AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
PENNSYLVANIA POWER COMPANY
(Effective March 15, 2002)
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meetings.
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The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on such date and at such
time as the Board of Directors may determine each year. Such meetings may be
held within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at such time and place
as the directors may determine.
Section 2. Special Meetings.
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Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by (i) the
Chairman of the Board, (ii) the President, (iii) the Directors, by action at a
meeting or a majority of the Directors acting without a meeting, or (iv) the
holders of 25% or more of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereat. Such
meetings may be held within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at such
time and place as may be specified in the notice thereof.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings.
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Written notice of every annual or special meeting of the stockholders
stating the time, place and purposes thereof shall be given to each stockholder
entitled to notice as provided by law, not less than seven (7) nor more than
sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. Such notice may be given by or
at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Corporate
Secretary. Except to the full extent that notice is legally permitted (now or
hereafter) to be given by any other form of media, including any form of
electronic or other communications, notice shall be given by personal delivery
or by mail addressed to the stockholder at his last address as it appears on the
records of the Corporation. Any stockholder may waive in writing notice of any
meeting, either before or after the holding of such meeting, and, by attending
any meeting without protesting the lack of proper notice, shall be deemed to
have waived notice thereof.
Section 4. Business Transacted at Meetings.
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Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be for
the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 5. Quorum and Adjournments.
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The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled
to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a
quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business
except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If,
however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the
stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present or represented. 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.
Section 6. Required Vote; Inspectors.
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(a) When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of
the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of
the Articles of Incorporation a different vote is required in which case such
express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
(b) Inspectors of election may be appointed to act at any meeting of
stockholders in accordance with Pennsylvania law.
Section 7. Voting Power of Stockholders.
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(a) Every stockholder of record of the Corporation shall be entitled at
each meeting of stockholders to one vote for each share of stock held by such
stockholder according to the books of the Corporation as of the date of such
vote or, if a record date is set by the Board of Directors, as of such record
date.
(b) Whenever the right shall have accrued to the holders of the Preferred
Stock to elect Directors, voting separately as a class, the terms of office, as
Directors, of all persons who may be Directors of the Corporation at the time
shall terminate upon the election of a majority of the Board of Directors by the
holders of the Preferred Stock, except that if the holders of the Common Stock
shall not have elected the remaining Directors of the Corporation, then, and
only in that event, the Directors of the Corporation in office just prior to the
election of a majority of the Board of Directors by the holders of the Preferred
Stock shall elect the remaining Directors of the Corporation. Thereafter while
the majority of the Board of Directors is being elected by the holders of the
Preferred Stock, the remaining Directors, whether elected by Directors as
provided above or whether originally or later elected by the holders of the
Common Stock, shall continue in office until their successors are elected by the
holders of the Common Stock.
Whenever the right shall have accrued to the holders of the Preferred
Stock to elect Directors, voting separately as a class, it shall be the duty of
the President, a Vice President or the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation to
call and cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote at a
meeting to be held at such time as the Corporation's officers may fix, not less
than forty-five nor more than sixty days after the accrual of such right, for
the purpose of electing Directors. The notice so given shall be mailed to each
holder of record of the Preferred Stock at his last known address appearing on
the books of the Corporation and shall set forth, among other things: (i) that
by reason of the fact that dividends payable on the Preferred Stock are in
default in an amount equal to four full quarterly payments or more per share,
the holders of the Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, have the right
to elect the smallest number of Directors necessary to constitute a majority of
the full Board of Directors of the Corporation, (ii) that any holder of the
Preferred Stock has the right, at any reasonable time, to inspect, and make
copies of, the list or lists of holders of the Preferred Stock maintained at the
principal office of the Corporation or at the office of any Transfer Agent of
the Preferred Stock, and (iii) either the entirety of this paragraph or the
substance thereof with respect to the number of shares of the Preferred Stock
required to be represented at any meeting, or adjournment thereof, called for
the election of Directors of the Corporation. At the first meeting of
stockholders held for the purpose of electing Directors during such time as the
holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the special right, voting separately
as a class, to elect Directors, the presence in person or by proxy of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock shall be required to
constitute a quorum of such class for the election of Directors, and the
presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a quorum of such class for the
election of Directors; provided, however, that in the absence of a quorum of the
holders of the Preferred Stock, no election of Directors shall be held, but a
majority of the holders of the Preferred Stock who are present in person or by
proxy shall have power to adjourn the election of the Directors to a date not
less than fifteen nor more than fifty days from the giving of the notice of such
adjourned meeting provided below; and provided, further, that at such adjourned
meeting, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of 35% of the
outstanding Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a quorum of such
class for the election of Directors. In the event such first meeting of
stockholders shall be so adjourned, it shall be the duty of the President, a
Vice President or the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation, within ten days
from the date on which such first meeting shall have been adjourned, to cause
notice of such adjourned meeting to be given to the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, such adjourned meeting to be held not less than fifteen days nor
more than fifty days from the giving of such second notice. Such second notice
shall be given in the form and manner provided above with respect to the notice
required to be given of such first meeting of stockholders, and shall further
set forth that a quorum was not present at such first meeting and that the
holders of 35% of the outstanding Preferred Stock shall be required to
constitute a quorum of such class for the election of Directors at such
adjourned meeting. If the requisite quorum of holders of the Preferred Stock
shall not be present at said adjourned meeting, then the Directors of the
Corporation then in office shall remain in office until the next annual meeting
of the Corporation, or special meeting in lieu thereof, and until their
successors shall have been elected and shall qualify. Neither such first meeting
nor such adjourned meeting shall be held on a date within sixty days of the date
of the next annual meeting of the Corporation or special meeting in lieu
thereof. At each annual meeting of the Corporation, or special meeting in lieu
thereof, held during such time as the holders of the Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class, shall have the right to elect a majority of the Board of
Directors, the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall govern such annual
meeting, or special meeting in lieu thereof, as if said annual meeting or
special meeting were the first meeting of stockholders held for the purpose of
electing Directors after the right of the holders of the Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class, to elect a majority of the Board of Directors, should
have accrued, with the exception that if, at any adjourned annual meeting, or
special meeting in lieu thereof, 35% of the outstanding Preferred Stock is not
present in person or by proxy, all the Directors shall be elected by a vote of
the holders of a majority of the Common Stock of the Corporation present or
represented at the meeting. For the purposes of the foregoing provisions, the
Preferred Stock of all classes shall be deemed to be a single class.
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors occurring during any period that the
Preferred Stock shall have representatives on the Board shall be filled by a
majority vote of the remaining Directors representing the class of stock
theretofore represented by the Director causing the vacancy or by the remaining
Director representing such class if there be but one.
In the event that any of the provisions hereof may conflict or be
inconsistent with any other provisions of these By-Laws, then (this By-Law
having been adopted by the vote of the holders of all of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Corporation) the provisions hereof shall govern in so far
as permitted by law.
Section 8. Voting by Proxy.
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At any meeting of the stockholders, any stockholder may be represented and
vote by a proxy or proxies appointed by an instrument executed or authenticated
by the stockholder or its duly authorized attorney-in-fact to the full extent
permitted by law (now or hereafter) and filed with or transmitted to the
Corporate Secretary or its designated agent. In the event that any such proxy
shall designate two or more persons to act as proxies, a majority of such
persons present at the meeting, or, if only one shall be present, then that one
shall have and may exercise all of the powers conferred by such proxy upon all
of the persons so designated unless the proxy shall otherwise provide. No such
proxy shall be valid after the expiration of thirty-six (36) months from the
date of its execution, authentication or transmission, unless coupled with an
interest, or unless the person executing it specifies therein the length of time
for which it is to continue in force. Subject to the above, any proxy duly
executed is not revoked and continues in full force and effect until an
instrument revoking it or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date is filed or
electronically transmitted to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation or its
designated agent.
Section 9. Action by Stockholders Without a Meeting.
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Any action which may be taken by the vote of the stockholders at a meeting
may be taken without a meeting if authorized by the consent of the stockholders
holding at least a majority of the voting power, unless the provisions of the
statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation provide that a greater proportion
of consents shall be required. Such consents may take such form (written,
electronic or otherwise) as permitted by law (now or hereafter). Such consents
shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the Corporation.
DIRECTORS
Section 10. Authority of Directors.
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(a) The business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of
Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such
lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or
these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board
of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a
meeting if, prior or subsequent to such action, all members of the Board of
Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto. Such
consents may take such form (written, electronic or otherwise) as permitted by
law (now or hereafter). Such consents shall be filed with or entered upon the
records of the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation.
Section 11. Number; Qualifications.
