EXHIBIT A
THE PITTSTON COMPANY
BYLAWS
(As amended through May 2, 2003)
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation is The Pittston Company.
ARTICLE II
OFFICES
1. The corporation shall maintain a registered office and a registered
agent in the Commonwealth of Virginia as required by the laws of said
Commonwealth.
2. The corporation shall in addition to its registered office in the
Commonwealth of Virginia establish and maintain an office or offices at such
place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time find necessary
or desirable.
ARTICLE III
CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal of the corporation shall have inscribed thereon the
name of the corporation, the fact of its establishment in the Commonwealth of
Virginia and the words "Corporate Seal". Such seal may be used by causing it or
a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed, printed or otherwise reproduced.
ARTICLE IV
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
1. Meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place, within or
without the Commonwealth of Virginia, as the Board may determine.
2. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the second
Wednesday in May at ten o'clock in the forenoon, local time, or on such other
day or at
such other time as the Board may determine. At each annual meeting of
the shareholders they shall elect by plurality vote, in accordance with the
Articles of Incorporation and these bylaws, directors to hold office until the
third annual meeting of the shareholders held after their election and their
successors are respectively elected and qualified or as otherwise provided by
statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws. Any other proper
business may be transacted at the annual meeting. The chairman of the meeting
shall be authorized to declare whether any business is properly brought before
the meeting, and, if he shall declare that it is not so brought, such business
shall not be transacted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
chairman of the meeting may declare that matters relating to the conduct of the
ordinary business operations of the corporation are not properly brought before
the meeting.
3. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter shall constitute
a quorum for action on that matter at all meetings of the shareholders, except
as otherwise provided by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws.
The shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, or the
chairman of the meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting before adjournment
(except as otherwise provided by statute). At such adjourned meeting any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified.
4. At all meetings of the shareholders each shareholder having the right to
vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed by an
appointment form signed by such shareholder and bearing a date not more than
eleven months prior to said meeting, unless such form provides for a longer
period. All proxies shall be effective when received by the Secretary or other
officer or agent of the corporation authorized to tabulate votes.
5. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, at each
meeting of the shareholders each shareholder shall have one vote for each share
having voting power, registered in his name on the share transfer books of the
corporation at the record date fixed in accordance with these bylaws, or
otherwise determined, with respect to such meeting. Except as otherwise
expressly provided by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws,
action on a matter, other than the election of directors, by a voting group is
approved if a quorum exists and the votes cast within the voting group favoring
the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action.
6. Except as otherwise prescribed by statute, notice of each meeting of the
shareholders shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat not
less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the meeting. Such notice shall state
the date, time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting,
the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
7. Except as otherwise prescribed by statute, special meetings of the
shareholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Chairman of the
Board and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or the Secretary by vote
of the Board of Directors.
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8. Business transacted at each special meeting shall be confined to the
purpose or purposes stated in the notice of such meeting.
9. The order of business at each meeting of the shareholders and the voting
and other procedures to be observed at such meeting shall be determined by the
chairman of such meeting.
10. Subject to the rights of holders of shares of the Preferred Stock of
the corporation, nominations for the election of directors shall be made by the
Board of Directors or by any shareholder entitled to vote in elections of
directors. However, any shareholder entitled to vote in elections of directors
may nominate one or more persons for election as directors at an annual meeting
only if written notice of such shareholder's intent to make such nomination or
nominations has been given, either by personal delivery or by United States
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the
corporation not less than 120 and not more than 180 calendar days in advance of
the date on which the corporation's proxy statement was released to shareholders
in connection with the immediately preceding annual meeting. Each notice shall
set forth (i) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the
nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated, (ii) a representation
that the shareholder is entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear
in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified
in the notice, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are
owned by the shareholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements, understandings
or relationships between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person
or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or
nominations are to be made by the shareholder and (v) such other information
regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be
included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, had the nominee been nominated, or intended
to be nominated, by the Board of Directors, and shall include a consent signed
by each such nominee to serve as a director of the corporation if so elected.
