ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
BY-LAWS
As Amended through
October 20, 1997
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
BY-LAWS
INDEX
ARTICLE I
The Shareholders
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Section 1.0. Annual Meetings 1
Section 1.1. Special Meetings 1
Section 1.2. Time and Place of Meetings 1
Section 1.3. Notice of Meetings 1
Section 1.4. Quorum 1
Section 1.5. Voting 2
Section 1.6. Voting Lists 2
Section 1.7. Fixing of Record Date 3
Section 1.8. Notice of Shareholder Business 3
Section 1.9. Notice of Shareholder Nominees 4
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors
Section 2.0. General Powers 5
Section 2.1. Number and Qualifications 5
Section 2.2. Classes of Directors and Terms 5
Section 2.3. Election of Directors 5
Section 2.4. Meeting of Directors 6
a. Annual Meetings 6
b. Regular Meetings 6
c. Special Meetings 6
Section 2.5. Quorum and Manner of Acting 7
Section 2.6. Resignations 7
Section 2.7. Removal of Directors 7
Section 2.8. Action without a Meeting 7
Section 2.9. Attendance and Failure to Object 8
Section 2.10. Special Standing Committees 8
Section 2.11. Appointment of Auditors 8
Section 2.12. Transactions with Corporation 8
Section 2.13. Compensation of Directors 9
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ARTICLE III
Officers
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Section 3.0. Officers, General Authority and Duties 9
Section 3.1. Election, Term of Office, Qualifications 9
Section 3.2. Other Officers, Election or Appointment 10
Section 3.3. Resignation 10
Section 3.4. Removal 10
Section 3.5. Vacancies 10
Section 3.6. Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors 10
Section 3.7. Chairman of the Board of Directors 11
Section 3.8. President 11
Section 3.9. Executive Vice Presidents 11
Section 3.10. Group Vice Presidents 11
Section 3.11. Vice Presidents 11
Section 3.12. Secretary 12
Section 3.13. Assistant Secretaries 12
Section 3.14. Chief Financial Officer 12
Section 3.15. Treasurer 13
Section 3.16 Assistant Treasurers 13
Section 3.17. Chief Accounting Officer 14
Section 3.18. General Counsel 14
Section 3.19. Other Officers or Agents 14
Section 3.20. Compensation 14
Section 3.21. Surety Bonds 14
ARTICLE IV
Execution of Instruments and Deposit
of Corporate Funds
Section 4.0. Execution of Instruments Generally 15
Section 4.1. Notes, Checks, Other Instruments 15
Section 4.2. Proxies 15
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ARTICLE V
Shares
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Section 5.0. Certificates for Shares 15
Section 5.1. Transfer of Shares 16
Section 5.2. Regulations 17
Section 5.3. Transfer Agents and Registrars 17
Section 5.4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates 17
Section 5.5. Redemption of Shares Acquired in
Control Share Acquisitions 17
ARTICLE VI
Indemnification
Section 6.0. Right to Indemnification 18
Section 6.1. Insurance, Contracts and Funding 19
Section 6.2. Non-Exclusive Rights; Applicability
to Certain Proceedings 19
Section 6.3. Advancement of Expenses 19
Section 6.4. Procedures; Presumptions and Effect
of Certain Proceedings: Remedies 19
Section 6.5. Certain Definitions 22
Section 6.6. Indemnification of Agents 23
Section 6.7. Effect of Amendment or Repeal 23
Section 6.8. Severability 23
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
Section 7.0. Corporate Seal 24
Section 7.1. Fiscal Year 24
Section 7.2. Amendment of By-laws 24
BY- LAWS
of
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
(An Indiana Corporation)
ARTICLE I
The Shareholders
SECTION 1.0. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other
business as properly may come before the meeting shall be held on the third
Monday in April in each year, if not a legal holiday, or, if a legal holiday,
then on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday. Failure to hold an annual
meeting of the shareholders at such designated time shall not affect otherwise
valid corporate acts or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Corporation.
SECTION 1.1. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be
called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, or the President.
SECTION 1.2. Time and Place of Meetings, Each meeting of the
shareholders shall be held at such time of day and place, either within or
without the State of Indiana, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
Each adjourned meeting of the shareholders shall be held at such time and place
as may be provided in the motion for adjournment.
SECTION 1.3 Notice of Meetings. The Secretary shall cause a written or
printed notice of the place, day and hour and the purpose or purposes of each
meeting of the shareholders to be delivered or mailed at least ten (10) but not
more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting, to each shareholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting, at the shareholder's post office address as the
same appears on the records maintained by the Corporation. Notice of any such
shareholders meeting may be waived by any shareholder by delivering a written
waiver to the Secretary before or after such meeting. Attendance at any meeting
in person or by proxy when the instrument of proxy sets forth in reasonable
detail the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall constitute
a waiver of notice thereof. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the shareholders
of the Corporation shall not be required to be given unless otherwise required
by statute.
