal. The seal of the corporation on any certificates
for shares may be a facsimile. The signatures of the President or Vice President and the Treasurer
or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary upon a certificate may be
facsimiles if the certificate is manually countersigned (a) by a transfer agent other than the
corporation or its employee, or (b) by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee.
6.03. Signature by Former Officers. The validity of a share certificate is not
affected if a person who signed the certificate (either manually or in facsimile) no longer holds
office when the certificate is issued. If any officer, who has signed or whose facsimile signature
has been placed upon any certificate for shares, has ceased to be such officer before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such
officer at the date of its issue.
6.04. Transfer of Shares. Prior to due presentment of a certificate for shares for
registration of transfer the corporation may treat the registered owner of such shares as the
person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the
rights and powers of an owner. Where a certificate for shares is presented to the corporation with
a request to register for transfer, the corporation shall not be liable to the owner or any other
person suffering loss as a result of such registration of transfer if (a) there were on the
certificate the necessary endorsements, and (b) the corporation had no duty to inquire into adverse
claims or has discharged any such duty. The corporation may require reasonable assurance that such
endorsements are genuine and effective and compliance with such other regulations as may be
prescribed under the authority of the Board of Directors.
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6.05. Restrictions on Transfer. The face or reverse side of each certificate
representing shares shall bear a conspicuous notation of any restriction imposed by the corporation
upon the transfer of such shares.
6.06. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore
issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or
destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the
person requesting such new certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give
the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
6.07. Consideration for Shares. The Board of Directors may authorize shares to be
issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the
corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be
performed or other securities of the corporation. Before the corporation issues shares, the Board
of Directors shall determine that the consideration received or to be received for the shares to be
issued is adequate. The determination of the Board of Directors is conclusive insofar as the
adequacy of consideration for the issuance of shares relates to whether the shares are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The corporation may place in escrow shares issued in whole
or in part for a contract for future services or benefits, a promissory note, or other property to
be issued in the future, or make other arrangements to restrict the transfer of the shares, and may
credit distributions in respects of the shares against their purchase price, until the services are
performed, the benefits or property are received or the promissory note is paid. If the services
are not performed, the benefits or property are not received or the promissory note is not paid,
the corporation may cancel, in whole or in part, the shares escrowed or restricted and the
distributions credited.
6.08. Stock Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to
make all such further rules and regulations not inconsistent with the statues of the State of
Wisconsin as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates
representing shares of the corporation.
ARTICLE VII. SEAL
7.01. The Board of Directions shall provide a corporate seal for the corporation which shall
be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, and the state of
incorporation and the words, Corporate Seal.
ARTICLE VIII. INDEMNIFICATION
8.01. Certain Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Article VIII and not
otherwise hereinafter defined in this Section 8.01 shall have the meaning set forth in Section
180.0850 of the Statute. The following terms (including any plural forms thereof) used
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in this Article VIII shall be defined as follows:
(a) Affiliate shall include, without limitation, any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise that directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Corporation.
(b) Authority shall mean the entity selected by the Director or Officer to determine his or
her right to indemnification pursuant to Section 8.04.
(c) Board shall mean the entire then elected and serving Board of Directors of the
Corporation, including all members thereof who are Parties to the subject Proceeding or any related
Proceeding.
(d) Breach of Duty shall mean the Director or Officer breached or failed to perform his or
her duties to the Corporation and his or her breach of or failure to perform those duties is
determined, in accordance with Section 8.04, to constitute misconduct under Section 180.0851 (2)
(a) 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the Statute.
(e) Corporation, as used herein and as defined in the Statute and incorporated by reference
into the definitions of certain other capitalized terms used herein, shall mean this Corporation,
including, without limitation, any successor corporation or entity to this Corporation by way of
merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of
this Corporation.
(f) Director or Officer shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, for
purposes of this Article VIII, it shall be conclusively presumed that any Director or Officer
serving as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member of any governing or decision-making
committee, employee or agent of an Affiliate shall be so serving at the request of the Corporation.
(g) Disinterested Quorum shall mean a quorum of the Board who are not Parties to the subject
Proceeding or any related Proceeding.
(h) Party shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, for purposes of
this Article VIII, the term Party shall also include any Director or Officer or employee who is
or was a witness in a Proceeding at a time when he or she has not otherwise been formally named a
Party thereto.
(i) Proceeding shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided,
that, in accordance with Section 180.0859 of the Statute and for purposes of this
Article VIII, the term Proceeding shall also include all Proceedings (i) brought
under (in whole or in part) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange
Act, their respective state counterparts, and/or any rule or regulation promulgated
under any of the foregoing; (ii) brought before an Authority or otherwise to enforce
rights hereunder; (iii) any appeal from a
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Proceeding; and (iv) any Proceeding in which the Director or Officer is a
plaintiff or petitioner because he or she is a Director or Officer; provided,
however, that any such Proceeding under this subsection (iv) must be authorized by a
majority vote of a Disinterested Quorum.
