SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): APRIL 26, 2000
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
INDIANA 000-23249 35-1927379
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
250 TECHNOLOGY PARK, SUITE 124
LAKE MARY, FLORIDA 32746
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (407) 804-6700
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 8. CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
On April 12, 2000, Priority Healthcare Corporation changed its fiscal
year end from December 31 to the Saturday closest to December 31 in each year,
beginning with the fiscal year ending December 30, 2000. For interim reporting
purposes, under the new fiscal year calendar, Priority Healthcare Corporation's
fiscal quarters will be based on a 4/4/5 week standard. A report covering a
transition period is not required.
Priority Healthcare Corporation has amended its By-Laws to reflect the
change in its fiscal year. A copy of the By-Laws, as amended, is being filed
herewith as Exhibit 3-B.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 26, 2000
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
By: /s/ DONALD J. PERFETTO
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Name: Donald J. Perfetto
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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3-B By-Laws of Priority Healthcare Corporation, as amended to date.
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EXHIBIT 3-B
BY-LAWS
OF
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
(As Amended April 12, 2000)
ARTICLE I
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1.1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. Annual meetings of the shareholders of
the Corporation shall be held on the second Monday of May of each year
commencing in May, 1998, at such hour and at such place within or without the
State of Indiana as shall be designated by the Board of Directors. In the
absence of designation, the meeting shall be held at the principal office of the
Corporation at 11:00 a.m. (local time). The Board of Directors may, by
resolution, change the date or time of such annual meeting. If the day fixed for
any annual meeting of shareholders shall fall on a legal holiday, then such
annual meeting shall be held on the first following day that is not a legal
holiday.
SECTION 1.2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders of
the Corporation may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or the
Chairman of the Board and shall be called by the Board of Directors if the
Secretary receives written, dated and signed demands for a special meeting,
describing in reasonable detail the purpose or purposes for which it is to be
held, from the holders of shares representing at least twenty-five percent (25%)
of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the
proposed special meeting; provided, however, that any such demand(s) delivered
to the Secretary at any time at which the Corporation has more than 50
shareholders must be properly delivered by the holders of shares representing at
least eighty percent (80%) of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue
proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting. If the Secretary
receives one (1) or more proper written demands for a special meeting of
shareholders, the Board of Directors may set a record date for determining
shareholders entitled to make such demand. The Board of Directors or the
Chairman of the Board, as the case may be, calling a special meeting of
shareholders shall set the date, time and place of such meeting, which may be
held within or without the State of Indiana.
SECTION 1.3. NOTICES. A written notice, stating the date, time, and
place of any meeting of the shareholders, and, in the case of a special meeting,
the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called, shall be delivered or
mailed by the Secretary of the Corporation, to each shareholder of record of the
Corporation entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting no fewer than ten
(10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. In the event
of a special meeting of shareholders required to be called as the result of a
demand therefor made by shareholders, such notice shall be given no later than
the sixtieth (60th) day after the Corporation's receipt of the demand requiring
the meeting to be called. Notice of shareholders'
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meetings, if mailed, shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to each shareholder at
his address shown in the Corporation's current record of shareholders.
Notice of a meeting of shareholders shall be given to shareholders not
entitled to vote, but only if a purpose for the meeting is to vote on any
amendment to the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, merger, or share
exchange to which the Corporation would be a party, sale of the Corporation's
assets, dissolution of the Corporation, or consideration of voting rights to be
accorded to shares acquired or to be acquired in a "control share acquisition"
(as such term is defined in the Indiana Business Corporation Law). Except as
required by the foregoing sentence or as otherwise required by the Indiana
Business Corporation Law or the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, notice
of a meeting of shareholders is required to be given only to shareholders
entitled to vote at the meeting.
A shareholder or his proxy may at any time waive notice of a meeting
if the waiver is in writing and is delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in
the minutes or filing with the Corporation's records. A shareholder's attendance
at a meeting, whether in person or by proxy, (a) waives objection to lack of
notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder or his proxy
at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting
business at the meeting, and (b) waives objection to consideration of a
particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes
described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder or his proxy objects to
considering the matter when it is presented. Each shareholder who has, in the
manner above provided, waived notice or objection to notice of a shareholders'
meeting shall be conclusively presumed to have been given due notice of such
meeting, including the purpose or purposes thereof.
If an annual or special shareholders' meeting is adjourned to a
different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time,
or place if the new date, time, or place is announced at the meeting before
adjournment, unless a new record date is or must be established for the
adjourned meeting.