SECTION 1.4. Quorum. At any meeting of the Shareholders a majority of the
outstanding shares entitled to vote on a matter
at such meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum
for action on that matter. In the absence of a quorum, the holders of a majority
of the shares entitled to vote present in person or by proxy, or, if no
shareholder entitled to vote is present in person or by proxy, any officer
entitled to preside at or act as Secretary of such meeting, may adjourn such
meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present. At any such
adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
SECTION 1.5. Voting. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
Articles of Incorporation, at each meeting of the shareholders each holder of
shares entitled to vote shall have the right to one vote for each share standing
in the shareholder's name on the books of the Corporation on the record date
fixed for the meeting under Section 1.7. Each shareholder entitled to vote shall
be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing (which shall
include telegraphing, cabling, facsimile, or electronic transmission) by the
shareholder or a duly authorized attorney in fact. The vote of shareholders
approving any matter to which the provisions of Article 9(c) or 9(d) or Article
13 of the Articles of Incorporation or of a statute are applicable shall
require the percentage of affirmative vote therein specified. All other matters,
except the election of directors, shall require that the votes cant in favor of
the matter exceed the votes cast opposing the matter at a meeting at which a
quorum is present. In the event that more than one group of shares is entitled
to vote as a separate voting group, the vote of each group shall be considered
and decided separately.
SECTION 1.6. Voting Lists. The Secretary shall make or cause to be made,
after a record date for a meeting of shareholders has been fixed under Section
1.7 and at least five (5) days before such meeting, a complete list of the
shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order,
with the address of each such shareholder and the number of shares so entitled
to vote held by each which list shall be on file at the principal office of the
Corporation and Subject to inspection by any shareholder entitled to vote at
the meeting. Such list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of
the meeting and subject to the inspection of any such shareholder during the
holding of such meeting or any adjournment. Except as otherwise required by law,
such list shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to
vote at any meeting of the shareholders. In the event that more than one group
of shares is entitled to vote as a separate voting group at the meeting, there
shall be a separate listing of the shareholders of each group.
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SECTION 1.7. Fixing or Record Date. For the purpose of determining
shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or
any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in
order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the
Board of Directors shall fix in advance a date as the record date for any such
determination of shareholders, not more than seventy (70) days prior to the date
on which the particular action requiring this determination of shareholders is
to be taken. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any
meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, the
determination shall, to the extent permitted by law, apply to any adjournment
thereof.
SECTION 1.8. Notice of Shareholder Business. At an annual meeting of the
shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly
brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting,
business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement
thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a
shareholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
shareholder, the shareholder must have the legal right and authority to make the
proposal for consideration at the meeting and 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 delivered to or mailed and received at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not less than ninety (90)
days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than
one hundred (100) days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the
meeting is given or made to shareholders, notice by the shareholder to be timely
must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (1Oth) day
following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was
mailed or such public disclosure was made. A shareholder's notice to the
Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring
before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the business described to
be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such
business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and record address of the
shareholder(s) proposing such business, (c) the class and number of the
Corporation's shares which are beneficially owned by such shareholder(s), and
(d) any material interest of such shareholder(s) in such business.
Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be
conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 1.8. The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts
warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly
brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section
1.8, and if the Chairman should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the
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meeting any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted. At any special meeting of the shareholders, only such business
shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 1.9. Notice of Shareholder Nominees. Only persons who are nominated
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section l.9 shall be
eligible for election as Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors may be made at or prior to a meeting of shareholders by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors or by any nominating committee or person
appointed by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, and at a meeting of
shareholders by any shareholder entitled to vote for the election of Directors
at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section
l.9. Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's notice shall be
delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than ninety (9O) days prior to the meeting; provided,
however, that in the event that less than one hundred (100) days' notice or
prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to
shareholders, notice by the shareholders to be timely must be so received not
later than the close of business on the tenth (1Oth) day following the date on
which such notice of the date of the meeting was made. Such shareholder's notice
shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate
for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address
and residence address of such person; (ii) the principal occupation or
employment of such person; (iii) the class and number of the Corporation's
shares which are beneficially owned by such person; and (iv) to the extent
reasonably available to the shareholder, any other information relating to such
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election
of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including without
limitation such person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement
as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected); and (b) as to the
shareholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of such
shareholder and (ii) the class and number of the Corporation's shares which are
beneficially owned by such shareholder. No person shall be eligible for election
as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 1.9. The Chairman or the meeting shall, if
the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was
not so declared in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these By-laws,
and if the Chairman should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the
meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
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ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 2.0. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the
Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2.1. Number and Qualifications. The number of directors which
shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be sixteen (16), which
number may be either increased or diminished by resolution adopted by not less
than a majority of the directors then in office; provided that the number may
not be diminished below nine (9) and no reduction in number shall have the
effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. In the event that the
holders of shares of preferred stock become entitled to elect two directors, the
number of directors and the minimum number of directors shall be increased by
two. Neither ownership of stock of the Corporation nor residence in the State of
Indiana shall be required as a qualification for a director.
SECTION 2.2. Classes of Directors and Terms. The directors shall be divided
into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible. Except as provided in
Article 9 of the Articles of Incorporation fixing one, two, and three year terms
for the initial classified board, each class of directors shall be elected for a
term of three (3) years. In the event of vacancy, either by death, resignation,
or removal of a director, or by reason of an increase in the number of
directors, each replacement or new director shall serve for the balance of the
term of the class of the director he or she succeeds or, in the event of an
increase in the number of directors, of the class to which he or she is
assigned. All directors elected for a term shall continue in office until the
election and qualification of their respective successors, their death, their
resignation in accordance with Section 2.6, their removal in accordance with
Section 2.7, or if there has been a reduction in the number of directors and no
successor is to be elected, until the end of the term.