(j) Statute shall mean Sections 180.0850 through 180.0859, inclusive, of the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law as the same shall then be in effect, including any amendments thereto,
but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits or requires the
Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the Statute permitted or required the
Corporation to provide prior to such amendment.
8.02 Mandatory Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted or required by the
Statute, the Corporation shall indemnify a Director or Officer against all Liabilities incurred by
or on behalf of such Director or Officer in connection with a Proceeding in which the Director or
Officer is a Party because he or she is a Director or Officer.
8.03. Procedural Requirements.
(a) A Director or Officer who seeks indemnification under Section 8.02 shall make a written
request therefor to the Corporation. Subject to Section 8.03 (b), within 120 days of the
Corporations receipt of such request, the Corporation shall pay or reimburse the Director or
Officer for the entire amount of Liabilities incurred by the Director or Officer in connection with
the subject Proceeding (net of any Expenses previously advanced pursuant to Section 8.05).
(b) No indemnification shall be required to be paid by the Corporation pursuant to Section
8.02 if, within such 120-day period, (i) a Disinterested Quorum, by a majority vote thereof,
determines that the Director or Officer requesting indemnification engaged in misconduct
constituting a Breach of Duty or (ii) a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained.
(c) In either case of nonpayment pursuant to Section 8.03(b), the Board shall immediately
authorize by resolution that an Authority, as provided in Section 8.04, determine whether the
Directors or Officers conduct constituted a Breach of Duty and, therefore, whether
indemnification should be denied hereunder.
(d) (i) If the Board does not authorize an Authority to determine the Directors or Officers
right to indemnification hereunder within such 120-day period and/or (ii) if indemnification of the
requested amount of Liabilities is paid by the Corporation, then it shall be conclusively presumed
for all purposes that a Disinterested Quorum has affirmatively determined that the Director or
Officer did not engage in misconduct constituting a Breach of Duty and, in the case of subsection
(i) above (but not subsection (ii)), indemnification by the Corporation of the requested amount of
Liabilities shall be paid to the Director or Officer immediately.
8.04. Determination of Indemnification.
(a) If the Board authorizes an Authority to determine a Directors or Officers
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right to indemnification pursuant to Section 8.03, then the Director or Officer requesting
indemnification shall have the absolute discretionary authority to select one of the following as
such Authority:
(i) An independent legal counsel; provided, that such counsel shall be mutually
selected by such Director or Officer and by a majority vote of a Disinterested
Quorum or, if a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of
the Board; or
(ii) A panel of three arbitrators selected from the panels of arbitrators of
the American Arbitration Association in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; provided, that (A) one
arbitrator shall be selected by such Director or Officer, the second arbitrator
shall be selected by a majority vote of a Disinterested Quorum or, if a
Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of the Board, and
the third arbitrator shall be selected by the two previously selected arbitrators,
and (B) in all other respects, such panel shall be governed by the American
Arbitration Associations then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules.
(b) In any such determination by the selected Authority there shall exist a rebuttable
presumption that the Directors or Officers conduct did not constitute a Breach of Duty and that
indemnification against the requested amount of Liabilities is required. The burden of rebutting
such a presumption by clear and convincing evidence shall be on the Corporation or such other party
asserting that such indemnification should not be allowed.
(c) The Authority shall make its determination within 60 days of being selected and shall
submit a written opinion of its conclusion simultaneously to both the Corporation and the Director
or Officer.
(d) If the Authority determines that indemnification is required hereunder, the Corporation
shall pay the entire requested amount of Liabilities (net of any Expenses previously advanced
pursuant to Section 8.05), including interest thereon at a reasonable rate, as determined by the
Authority, within 10 days of receipt of the Authoritys opinion; provided, that, if it is
determined by the Authority that a Director or Officer is entitled to indemnification against
Liabilities incurred in connection with some claims, issues or matters, but not as to other
claims, issues or matters, involved in the subject Proceeding, the Corporation shall be required to
pay (as set forth above) only the amount of such requested Liabilities as the Authority shall deem
appropriate in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding.
(e) The determination by the Authority that indemnification is required hereunder shall be
binding upon the Corporation regardless of any prior determination that the Director or Officer
engaged in a Breach of Duty.
(f) All Expenses incurred in the determination process under this Section 8.04 by either the
Corporation or the Director or Officer, including, without limitation, all Expenses of the selected
Authority, shall be paid by the Corporation.
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8.05. Mandatory Allowance of Expenses.
