BYLAWS
OF
COMMUNITY FIRST BANCORP, INC.
ARTICLE I
Principal Office
The principal office of Community First Bancorp, Inc. (herein the
"Corporation") shall be at 240 South Main Street, Madisonville, Kentucky 42431.
ARTICLE II
Stockholders
SECTION 1. Place of Meetings. All annual and special meetings of
stockholders shall be held at the home office of the Corporation or at such
other place within or without the state in which the home office of the
Corporation is located as the board of directors may determine and as designated
in the notice of such meeting.
SECTION 2. Annual Meeting. A meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of any other
business of the Corporation shall be held annually on the third Thursday of May,
if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next day following
which is not a legal holiday, at 8:00 a.m., or at such other date and time
within the 31-day period beginning on such date as the board of directors may
determine.
SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for
any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the President, the
Chairman, a majority of the board of directors or by a committee of the board of
directors in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation or a special meeting maybe called by the secretary of the
Corporation upon the written request of the holders of not less than a majority
of all votes entitled to be cast at the meeting. Such written request shall
state the purpose or purposes of the meeting and the matters proposed to be
acted on at the meeting and shall be delivered at the home office of the
Corporation addressed to the chairman of the board, the president or the
secretary. The secretary shall inform the stockholders who make the request of
the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing a notice of the meeting
and, upon payment of these costs to the Corporation, the secretary shall then
notify each stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting.
SECTION 4. Conduct of Meetings. Annual and special meetings shall be
conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures established by the board
of directors. The board of directors shall designate, when present, either the
chairman of the board or president to preside at such meetings.
SECTION 5. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and
hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called
shall be mailed by the secretary or the officer performing his duties, not less
than ten days nor more than ninety days before the meeting to each stockholder
of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be
deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to
the stockholder at his address as it appears on the
1
stock transfer books or records of the Corporation as of the record date
prescribed in Section 6 of this Article II, with postage thereon prepaid. If a
stockholder be present at a meeting, or in writing waive notice thereof before
or after the meeting, notice of the meeting to such stockholder shall be
unnecessary. When any stockholders' meeting, either annual or special, is
adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given as in the case of an original meeting. It shall not be necessary to give
any notice of the time and place of any meeting adjourned for less than thirty
days or of the business to be transacted at such adjourned meeting, other than
an announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
SECTION 6. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or
any adjournment thereof, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other
proper purpose, the board of directors shall fix in advance a date as the record
date for any such determination of stockholders. Such date in any case shall be
not more than ninety days, and in case of a meeting of stockholders, not less
than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such
determination of stockholders, is to be taken. When a determination of
stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as
provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment
thereof.
SECTION 7. Voting Lists. The officer or agent having charge of the
stock transfer books for shares of a Corporation shall make, at least ten days
before each meeting of stockholders, a complete record of the stockholders
entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in
alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each.
The record, for a period of ten days before such meeting, shall be kept on file
at the principal office of the Corporation. The original stock transfer books
shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine
such record or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of stockholders.
SECTION 8. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the
outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so
represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At
such 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. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may
continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal
of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 9. Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may
vote by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized
attorney in fact. Proxies solicited on behalf of the management shall be voted
as directed by the stockholder or, in the absence of such direction, as
determined by a majority of the board of directors. No proxy shall be valid
after eleven months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in
the proxy.
SECTION 10. Voting. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of
Incorporation, at each election for directors every stockholder entitled to vote
at such election shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by
him. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, by statute, or
by these Bylaws, a majority of those votes cast by stockholders at a lawful
meeting shall be sufficient to pass on a transaction or matter. A plurality of
all the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present is sufficient to
elect a director.
SECTION 11. Voting of Shares in the Name of Two or More Persons. When
ownership of stock stands in the name of two or more persons, in the absence of
written directions to the Corporation to the
2
contrary, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation any one or more
of such stockholders may cast, in person or by proxy, all votes to which such
ownership is entitled. In the event an attempt is made to cast conflicting
votes, in person or by proxy, by the several persons in whose name shares of
stock stand, the vote or votes to which these persons are entitled shall be cast
as directed by a majority of those holding such stock and present in person or
by proxy at such meeting, and if more than one person votes and the vote is
evenly split on any particular matter, then (i) each faction may vote the stock
in question proportionally; or (ii) any person voting the stock or any
beneficiary may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint an
additional person to act with the persons voting the stock and the stock shall
then be voted as determined by a majority of those persons and the person
appointed by the court.