SECTION 2.3. Election of Directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders,
the class of directors to be elected at the meeting shall be chosen by a
plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the
election at the meeting, provided a quorum is present. The election of directors
by the shareholders shall be by written ballot if directed by the chairman of
the meeting or if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be
elected.
Any vacancy on the Board of Directors shall be filled by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the remaining directors.
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If the holders of preferred stock are entitled to elect any directors
voting separately as a class, those directors shall be elected by a plurality of
the votes cast by the holders of shares of preferred stock entitled to vote in
the election at the meeting, provided a quorum of the holders of shares of
preferred stock is present.
SECTION 2.4 Meetings of Directors.
a. Annual Meeting. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of
Directors, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held at the
place of and immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders, for the
purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of such
other business as properly may come before the meeting. No notice of the meeting
need be given, except in the case an amendment to the By-laws is to be
considered.
b. Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors by resolution may provide for
the holding of regular meetings and may fix the times and places (within or
outside the State of Indiana) at which those meetings shall be held. Notice of
regular meetings need not be given except when an amendment to the By-laws is to
be considered. Whenever the time or place of regular meetings shall be fixed or
changed, notice of this action shall be mailed promptly to each director not
present when the action was taken, addressed to the director at his or her
residence or usual place of business.
c. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called by the Chairman of the Board or the President and shall be called by the
Secretary at the request of any three (3) directors. Except as otherwise
required by statute, notice of each special meeting shall be mailed to each
director at his or her residence or usual place of business at least three (3)
days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to the
director at such place by telegram, facsimile transmission, or cable, or
telephoned or personally delivered, not later than the day before the day on
which the meeting is to be held. The notice shall state the time and place
(which may be within or outside the State of Indiana) of the meeting but, unless
otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or the By-laws,
need not state the purposes thereof.
Notice of any meeting need not be given to any director, however, who shall
attend the meeting, or who shall waive notice thereof, before, at the time of,
or after the meeting, in a writing signed by the director and delivered to the
Corporation. No notice need be given of any meeting at which every member of the
Board of Directors shall be present.
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SECTION 2.5. Quorum and Manner of Acting. A majority of the actual number
of directors established pursuant to Section 2.1, from time to time, shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business except the
filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors under Section 2.3 or voting on a
conflict of interest transaction under Section 2.12. The act of a majority of
the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, shall be the
act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by
statute, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by the By-laws. Under the
provisions of Article 13 of the Articles of Incorporation, certain actions by
the Board of Directors therein specified require not only approval by the Board
of Directors, but also approval by a majority of the Continuing Directors, as
therein defined. Any or all directors may participate in a meeting of the Board
of Directors by means of a conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting may simultaneously
hear each other, and participation in this manner shall constitute presence in
person at the meeting. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors
present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be
present. No notice of any adjourned meeting need be given.
SECTION 2.6. Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by giving
written notice of resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, the President, or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified in the
written notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.7. Removal of Directors. Any director, other than a director
elected by holders of preferred stock voting as a class, may be removed from
office at any time but only for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of at
least 80% of the votes entitled co be cast by holders of all of the outstanding
shares of Voting Stock (as defined in Article 13 of the Articles of
Incorporation), voting together as a single class.
SECTION 2.8. Action without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to
be taken at any meeting or the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof
may be taken without a meeting, if taken by all members of the Board of
Directors or such committee, as the case may be, evidenced by a written consent
signed by all such members and effective on the date, either prior or subsequent
to the date of the consent, specified in the written consent, or if no effective
date is specified in the written consent, the date on which the consent is filed
with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
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SECTION 2.9. Attendance and Failure to Object. A director, 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 (a) the
director's dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting, (b) the
director shall file a written dissent Lo such action with the Secretary of the
meeting before adjournment thereof. or (c) the director shall forward such
dissent by registered mail to the Secretary immediately after adjournment of the
meeting. The right of dissent provided for by the preceding sentence shall not
be available, in respect of any matter acted upon at any meeting, to a director
who voted in favor of such action.
SECTION 2.10. Special Standing Committees. The Board of Directors, by
resolution adopted by a majority of the actual number of directors elected and
qualified, may designate from among its members one or more committees. Such
committees shall have those powers of the Board of Directors which may by law be
delegated to such committees and are specified by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 2.11. Appointment of Auditors. The Board of Directors, prior to
each annual meeting of shareholders, shall appoint a firm of independent public
accountants as auditors of the Corporation. Such appointment shall be submitted
to the shareholders for ratification at the annual meeting next following such
appointment. Should the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled
to vote fail to ratify the appointment of any firm as auditors of the
Corporation, or should the Board of Directors for any reason determine that any
such appointment be terminated, the Board of Directors shall appoint another
firm of independent public accountants to act as auditors of the Corporation and
such appointment shall be submitted to the shareholders for ratification at the
annual or special shareholders meeting next following such appointment.
SECTION 2.12. Transactions with Corporation. No transactions with the
Corporation in which one or more of its directors has a direct or indirect
interest shall be either void or voidable solely because of such interest if any
one of the following is true:
(a) the material facts of the transaction and the director's interest are
disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or committee which authorizes,
approves, or ratifies the transaction by the affirmative vote or consent of a
majority of the directors (or committee members) who have no direct or indirect
interest in the transaction and, in any event, of at least two directors (or
committee members);
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(b) the material facts of the transaction and the director's interest are
disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize,
approve or ratify such transaction by vote; or
(c) the transaction is fair to the Corporation.