(a) The Corporation shall pay or reimburse from time to time or at any time, within 10 days
after the receipt of the Directors or Officers written request therefor, the reasonable Expenses
of the Director or Officer as such Expenses are incurred; provided, the following conditions are
satisfied:
(i) The Director or Officer furnishes to the Corporation an executed written certificate
affirming his or her good faith belief that he or she has not engaged in misconduct which
constitutes a Breach of Duty; and
(ii) The Director or Officer furnishes to the Corporation an unsecured executed written
agreement to repay any advances made under this Section 8.05 if it is ultimately determined by an
Authority that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation for such Expenses
pursuant to Section 8.04.
(b) If the Director or Officer must repay any previously advanced Expenses pursuant to this
Section 8.05, such Director or Officer shall not be required to pay interest on such amounts.
8.06. Indemnification and Allowance of Expenses of Certain Others.
(a) The Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion as it deems appropriate, pursuant to a
majority vote thereof, indemnify a director or officer of an Affiliate (who is not otherwise
serving as a Director or Officer) against all Liabilities, and shall advance the reasonable
Expenses, incurred by such director or officer in a Proceeding to the same extent hereunder as if
such director or officer incurred such Liabilities because he or she was a Director or Officer, if
such director or officer is a Party thereto because he or she is or was a director or officer of
the Affiliate.
(b) The Corporation shall indemnify an employee who is not a Director or Officer, to the
extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a Proceeding, for all
Expenses incurred in the Proceeding if the employee was a Party because he or she was an employee
of the Corporation.
(c) The Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion as it deems appropriate, pursuant to a
majority vote thereof, indemnify (to the extent not otherwise provided in Section 8.06(b) hereof)
against Liabilities incurred by, and/or provide for the allowance of reasonable Expenses of, an
employee or authorized agent of the Corporation acting within the scope of his or her duties as
such and who is not otherwise a Director or Officer.
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8.07. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a
Director or Officer or any individual who is or was an employee or authorized agent of the
Corporation against any Liability asserted against or incurred by such individual in his or her
capacity as such or arising from his or her status as such, regardless of whether the Corporation
is required or permitted to indemnify against any such Liability under this Article VIII.
8.08. Severability. If any provision of this Article VIII shall be deemed invalid or
inoperative, or if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the provisions of this
Article VIII contravene public policy, this Article VIII shall be construed so that the remaining
provisions shall not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect, and any such
provisions which are invalid or inoperative or which contravene public policy shall be deemed,
without further action or deed by or on behalf of the Corporation, to be modified, amended and/or
limited, but only to the extent necessary to render the same valid and enforceable; it being
understood that it is the Corporations intention to provide the Directors and Officers with the
broadest possible protection against personal liability allowable under the Statute.
8.09. Nonexclusively of Article VIII. The rights of a Director, Officer or employee
(or any other person) granted under this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to indemnification against Liabilities or allowance of Expenses which the Director, Officer
or employee (or such other person) may be entitled to under any written agreement, Board
resolution, vote of shareholders of the Corporation or otherwise, including, without limitation,
under the Statute. Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall be deemed to limit the
Corporations obligations to indemnify against Liabilities or allow Expenses to a Director, Officer
or employee under the Statute.
8.10. Contractual Nature of Article VIII; Repeal or Limitation of Rights. This
Article VIII shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director, Officer
and employee of the Corporation and any repeal or other limitation of this Article VIII or any
repeal or limitation of the Statute or any other applicable law shall not limit any rights of
indemnification against Liabilities or allowance of Expenses then existing or arising out of
events, acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or limitation, including, without
limitation, the right to indemnification against Liabilities or allowance of Expenses for
Proceedings commenced after such repeal or limitation to enforce this Article VIII with regard to
acts, omissions or events arising prior to such repeal or limitation.
ARTICLE IX. FISCAL YEAR
9.01. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year.
ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS
10.01. By Shareholders. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation
of the corporation or these Bylaws, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws
may be adopted by the shareholders at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting at which a quorum is in
attendance.
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10.02. By Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of
the corporation or these Bylaws, these Bylaws may also be altered, amended or repealed and new
Bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the number of
directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance; provided, however, that notice
of any proposal to take any such action shall have been given to each director not less than 72
hours prior to the meeting by one of the methods set forth in Section 3.05; but no Bylaw adopted by
the shareholders shall be amended, repealed or readopted by the Board of Directors unless the Bylaw
so adopted so permits.
10.03. Implied Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of
incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, any action taken or authorized by the
shareholders or by the Board of Directors, which would be inconsistent with the Bylaws then in
effect but is taken or authorized by affirmative vote of not less than the number of shares or the
number of directors required to amend the Bylaws so that the Bylaws would be consistent with such
action, shall be given the same effect as though the Bylaws had been temporarily amended or
suspended so far, but only so far, as is necessary to permit the specific action so taken or
authorized.
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