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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.2



                          AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

                                       OF

                           FIRST SHARES BANCORP, INC.

                          (As Amended Through 4/25/00)


                                    ARTICLE I

                           IDENTIFICATION AND OFFICES

     Section 1.1. Name. The name of the Corporation is First Shares Bancorp,
Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation").

     Section 1.2. Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent
of the Corporation is as provided and designated in the most recently filed
statement of change filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana.

     Section 1.3. Other Offices. The Corporation may establish and maintain such
other offices, within or without the State of Indiana, as are from time to time
authorized by the Board of Directors.


                                   ARTICLE II

                            MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

     Section 2.1. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of the shareholders of the
Corporation for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting shall be held
not later than six months following the close of the Corporation's fiscal year,
at such date, hour and 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 for any reason an annual meeting is not held during the
time period herein provided, such annual meeting maybe held at any time
thereafter, or the business to be transacted at such annual meeting may be
transacted at any special meeting of the Shareholders called for that purpose.

         Section 2.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of
the Corporation may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the
Chairman or the President. A special meeting shall be called by the Board of
Directors if (i) 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 70% of
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any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting, except that
if the Corporation has 50 shareholders or less at the time any such demand is
delivered to the Secretary, such demand need only be properly delivered by the
holders of shares representing at least 25% of all votes entitled to be cast on
any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting of
shareholders, and (ii) the demand complies with the requirements of Section 2.3.
The Board of Directors may set a record date for determining shareholders
entitled to make such a demand. The Board of Directors, the Chairman or the
President, 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 2.3. Shareholder Proposals.

     (a) Nominations for the election of Directors and proposals for any new
business to be taken up at any annual meeting of Shareholders may be made by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation or by any Shareholder of the Corporation
entitled to vote on the matter proposed or the Director to be elected. In order
for a Shareholder of the Corporation to make any such nomination or proposal,
the Shareholder shall give notice thereof in writing to the Corporation,
delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid. The
notice must be received by the Secretary of the Corporation not less than
forty-five (45) days before the one-year anniversary of the date the Corporation
first mailed its proxy materials for the prior year's annual meeting of
shareholders; provided, however, that:

     (1)  if the month and day of an annual meeting of Shareholders is more than
          thirty (30) days earlier than the month and day of the annual meeting
          of shareholders for the prior year, the Secretary of the Corporation
          shall have received such written notice from the Shareholder on or
          before the close of business on the tenth day following the date of
          first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting; and

     (2)  if the month and day of an annual meeting of Shareholders is more than
          thirty (30) days later than the month and day of the annual meeting of
          shareholders for the prior year, the Secretary of the Corporation
          shall have received such written notice from the Shareholder on or
          before the close of business on a date forty-five (45) days before the
          actual first date of mailing of the Corporation's proxy materials for
          the annual meeting of shareholders for the current year.

     (b) Any notice of a nomination or proposal pursuant to subsection (a) of
this Section 2.3 shall include or be accompanied by a written statement which
shall set forth:

     (1)  as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for
          election or reelection as a Director, all information relating to such
          person that is required be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
          election of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant
          to Regulation 14A under the

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          Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
          including such person's written consent to being named in the proxy
          statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected;

     (2)  as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before
          the meeting, a concise description of the business desired to be
          brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business
          at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
          Shareholder and of the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose
          behalf the proposal is made; and

     (3)  as to each Shareholder giving the notice and beneficial owner, if any,
          on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (A) the name and
          address of such Shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation's
          books, and of such beneficial owner, (B) the number of each class of
          shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record
          by such Shareholder and such beneficial owner and (C) a description of
          any consideration or value or promise offered the shareholder in
          exchange for the nomination.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (a) of this Section 2.3 to the
contrary, if the number of Directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is
increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for
Director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least
fifty-five (55) days prior to the first anniversary of the first mailing of
proxy materials by the Corporation for the preceding year's annual meeting, a
Shareholder's notice required by this Section 2.3 shall also be considered
timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such
increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day
following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the
Corporation.