If a majority of the directors or committee members who have no direct or
indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve, or ratify the
transaction, a quorum is present for purposes of taking action under subsection
(a) of this section. The presence of, or a vote cast by, a director with a
direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the validity of
any actions taken under subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 2.13. Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors is
empowered and authorized to fix and determine the compensation of directors and
additional compensation for such additional services any of such directors may
perform for the Corporation.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
SECTION 3.0. Officers, General Authority and Duties. The officers of the
Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, two (2) or more Vice
Presidents, a Secretary, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer, a Chief
Accounting Officer, and such other officers as may be elected or appointed
in accordance with the provisions or Section 3.2. One or more of the Vice
Presidents may be designated by the Board to serve as Executive Vice Presidents
or Group Vice Presidents. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same
person. All officers and agents of the Corporation, as between themselves and
the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the
management of the Corporation as may be provided in the By-laws or as may be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent with the
By-laws.
SECTION 3.1. Election, Term of Office, Qualifications. Each officer (except
such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section
3.2 of this Article III) shall be elected by the Board of Directors at each
annual meeting. Each such officer (whether elected at an annual meeting of the
Board of Directors or to fill a vacancy or otherwise) shall hold office until
the officer's successor is chosen and qualified. or until death, or until the
officer shall resign in the manner provided in Section 3.3. or be removed in the
manner provided in Section 3.4. The Chairman of the Board and the President
shall be chosen
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from among the directors. Any other officer may but need not be a director of
the Corporation. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of
itself create contract rights.
SECTION 3.2. Other Officers, Election or Appointment. The Board of
Directors from time to time may elect such other officers or agents (including
one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or
more Assistant Treasurers, a Controller, and one or more Assistant Controllers)
as it may deem necessary or advisable. The Board of Directors may delegate to
any officer the power to appoint any such officers or agents and to prescribe
their respective terms of office, powers and duties.
SECTION 3.3. Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time by giving
written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of
the Board, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise
specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon
receipt thereof and unless otherwise specified in it, the acceptance of the
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
SECTION 3.4. Removal. The officers specifically designated in Section 3.0.
may be removed, either for or without cause, at any meeting of the Board of
Directors called for the purpose, by the vote of a majority of the actual number
of directors elected and qualified. The officers and agents elected or appointed
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2. may be removed, either for or
without cause, at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum be
present, by the vote of a majority of the directors present at such meeting, by
any superior officer upon whom such power of removal shall have been conferred
by the Board of Directors, or by any officer to whom the power to appoint such
officer has been delegated by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 3.2.
Any removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the
person so removed.
SECTION 3.5. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause, may be filled by the
Board of Directors or by an officer authorized under Section 3.2. to appoint to
such office.
SECTION 3.6. Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may elect or appoint an Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors,
who shall be vested with and shall perform all such powers and duties as may be
prescribed by the Board.
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SECTION 3.7. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board
shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the
control of the Board of Directors, shall have general supervision over the
management and direction of the business of the Corporation. He or she shall see
that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into
effect. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the
shareholders and of the Board of Directors if present and shall have such powers
and perform such duties as are assigned to him or her by the By-laws and by the
Board of Directors. The Chairman shall, in the absence or incapacity of the
President, perform all the duties and the functions and exercise the powers of
the President. The Chairman shall be chosen by the Board of Directors at each
annual meeting from among the directors and shall serve until a successor is
chosen and qualified, or until resignation or death.
SECTION 3.8. President. The President shall have such powers and perform
such duties as are assigned to him or her by the By-laws, the Chairman of the
Board, or the Board of Directors. The President shall, in the absence or
incapacity of the Chairman of the Board, perform all the duties and functions
and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.
SECTION 3.9. Executive Vice Presidents. Each Executive Vice President shall
have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him or her by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of Directors. In the case of
the death or incapacity of the Chairman of the Board and the President, the
Executive Vice Presidents, if one or more be designated, shall, in the order of
their seniority in office as Executive Vice Presidents, perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the President.
SECTION 3.10. Group Vice Presidents. Each Group Vice President shall
perform such duties and have such powers as may be assigned to him or her by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of Directors. In the case of
the death or incapacity of the Chairman of the Board, the President and the
Executive Vice Presidents, the Group Vice Presidents shall, in the order of
their seniority in office as Group Vice Presidents, perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the President unless otherwise ordered by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 3.11. Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall perform such
duties and have such powers as may be assigned to him or her by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 3.12. Secretary. The Secretary shall:
(a) record all the proceedings of the meetings of the shareholders and
Board of Directors in books to be kept for such purposes;
(b) cause all notices to be duly given in accordance with the provisions of
these By-laws and as required by statute;
(c) be custodian of the Seal of the Corporation, and cause such Seal to be
affixed to all certificates representing shares of the Corporation prior to the
issuance thereof (subject, however, to the provisions of Section 5.0) and to all
instruments the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its Seal
shall have been duly authorized in accordance with these Bylaws;
(d) subject to the provisions of Section 5.0, sign certificates
representing shares of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been
authorized by the Board of Directors; and
(e) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and
such other duties as are given to the Secretary by these By-laws or as may be
assigned to him or her by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board
of Directors.