The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any
person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
11. To be properly brought before an annual meeting of shareholders,
business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement
thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by a
shareholder. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to
be properly brought before a meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have
given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To
be timely, a shareholder's notice must be given, either by personal delivery or
by United States registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary
of the corporation not less than 120 and not more than 180 calendar days in
advance of the date on which the corporation's proxy statement was released to
shareholders in connection with the immediately preceding annual meeting. A
shareholder's notice to the Secretary shall set
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forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual
meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the
annual meeting, including the complete text of any resolutions to be presented
at such meeting with respect to such business, and the reasons for conducting
such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address of record of the
shareholder proposing such business, (iii) a representation that the shareholder
is entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy
at the meeting to propose the business specified in the notice, (iv) the class
and number of shares of the corporation that are owned by the shareholder, (v)
any material interest of the shareholder in such business and (vi) full
particulars as to the relationship, if any, of such shareholder to any other
person that such shareholder knows or has reason to believe intends to bring one
or more other items of business before the meeting. In the event that a
shareholder attempts to bring business before an annual meeting without
complying with the foregoing procedure, the chairman of the meeting may declare
to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting
and, if he shall so declare, such business shall not be transacted.
ARTICLE V
DIRECTORS
1. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of,
and the business and affairs shall be managed under the direction of, the Board
of Directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation.
2. The Board shall consist of not less than nine or more than fifteen
members.
3. The Board of Directors shall consist of eleven members. The terms of
office of the directors shall be staggered and shall otherwise be determined, as
provided in these bylaws, subject to the Articles of Incorporation and
applicable laws. Such terms shall be divided into three groups, one of which
shall consist of three directors and two of which shall consist of four
directors.
4. The number of directors may at any time be increased or decreased,
within the variable range established by the Articles of Incorporation and these
bylaws, by amendment of these bylaws. In case of any such increase the Board
shall have power to elect any additional director to hold office until the next
shareholders' meeting at which directors are elected. Any decrease in the number
of directors shall take effect at the time of such amendment only to the extent
that vacancies then exist; to the extent that such decrease exceeds the number
of such vacancies, the decrease shall not become effective, except as further
vacancies may thereafter occur by expiration of the term of directors at the
next shareholders' meeting at which directors are elected, or otherwise.
5. If the office of any director becomes vacant, by reason of death,
resignation, increase in the number of directors or otherwise, the directors
remaining in office,
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although less than a quorum, may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a
majority of such directors.
6. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after the annual meeting of
shareholders, shall choose a Chairman of the Board from among the directors.
7. Any director may resign at any time by delivering written notice of his
resignation to the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. Any such
resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or at such later date as may be
specified therein. Any such notice to the Board may be addressed to it in care
of the Secretary.
8. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Board of
Directors, and shall have the powers and duties usually and customarily
associated with the position of a non-executive Chairman of the Board.
9. In case of the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Board
member with the longest tenure on the Board shall preside at meetings of the
shareholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall have such other powers and
duties as may be delegated to him by the Chairman of the Board.
ARTICLE VI
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
There shall be an Executive Committee, an Audit and Ethics Committee, a
Compensation and Benefits Committee, a Finance Committee, a Nominating Committee
and a Pension Committee, and the Board of Directors may create one or more other
committees. Each committee of the Board of Directors shall consist of two or
more directors of the corporation who shall be appointed by, and shall serve at
the pleasure of, the Board. The Executive Committee, to the extent determined by
the Board but subject to limitations expressly prescribed by statute, shall have
and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of
the business and affairs of the corporation. The Audit and Ethics Committee, the
Compensation and Benefits Committee, the Finance Committee, the Nominating
Committee and the Pension Committee and each such other committee shall have
such of the powers and authority of the Board as may be determined by the Board.
Each committee shall report its proceedings to the Board when required.
Provisions with respect to the Board of Directors which are applicable to
meetings, actions without meetings, notices and waivers of notice and quorum and
voting requirements shall also be applicable to each committee, except that a
quorum of the Executive Committee shall consist of one third of the number of
members of the Committee, three of whom are not employees of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries.
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ARTICLE VII
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of the directors for
their services, which compensation may include an annual fee, a fixed sum and
expenses for attendance at regular or special meetings of the Board or any
committee thereof, pension benefits and such other amounts as the Board may
determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director
from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
ARTICLE VIII
MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS;
ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING
1. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held pursuant to
resolutions from time to time adopted by the Board, without further notice of
the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting.
2. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman
of the Board on at least 24 hours' notice to each director of the date, time and
place thereof, and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or by the
Secretary on like notice on the request in writing of a majority of the total
number of directors in office at the time of such request. Except as may be
otherwise required by the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws, the purpose
or purposes of any such special meeting need not be stated in such notice.
3. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, have one or more offices
and, subject to the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, keep the share
transfer books and other books and records of the corporation, within or without
said Commonwealth, at such place or places as it may from time to time
determine.
4. At each meeting of the Board of Directors the presence of a majority of
the total number of directors in office immediately before the meeting begins
shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and, except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or
these bylaws, if a quorum shall be present the affirmative vote of a majority of
the directors present shall be the act of the Board.
5. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board
of Directors may be taken without a meeting if one or more written consents
stating the action taken, signed by each director either before or after the
action is taken, are included in the minutes or filed with the corporate
records. Any or all directors may participate in any regular or special meeting
of the Board, or conduct such meeting through the use of, any means of
communication by which all directors participating may
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simultaneously hear each other, and a director participating in a meeting by
this means shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting.
ARTICLE IX
OFFICERS
1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board of
Directors and shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice
Presidents, a General Counsel, a Treasurer and a Secretary. The Board may also
appoint a Controller and one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice
Presidents, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and Assistant
Secretaries, and such other officers as it may deem necessary or advisable. Any
number of offices may be held by the same person. The Board may authorize an
officer to appoint one or more other officers or assistant officers. The
officers shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers
and perform such duties as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board or
by direction of an officer authorized by the Board to prescribe duties of other
officers.
2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after the annual meeting of
shareholders, shall choose the officers, who need not be members of the Board.
3. The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the
Board of Directors, or in such manner as the Board may prescribe.
4. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors
are chosen and qualified. Any officer may at any time be removed by the Board of
Directors or, in the case of an officer appointed by another officer as provided
in these bylaws, by such other officer. If the office of any officer becomes
vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board or, in the case of
an officer so appointed, by such other officer.
5. Any officer may resign at any time by delivering notice of his
resignation to the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. Any such
resignation may be effective when the notice is delivered or at such later date
as may be specified therein if the corporation accepts such later date. Any such
notice to the Board shall be addressed to it in care of the Chairman of the
Board or the Secretary.
ARTICLE X
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the
corporation and shall preside at meetings of the shareholders. The Chief
Executive Officer shall have supervision and direction of all of the other
officers of the corporation.
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ARTICLE XI
PRESIDENT
The President shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation
and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by these bylaws, or by the
Chief Executive Officer. The President shall, in case of the absence or
inability of the Chief Executive Officer to act, have the powers and perform the
duties of the Chief Executive Officer.
ARTICLE XII
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS,
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS
AND VICE PRESIDENTS
1. The Executive Vice Presidents, the Senior Vice Presidents and the Vice
Presidents shall have such powers and duties as may be delegated to them by the
Chief Executive Officer.
ARTICLE XIII
GENERAL COUNSEL
The General Counsel shall be the chief legal officer of the corporation
and the head of its legal department. He shall, in general, perform the duties
incident to the office of General Counsel and shall have such other powers and
duties as may be delegated to him by the Chief Executive Officer.
ARTICLE XIV
TREASURER
The Treasurer shall be responsible for the care and custody of all the
funds and securities of the corporation. The Treasurer shall render an account
of the financial condition and operations of the corporation to the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer as often as the Board or the Chief
Executive Officer shall require. He or she shall have such other powers and
duties as may be delegated to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer.
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ARTICLE XV
CONTROLLER
The Controller shall maintain adequate records of all assets,
liabilities and transactions of the corporation, and shall see that adequate
audits thereof are currently and regularly made. The Controller shall disburse
the funds of the corporation in payment of the just obligations of the
corporation, or as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper
vouchers for such disbursements. The Controller shall have such other powers and
duties as may be delegated to the Controller by the Chief Executive Officer.
ARTICLE XVI
SECRETARY
The Secretary shall act as custodian of the minutes of all meetings of
the Board of Directors and of the shareholders and of the committees of the
Board of Directors. He or she shall attend to the giving and serving of all
notices of the corporation, and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall
attest the seal of the corporation upon all contracts and instruments executed
under such seal. He or she shall also be custodian of such other books and
records as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may direct. He or she shall
have such other powers and duties as may be delegated to him or her by the Chief
Executive Officer.