     (d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 2.3 shall be eligible to serve as Directors. Only such
business shall be conducted at a meeting of Shareholders as shall have been
brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 2.3. The chairman of the meeting has the power and duty to determine
whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting
was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3 and, if
any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2.3,
to declare that such defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.

     (e) For purposes of this Section 2.3, "public announcement" means
disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated
Press or comparable news service or in a document publicly filed by the
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13,
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

     (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3, a
Shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and
the Exchange Act and the rules and

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regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section
2.3. Nothing in this Section 2.3 shall be deemed to affect any rights of
Shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

     (g) The chairman of any meeting of Shareholders may, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare at such meeting that a nomination or proposal was not made
in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and, if he or she should so
determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting and the defective
nomination or proposal shall be disregarded. This provision shall not require
the holding of any adjourned or special meeting of Shareholders for the purpose
of considering such defective nomination or proposal.

     Section 2.4. Notices.

     (a) 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 10 nor more than 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 therefore made by
shareholders, such notice shall be given no later than the 60th day after the
Corporation's receipt of the demand requiring the meeting to be called.

     (b) Notice of shareholders' meetings, if mailed, shall be mailed, postage
prepaid, to each shareholder at his address shown in the Corporation's current
record of shareholders. Except as required by the Indiana Business Corporation
Law, as amended (the "IBCL"), 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.

     (c) A shareholder or a shareholder's 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, (i) waives
objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the
shareholder or the shareholder's proxy at the beginning of the meeting objects
to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, and (ii) 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 the shareholder's 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.

     (d) 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.

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     Section 2.5. Voting. Except as otherwise provided by the IBCL or the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, each share of the capital stock of any
class 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 vote on each matter
voted on at the meeting.

     Section 2.6. Quorum. Unless the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation or
the IBCL 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 2.7. Organization of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in his
absence any person appointed by the Chairman of the Board, or if no such person
is appointed, any person chosen by the Board of Directors shall preside at and
act as chairman of all meetings of the Shareholders; and the Secretary, or in
his absence any person appointed by the Chairman of the Board, shall act as
secretary of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of
procedure at every meeting of the Shareholders shall be determined by the
presiding officer.

     Section 2.8. 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 IBCL require a greater
number of affirmative votes. Directors shall be elected by plurality of the
votes properly cast.

     Section 2.9. 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
70 days immediately preceding the meeting. In the absence of such determination,
the record date shall be the 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 2.10. 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 shareholders' 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 11
months unless a longer period is expressly

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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 IBCL 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 2.11. 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 70% 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 2.12. Participation by Conference Telephone. The Chairman, the
President 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 III

                                    DIRECTORS

     Section 3.1. Number and Terms.

     (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the
direction of a Board of Directors consisting of eight (8) Directors who need not
be shareholders. The term of office of a director shall be three (3) years,
expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting after election.

     (b) 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.

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     (c) The Directors and each of them shall have no authority to bind the
Corporation except when acting as a Board.

     (d) The Chairman of the Board shall preside at each Board of Directors
meeting, and in his absence, any person appointed by the Chairman of the Board
shall preside at the meeting. If no such person is appointed, any person
appointed by the Board of Directors shall preside at the meeting.

     Section 3.2. Nomination of Directors. Nominations for director shall be as
follows:

     1.   By nominating committee appointed by the Chairman of the Board of
          Directors.

     2.   By the Board of Directors.

     3.   By any shareholder entitled to vote at the annual meeting in
          accordance with Section 2.3.

     Section 3.3. Quorum and Vote Required To Take Action. A majority of the
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 IBCL, the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation or these By-Laws.

     Section 3.4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
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 3.5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called by any member of the Board of Directors upon not less than 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 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.


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     Section 3.6. 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
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 3.6 is effective when the last
Director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different prior or
subsequent effective date, in which cases the action is effective on or as of
the specified date. A consent signed under this Section 3.6 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 3.7. Committees.

