PATTON ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
BY-LAWS
OF
RIVAL ACQUISITION COMPANY
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
The registered office of the corporation shall be located at such place
in the State of Indiana as the Board of Directors may from time to time
authorize by duly adopted resolution.
The corporation may also have offices at such other places, either
within or without the State of Indiana as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Shareholders shall
be held at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on the last Wednesday in October in each year
beginning with the year 1995 for the purpose of electing Directors and for the
transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day
fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday, such meeting shall be
held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of Directors shall not
be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting, or at any
adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held
at a special meeting of the Shareholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may
be.
Section 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Shareholders may
be called by the President, by the Board of Directors or by the holders of not
less than one-fifth of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to
vote at such meeting.
Section 3. PLACE OF MEETING. The Board of Directors may designate any
place, either within or without the State of Indiana, as the place of meeting
for any annual meeting of the Shareholders or for any special meeting of the
Shareholders called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all
Shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either
within or without the State of Indiana, as the place for the holding of such
meeting.
If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called,
the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.
Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written or printed notice of each
meeting of Shareholders stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in
case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called, shall be delivered or given not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty
(50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at
the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the officers or persons
calling 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, postage prepaid, directed to the Shareholder at his
address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Except as otherwise
provided by statute, notice of any adjourned meeting of the Shareholders shall
not be required.
Section 5. VOTING LISTS. At least ten days before each meeting of
Shareholders, the officer or agent having charge of the transfer book for shares
of the Corporation shall make a complete list of the Shareholders entitled to
vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of, and
the number of shares held by, each Shareholder, which list, for a period of ten
days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of
the Corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any Shareholder at any
time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open
at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of
any Shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger
or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this state, shall be prima
facie evidence as to who are the Shareholders entitled to examine such list or
share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of Shareholders.
Section 6. QUORUM. A majority of the outstanding shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote at any meeting, represented in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Shareholders; provided, that if
less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at said meeting,
a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting, from time to
time, to a date not longer than ninety days from the date originally set for
such meeting.
Section 7. 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. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the
Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after
eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the
proxy.
Section 8. VOTING OF SHARES. Each outstanding share of capital stock
having voting rights shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to
a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. There shall be no cumulative voting.
Section 9. INFORMAL ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS. Any action which may be
taken at a meeting of the Shareholders may be taken without a meeting if
consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of
the Shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.
Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the
Shareholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any
certificate or document filed under the General and Business Corporation Law of
Indiana. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings
of the Shareholders.
Section 10. VOTING OF SHARES BY CERTAIN HOLDERS. Shares standing in the
name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer,
agent or proxy as the by-laws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the
absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may
determine.
Shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by his
administrator or executor, either in person or by proxy. Shares standing in the
name of a guardian, curator, or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either
in person or by proxy, but no guardian, curator, or trustee shall be entitled,
as such fiduciary, 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 so to do
be contained in an appropriate order of the court 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.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. GENERAL POWERS. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed by its Board of Directors.
Section 2. NUMBER, ELECTION AND TERM. The number of Directors of the
Corporation shall be three (3) each of whom shall be initially elected at the
organization meeting of the Incorporators to hold office until the first annual
meeting of the Shareholders, when Directors shall be elected, and annually
thereafter, for a term of one year, and each of whom shall hold office until his
successor has been elected and has qualified.
Section 3. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. At a meeting called expressly for that
purpose, the entire Board of Directors or any number thereof, may be removed,
with or without
cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to
vote at an election of Directors. If less than the entire Board is to be
removed, no one of the Directors may be removed if the votes cast against his
removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an
election of the entire Board of Directors. Such meeting shall be held at the
registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State
of Indiana or in the city or county in Indiana in which the principal business
office of the Corporation is located.
Section 4. VACANCIES. In case of the death or resignation of one or
more of the Directors, a majority of the survivors or remaining Directors may
fill such vacancy or vacancies until the successor or successors are elected at
the next annual meeting of the Shareholders. A Director elected to fill a
vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the Shareholders.
Section 5. COMPENSATION. The compensation of the Directors, if any, may
be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the
Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE IV
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. An annual meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be held without other notice than this By-Law, immediately after, and at
the same place as, the annual meeting of Shareholders. Other regular meetings of
the Board shall be held at such times as the Board may by resolution from time
to time determine.