SECTION 12. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the
name of another corporation may be voted by any officer, agent or proxy as the
bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision,
as the board of directors of such corporation may determine. Shares held by an
administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either in
person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name.
Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in
person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him
without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of
a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the
control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof
into his name if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the
court or other public authority by which such receiver was appointed.
A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such
shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee and
thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.
Neither treasury shares of its own stock held by the Corporation, nor
shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote
for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the
Corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total
number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting.
SECTION 13. Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of
stockholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons, other than
nominees for office, as inspectors of election to act at such meeting or any
adjournment thereof. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. If
the board of directors so appoints either one or three inspectors, that
appointment shall not be altered at the meeting. If inspectors of election are
not so appointed, the chairman of the board or the president may, or on the
request of not fewer than 10 percent of the votes represented at the meeting
shall, make such appointment at the meeting. If appointed at the meeting the
majority of the votes present shall determine whether one or three inspectors
are to be appointed. In case any person appointed as inspector fails to appear
or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the
board of directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the chairman
of the board or the president.
Unless otherwise prescribed by applicable law, the duties of such
inspectors shall include: determining the number of shares of stock and the
voting power of each share, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the
existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies;
receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and
questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; counting and
tabulating all votes or consents; determining the result; and such acts as may
be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.
3
SECTION 14. Nominating Committee. The board of directors shall act as a
nominating committee for selecting the management nominees for election as
directors. Except in the case of a nominee substituted as a result of the death
or other incapacity of a management nominee, the nominating committee shall
deliver written nominations to the secretary at least twenty days prior to the
date of the annual meeting. Provided such committee makes such nominations, no
nominations for directors except those made by the nominating committee shall be
voted upon at the annual meeting unless other nominations by stockholders are
made in writing and delivered to the secretary of the Corporation in accordance
with the provisions of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 15. New Business. Any new business to be taken up at the annual
meeting shall be stated in writing and filed with the secretary of the
Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation. This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval
or disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors and
committees, but in connection with such reports no new business shall be acted
upon at such annual meeting unless stated and filed as provided in the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE III
Board of Directors
SECTION 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed under the direction of its board of directors. The board of
directors shall annually elect a chairman of the board and a president from
among its members and shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the
board or the president to preside at its meetings.
SECTION 2. Number, Term and Election. The board of directors shall
initially consist of nine members and thereafter shall consist of such number of
members as determined by the board of directors from time to time in accordance
with the provisions of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation. The board of
directors shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as
possible. The members of each class shall be elected for a term of three years
and until their successors are elected or qualified. The board of directors
shall be classified in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation's
Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the board of
directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw immediately after,
and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders. The board of
directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of
additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.
SECTION 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors
may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, the president,
or one-third of the directors. The persons authorized to call special meetings
of the board of directors may fix any place as the place for holding any special
meeting of the board of directors called by such persons.
Members of the board of directors may participate in special meetings
by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which
all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation
shall constitute presence in person.
SECTION 5. Notice of Special Meeting. Written notice of at least 24
hours regarding any special meeting of the board of directors or of any
committee designated thereby shall be given to each director in accordance with
the bylaws, although such notice may be waived by the director. The attendance
of a director
4
at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a
director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any
meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of
notice of such meeting.
SECTION 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by
Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at any meeting of the board of directors, but if less than such
majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time. Notice of any adjourned meeting shall be
given in the same manner as prescribed by Section 5 of this Article III.
SECTION 7. 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 a greater number is prescribed by these Bylaws, the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, or general laws of the State of
Maryland.
SECTION 8. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted
to be taken by the board of directors at a meeting may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by
all of the directors and filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of
directors.
SECTION 9. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by sending
a written notice of such resignation to the home office of the Corporation
addressed to the chairman of the board or the president of the board. Unless
otherwise specified therein such resignation shall take effect upon receipt
thereof by the chairman of the board or the president. More than three
consecutive absences from regular meetings of the board of directors, unless
excused by resolution of the board of directors, shall automatically constitute
a resignation, effective when such resignation is accepted by the board of
directors.