SECTION 3.13. Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary shall assist
the Secretary in his or her duties, and shall perform such other duties as the
Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or the Chairman of the Board,
the President or the Secretary may from time to time delegate. At the request of
the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary may temporarily act in the Secretary's
place in the performing of part or all of the duties of the Secretary. In the
case of the death of the Secretary, or in the case of the Secretary's absence or
inability to act without having designated an Assistant Secretary to act
temporarily in his or her place, the Assistant Secretary who is to perform the
duties of the Secretary shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board, the
President or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.14. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall:
(a) have supervision over and be responsible for the funds, securities,
receipts, and disbursements of the Corporation;
(b) cause to be kept at the principal business office of the Corporation
and preserved for review as required by law or regulation records of financial
transactions and correct books of account using appropriate accounting
principles;
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(c) be responsible for the establishment of adequate internal control over
the transactions and books of account of the Corporation;
(d) be responsible for rendering to the proper officers and the Board of
Directors upon request, and to the shareholders and other parties as required by
law or regulation, financial statements of the Corporation; and
(e) in general perform all duties incident to the office and such other
duties as are given by the By-laws or as may be assigned by the Chairman of the
Board, the President or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.15. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall:
(a) have charge of the funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the
Corporation;
(b) cause the moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be
deposited or invested in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such
banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories or
investments as shall be selected in accordance with resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors;
(c) cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed from the authorized
depositories of the Corporation, and cause to be taken and preserved proper
records of all moneys disbursed; and
(d) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and
such other duties as are given to the Treasurer by the By-laws or as may be
assigned to him or her by the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, or the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.16. Assistant Treasurers. Each Assistant Treasurer shall assist
the Treasurer in his or her duties, and shall perform such other duties as the
Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or the Chairman of the Board,
the President or the Chief Financial Officer may from time to time delegate. At
the request of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer may temporarily act in the
Treasurer's place in performing part or all of the duties of the Treasurer. In
the case of the death of the Treasurer, or in the case of the Treasurer's
absence or inability to act without having designated an Assistant Treasurer to
act in his or her place, the Assistant Treasurer who is to perform the duties of
the Treasurer shall be designated by the Chairman of the Board, the President or
the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 3.17. Chief Accounting Officer. The Chief Accounting Officer shall:
(a) keep full and accurate accounts of all assets, liabilities,
commitments, revenues, costs and expenses, and other financial transactions of
the Corporation in books belonging to the Corporation, and conform them to sound
accounting principles with adequate internal control;
(b) cause regular audits of these books and records to be made;
(c) see that all expenditures are made in accordance with procedures duly
established, from time to time, by the Corporation;
(d) render financial statements upon the request of the Board of Directors,
and a full financial report prior to the annual meeting of shareholders, as well
as such other financial statements as are required by law or regulation; and
(e) in general, perform all the duties ordinarily connected with the office
of Chief Accounting Officer and such other duties as may be assigned to him or
her by the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, or
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.18. General Counsel. The Board of Directors may appoint a general
counsel who shall have general control of all matters of legal import
concerning the Corporation.
SECTION 3.19. Other Officers or Agents. Any other officers or agents
elected or appointed pursuant to Section 3.2 shall have such duties and
responsibilities as may be fixed from time to time by the By-laws or as may be
assigned to them by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 3.20. Compensation, The compensation of executive officers of the
Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Compensation and Management
Development Committee (or successor committee) established pursuant to Section
2.10. Unless the Board of Directors by resolution shall direct otherwise, the
compensation of employees who are not executive officers of the Corporation
shall be fixed by the management of the Company. No employee shall be prevented
from receiving such compensation by reason of being a director of the
Corporation.
SECTION 3.21. Surety Bonds. In case the Board of Directors shall so
require, any officer or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the
Corporation a bond in such sum and with such
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surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the
faithful performance of his or her duties to the Corporation, including
responsibility for negligence and for the accounting of all property, funds or
securities of the Corporation which the officer or agent may handle.
ARTICLE IV
EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND DEPOSIT OF CORPORATE FUNDS
SECTION 4.O. Execution of Instruments Generally. All deeds, contracts, and
other instruments requiring execution by the Corporation may be signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President. Authority to sign
any deed, contract, or other instrument requiring execution by the Corporation
may be conferred by the Board of Directors upon any person or persons whether or
not such person or persons be officers of the Corporation. Such person or
persons may delegate, from time to time, by instrument in writing, all or any
part of such authority to any other person or persons if authorized so to do by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.1. Notes, Checks, Other Instruments. All notes, drafts,
acceptances, checks, endorsements, and all evidences of indebtedness of the
Corporation whatsoever, shall be signed by such officer or officers or such
agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as the Board of Directors
from time to time may determine. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the
Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such
manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine.