ARTICLE XVII
TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS;
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
1. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and
one or more registrars for shares of capital stock of the corporation and may
require all certificates for such shares, or for options, warrants or other
rights in respect thereof, to be countersigned on behalf of the corporation by
any such transfer agent or by any such registrar.
2. The certificates for shares of the corporation shall be numbered and
shall be entered on the books of the corporation as they are issued. Each share
certificate shall state on its face the name of the corporation and the fact
that it is organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the name of
the person to whom such certificate is issued and the number and class of shares
and the designation of the series, if any, represented by such certificate and
shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, an Executive or
Senior Vice President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any and all
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signatures on such certificates, including signatures of officers, transfer
agents and registrars may be facsimile. In case any officer who has signed or
whose facsimile signature has been placed on any such certificate shall have
ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, then, unless the
Board of Directors shall otherwise determine and cause notification thereof to
be given to such transfer agent and registrar, such certificate shall
nevertheless be valid and may be issued by the corporation (and by its transfer
agent) and registered by its registrar with the same effect as if he were such
officer at the date of issue.
ARTICLE XVIII
TRANSFERS OF STOCK
1. All transfers of shares of the corporation shall be made on the books of
the corporation by the registered holders of such shares in person or by their
attorneys lawfully constituted in writing, or by their legal representatives.
2. Certificates for shares of stock shall be surrendered and canceled at
the time of transfer.
3. To the extent that any provision of the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement dated as of January 19, 1996, between the corporation and Chemical
Bank, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement"), or the Amendment thereto, dated
as of July 31, 1997, between the corporation and BankBoston, N.A., as successor
rights agent, imposes a restriction on the transfer of any securities of the
corporation, including, without limitation, the Rights, as defined in the
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, such restriction is hereby authorized.
4. Article 14.1 of Chapter 9 of Title 13.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled
"Control Share Acquisitions," shall not apply to acquisitions of shares of the
corporation.
ARTICLE XIX
FIXING RECORD DATE
In order to make a determination of shareholders for any purpose, including
those who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders
or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent in writing to any
corporate action without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock,
the Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date which shall not be more
than 70 days before the meeting or other action requiring such determination.
Except as otherwise expressly prescribed by statute, only shareholders of record
on the date so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such
meeting and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express such consent, or
entitled to receive payment of
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such dividend or other distribution or allotment of rights, or entitled to
exercise such rights in respect of change, conversion or exchange, or to take
such other action, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on
the share transfer books of the corporation after any such record date fixed as
aforesaid.
ARTICLE XX
REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS
The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any
share or shares as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on
the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
ARTICLE XXI
CHECKS
All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money and all
promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation shall be
signed in such manner as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XXII
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on December 31 of each
year.
ARTICLE XXIII
NOTICES AND WAIVER
1. Whenever by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws it is
provided that notice shall be given to any director or shareholder, such
provision shall not be construed to require personal notice, but such notice may
be given in writing, by mail, by depositing the same in the United States mail,
postage prepaid, directed to such shareholder or director at his address as it
appears on the records of the corporation, or, in default of other address, to
such director or shareholder at the registered office of the corporation in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and, except for any meeting of directors to be held
within 48 hours after such notice, shall be deemed to be given at the time when
the same shall be thus deposited. Notice of special meetings of the Board of
Directors
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may also be given to any director by telephone, by telex or telecopy, or by
telegraph or cable, and in case of notice so given otherwise than by telephone,
the notice shall be deemed to be given at the time such notice, addressed to
such director at the address hereinabove provided, shall be acknowledged by
reply telex or telecopy or shall be transmitted or delivered to and accepted by
an authorized telegraph or cable office, as the case may be.
2. Whenever by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws a
notice is required to be given, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person
entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, and filed
with the corporate records or the minutes of the meeting, shall be equivalent to
notice. Attendance of any shareholder or director at any meeting thereof shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting by such shareholder or director,
as the case may be, except as otherwise provided by statute.
ARTICLE XXIV
BYLAWS
The Board of Directors shall have the power to make, amend or repeal
bylaws of the corporation.
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