SECTION 1.4. BUSINESS OF SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS. At an annual meeting of
the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been
properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual
meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b)
otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a
shareholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
shareholder, the shareholder must have the legal right and authority to make the
proposal for consideration at the meeting and the shareholder must have given
timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be
timely, a shareholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not less than sixty (60)
days prior to the meeting; provided,
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however, that in the event that less than seventy (70) days' notice or prior
public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to shareholders
(which notice or public disclosure shall include the date of the annual meeting
specified in these By-Laws, if such By-Laws have been filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and if the annual meeting is held on such date), notice
by the shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the
date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. A
shareholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the
shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description
of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons
for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and record
address of the shareholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of
the Corporation's shares which are beneficially owned by the shareholder, and
(d) any material interest of the shareholder in such business. Notwithstanding
anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an
annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 1.4. The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought
before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.4,
and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such
business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. At any
special meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as
shall have been specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto)
or otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 1.5. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDER NOMINEES. Only persons who are
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 shall
be eligible for election as Directors. Nominations of persons for election to
the Board of Directors may be made at a meeting of shareholders by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors, by any nominating committee or persons
appointed by the Board of Directors or by any shareholder of the Corporation
entitled to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting who complies with
the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.5. Such nominations, other
than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made
pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be
timely, a shareholder's notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than sixty (60) days
prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than
seventy (70) days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting
is given or made to shareholders (which notice or public disclosure shall
include the date of the annual meeting specified in these By-Laws, if such
By-Laws have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and if the
annual meeting is held on such date), notice by the shareholders to be timely
must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or
such public disclosure was made. Such shareholder's notice shall set forth (a)
as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or
re-election as a Director, (i) the name, age, business address and
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residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of
such person, (iii) the class and number of the Corporation's shares which are
beneficially owned by such person and (iv) any other information relating to
such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
election of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including
without limitation such person's written consent to being named in the proxy
statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected); and (b) as to
the shareholder giving the notice, (i) the name and record address of such
shareholder and (ii) the class and number of the Corporation's shares which are
beneficially owned by such shareholder. No person shall be eligible for election
as a Director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 1.5. The Chairman of the meeting shall, if
the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was
not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these By-Laws, and if
he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective
nomination shall be disregarded.
SECTION 1.6. VOTING. Except as otherwise provided by the Indiana
Business Corporation Law or the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, each
share of any class, other than Class A Common Stock, of the common stock of the
Corporation that is outstanding at the record date established for any annual or
special meeting of shareholders and is outstanding at the time of and
represented in person or by proxy at the annual or special meeting, shall
entitle the record holder thereof, or his proxy, to one (1) vote, or in the case
of Class A Common Stock, three (3) votes, on each matter voted on at the
meeting.
SECTION 1.7. QUORUM. Unless the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation or the Indiana Business Corporation Law provide otherwise, at all
meetings of shareholders, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a
matter, represented in person or by proxy, constitutes a quorum for action on
the matter. Action may be taken at a shareholders' meeting only on matters with
respect to which a quorum exists; provided, however, that any meeting of
shareholders, including annual and special meetings and any adjournments
thereof, may be adjourned to a later date although less than a quorum is
present. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed
present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any
adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that
adjourned meeting.
SECTION 1.8. VOTE REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION. If a quorum exists as to a
matter to be considered at a meeting of shareholders, action on such matter
(other than the election of Directors) is approved if the votes properly cast
favoring the action exceed the votes properly cast opposing the action, except
as the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or the Indiana Business
Corporation Law require a greater number of affirmative votes. Directors shall
be elected by a plurality of the votes properly cast.
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SECTION 1.9. RECORD DATE. Only such persons shall be entitled to
notice of or to vote, in person or by proxy, at any shareholders' meeting as
shall appear as shareholders upon the books of the Corporation as of such record
date as the Board of Directors shall determine, which date may not be earlier
than the date seventy (70) days immediately preceding the meeting. In the
absence of such determination, the record date shall be the fiftieth (50th) day
immediately preceding the date of such meeting. Unless otherwise provided by the
Board of Directors, shareholders shall be determined as of the close of business
on the record date.