SECTION 4.2. Proxies. Proxies to vote with respect to shares of other
corporations owned by or standing in the name of the Corporation may be executed
and delivered from time to time on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of
the Board, the President any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or by any other person or persons thereunto authorized
by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
SHARES
SECTION 5.0. Certificates for Shares. Shares in the corporation may be
issued in book-entry form or evidenced by certificates. However, every holder
of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled upon request to have a
certificate evidencing the shares owned by the shareholder, signed in the name
of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the
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President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
certifying the number of shares owned by the shareholder in the Corporation. The
signatures of the Chairman of the Board, the President, Vice President,
Secretary, and Assistant Secretary, the signature of the transfer agent and
registrar, and the Seal of the Corporation may be facsimiles. In case any
officer or employee who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or
signatures shall have been used on, any certificate shall cease to be an officer
or employee of the Corporation before the certificate shall have been issued and
delivered by the Corporation, the certificate may nevertheless be adopted by the
Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who
signed the certificate or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have
been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or employee of the
Corporation; and the issuance and delivery by the Corporation of any such
certificate shall constitute an adoption thereof. Every certificate shall state
on its face (or in the case of book-entry shares, the statements evidencing
ownership of such shares shall state) the name of the Corporation and that it is
organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, the name of the person to whom
it is issued, and the number and class of shares and the designation of the
series, if any, the certificate represents, and shall state conspicuously on its
front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder, upon written
request and without charge, a summary of the designations, relative rights,
preferences and limitations applicable to each class and the variations in
rights, preferences and limitations determined for each series (and the
authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for future series).
Every certificate (or book-entry statement) shall state whether such shares have
been fully paid and are non-assessable. If any such shares are not fully paid,
the certificate (or book-entry statement) shall be legibly stamped to indicate
the percentum which has been paid up, and as further payments are made thereon,
the certificate shall be stamped (or book-entry statement updated) accordingly.
Subject to the foregoing provisions, certificates representing shares in the
Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of
Directors. There shall be entered upon the stock books of the Corporation at the
time of the issuance or transfer of each share the number of the certificates
representing such share (if any), the name of the person owning the shares
represented thereby, the class of such share and the date of the issuance or
transfer thereof.
SECTION 5.1. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the Corporation
shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof,
or by the shareholder's attorney thereunto duly authorized in writing and filed
with the Secretary of the Corporation or any of its transfer agents, and on
surrender of the certificate or certificates (if any) representing such shares.
The Corporation and its transfer agents and registrars, shall be entitled to
treat the holder of
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record of any share or shares the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and
accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any legal, equitable or other claim
to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether
or not it or they shall have express or other notice thereof, except as
otherwise expressly provided by the statutes of the State of Indiana.
Shareholders shall notify the Corporation in writing of any changes in their
addresses from time to time.
SECTION 5.2. Regulations. Subject to the provisions of this Article V the
Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient
concerning the issuance, transfer and regulation of certificates for shares or
book-entry shares of the Corporation.
SECTION 5.3. Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Board of Directors may
appoint one or more transfer agents, one or more registrars, and one or more
agents to act in the dual capacity of transfer agent and registrar with respect
to the certificates representing shares and the book-entry shares of the
Corporation.
SECTION 5.4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The holders of any shares of
the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation or one of its transfer
agents and registrars of any loss or destruction of the certificate representing
the same. The Corporation may issue a new certificate in the place of any
certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost or destroyed upon
such terms and under such regulations as may be adopted by the Board of
Directors or the Secretary, and the Board of Directors or Secretary may require
the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or the owner's legal
representatives to give the Corporation a bond in such form and for such amount
as the Board of Directors or Secretary may direct, and with such surety or
sureties as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Secretary to
indemnity the Corporation and its transfer agents and registrars against any
claim that may be made against it or any such transfer agent or registrar on
account of the alleged lose or destruction of any such certificate or the
issuance of such new certificate. A new certificate may he issued without
requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors or the
Secretary, it is proper so to do.
SECTION 5.5 Redemption of Shares Acquired in Control Share Acquisitions.
Any or all control shares acquired in a control share acquisition shall be
subject to redemption by the Corporation, if either:
(a) No acquiring person statement has been filed with the Corporation with
respect to the control share acquisition; or
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(b) The control shares are not accorded full voting rights by the
Corporation's shareholders as provided in IC 23-1-42-9.
A redemption pursuant to Section 5.5(a) may be made at any time during the
period ending sixty (60) days after the date of the last acquisition of control
shares by the acquiring person. A redemption pursuant to Section 5.5(b) may be
made at any time during the period ending two (2) years after the date of the
shareholder vote with respect to the voting rights of the control shares in
question. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 5.5 shall be made at the fair
value of the control shares and pursuant to such procedures for the redemption
as may be set forth in these By-laws or adopted by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
As used in this Section 5.5, the terms "control shares," "control share
acquisition," "acquiring person statement" and "acquiring person" shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in IC 23-1-42.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 6.0. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law now or hereafter in effect, indemnify
any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation
("Eligible Person") and who is or was involved in any manner (including, without
limitation, as a party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in
any threatened, pending, or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including,
without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the
Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) (a "Proceeding") by reason of
the fact that such Eligible Person is or was a director, officer or employee of
the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, partner, member, manager, trustee, employee, fiduciary or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee
benefit plan) (a "Covered Entity"), against all expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines or penalties against (including excise taxes assessed
with respect to an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such Eligible Person in connection with such
Proceeding; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to a
Proceeding commenced by a current or former director, officer or employee of the
Corporation except for such a Proceeding commenced following a Change in Control
(as hereafter defined) with respect to actions or failure to act prior to such
Change in Control. Any right of an Eligible Person to indemnification shall be a
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contract right and shall include the right to receive, prior to the conclusion
of any Proceeding, advancement of any expenses incurred by the Eligible Person
in connection with such Proceeding in accordance with Section 6.3.
