Exhibit 3 (f)2
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BY LAWS
of
Savannah Electric and Power Company
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as Amended to May 17, 2000
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BYLAWS
of
Savannah Electric and Power Company
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ARTICLE I
Name
The name of this Corporation shall be Savannah Electric and Power
Company.
ARTICLE II
Stockholders' Meeting
All meetings of the Stockholders shall be held at the principal office
of the Corporation in Savannah, Georgia, unless some other place in Georgia is
stated in the call.
ARTICLE III
Annual Meetings
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Corporation shall be
held on the third Tuesday in May in each year, if not a legal holiday, and if a
legal holiday, then on the next succeeding Tuesday not a legal holiday. In the
event that such annual meeting is omitted by oversight or otherwise on the date
herein provided therefor, a subsequent meeting may be held in place thereof, and
any business transacted or elections held at such meeting shall be as valid as
if transacted or held at the annual meeting. Such subsequent meeting shall be
called in the same manner and as provided for special Stockholders' meetings.
ARTICLE IV
Special Meetings
Special meetings of the Stockholders of this Corporation shall be held
whenever the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, a
majority of the Board of Directors, or the holders of at least one-fourth (1/4)
part in interest of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to
vote thereat shall make application therefor to the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting applied for.
Special meetings of the Stockholders shall also be held following the accrual of
the rights of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation, voting as a class, to
elect the smallest number of Directors of this Corporation necessary to
constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, whenever
required to be held in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the
Corporation and/or any resolution of the Stockholders setting forth the powers,
preferences, etc. of the various classes of stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
Notice of Stockholders' Meetings
Notice of all Stockholders' meetings, stating the time and place, and,
in the case of special meetings, the objects for which such meetings are called,
shall be given by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, by mail, to each
Stockholder of record entitled to vote at said meeting at his or her registered
address, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting, and the person
giving such notice shall make affidavit in relation thereto; provided that
notice of any such meeting shall be deemed to be sufficiently given to any
Stockholder who, while the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act (Public
Act No. 91 of the Sixty-fifth Congress of the United States of America, as now
or hereafter amended) shall be operative, shall appear from the stock books to
be or shall be known to the Corporation to be an "enemy" or "ally of enemy" as
defined in the said Act and whose address appearing on such stock books is
outside the United States, or the mailing to whom of notice shall at the time be
prohibited by any other law of the United States of America or by any executive
order or regulation issued or promulgated by any officer or agency of the United
States of America (a) if, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the
meeting, a copy of the notice of the meeting shall be mailed to any person or
agency who by any such law, order or regulation shall have been duly designated
to receive such notice or duly designated or appointed as custodian of the
property of such Stockholder; or (b) if a brief notice of such meeting,
including, in the case of a special meeting, either a brief statement of the
objects for which such meeting is called or a statement as to where there may be
obtained a copy of a written notice containing a statement of such objects,
shall be published by the Corporation at least once, not less than ten (10) days
before the meeting in a daily newspaper published in the English language and of
general circulation in the City of Savannah, Georgia; provided further, however,
that notice of any Stockholders' meeting stating that an increase of the stock
or an issuance of bonds will be considered, shall be published in a daily
newspaper published in the English language and of general circulation in the
City of Savannah, Georgia, once a week for four weeks prior to the time of
holding such meeting.
Any meeting at which all the Stockholders are present, either in person
or represented by proxy, or of which those not present in person have waived
notice in writing, shall be a legal meeting for the transaction of business,
notwithstanding that notice has not been given as hereinbefore provided.
ARTICLE Vl
Waiver of Notice
Notice of any Stockholders' meeting may be waived by any Stockholder.
ARTICLE VII
Quorum
At any meeting of the Stockholders a majority in interest of all the
capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented by
Stockholders of record in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum, but a
less interest may adjourn any meeting from time to time, and the meeting may be
held as adjourned without further notice. When a quorum is present at any
meeting, a majority of the capital stock represented thereat shall decide any
question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by
express provision of law or of the Charter of this Corporation or these Bylaws,
a larger or different vote is required, in which case such express provision
shall govern and control the decision of such question. The provisions of this
Article are subject to the provisions of the Charter of the Company and/or any
resolution of the Stockholders setting forth the powers, preferences, etc., of
the various classes of stock of the Company.
ARTICLE VIII
Proxy and Voting
Stockholders of record may vote at any meeting either in person or by
proxy in writing, which shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before
being voted. The voting powers of the respective classes of stock of the Company
shall be as provided in the Charter of the Company and/or any resolution of the
Stockholders setting forth the powers, preferences, etc., of the various classes
of stock of the Company.