SECTION 1.10. PROXIES. A shareholder may vote his shares either in
person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act
for the shareholder (including authorizing the proxy to receive, or to waive,
notice of any shareholders' meeting within the effective period of such proxy)
by signing an appointment form, either personally or by the shareholder's
attorney-in-fact. An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the
Secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes and is
effective for eleven (11) months unless a longer period is expressly provided in
the appointment form. The proxy's authority may be limited to a particular
meeting or may be general and authorize the proxy to represent the shareholder
at any meeting of shareholders held within the time provided in the appointment
form. Subject to the Indiana Business Corporation Law and to any express
limitation on the proxy's authority appearing on the face of the appointment
form, the Corporation is entitled to accept the proxy's vote or other action as
that of the shareholder making the appointment.
SECTION 1.11. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Any or all of the members of the
Board of Directors may be removed, for good cause, only at a meeting of the
shareholders called expressly for that purpose, by a vote of the holders of
outstanding shares representing at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66-2/3%) of the votes then entitled to be cast at an election of Directors.
Directors may not be removed in the absence of good cause.
SECTION 1.12. WRITTEN CONSENTS. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at a shareholders' meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is
taken by all the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be
evidenced by one (1) or more written consents describing the action taken,
signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on the action, and delivered to
the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate
records. Action taken under this Section 1.12 is effective when the last
shareholder signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different prior or
subsequent effective date, in which case the action is effective on or as of the
specified date. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of
all shareholders and may be described as such in any document.
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SECTION 1.13. PARTICIPATION BY CONFERENCE TELEPHONE. The Chairman of
the Board or the Board of Directors may permit any or all shareholders to
participate in an annual or special meeting of shareholders by, or through the
use of, any means of communication, such as conference telephone, by which all
shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the
meeting. A shareholder participating in a meeting by such means shall be deemed
to be present in person at the meeting.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
SECTION 2.1. NUMBER AND TERMS. The business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed under the direction of a Board of Directors
consisting of eight (8) Directors. The Directors shall be divided into three (3)
groups, with each group consisting of one-third (1/3) of the total Directors, as
near as may be, with the term of office of the first group to expire at the
annual meeting of shareholders in 2000, the term of office of the second group
to expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2001, and the term of office
of the third group to expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2002; and
at each annual meeting of shareholders, the Directors chosen to succeed those
whose terms then expire shall be identified as being of the same group as the
Directors they succeed and shall be elected for a term expiring at the third
succeeding annual meeting of shareholders.
Despite the expiration of a Director's term, the Director shall
continue to serve until his successor is elected and qualified, or until the
earlier of his death, resignation, disqualification or removal, or until there
is a decrease in the number of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of
Directors, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by selection of a
successor by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of Directors
(although less than a quorum); provided, however, that if such vacancy or
vacancies leave the Board of Directors with no members or if the remaining
members of the Board are unable to agree upon a successor or determine not to
select a successor, such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the shareholders at
a special meeting called for that purpose or at the next annual meeting of
shareholders. The term of a Director elected or selected to fill a vacancy shall
expire at the end of the term for which such Director's predecessor was elected,
or if the vacancy arises because of an increase in the size of the Board of
Directors, at the end of the term specified at the time of election or
selection.
The Directors and each of them shall have no authority to bind the
Corporation except when acting as a Board.
SECTION 2.2. QUORUM AND VOTE REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION. A majority of
the
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whole Board of Directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any business, except the filling of vacancies. If a quorum is
present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of the
Directors present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of
a greater number is required by the Indiana Business Corporation Law, the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
SECTION 2.3. ANNUAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS. The Board of Directors shall
meet annually, without notice, immediately following the annual meeting of the
shareholders, for the purpose of transacting such business as properly may come
before the meeting. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors, in
addition to said annual meeting, shall be held on such dates, at such times and
at such places as shall be fixed by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors
and specified in a notice of each such regular meeting, or otherwise
communicated to the Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time alter the
date for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2.4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by any member of the Board of Directors upon not less
than twenty-four (24) hours' notice given to each Director of the date, time,
and place of the meeting, which notice need not specify the purpose or purposes
of the special meeting. Such notice may be communicated in person (either in
writing or orally), by telephone, telegraph, teletype, or other form of wire or
wireless communication, or by mail, and shall be effective at the earlier of the
time of its receipt or, if mailed, five (5) days after its mailing. Notice of
any meeting of the Board may be waived in writing at any time if the waiver is
signed by the Director entitled to the notice and is filed with the minutes or
corporate records. A Director's attendance at or participation in a meeting
waives any required notice to the Director of the meeting, unless the Director
at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon the Director's arrival)
objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does
not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.