SECTION 6.1. Insurance, Contracts and Funding. The Corporation may purchase
and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Eligible Person against any
expense, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement as specified in Section
6.0 of this Article or incurred by any Eligible Person in connection with any
Proceeding referred to in such section, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law now or hereafter in effect. The Corporation may enter into
agreements with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or
any director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of any Covered Entity
supplemental to or in furtherance of the provisions of this Article and may
create a trust fund or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter
of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect
indemnification and advancement of expenses as provided in this Article.
SECTION 6.2. Non-Exclusive Rights; Applicability to Certain Proceedings.
The rights provided in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights
to which any Eligible Person may otherwise be entitled, and the provisions of
this Article shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives
of any Eligible Person and shall be applicable to Proceedings commenced or
continuing after the adoption of this Article, whether arising from acts or
omissions occurring before or after such adoption.
SECTION 6.3. Advancement of Expenses. All reasonable expenses incurred by
or on behalf of an Eligible Person in connection with any Proceeding shall be
advanced to the Eligible Person by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after
the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the Eligible
Person requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to
or after final disposition of such Proceeding unless a determination has been
made pursuant to Section 6.4 that such Eligible Person is not entitled to
indemnification. Any such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the
expenses incurred by the Eligible Person and shall include any written
affirmation or undertaking to repay advances if it is ultimately determined that
the Eligible Person is not entitled to indemnification under this Article.
SECTION 6.4. Procedures; Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings;
Remedies. In furtherance, but not in limitation, of the foregoing provisions,
the following procedures, presumptions
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and remedies shall apply with respect to and the right to indemnification and
advancement of expenses under this Article.
(a) To obtain indemnification under this Article, an Eligible Person shall
submit to the Secretary of the Corporation a written request, including such
documentation and information as is reasonably available to the Eligible Person
and reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the Eligible
Person is entitled to indemnification (the "Supporting Documentation"). The
determination of the Eligible Person's entitlement to indemnification shall be
made not later than sixty (60) days after receipt by the Corporation of the
written request together with the Supporting Documentation. The Secretary of the
Corporation shall, promptly upon receipt of such request, advice the Board in
writing of the Eligible Person's request.
(b) An Eligible Person's entitlement to indemnification under this Article
shall be determined in one of the following methods, such method to be selected
by the Board of Directors, regardless of whether there are any Disinterested
Directors (as hereinafter defined): (i) by a majority vote of the Disinterested
Directors, if they constitute a quorum of the Board; (ii) by a written opinion
of Special Counsel (as hereinafter defined) if (A) a Change in Control shall
have occurred and the Eligible Person so requests or (B) a quorum of the Board
consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable,
a majority of such Disinterested Directors so directs; (iii) by the shareholders
of the Corporation (but only if a majority of the Disinterested Directors, if
they constitute a quorum of the Board, presents the issue of entitlement to the
shareholders for their determination); or (iv) as provided in subsection (d).
(c) In the event of the determination of entitlement is to be made by
Special Counsel, a majority of the Disinterested Directors shall select the
Special Counsel, but only Special Counsel to which the Eligible Person does not
reasonably object; provided, however, that if a Change in Control shall have
occurred, the Eligible Person shall select such Special Counsel, but only
Special Counsel to which a majority of the Disinterested Directors does not
reasonably object.
(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article, if a Change in
Control shall have occurred, the Eligible Person shall be presumed to be
entitled to indemnification (with respect to actions or failures to act
occurring prior to such Change in Control) upon submission of a request for
indemnification together with the Supporting Documentation in accordance with
subsection (a), and thereafter the Corporation shall have the burden of proof to
overcome that presumption in reaching a contrary determination. In any event, if
the person or persons empowered under subsection (c) to determine entitlement
shall not have been appointed or shall not have made a determination within
sixty (60) days after receipt by the Corporation of the request therefor
together with the Supporting Documentation, the Eligible
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Person shall be deemed to be, and shall be, entitled to indemnification and
advancement of expenses unless (i) the Eligible Person misrepresented or failed
to disclose a material fact in making the request for indemnification or in the
Supporting Documentation or (ii) such indemnification is prohibited by law. The
termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by
judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent, shall not, of itself, adversely affect the right of an Eligible
Person to indemnification or create a presumption that the Eligible Person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the Eligible Person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and,
with respect to any criminal proceeding, that the Eligible Person had reasonable
cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
(e) In the event that a determination is made that the Eligible Person is
not entitled to indemnification (i) the Eligible Person shall be entitled to
seek an adjudication of his or her entitlement to such indemnification either,
at the Eligible Person's sole option, in (A) an appropriate court of the state
of Indiana or any other court of competent jurisdiction or (B) an arbitration to
be conducted in Indianapolis, Indiana, by a single arbitrator pursuant to the
rules of the American Arbitration Association; (ii) in any such judicial
proceeding or arbitration the Eligible Person shall not be prejudiced by reason
of the prior determination pursuant to this Section 6.4; and (iii) if a Change
in Control shall have occurred, in any such judicial proceeding or arbitration
the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Eligible Person is not
entitled to indemnification but only with respect to actions or failures to act
occurring prior to such Change in Control.
