EXHIBIT 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
FLAGSTAR BANCORP, INC.
ARTICLE I
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE
The principal executive office of Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (the
"Corporation") shall be at 5151 Corporate Drive, Troy, Michigan 48098-2639. The
Corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without the
State of Michigan as the board of directors shall from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Place of Meetings. All annual and special meetings of
shareholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation
or at such other place within or without the State of Michigan as the board of
directors may determine and as designated in the notice of such meeting.
SECTION 2. Annual Meeting. A meeting of the shareholders 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 first Monday in March,
if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next following which
is not a legal holiday, at noon. If the annual meeting is not held on the day
designated therefor, the meeting shall be held on such other date and at such
time as the board of directors shall determine.
SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders
for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chief executive
officer of the Corporation or by the chairman of the board, the president or the
secretary of the Corporation at the direction of the board of directors.
SECTION 4. Conduct of Meetings. Annual and special meetings shall be
conducted in accordance with these Bylaws or as otherwise prescribed by the
board of directors. The chairman or the chief executive officer of the
Corporation shall 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 (10) days nor more than 60 days before the meeting to each
shareholder 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 shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer
books or records of the Corporation
as of the record date prescribed in Section 6, with postage thereon prepaid. If
a shareholder be present at a meeting, or in writing waive notice thereof before
or after the meeting, notice of the meeting to such shareholder shall be
unnecessary. When any shareholders' meeting, either annual or special, is
adjourned for 30 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 30 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
shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or
any adjournment thereof, or shareholders 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. Such date in any case shall be
not more than 60 days, and in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than
ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such
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, 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 the Corporation shall make, at least ten (10)
days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete record of the shareholders
entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, with the address of
and the number of shares held by each. The record shall be produced and kept
open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection
of any shareholder of the Corporation during the whole time of the meeting. The
record of shareholders shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the
shareholders entitled to examine such record or transfer books or to vote at any
meeting of shareholders.
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 shareholders. 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 shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may
continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal
of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 9. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder
may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly
authorized attorney in fact. Proxies solicited on behalf of the management shall
be voted as directed by the shareholder or, in the absence of such direction, as
determined by a majority of the board of directors. No proxy shall be valid
after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided
in the proxy.
SECTION 10. Voting. At each election of directors every shareholder
entitled to vote at such election shall be entitled to one vote for each share
of stock held. Unless otherwise provided by the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation, by statute, or by these Bylaws, a
majority of those votes cast by shareholders at a lawful meeting shall be
sufficient to pass on a transaction or matter, except in the election of
directors, which election shall be determined by a plurality of the votes of the
shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the
election of directors.
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 contrary, at any meeting
of the shareholders of the Corporation any one or more of such shareholders 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, but
no votes shall be cast for such stock if a majority cannot agree.
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 shareholder 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
shareholders, 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 may make such appointment at the
meeting. In case any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or
refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment 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 shareholders.
SECTION 14. Nominating Committee. The board of directors or a
committee appointed by 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 20 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 shareholders 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 under the direction of its board of directors. The chairman
shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors.
SECTION 2. Number, Term and Election. The board of directors shall
consist of eleven (11) members and shall be divided into two classes as nearly
equal in number as possible. The members of each class shall be elected for a
term of two (2) 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 at such time and place as shall be determined by
resolution of the board of directors 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, the chief
executive officer or one-third of the directors. The person calling the 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. Written notice of any special meeting shall be
given to each director at least 24 hours previous thereto. Any director may
waive notice of any meeting by a writing filed with the secretary. The
attendance of a director 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 the Michigan Business
Corporation Act.
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,
shall be signed by all of the 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. Unless
otherwise specified therein such resignation shall take effect upon receipt
thereof by the chairman of the board or the president.
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. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an
increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the directors then in office or by election at an annual meeting or
at a special meeting of the shareholders held for that purpose. The term of such
director shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation's
Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 11. Compensation. Directors, as such, may receive such
compensation for service on the board of directors as the board may determine.
Members of either standing or special committees may be allowed such
compensation as the board of directors may determine.
SECTION 12. 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.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of
the whole board, designate one or more committees, 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. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors of the
Corporation appointed by a majority of the whole board. The board may designate
one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any
absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
The board shall have power at any time to change the members of, to
fill vacancies in, and to discharge any committee of the board. Any member of
any such committee may resign at any time by giving notice to the Corporation;
provided, however, that notice to the board, the chairman of the board, the
chief executive officer, the chairman of such committee, or the secretary shall
be deemed to constitute notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take
effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and,
unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance of such resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective. Any member of any such committee may be removed
at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the authorized number of directors at any meeting of the board called for
that purpose.
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 board of directors may
designate one or more vice presidents as senior executive vice president,
executive vice president, first vice president, senior vice president or
assistant 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
shareholders. 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. 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 4. Remuneration. The remuneration of the officers shall be
fixed from time to time by the board of directors.
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 or
the executive committee 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 loans 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, including in facsimile form, 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, a
vice-chairman of the board, the president or a vice president and by any other
officer 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 shareholder 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, preferences and limitations 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 designate and prescribe the relative rights,
preferences and limitations of subsequent series.
Each certificate representing shares shall state upon its face: That
the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Michigan; the name
of the person to whom issued; and the number and class of shares, and the
designation of the series, if any, which such certificate
represents. Other matters in regard to the form of the certificates shall be
determined by the board of directors.
SECTION 3. Payment for Shares. No certificate shall be issued for
any share until such share 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 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. 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.
ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the last day of
December of each year or on such other date as shall be fixed from time to time
by resolution of 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 declare dividends
upon the stock of the Corporation at any regular or special meeting. Dividends
may be paid in cash, in property or in the Corporation's own stock.
ARTICLE X
CORPORATION 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 shareholders
of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of at least 80 percent 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 shareholders 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.