SECTION 2.5. WRITTEN CONSENTS. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if
the action is taken by all members of the Board. The action must be evidenced by
one (1) or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each
Director, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records
reflecting the action taken. Action taken under this Section 2.5 is effective
when the last Director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a
different prior or subsequent effective date, in which case the action is
effective on or as of the specified date. A consent signed under this Section
2.5 shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of all members of the Board
and may be described as such in any document.
SECTION 2.6. PARTICIPATION BY CONFERENCE TELEPHONE. The Board of
Directors may permit any or all Directors to participate in a regular or special
meeting by, or through the use of,
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any means of communication, such as conference telephone, by which all Directors
participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A Director
participating in a meeting by such means shall be deemed to be present in person
at the meeting.
SECTION 2.7. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors may appoint
three (3) members to an Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall,
subject to the restrictions of Section 2.9, be authorized to exercise the
authority of the full Board of Directors at any times other than during regular
or special meetings of the Board of Directors. All actions taken by the
Executive Committee shall be reported at the first regular meeting of the Board
of Directors following such actions. Members of the Executive Committee shall
serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2.8. OTHER COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may create one
(1) or more committees in addition to any Executive Committee and appoint
members of the Board of Directors to serve on them, by resolution of the Board
of Directors adopted by a majority of all the Directors in office when the
resolution is adopted. The committee may exercise the authority of the Board of
Directors to the extent specified in the resolution. Each committee may have one
(1) or more members, and all the members of such committee shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2.9. LIMITATIONS ON COMMITTEES; NOTICE, QUORUM AND VOTING.
(a) Neither the Executive Committee nor any other committee hereafter
established may:
(1) authorize dividends or other distributions, except a committee may
authorize or approve a reacquisition of shares if done according to a
formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors;
(2) approve or propose to shareholders action that is required to be
approved by shareholders;
(3) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;
(4) except as permitted under Section 2.9(a)(7) below, amend the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation under IC 23-1-38-2;
(5) adopt, amend, repeal, or waive provisions of these By-Laws;
(6) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval; or
(7) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or a contract for sale of
shares, or
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determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and
limitations of a class or series of shares, except the Board of
Directors may authorize a committee (or an executive officer of the
Corporation designated by the Board of Directors) to take the action
described in this Section 2.9(a)(7) within limits prescribed by the
Board of Directors.
(b) Except to the extent inconsistent with the resolutions creating a
committee, Sections 2.1 through 2.6 of these By-Laws, which govern meetings,
action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, quorum and voting
requirements and telephone participation in meetings of the Board of Directors,
apply to each committee and its members as well.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
SECTION 3.1. DESIGNATION, SELECTION AND TERMS. The officers of the
Corporation shall consist of the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Secretary. The Board of Directors may
also elect Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and
such other officers or assistant officers as it may from time to time determine
by resolution creating the office and defining the duties thereof. In addition,
the Chairman of the Board or the President may, by a certificate of appointment
creating the office and defining the duties thereof delivered to the Secretary
for inclusion with the corporate records, from time to time create and appoint
such assistant officers as they deem desirable. The officers of the Corporation
shall be elected by the Board of Directors (or appointed by the Chairman of the
Board or the President as provided above) and need not be selected from among
the members of the Board of Directors, except for the Chairman of the Board and
the President who shall be members of the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or
more offices may be held by the same person. All officers shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors and, with respect to officers appointed by
the Chairman of the Board or the President, also at the pleasure of such
officers. The election or appointment of an officer does not itself create
contract rights.
SECTION 3.2. REMOVAL. The Board of Directors may remove any officer at
any time with or without cause. An officer appointed by the Chairman of the
Board or the President may also be removed at any time, with or without cause,
by either of such officers. Vacancies in such offices, however occurring, may be
filled by the Board of Directors at any meeting of the Board of Directors (or by
appointment by the Chairman of the Board or the President, to the extent
provided in Section 3.1 of these By-Laws).