ARTICLE IX
Board of Directors
A Board of not less than five nor more than fifteen Directors shall be
chosen by ballot at the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders or at any meeting
held in lieu thereof as hereinbefore provided.
The number of Directors for each corporate year shall be fixed by vote
at the meeting when elected, but the Stockholders may, at a special meeting
called for the purpose during any such year, increase or decrease (within the
limits above specified) the number of Directors as thus fixed and if necessary
elect Directors to complete the number so fixed. A majority of the Directors
shall be citizens and residents of Georgia. Each Director shall serve until the
next Annual Meeting of the Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected
and qualified. Directors need not be Stockholders of the Corporation.
A non-employee Director shall become ineligible to serve as a Director
(a) after his 70th birthday; (b) one year after permanent separation from the
business or professional organization with which he was primarily associated
when first elected as a Director; (c) one year after any other material change
in his primary occupation or executive position from that which he pursued or
held when first elected as a Director; or (d) one year after moving his
principal residence outside the service area in which he was a resident when
first elected a Director. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to all
such non-employee Directors regardless of the date of first election as a
Director.
The provisions of this Article are subject to the provisions of the
Charter of the Company and/or any resolution of the Stockholders setting forth
the powers, preferences, etc., of the various classes of Company.
ARTICLE X
Powers of Directors
The Board of Directors shall have the entire management of the business
of the Corporation. In the management and control of the property, business and
affairs of the Corporation, the Board of Directors is hereby vested with all the
powers possessed by the Corporation itself, so far as this delegation of
authority is not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Georgia, with the
Charter of the Corporation or with these Bylaws. The Board of Directors shall
have power to determine what constitutes net earnings, profits and surplus,
respectively, what amount shall be reserved for working capital and for any
other purposes, and what amount shall be declared as dividends, and such
determination by the Board of Directors shall be final and conclusive.
ARTICLE XI
Executive and Other Committees
The Board of Directors may elect from their number an Executive
Committee of not less than three or more than seven members, which Committee may
exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business
of the Corporation when the Board is not in session. The Executive Committee
shall report its action to the Board of Directors for approval. The Executive
Committee may make rules for the holding and conduct of its meetings and the
keeping of the records thereof.
The Board of Directors may likewise elect or appoint from their number
other committees from time to time, the number composing such committees and the
powers conferred upon the same to be determined by vote of the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE XII
Meetings
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such places
and at such times as the Board may by vote from time to time determine, and if
so determined no notice thereof need be given. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held at any time or place whenever called by the Chairman of
the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, an Assistant
Secretary, or five or more Directors, reasonable notice thereof being given to
each Director by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or officer calling the
meeting, or at any time without formal notice provided all the Directors are
present, or those not present have waived notice thereof in writing. Such
special meetings shall be held at such times and places as the notice thereof or
waiver shall specify.
ARTICLE XIII
Quorum
A majority of the total number of members of the Board of Directors as
constituted for the time being, but not less than three, shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn any
meeting from time to time and the same may be held as adjourned without further
notice. When a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority vote of the members
in attendance thereat shall decide any questions brought before such meeting,
except as otherwise provided by law, by the Charter of this Corporation or by
these Bylaws.
ARTICLE XIV
Officers
The officers of this Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board,
subject to Article XVII hereof, and a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a
Secretary and a Treasurer. All officers shall be elected by the Board of
Directors after its election by the Stockholders, and a regular meeting may be
held without notice for this purpose immediately after the Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders and at the same place.
ARTICLE XV
Additional Officers and Agents
The Board of Directors at its discretion may appoint a General Manager,
one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, and such
other officers or agents as it may deem advisable and prescribe the duties
thereof.
ARTICLE XVI
Eligibility of Officers
The Chairman of the Board, if any, and the President, shall each be a
Director of the Corporation. The Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer and
such other officers as may be appointed may be but need not be Directors of the
Corporation. The same person may hold the offices of Secretary and Treasurer.