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The number of Directors shall be not less than three (3) and not more than
five (5) (plus any Directors separately elected by the holders of any class of
stock other than the Common Stock as provided in the Articles of Incorporation
as amended from time to time). The number of Directors may be determined (a) by
the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon at
any annual meeting or special meeting called for the purpose of electing
Directors or (b) by action of the Board of Directors at a meeting or by consent
by the vote of a majority of the Directors in office at the time. When so fixed,
such number shall continue to be the authorized number of Directors until
changed by the stockholders or Directors in the manner described above. Any
increase in the number of Directors shall be deemed to create a vacancy or
vacancies which may be filled as provided in Section 14. A reduction in the
number of Directors shall not be applied to remove any Director from office
prior to the expiration of his term. Directors need not be stockholders of the
Corporation and need not be United States citizens or residents of Pennsylvania.
Section 12. Election of Directors.
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At each meeting of the stockholders for the election of Directors, the
persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be the Directors. Such
elections shall be by ballot whenever requested by any person entitled to vote
at such meeting; but unless so requested, such election may be conducted in any
way approved at such meeting.
Section 13. Term of Office; Removal; Resignations.
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(a) Directors shall hold office until the annual meeting of the
stockholders next following their election and until their respective successors
are elected, or until their earlier resignation, death or removal from office.
(b) Any Director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed upon the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the
Corporation.
(c) Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice of his
resignation to the President or Corporate Secretary. Any resignation will be
effective upon actual receipt by such person or, if later, as of the date and
time specified in such written notice.
Section 14. Vacancies.
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Vacancies, including those caused by an increase in the number of
Directors, may be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors though less
than a quorum. When one or more Directors shall give notice of his or their
resignation to the Board, effective at a future date, the Board shall have the
power to fill such vacancy or vacancies to take effect when such resignation or
resignations shall become effective, each Director so appointed to hold office
during the remainder of the term of office of the resigning Director or
Directors. Whenever any vacancy shall occur among the Directors, the remaining
Directors shall constitute the Directors of the Corporation until such vacancy
is filled or until the number of Directors is changed as in Section 11 hereof.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 15. Organizational Meeting.
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Immediately after each annual meeting of the stockholders at which
Directors are elected, or each special meeting held in lieu thereof, the newly
elected Directors, if a quorum thereof is present, shall hold an organizational
meeting at the same place or at such other time and place as may be fixed by the
stockholders at such meeting, for the purpose of electing officers and
transacting any other business. Notice of such meeting need not be given. If for
any reason such organizational meeting is not held at such time, a special
meeting of the Directors for such purpose shall be held as soon thereafter as
practicable.
Section 16. Regular Meetings.
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Regular meetings of the Directors may be held without notice at such times
and places within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as shall be
determined by the Directors from time to time.
Section 17. Special Meetings.
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Special meetings of the Directors may be held at any time within or
without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania upon call by the Chairman of the Board,
the President, or the Corporate Secretary upon the written request of two
Directors. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each Director by
letter, facsimile, electronic mail, telegram, telephone, or in person not less
than forty-eight (48) hours prior to such meeting. Notices sent by mail shall be
sent postage prepaid and shall be addressed to each Director at his address as
it appears upon the records of the Corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed
to be given at the time when the notice is deposited in the mail, and notice by
facsimile, electronic mail or telegram shall be deemed to be given at the time
when confirmation of successful transmission is received. Such notice may be
waived by Directors either before or after the meeting, and such waivers shall
be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting. The attendance of any
Director at any such meeting without protesting the lack of proper notice, prior
to or at the commencement of the meeting, shall be deemed to be a waiver by the
Director of notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise limited in the notice
thereof, any business may be transacted at any organizational, regular or
special meeting.
Section 18. Quorum and Adjournments; Participation by Communications
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Equipment.
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(a) A majority of the Directors, at a meeting duly called and held, shall
be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act
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 or by the Articles of Incorporation. Any action
required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken
without a meeting if a consent, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed or authenticated by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to
the subject matter thereof. Any meeting duly called, whether or not a quorum is
present, may, by vote of a majority of the Directors present, be adjourned from
time to time and place to place within or without the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in which case no further notice of the adjourned meeting need be
given.
(b) Meetings of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of
Directors may be held through any means of communications equipment if all
persons participating can hear each other, and such participation will
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 19. Committees.
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The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or
more of the Directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in the
resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in
the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. Such committee or
committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time
by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The committees shall keep
regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same to the Board when
required.
Section 20. Compensation.