SECTION 3.3. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board shall,
if present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of
Directors and shall have such
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powers and perform such duties as are assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.4. PRESIDENT. The President shall be the chief executive and
principal policymaking officer of the Corporation. Subject to the authority of
the Board of Directors, he shall formulate the major policies to be pursued in
the administration of the Corporation's affairs. He shall study and make reports
and recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to major problems and
activities of the Corporation and shall see that the established policies are
placed into effect and carried out. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board,
the President shall preside at meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 3.5. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer
shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation and shall perform all of
the duties customary to that office. He shall be responsible for all of the
Corporation's financial affairs, subject to the supervision and direction of the
President, and shall have and perform such further powers and duties as the
Board of Directors may, from time to time, prescribe and as the President may,
from time to time, delegate to him.
SECTION 3.6. VICE PRESIDENTS. Each Vice President shall have such
powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may, from time to time,
prescribe and as the President may, from time to time, delegate to him.
SECTION 3.7. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall perform all of the duties
customary to that office, shall be the chief accounting officer of the
Corporation and shall be responsible for maintaining the Corporation's
accounting books and records and preparing its financial statements, subject to
the supervision and direction of the Chief Financial Officer and other superior
officers within the Corporation. He shall also be responsible for causing the
Corporation to furnish financial statements to its shareholders pursuant to IC
23-1-53-1.
SECTION 3.8. ASSISTANT TREASURER. In the absence or inability of the
Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, if any, shall perform only such duties as
are specifically assigned to him, in writing, by the Board of Directors, the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, or the Treasurer.
SECTION 3.9. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall be the custodian of the
books, papers, and records of the Corporation and of its corporate seal, if any,
and shall be responsible for seeing that the Corporation maintains the records
required by IC 23-1-52-1 (other than accounting records) and that the
Corporation files with the Indiana Secretary of State the biennial report
required by IC 23-1-53-3. The Secretary shall be responsible for preparing
minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors and
for authenticating records of the Corporation, and he shall perform all of the
other duties usual in the office of Secretary of a corporation.
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SECTION 3.10. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. In the absence or inability of the
Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, if any, shall perform only such duties as
are provided herein or specifically assigned to him, in writing, by the Board of
Directors, the President, or the Secretary.
SECTION 3.11. SALARY. The Board of Directors may, at its discretion,
from time to time, fix the salary of any officer by resolution included in the
minute book of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
CHECKS
All checks, drafts, or other orders for payment of money shall be
signed in the name of the Corporation by such officers or persons as shall be
designated from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors and
included in the minute book of the Corporation; and in the absence of such
designation, such checks, drafts, or other orders for payment shall be signed by
the Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Vice
President-Finance or the Treasurer.
ARTICLE V
LOANS
Such of the officers of the Corporation as shall be designated from
time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors and included in the
minute book of the Corporation shall have the power, with such limitations
thereon as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, to borrow money in the
Corporation's behalf, to establish credit, to discount bills and papers, to
pledge collateral, and to execute such notes, bonds, debentures, or other
evidences of indebtedness, and such mortgages, trust indentures, and other
instruments in connection therewith, as may be authorized from time to time by
such Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
The Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer
authorized by the Board of Directors may, in the Corporation's name, sign all
deeds, leases, contracts, or similar documents unless otherwise directed by the
Board of Directors or otherwise provided herein or in the Corporation's Articles
of Incorporation, or as otherwise required by law.
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ARTICLE VII
STOCK
SECTION 7.1. EXECUTION. Certificates for shares of the Corporation
shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and by the
Secretary and the seal of the Corporation (or a facsimile thereof), if any, may
be thereto affixed. Where any such certificate is also signed by a transfer
agent or a registrar, or both, the signatures of the officers of the Corporation
may be facsimiles. The Corporation may issue and deliver any such certificate
notwithstanding that any such officer who shall have signed, or whose facsimile
signature shall have been imprinted on, such certificate shall have ceased to be
such officer.
SECTION 7.2. CONTENTS. Each certificate issued after the adoption of
these By-Laws shall state on its face the name of the Corporation and that it is
organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, the name of the person to whom
it is issued, and the number and class of shares and the designation of the
series, if any, the certificate represents, and shall state conspicuously on its
front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder, upon his
written request and without charge, a summary of the designations, relative
rights, preferences, and limitations applicable to each class and the variations
in rights, preferences, and limitations determined for each series (and the
authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for future series).