ARTICLE XVII
Chairman of the Board
The Corporation may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, have
a Chairman of the Board who, in such case, shall be the chief executive officer
of the Corporation and, as such, shall have supervision of its policies,
business, and affairs, and such other powers and duties as are commonly incident
to the office of chief executive officer. He shall preside at the meetings of
the Board of Directors and may call meetings of the Board of Directors and of
any committee thereof, whenever he deems it necessary and he shall call to order
and act as chairman of all meetings of the Stockholders of the Corporation. In
addition, he shall have such other powers and duties as the Board of Directors
shall designate from time to time. The Chairman of the Board, unless some other
person is thereunto specifically authorized by vote of the Board of Directors,
shall have power to sign all bonds, deeds and contracts of the Corporation.
Should the Board of Directors determine not to have, or upon a vacancy occurring
in such office fail to elect, a Chairman of the Board, such office shall cease
to exist pending subsequent action by the Board of Directors recreating such
office.
ARTICLE XVIII
President
The President shall, subject to the supervision of the Chairman of the
Board, have the direction of and responsibility for, the operations of the
Corporation, and such other powers and duties as are commonly incident to that
office. He shall also have such other powers and duties as the Board of
Directors shall designate from time to time and, in the absence of the Chairman
of the Board, or should such office fail to exist, shall have the powers and
duties of the Chairman of the Board. The President or a Vice President, unless
some other person is thereunto specifically authorized by vote of the Board of
Directors, shall have power to sign all certificates of stock, bonds, deeds and
contracts of the Corporation.
ARTICLE XIX
Vice Presidents
A Vice President shall perform the duties and have the powers of the
Chairman of the Board and the President during the absence or disability of the
Chairman of the Board (or the nonexistence of said office) and the President and
shall have power to sign all certificates of stock, bonds, deeds and contracts
of the Corporation, and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate.
ARTICLE XX
Secretary
The Secretary shall be present at all meetings of the Stockholders, of
the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee, and shall keep accurate
records of the proceedings at such meetings in books provided for that purpose.
He shall perform all the duties commonly incident to his office and shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors
shall from time to time designate. In the absence of the Secretary, an Assistant
Secretary or a Secretary pro tempore shall perform his duties. The Secretary,
Assistant Secretary or Secretary pro tempore shall be sworn.
ARTICLE XXI
Treasurer
The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall
have the care and custody of the money, funds, valuable papers and documents of
the Corporation (other than his own bond, which shall be in the custody of the
President), and shall have and exercise under the supervision of the Board of
Directors, all the powers and duties commonly incident to his office, and shall
give bond in such form and with such sureties as shall be required by the Board
of Directors. He shall deposit all funds of the Corporation in such bank or
banks, trust company or trust companies, or with such firm or firms doing a
banking business as the Board of Directors shall designate. He may endorse for
deposit or collection all checks, notes, et cetera, payable to the Corporation
or to its order, may accept drafts on behalf of the Corporation, and shall,
together with the President or a Vice President, sign all certificates of stock.
He shall keep accurate books of account of the Corporation's transactions, which
shall be the property of the Corporation, and, together with all its property in
his possession, shall be subject at all times to the inspection and control of
the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall hold his office during the pleasure
of the Board of Directors, and shall in every way be subject to their orders.
All checks, notes, drafts or other obligations for the payment of money
shall be signed by the Treasurer (except as the Board of Directors shall
otherwise specifically order) and, with the exception of checks for the payment
of not exceeding $10,000 (which require one signature) and notes, shall be
countersigned as a condition to their validity by the Chairman of the Board or
the President or such other officer or agent as the Board of Directors shall by
resolution direct; notes shall be countersigned as a condition to their validity
only by such officer or agent as the Board of Directors shall by resolution
direct. Checks for the total amount of any payroll may be drawn in accordance
with the foregoing provisions and deposited in a special fund. Checks upon this
fund may be drawn by such person as the Treasurer shall designate, and need not
be countersigned.
The Directors may appoint one or more Assistant Treasurers with such
powers and duties, including the powers and duties of the Treasurer as herein
stated, as to them shall seem best.
ARTICLE XXII
Removals
The Stockholders may, at any meeting called for the purpose, by vote of
a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding, remove any Director or
other officer elected by them and elect his successor. The Board of Directors
may, by vote of not less than a majority of the entire Board, remove from office
any officer or agent elected or appointed by them. The provisions of this
Article are subject to the provisions of the Charter of the Company and/or any
resolution of the Stockholders setting forth the powers, preferences, etc., of
the various classes of stock of the Company.