Section 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called by or at the request of the President or any two Directors upon
written or printed notice served personally on each Director or by mail or
telegraph to his address upon the records of the Corporation.
Section 3. PLACE OF MEETING. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall
be held at such place within or without the State of Indiana as shall be
provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such
meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal office of the
Corporation.
Section 4. QUORUM. A majority of the total number of Directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority
of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically
provided by statute, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws.
Provided, however, that if less than a majority of the Directors are present at
said meeting, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from
time to time without further notice.
Section 5. ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHOUT A MEETING. Any
action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the Directors may
be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, are signed by all of the Directors. The consents shall have the same
force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Directors at a meeting duly held,
and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the Indiana
Business Corporation Law. The Secretary shall file such consents with the
minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.
Section 6. PARTICIPATION. Members of the Board of Directors or of any
committee designated by the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of
the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can
hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute
presence in person at the meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. NUMBER. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a
President and a Secretary. The Board of Directors may also elect a Chairman of
the Board, one or more Vice Presidents (one of whom may be designated the
Executive Vice President), a Treasurer, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers. Any two 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 property and affairs of the Corporation as may be provided in
the By-Laws, or, in the absence of such provision, as may be determined by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
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 Shareholders. If the
election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be
held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. New offices may be created and
filled at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office
until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or
until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the
manner hereinafter provided.
Section 3. REMOVAL. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the
Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its
judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such
removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person
so removed.
Section 4. VACANCIES. If the office of any officer of the Corporation
becomes vacant because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or for
any other reason or if any officer
of the Corporation is unable to perform the duties of his office for any reason,
the Board of Directors may choose a successor who shall replace such officer or
the Board of Directors may delegate the duties of any such vacant office to any
other officer or to any director of the Corporation until a successor is elected
at the next Directors' meeting.
Section 5. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. When elected, the Chairman of the
Board shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation; he shall
preside at meetings of the Board of Directors, and of the Shareholders, and,
subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors, he shall direct
the policy and management of the Corporation. He shall perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. In the absence
of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have and may exercise all of
the powers of the Chairman.
Section 6. THE PRESIDENT. Unless and until the Board of Directors shall
have elected a Chairman of the Board, the President shall be the chief executive
officer of the Corporation, and, subject to the direction and under the
supervision of the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the
business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its officers,
agents and employees; shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and of
the Board of Directors at which he is present, and shall do and perform such
other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be
assigned to him by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 7. THE VICE PRESIDENTS. At the request of the President or in
the event of his absence, disability, or refusal to act, the Vice President (or
in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the
order of their election) shall perform all the duties of the President, and,
when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the President, Each Vice President shall have such powers and
discharge such duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the
President or the Board of Directors.
Section 8. THE SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the
Shareholders' and of the Board of Directors' meetings in one or more books
provided for that purpose; see that all notices are duly given in accordance
with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; be custodian of the
corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the seal of
the Corporation is affixed to all certificates for shares prior to the issue
thereof and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the
Corporation is duly authorized; maintain a complete list of all Shareholders
entitled to vote at Shareholders' meetings and have said list available for
inspection of any Shareholder who may be present at such meetings; have general
charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; in general perform all
duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time
to-time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.
Section 9. THE TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have supervision of the
funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation; cause all
moneys and other valuable
effects of the Corporation to be deposited in its name and to its credit in such
depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors or pursuant to
authority conferred by the Board of Directors; cause to be kept at the
accounting office of the Corporation correct books of account, proper vouchers
and other papers pertaining to the Corporation's business; render to the
President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the
financial condition of the Corporation.
Section 10. THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS. The
Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in order of their seniority,
shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary or Treasurer, perform the
duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary or Treasurer and shall perform
such other duties as the President or the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
Section 11. SALARIES. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from
time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from
receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a Director of the
Corporation.