SECTION 7.3. TRANSFERS. Except as otherwise provided by law or by
resolution of the Board of Directors, transfers of shares of the Corporation
shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof, in
person or by duly authorized attorney, on payment of all taxes thereon and
surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates for such shares
(except as hereinafter provided in the case of loss, destruction, or mutilation
of certificates) properly endorsed by the holder thereof or accompanied by the
proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, and
delivered to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
SECTION 7.4. STOCK TRANSFER RECORDS. There shall be entered upon the
stock records of the Corporation the number of each certificate issued, the name
and address of the registered holder of such certificate, the number, kind, and
class of shares represented by such certificate, the date of issue, whether the
shares are originally issued or transferred, the registered holder from whom
transferred, and such other information as is commonly required to be shown by
such records. The stock records of the Corporation shall be kept at its
principal office, unless the Corporation appoints a transfer agent or registrar,
in which case the Corporation shall keep at its principal office a complete and
accurate shareholders' list giving the names and addresses of all shareholders
and the number and class of shares held by each. If a transfer agent is
appointed
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by the Corporation, shareholders shall give written notice of any changes in
their addresses from time to time to the transfer agent.
SECTION 7.5. TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS. The Board of Directors
may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars and may
require each stock certificate to bear the signature of either or both.
SECTION 7.6. LOSS, DESTRUCTION, OR MUTILATION OF CERTIFICATES. The
holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation
of any loss, destruction, or mutilation of the certificate therefor, and the
Board of Directors may, in its discretion, cause to be issued to him a new
certificate or certificates, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate,
or, in the case of loss or destruction, upon satisfactory proof of such loss or
destruction. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the holder
of the lost or destroyed certificate or his legal representative to give the
Corporation a bond in such sum and in such form, and with such surety or
sureties as it may direct, to indemnify the Corporation, its transfer agents,
and registrars, if any, against any claim that may be made against them or any
of them with respect to the shares represented by the certificate or
certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed, but the Board of Directors
may, in its discretion, refuse to issue a new certificate or certificates, save
upon the order of a court having jurisdiction in such matters.
SECTION 7.7. FORM OF CERTIFICATES. The form of the certificates for
shares of the Corporation shall conform to the requirements of Section 7.2 of
these By-Laws and be in such printed form as shall from time to time be approved
by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
SEAL
The corporate seal of the Corporation shall, if the Corporation elects
to have one, be in the form of a disc, with the name of the Corporation and
"INDIANA" on the periphery thereof and the word "SEAL" in the center.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1. INDIANA BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW. The provisions of the
Indiana Business Corporation law, as amended, applicable to all matters relevant
to, but not specifically covered by, these By-Laws are hereby, by reference,
incorporated in and made a part of these By-Laws.
SECTION 9.2. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end
upon the Saturday closest to December 31 in each year.
SECTION 9.3. ELECTION TO BE GOVERNED BY INDIANA CODE SS. 23-1-43.
Effective upon the registration of any class of the Corporation's shares under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Corporation
shall be governed by the provisions of IC 23-1-43 regarding business
combinations.
SECTION 9.4. CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION STATUTE. The provisions of IC
23-1-42 shall apply to the acquisition of shares of the Corporation.
SECTION 9.5. REDEMPTION OF SHARES ACQUIRED IN CONTROL SHARE
ACQUISITIONS. If and whenever the provisions of IC 23-1-42 apply to the
Corporation, any or all control shares acquired in a control share acquisition
shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation, if either:
(a) no acquiring person statement has been filed with the Corporation
with respect to such control share acquisition in accordance with IC
23-1-42-6, or
(b) the control shares are not accorded full voting rights by the
Corporation's shareholders as provided in IC 23-1-42-9.
A redemption pursuant to Section 9.5(a) may be made at any time during the
period ending sixty (60) days after the last acquisition of control shares by
the acquiring person. A redemption pursuant to Section 9.5(b) may be made at any
time during the period ending two (2) years after the shareholder vote with
respect to the granting of voting rights to such control shares. Any redemption
pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be made at the fair value of the control
shares and pursuant to such procedures for such redemption as may be set forth
in these By-Laws or adopted by resolution of the Board of Directors.
As used in this Section 9.5, the terms "control shares," "control
share acquisition," "acquiring person statement," and "acquiring person" shall
have the meanings ascribed to such
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terms in IC 23-1-42.
SECTION 9.6. AMENDMENTS. These By-Laws may be rescinded, changed, or
amended, and provisions hereof may be waived, at any meeting of the Board of
Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire number of
Directors at the time, except as otherwise required by the Corporation's
Articles of Incorporation or by the Indiana Business Corporation Law.
SECTION 9.7. DEFINITION OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. The term
"Articles of Incorporation" as used in these By-Laws means the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation as from time to time are in effect.
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