ARTICLE XXIII
Vacancies
If the office of any Director or officer or agent, one or more,
becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or
otherwise, the remaining Directors, although less than a quorum, may, by a
majority vote, choose a successor or successors who shall hold office for the
unexpired term, but vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled for the
unexpired term by the Stockholders at a meeting called for that purpose, unless
such vacancy shall have been filled by the Directors. The provisions of this
Article are subject to the provisions of the Charter of the Company and/or any
resolution of the Stockholders setting forth the powers, preferences, etc., of
the various classes of stock of the Company.
ARTICLE XXIV
Capital Stock
The amount of capital stock shall be as fixed in the Charter of this
Corporation or as the same may be increased or decreased from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of law.
ARTICLE XXV
Certificates of Stock
Every Stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates of
stock of the Company in form prescribed by the Board of Directors, duly numbered
and sealed with the corporate seal of the Company, and setting forth the number
and kind of shares represented thereby to which each Stockholder is entitled.
Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by
the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more
Transfer Agents and/or Registrars for its stock of any class or classes and may
require stock certificates to be counter-signed and/or registered by one or more
of such Transfer Agents and/or Registrars. If certificates of capital stock of
the Company are signed by a Transfer Agent or by a Registrar, the signature of
the officers of the Company and the seal of the Company thereon may be
facsimiles, engraved, printed or otherwise reproduced. Any provisions of these
Bylaws with reference to the signing and sealing of stock certificates shall
include, in cases above permitted, such facsimiles. In case any officer or
officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall
have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such
officer or officers of the Company, whether because of death, resignation or
otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by
the Company, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company and be issued and delivered as though the
person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile
signature or signatures shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such
officer or officers of the Company.
ARTICLE XXVI
Transfer of Stock
Shares of stock may be transferred by delivery of the certificate,
accompanied either by an assignment in writing on the back of the certificate,
or by a written power of attorney to sell, assign and transfer the same, signed
by the owner of the certificate. No transfer shall affect the right of the
Corporation to pay any dividend due upon the stock, or to treat the holder of
record as the holder in fact until such transfer is recorded upon the books of
the Corporation or a new certificate is issued to the person to whom it has been
so transferred. It shall be the duty of every Stockholder to notify the
Corporation of his post office address.
ARTICLE XXVII
Record Dates
The Board of Directors or the Executive Committee may fix in advance
(a) a date, not less than ten (10) nor more than forty-five (45) days preceding
the date of any meeting of the Stockholders, as a record date for the
determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any such
meeting or any adjournment thereof; (b) a date, not less than ten (10) nor more
than thirty (30) days prior to the date for the payment of any dividend, or
other distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when
any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock (including any exchange of
stock upon a merger, consolidation or sale of all, or substantially all, of the
assets of the Corporation) shall go into effect, as a record date for the
determination of the Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any such
dividend, or distribution, or to any such allotment of rights, or to exercise
the rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, as
the case may be; and (c) a date, not less than ten (10) nor more than forty-five
(45) days preceding the date for the taking of any other lawful corporate action
not covered by the foregoing, as a record date for the determination of
Stockholders entitled to act thereon and/or receive the benefit thereof;
notwithstanding, in any such case, any transfer of any stock on the books of the
Corporation after any such record date fixed as aforesaid.
ARTICLE XXVIII
Loss of Certificates
In case of the loss, mutilation or destruction of a certificate of
stock, a duplicate certificate may be issued therefor upon such terms as the
Board of Directors shall prescribe.
ARTICLE XXIX
Seal
The seal of this Corporation shall consist of a flat faced circular die
with the words and figures "Savannah Electric and Power Company Corporate Seal
1921 Georgia" cut or engraved thereon.
ARTICLE XXX
Facsimile Signatures on Bonds and Debentures
The signatures of any officer of this Corporation executing a corporate
bond, debenture or other debt security of the Corporation or attesting the
corporate seal thereon, or upon any interest coupons annexed to any such
corporate bond, debenture or other debt security of the Corporation, and the
corporate seal affixed to any such bond, debenture or other debt security of the
Corporation, may be facsimiles, engraved or printed, provided that such bond,
debenture or other debt security of the Corporation is authenticated or
countersigned with the manual signature of an authorized officer of the
corporate trustee designated by the indenture or other agreement under which
said security is issued or of an authenticating agent appointed by such
corporate trustee to act in its behalf or by a transfer agent, or registered by
a registrar, other than the Corporation itself or an employee of the
Corporation. In case any officer or officers whose signature or signatures,
whether manual or facsimile, shall have been used on any corporate bond,
debenture or other debt security shall cease to be an officer or officers of the
Corporation for any reason before the same has been delivered by the
Corporation, such bond, debenture or other debt security may nevertheless be
issued and delivered as though the person or persons whose signatures were used
thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers.