Section 12. EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. The Corporation may adopt, from time
to time, a policy with respect to reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf
of the Corporation by its officers and/or employees. Reimbursement of such
expenses shall be in accordance with the requirements imposed by the Internal
Revenue Code for substantiation of such expenses as deductible business expenses
to the Corporation. Should the expenses paid by any officer or employee exceed
the amount determined by the Corporation to be the maximum amount reimbursed by
the Corporation, it shall be the policy of this Corporation to encourage the
officer or employee of the Corporation to incur said expense without
reimbursement if the officer or employee deems the expense to be in the best
interests of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VI
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section 1. CONTRACTS. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer
or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver
any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and 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 evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless
authorized by a resolution of 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 such officer or officers, agent or
agents of the Corporation and in such manner as
shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any
of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the
Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine.
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 such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors
may select.
ARTICLE VII
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. Certificates representing shares of
the Corporation shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board of
Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board,
President or Vice President and by the Secretary, Treasurer or an Assistant
Secretary or Treasurer, and shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation.
All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered. The name of the
person owning the shares represented thereby with the number of shares and the
date of issue shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.
Section 2. TRANSFERS OF SHARES. Transfers of shares of the Corporation
shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder
thereof or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, and on surrender for
cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares
stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all
purposes as regards the Corporation.
Section 3. LOST CERTIFICATES. In the event a certificate of stock is
allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation may issue a new certificate
and the Corporation may require the owner thereof to give the Corporation a good
and sufficient bond to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be
made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction or the
issuance of the new certificate.
Section 4. TREASURY STOCK. All issued and outstanding stock of the
Corporation that may be purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall
be treasury stock, and the Directors of the .Corporation shall be vested with
authority to resell said shares for such price and to such person or persons as
the Board of Directors may determine. Such stock shall neither vote nor
participate in dividends while held by the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of July
in each year and end on the last day of June in each year.
ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS
The Board of Directors may from time to time, declare, and the
Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or
shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of
Incorporation.
ARTICLE X
SEAL
The Corporation shall have a corporate seal which shall have inscribed
around the circumference thereof "RIVAL ACQUISITION COMPANY", and elsewhere
thereon shall bear the words "Corporate Seal". The Corporate Seal may be affixed
by impression or may be by facsimile.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice whatever is required
to be given under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of the
Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the Indiana Business
Corporation Law, waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons
entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
Section 2. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS. The
Corporation will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than
an action by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that he
is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not of
itself create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
The Corporation will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorney's fees,
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his
duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which
the action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
the court shall deem proper.
To the extent that a Director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Article, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses,
including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the action, suit or proceeding.
Any indemnification under this Article, unless ordered by a court,
shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the Director, officer, employee or agent
is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in this Article. The determination shall be made by the Board
of Directors of the Corporation by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
Directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding, or, if such a
quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested
Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or by
the shareholders of the Corporation.
Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of
the action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the
specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director,
officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be
determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as
authorized in this Article.
The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be
entitled under the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or any agreement, vote
of Shareholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in
his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director,
officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person.
The Corporation created under the laws of this State shall have the
power to give any further indemnity, in addition to the indemnity authorized or
contemplated under of this Article, to any person who is or was a Director,
officer, employee or agent, or to any person who is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, provided
such further indemnity is either (i) authorized, directed, or provided for in
the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or any duly adopted amendment
thereof or (ii) is authorized, directed, or provided for in any By-law or
agreement of the Corporation which has been adopted by a vote of the
shareholders of the Corporation, and provided further that no such indemnity
shall indemnify any person from or on account of such person's conduct which was
finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or
willful misconduct. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to limit the
power of the Corporation under subsection F of this Article to enact By-laws or
to enter into agreements without shareholder adoption of the same.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the provisions of this Article.
For the purpose of this Article, references to "the corporation"
include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as
well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was
a Director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is
or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a Director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions
of this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he
would if he had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same
capacity.
For purposes of this Article, the term "other enterprise", shall
include employee benefit plans; the term "fines" shall include any excise taxes
assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and the term
"serving at the request of the Corporation" shall include any service as a
Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on,
or involves services by, such Director, officer, employee or agent with respect
to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person
who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall
be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation" as referred to in this Article.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Law may be
adopted at any annual meeting of the Board of Directors or a any special meeting
of the Board of Directors called for that purpose
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
By-Laws adopted by the Board of Directors on the 3rd day of April, 1995.
/s/ Thomas K. Manning
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Thomas K. Manning, President
ATTEST:
/s/ Stanley D. Biggs
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Stanley D. Biggs, Secretary