SECTION 10. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors
shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation's Articles
of Incorporation. The term of such director shall be in accordance with the
provisions of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 11. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire board of
directors may be removed only in accordance with the provisions of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 12. Compensation. Directors, as such, may receive a stated
salary for their services. By resolution of the board of directors, a reasonable
fixed sum, and reasonable expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for
actual attendance at each regular or special meeting of the board of directors.
Members of either standing or special committees may be allowed such
compensation for actual attendance at committee meetings as the board of
directors may determine. Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude any
director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving
remuneration therefor.
SECTION 13. Presumption of Assent. A director of the Corporation who is
present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any corporate
matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless
his dissent or abstention shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or
unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting
as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward
such dissent by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark
from the United States Postal Service, to the secretary of the meeting within
twenty-four hours after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent
shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action or failed to
make his dissent known at the meeting.
5
ARTICLE IV
Executive And Other Committees
SECTION 1. Appointment. The board of directors, by resolution adopted
by a majority of the full board, may designate the chief executive officer and
two or more of the other directors to constitute an executive committee. The
designation of any committee pursuant to this Article IV and the delegation of
authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any director,
of any responsibility imposed by law or regulation.
SECTION 2. Authority. The executive committee, when the board of
directors is not in session, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of
the board of directors except to the extent, if any, that such authority shall
be limited by the resolution appointing the executive committee; and except also
that the executive committee shall not have the authority of the board of
directors with reference to: the declaration of dividends or distributions on
stock; the amendment of the bylaws of the Corporation; recommending to the
stockholders any action which requires stockholder approval; approving any
merger or share exchange which does not require stockholder approval; or the
approval of a transaction in which any member of the executive committee,
directly or indirectly, has any material beneficial interest.
SECTION 3. Tenure. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this
Article IV, each member of the executive committee shall hold office until the
next regular annual meeting of the board of directors following his or her
designation and until a successor is designated as a member of the executive
committee.
SECTION 4. Meetings. Regular meetings of the executive committee may be
held without notice at such times and places as the executive committee may fix
from time to time by resolution. Special meetings of the executive committee may
be called by any member thereof upon not less than one day's notice stating the
place, date, and hour of the meeting, which notice may be written or oral. Any
member of the executive committee may waive notice of any meeting and no notice
of any meeting need be given to any member thereof who attends in person. The
notice of a meeting of the executive committee need not state the business
proposed to be transacted at the meeting.
SECTION 5. Quorum. A majority of the members of the executive committee
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting
thereof, and action of the executive committee must be authorized by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a
quorum is present.
SECTION 6. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted
to be taken by the executive committee 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 of the members of the executive committee.
SECTION 7. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the executive committee may be
filled by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors.
SECTION 8. Resignations and Removal. Any member of the executive
committee may be removed at any time with or without cause by resolution adopted
by a majority of the full board of directors. Any member of the executive
committee may resign from the executive committee at any time by giving written
notice to the president or secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise
specified, such resignation shall take effect upon its receipt; the acceptance
of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
6
SECTION 9. Procedure. The executive committee shall elect a presiding
officer from its members and may fix its own rules of procedure which shall not
be inconsistent with these bylaws. It shall keep regular minutes of its
proceedings and report the same to the board of directors for its information at
the meeting held next after the proceedings shall have occurred.
SECTION 10. Other Committees. The board of directors may by resolution
establish an audit, loan, or other committee composed of two or more directors
as they may determine to be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the
business of the Corporation and may prescribe the duties, constitution, and
procedures thereof.
ARTICLE V
Officers
SECTION 1. Positions. The officers of the Corporation shall be a
president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, each of
whom shall be elected by the board of directors. The board of directors may also
designate the chairman of the board as an officer. The president shall be the
chief executive officer, unless the board of directors designates the chairman
of the board as chief executive officer. The president shall be a director of
the Corporation. The offices of the secretary and treasurer may be held by the
same person and a vice president may also be either the secretary or the
treasurer. The board of directors may designate one or more vice presidents as
executive vice president or senior vice president. The board of directors may
also elect or authorize the appointment of such other officers as the business
of the Corporation may require. The officers shall have such authority and
perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time authorize or
determine. In the absence of action by the board of directors, the officers
shall have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective
offices.