ARTICLE XXXI
Indemnification and Related Matters
Each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation
or is or was an employee of the Corporation holding one or more positions of
management through and inclusive of department managers (but not positions below
the level of department managers) (such positions being hereinafter referred to
as "Management Positions") and who was or is a party or was or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or
was an employee of the Corporation holding one or more Management Positions, or
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee, agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be indemnified by the
Corporation as a matter of right against any and all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him and against any and all
claims, judgments, fines, penalties, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement
actually incurred by him in defense of such claim, action, suit or proceeding,
including appeals, to the full extent permitted by applicable law. The
indemnification provided by this Article shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a director or officer
of the Corporation or employee of the Corporation holding one or more Management
Positions with respect to the defense of any such claim, action, suit or
proceeding may be advanced by the Corporation prior to the final disposition of
such claim, action, suit or proceeding, as authorized by the Board of Directors
in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article or
otherwise; provided, however, that the advancement of such expenses shall not be
deemed to be indemnification unless and until it shall ultimately be determined
that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance at the expense of
the Corporation on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the Corporation, or any person who is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director (or the equivalent), officer,
employee, agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability or
expense (including attorneys' fees) asserted against him and incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability or
expense under this Article or otherwise.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions, no
present or future director or officer of the Corporation, or employee of the
Corporation holding one or more Management Positions, or his heirs, executors,
or administrators, shall be liable for any act, omission, step, or conduct taken
or had in good faith, or for any undertaking entered into by the Corporation or
its subsidiaries or affiliates which is required, authorized, or approved by any
order or orders issued pursuant to the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, the Federal Power Act, or any undertaking entered into by the Corporation
due to environmental requirements including all legally enforceable
environmental compliance obligations imposed by federal, state or local statute,
regulation, permit, judicial or administrative decree, order and judgment or
other similar means, or any undertaking entered into by the Corporation pursuant
to any approved compliance plan, or any federal or state statute or municipal
ordinance regulating the Corporation or its parent by reason of their being
holding or investment companies, public utility companies, public utility
holding companies, or subsidiaries of public utility holding companies. In any
action, suit, or proceeding based on any act, omission, step, or conduct, as in
this paragraph described, the provisions hereof shall be brought to the
attention of the court. In the event that the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph are found by the court not to constitute a valid defense on the
grounds of not being applicable to the particular class of plaintiff, each such
director and officer, or employee holding a Management Position, and his heirs,
executors, and administrators, shall be reimbursed for, or indemnified against,
all expenses and liabilities incurred by him or imposed on him, in connection
with, or arising out of, any such action, suit, or proceeding based on any act,
omission, step, or conduct taken or had in good faith as in this paragraph
described. Such expenses and liabilities shall include, but shall not be limited
to, judgments, court costs, and attorneys' fees.
The foregoing rights shall not be exclusive of any other rights to
which any such director or officer or employee may otherwise be entitled and
shall be available whether or not the director or officer or employee continues
to be a director or officer or employee at the time of incurring any such
expenses and liabilities.
If any word, clause or provision of the Bylaws or any indemnification
made under this Article shall for any reason be determined to be invalid, the
provisions of the Bylaws shall not otherwise be affected thereby but shall
remain in full force and effect. The masculine pronoun, as used in the Bylaws,
means the masculine and feminine wherever applicable.
ARTICLE XXXII
Amendments
The By-laws of the Company may be altered, amended or repealed
(a) at any meeting of the Board of Directors by the vote of a majority of the
entire Board then in office, or (b) by the vote of the holders of a majority of
that part of the capital stock of the Company having voting powers which is
represented in person or by proxy at any annual meeting of stockholders or at
any special meeting called for that purpose (provided that a lawful quorum of
stockholders be there represented in person or by proxy), or (c) without a
meeting by the written consent of the holders of all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company having voting powers; provided,
however, that the Board of Directors shall not have power to alter, amend or
repeal the provisions of Article VII or Article XXXI of the By-laws and
provided, further, that an alteration, amendment or repeal of any other
provision of the By-laws by the Board of Directors shall cease to be effective
unless submitted to and ratified or approved at the next annual or special
meeting at which a lawful quorum of stockholders is represented in person or by
proxy by the vote of the holders of a majority of that part of the capital stock
of the Company having voting powers which is represented in person or by proxy
at such meeting
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