(f) If a determination shall have been made or deemed to have been made
that the Eligible Person is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall
be obligated to pay the amounts incurred by the Eligible Person within ten (10)
days after such determination has been made or deemed to have been made and
shall be conclusively bound by such determination unless (i) the Eligible Person
misrepresented or failed to disclose a material fact in making the request for
indemnification or in the Supporting Documentation or (ii) such indemnification
is prohibited by law. In the event that (A) any advancement of expenses is not
timely made pursuant to section 6.3 or (B) payment of indemnification is not
made within ten (10) days after a determination of entitlement to
indemnification has been made, the Eligible Person shall be entitled to seek
judicial enforcement of the Corporation's obligation, to pay to the Eligible
Person such advancement of expenses or indemnification. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Corporation may bring an action, in an appropriate court in the
State of Indiana or any other court of competent jurisdiction, contesting the
right of the Eligible Person to receive indemnification hereunder due to the
occurrence of an event described in clause (i) or (ii) of
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this subsection (f) (a "Disqualifying Event"); provided, however, that in any
such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving the occurrence of
such Disqualifying Event.
(g) The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial
proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 6.4 that the
procedures and presumptions of this Article are not valid, binding and
enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator
that the Corporation is bound by the provisions of this Article.
(h) In the event that the Eligible Person seeks a judicial adjudication of
or an award in arbitration to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover
damages for breach of this Article, the Eligible Person shall be entitled to
recover from the Corporation, and shall be indemnified by the Corporation,
against, any expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Eligible Person if
the Eligible Person prevails in such judicial adjudication or arbitration. If it
shall be determined in such judicial adjudication or arbitration that the
Eligible Person is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification
or advancement of expenses sought, the expenses incurred by the Eligible Person
in connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be prorated
accordingly.
SECTION 6.5. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article:
(a) "Change in Control" means any of the following events: (i) the
acquisition by any "person," as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), other than (A)
the Corporation, (B) any subsidiary of the Corporation, (C) any employee benefit
plan or employee stock plan of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the
Corporation or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when
acting in that capacity, or (D) Lilly Endowment, Inc., of "beneficial ownership"
as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act, directly or indirectly, of 20% or
more of the shares of the Corporation's capital stock the holders of which have
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority
of the Board (or which would have such voting power but for the application of
IC 23-1-42-l through IC 23-1-42-ll) ("Voting Stock"); (ii) the first day on
which less than two-thirds of the total membership of the Board shall be
Continuing Directors (as such term is defined in Article 13.(f) of the Articles
of Incorporation); (iii) the approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of
a merger, share exchange, or consolidation of the Corporation (a "Transaction"),
other than a Transaction which would result in the Voting Stock of the
Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent
(either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of
the surviving entity) more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Corporation or
such surviving entity
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immediately after such Transaction; or (iv) approval by the shareholders of the
Corporation of a complete liquidation of the Corporation or a sale of
disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation.
(b) "Disinterested Director" means a Director who is not or was not a party
to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by the Eligible
Person.
(c) "Special Counsel" means a law firm or a member of a law firm that
neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to
represent any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for
indemnification under this Article. In addition, any person who, under
applicable standards of professional conduct, would have a conflict of interest
in representing either the Corporation or the Eligible Person in an action to
determine the Eligible Person's rights under this Article may not act as Special
Counsel.
SECTION 6.6. Indemnification of Agents. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Article, the Corporation may, consistent with the provisions
of applicable law, indemnify any person other than a director, officer or
employee of the Corporation who is or was an agent of the Corporation and who is
or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as party or a
witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in any threatened, pending or
completed Proceeding by reasons of the fact that such person is or was an agent
of the Corporation or, at the request of the Corporation, a director, officer,
partner, member, manager, employee, fiduciary or agent of a Covered Entity
against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such Proceeding. The Corporation may also advance expenses incurred by such
person in connection with any such Proceeding, consistent with the provisions of
applicable law.
SECTION 6.7. Effect of Amendment or Repeal. Neither the amendment or repeal
of, nor the adoption of a provision inconsistent with, any provision of this
Article shall adversely affect the rights of any Eligible Person under this
Article (i) with respect to any Proceeding commenced or threatened prior to such
amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision or (ii) after the
occurrence of a Change in Control, with respect to any Proceeding arising out of
any action or omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of
an inconsistent provision, in either case without the written consent of such
Eligible Person.
SECTION 6.8. Severability. If any of this Article shall be held to he
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason
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whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Article (including, without limitation, all portions of any
Section of this Article containing any such provision held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby;
and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article
(including, without limitation, all portions of any Section of this Article
containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that
are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as
to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal
or unenforceable.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.0. Corporate Seal. The Seal of the Corporation shall consist of a
circular disk around the circumference of which shall appear the words:
"ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA"
and across the center thereof the words:
"Established 1876 Incorporated 1901".
SECTION 7.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on
the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of
the following December.
SECTION 7.2. Amendment of By-laws. These By-law may be amended or repealed
and new By-laws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of
the actual number of directors elected and qualified at any regular or special
meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that: (a) the notice or waiver of
notice of such meeting states in effect that consideration is to be given at
such meeting to the amendment or repeal of the By-laws or the adoption of new
By-laws; (b) no provision of these By-laws incorporating a provision of Articles
9, 13 or 14 of the Article of Incorporation may be amended except in a manner
consistent with those Articles as they may be amended in compliance with the
requirements stated therein; and (c) any amendment to Articles I and VI of these
By-laws shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of (i) the actual
number of directors elected and qualified, and (ii) the Continuing Directors,
as defined in Article 13.(f) of the Articles of Incorporation.
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