SECTION 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation
shall be elected annually by the board of directors at the first meeting of the
board of directors held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the
election of officers is not held at such meeting, such election shall be held as
soon thereafter as possible. Each officer shall hold office until his successor
shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his death or until he shall
resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Election
or appointment of an officer, employee or agent shall not of itself create
contract rights. The board of directors may authorize the Corporation to enter
into an employment contract with any officer in accordance with state law; but
no such contract shall impair the right of the board of directors to remove any
officer at any time in accordance with Section 3 of this Article V.
SECTION 3. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the board of
directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will
be served thereby, but such removal, shall be without prejudice to the contract
rights, if any, of the person so removed.
SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board
of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
SECTION 5. Remuneration. The remuneration of the officers shall be
fixed from time to time by the board of directors and no officer shall be
prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a
director of the Corporation.
7
ARTICLE VI
Contracts, Loans, Checks and Deposits
SECTION 1. Contracts. To the extent permitted by applicable law, and
except as otherwise prescribed by the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or
these Bylaws with respect to certificates for shares, the board of directors may
authorize any officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation to enter into any
contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of
the Corporation. Such authority may be general or confined to specific
instances.
SECTION 2. Loans. No indebtedness shall be contracted on behalf of the
Corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless
authorized by the board of directors. Such authority may be general or confined
to specific instances.
SECTION 3. 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 one or more officers, employees or
agents of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be
determined by resolution of the board of directors.
SECTION 4. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise
employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation
in any of its duly authorized depositories as the board of directors may select.
ARTICLE VII
Certificates for Shares and Their Transfer
SECTION 1. Certificates for Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall
be represented by certificates signed by the chairman of the board of directors
or by the president or a vice president and by the treasurer or an assistant
treasurer or by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation, and
may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Any or
all of the signatures upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is
countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the
Corporation itself or an employee of the Corporation. If any officer who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall
have ceased to be such officer before the 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.
SECTION 2. Form of Share Certificates. All certificates representing
shares issued by the Corporation shall set forth upon the face or back that the
Corporation will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge a
full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative
rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, the variations in
the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so
far as the same have been fixed and determined, and the authority of the board
of directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of
subsequent series.
Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face thereof:
the name of the Corporation; that the Corporation is organized under the laws of
the State of Maryland; the name of the person to whom issued; the number and
class of shares; the date of issue; the designation of the series, if any, which
such certificate represents; the par value of each share represented by such
certificate, or a statement that the shares are without par value. Other matters
in regard to the form of the certificates shall be determined by the board of
directors.
8
SECTION 3. Payment for Shares. No certificate shall be issued for any
shares until the agreed upon consideration for such shares is fully paid.
SECTION 4. Form of Payment for Shares. The consideration for the
issuance of shares shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 5. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation shall be made only on its stock transfer books. Authority for
such transfer shall be given only by the holder of record thereof or by his
legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of such authority, or by
his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed
with the Corporation. Such transfer shall be made only on surrender for
cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares
of capital stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the
Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.
SECTION 6. Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be
the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock
ledger, the list required by Section 7 of Article II of these Bylaws or the
books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders.
SECTION 7. Lost Certificates. The board of directors may direct a new
certificate to be issued in place of any certificate 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,
the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed
certificate, or his 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.
SECTION 8. Beneficial Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to
recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner
of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such shares on
the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have express
or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE VIII
Fiscal Year; Annual Audit
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the 31st day of
December of each year. The Corporation shall be subject to an annual audit as of
the end of its fiscal year by independent public accountants appointed by and
responsible to the board of directors.
ARTICLE IX
Dividends
Subject to the provisions of the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation and applicable law, the board of directors may, at any regular or
special meeting, declare dividends on the Corporation's outstanding capital
stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in the Corporation's own
stock.
9
ARTICLE X
Corporate Seal
The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the
board of directors shall prescribe.
ARTICLE XI
Amendments
In accordance with the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, these
Bylaws may be repealed, altered, amended or rescinded by the stockholders of the
Corporation only by vote of not less than 80% of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose (provided that notice of such proposed
repeal, alteration, amendment or rescission is included in the notice of such
meeting). In addition, the board of directors may repeal, alter, amend or
rescind these Bylaws by vote of two-thirds of the board of directors at a legal
meeting held in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws.
10