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The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, for attendance at each
meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at
each meeting of the Board of Directors. The sums may be different for different
Directors, and the sum shall be established by resolution of the Board of
Directors and may be changed from time to time by resolution. No such payment
shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity
and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees
may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 21. Executive Committee.
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The Board of Directors at any time may elect from its members an Executive
Committee which shall consist of not less than three (3) members. Each member of
such Committee shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board and may be
removed by a majority vote of the whole Board at any time with or without cause.
Vacancies occurring in the Committee may be filled by the Board. The Committee
shall prescribe its own rules for calling and holding meetings, and for
transacting business, subject, however, to any rules prescribed by the Board of
Directors, and the Committee shall keep minutes of its actions. Action by the
Committee may be taken at meetings thereof attended by not less than a majority
thereof, or without a meeting by instrument in writing signed by not less than a
majority of the members. Except as the Committee's powers and duties may be
limited or otherwise prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Committee, during
the intervals between the meetings of the Board, shall possess and may exercise
all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors, however conferred,
provided, however, that the Committee shall not be empowered to elect the
officers (other than Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers) or to fill
vacancies in the Board of Directors or in the Executive Committee. Subject to
such exceptions, persons dealing with the Corporation shall be entitled to rely
upon any action of the Committee with the same force and effect as though such
action had been taken by the Board of Directors.
OFFICERS
Section 22. Generally.
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The Corporation may have a Chairman, elected by the directors from among
their number, and shall have a President, a Corporate Secretary and a Treasurer.
The Corporation may also have one or more Vice Chairmen, Vice Presidents, Senior
Vice Presidents and such other officers and assistant officers as the Board of
Directors may deem appropriate. If the Board of Directors so desires, it may
elect a Chief Executive Officer to manage the affairs of the Corporation,
subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors. All of the
officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, by specific action, the Board of Directors may authorize the Chairman
or the President to appoint any person to any office other than Chairman,
President, Corporate Secretary, or Treasurer. Any number of offices may be held
by the same person, and no two offices must be held by the same person. Any of
the offices may be left vacant from time to time as the Board of Directors may
determine. In case of the absence or disability of any officer of the
Corporation or for any other reason deemed sufficient by a majority of the Board
of Directors, the Board of Directors may delegate the absent or disabled
officer's powers or duties to any other officer or to any director.
Section 23. Authority and Duties of Officers.
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The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and shall
perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices, or
as may be specified from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman or
the President regardless of whether such authority and duties are customarily
incident to such office.
Section 24. Compensation.
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The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation who are
also members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation will be fixed by the
Board of Directors or by a committee of the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may fix, or delegate the power to fix, the compensation of the other
officers and agents of the Corporation to the Chief Executive Officer or any
other officer of the Corporation.
Section 25. Succession.
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The officers of the Corporation will hold office until their successors
are elected. Any officer may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the whole Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman or
President as provided in Regulation 22.
Section 26. Delegation of Duties.
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The Directors are authorized to delegate the duties of any officers to any
other officer and generally to control the action of the officers and to require
the performance of duties in addition to those mentioned herein.
Section 27. Signing Checks and Other Instruments.
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The Directors are authorized to determine or provide the method of
determining how checks, notes, bills or exchange and similar instruments shall
be signed, countersigned or endorsed.
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Section 28. Contents of Certificates.
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Every stockholder shall be entitled to one or more certificates, signed by
the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Corporate Secretary, or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Corporation,
certifying the number and class of shares owned by him in the Corporation. If
the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class or more
than one series of any class, there shall be set forth upon the face or back of
the certificate a full or summary statement of the designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the various classes
of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions
of such rights, or the certificate shall have a statement that the Corporation
will furnish such information to any stockholders upon request and without
charge. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue only special stock, such
certificate shall set forth in full or summarize the rights of the holders of
such stock.
Section 29. Countersignature of Authentication by Transfer Agents or
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Whenever any certificate is countersigned or otherwise authenticated by a
transfer agent or registrar, then a facsimile of the signatures of such officers
of the Corporation may be engraved, stamped, or printed upon such certificate in
lieu of the actual signatures. In case any officer or officers who shall have
signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any
such certificate or certificates shall cease to be an officer or officers of the
Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such
certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such
certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and
be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such
certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall
have been used thereon, had not ceased to be an officer or officers of such
Corporation.
LOST CERTIFICATES
Section 30. Replacement of Lost Certificates.
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The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be
issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the
Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be
lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or
certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition
precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed
certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same
in such manner as it shall require and/or 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 or
destroyed.
TRANSFER OF STOCK
Section 31. Transfer of Stock.
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Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation
of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the
Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel
the old certificate and record the transaction on its books.
RECORD DATES AND CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS
Section 32. Record Dates and Closing of Transfer Books.
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The Board of Directors may fix a time not exceeding sixty (60) days
preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date fixed for the
payment of any dividend or distribution or the date for the allotment of rights
as the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice
of or to vote at any such meeting or entitled to receive payment of any such
dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, and in such case only
stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of or to
vote at such meeting or to receive payment of such dividend, distribution or
allotment of rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any
shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date so fixed. The Board
of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against transfers of shares
during the whole or any part of the period between such record date and the date
of the event in respect for which such record date was fixed.
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
Section 33. Recognition of Record Ownership.
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The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a
person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and
to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person
registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on
the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Pennsylvania.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVIDENDS
Section 34. Payment of Dividends.
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The Board of Directors may declare dividends upon the capital stock of the
Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any,
at any regular or special meeting pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in
cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions
of the Articles of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be
set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum
or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think
proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing
dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or
for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of
the Corporation and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserves in the
manner in which it was created.
FISCAL YEAR
Section 35. Fiscal Year.
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The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors.
SEAL
Section 36. Corporate Seal.
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The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be of such design, and shall
contain such words, as may be prescribed by the Directors.
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Section 37. Transfer Agent; Registrar.
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The Corporation may open transfer books in any state of the United States
or in any foreign country for the purpose of transferring securities issued by
it, and it may employ an agent or agents to keep the records of its securities
to transfer or to register securities or both, in Pennsylvania or in other
states or in a foreign country, or both, and the acts of such agents shall be
binding on the Corporation. The duties and liabilities of such agent or agents
shall be such as may be agreed to by the Corporation. If no such transfer agent
is appointed to act in Pennsylvania in respect to its shares, the Corporation
shall keep an office in Pennsylvania at which shares shall be transferable, and
at which it shall keep books in which shall be recorded the names and addresses
of all stockholders and all transfers of shares.
PROVISIONS IN ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Section 38. Governance By Articles of Incorporation.
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These By-Laws are at all times subject to the provisions of the Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (including in such
term whenever used in these By-Laws, amendments thereto), and in case of any
conflict between any provision herein and in the Amended and Restated Articles
of Incorporation, the provisions in the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation shall be deemed to govern.
AMENDMENTS
Section 39. Procedure for Amendments.
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These By-Laws may be altered, changed or amended in any respect or
superseded by new By-Laws in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of the
holders of record of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting
power of the Corporation at an annual or special meeting called for such purpose
or without a meeting by the consent of the holders of record of shares entitling
them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation. In case of
adoption of any By-Law or amendment by such consent, the Corporate Secretary
shall enter the same in the corporate records and mail a copy thereof to each
stockholder who would have been entitled to vote thereon and did not participate
in the adoption thereof.
INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
Section 40. Indemnification.
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The Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent then permitted by law,
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, by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was a member of the Board of Directors or an officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Corporation shall
indemnify such person against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him by
reason of the fact that he is or was such person to the full extent to which the
Corporation is empowered or authorized to indemnify any person under the
Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law as now in effect or as amended from time
to time. The Corporation shall pay, to the full extent then permitted by law,
expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by a member of the Board of
Directors in defending any such action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred,
in advance of the final disposition thereof, and may pay, in the same manner and
to the full extent then permitted by law, such expenses incurred by any other
person.
The indemnification and payment of expenses provided hereby shall not be
exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to those
seeking indemnification under any law, the Articles of Incorporation, any
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested members of the Board of
Directors, or otherwise, both as to action in official capacities and as to
action in another capacity while he or she is a member of the Board of
Directors, or an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, and shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a member of the Board of Directors,
officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 41. Insurance.
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The Corporation may, to the full extent then permitted by law and
authorized by the Board of Directors, purchase and maintain insurance or furnish
similar protection, including but not limited to trust funds, letters of credit
or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any persons described in Section 40
against any liability asserted against and incurred by any such person in any
such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person in which
the Corporation has a financial interest.
I, the undersigned, being Corporate Secretary of Pennsylvania Power
Company, do hereby certify the foregoing to be the By-Laws of said Corporation,
as adopted in an action in writing of the stockholders dated the 15th day of
March, 2002.
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Nancy C. Ashcom
Corporate Secretary