     (a) The Board of Directors may create one or more committees 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. Each committee may have one or more members, and all the
members of a committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

     (b) To the extent specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution
creating a committee, each committee may exercise all of the authority of the
Board of Directors; provided, however, that committee may not:

     (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)  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.

     (c) Except to the extent inconsistent with the resolutions creating a
committee, Sections 3.1 through 3.7 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.


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     Section 3.8. Qualifications of Directors. Directors over the age of 70
shall not be eligible for re-election.

     Section 3.9. Conference Communications. Any or all Directors may
participate in any meeting, or of any duly authorized committee of Directors, by
any means of communications through which the Directors may simultaneously hear
each other during such meeting. For the purposes of establishing a quorum and
taking any action at the meeting, such Directors participating pursuant to this
Section 3.9 shall be deemed present in person at the meeting, and the place of
the meeting shall be the place of origination of the conference communication.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    OFFICERS

     Section 4.1. Designation, Selection and Terms. The officers of the
Corporation shall consist of Chairman of the Board, the President, the Treasurer
and the Secretary. The Board of Directors may also elect such Vice Presidents
(which may include Executive Vice Presidents), Assistant Vice Presidents,
Assistant Secretaries, 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
delivered to the Secretary for inclusion with the corporate records, from time
to time create and appoint such assistant officers as deems 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 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 4.2. Removal. The Board of Directors may remove any officer at any
time with or without cause. An assistant 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 4.1 of these By-Laws).

     Section 4.3. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be the
principal policy-making officer of the Corporation, subject to the authority of
the Board of Directors, and shall formulate the major policies to be pursued in
the administration of the Corporation's affairs. The Chairman 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

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placed into effect and carried out under the direction of the President. The
Chairman of the Board shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the
shareholders and of the Board of Directors.

     Section 4.4. President. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3, the
President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties which ordinarily pertain to that
office and shall manage and operate the business and affairs of the Corporation
in conformity with the policies established by the Board of Directors and by the
Chairman of the Board, or as may be provided for in these By-Laws. In the
absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall preside at meetings of
shareholders and of the Board of Directors.

     Section 4.5. Vice Presidents. Each Vice President, if any, shall have such
powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may, from time to time,
prescribe and as the Chairman of the Board or the President may, from time to
time, delegate to such Vice President.

     Section 4.6. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall perform all of the duties
customary to that office, including the duty of supervising the keeping of the
records of the receipts and disbursements of the Corporation. The Treasurer
shall submit to the Board of Directors at such times as the Board may require
full statements showing in detail the financial condition and affairs of the
Corporation. The Treasurer shall also be responsible for causing the Corporation
to furnish financial statements to its shareholders pursuant to IC 23-1-53-1.

     Section 4.7. 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 annual 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 shall perform all of the other
duties usual in the office of Secretary of a corporation.


                                    ARTICLE V

                                      STOCK

     Section 5.1. Execution. Certificates for shares of the capital stock of the
Corporation shall be signed by 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.


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     Section 5.2. Contents. Each certificate 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 5.3. Loss, Destruction, or Mutilation of Certificates. The holder
of any of the capital stock 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 the
holder a new certificate or certificates of stock, 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 capital stock 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.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 6.1. IBCL. The provisions of the IBCL 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 6.2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on
the 31st day of December of each year.

     Section 6.3. Redemption of Shares Acquired in Control Share Acquisitions.

     (a)  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:

          (i) 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


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          (ii) the control shares are not accorded full voting rights by the
          Corporation's shareholders as provided in IC 23-1-42-9.

     (b)  A redemption pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i) may be made at any time
during the period ending 60 days after the last acquisition of control shares by
the acquiring person. A redemption pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(ii) may be made at
any time during the period ending two years after the shareholder vote with
respect to the granting of voting rights to such control shares. Any redemption
pursuant to this Section 6.3 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.

     (c)  As used in this Section 6.3, the terms "control shares," "control
share acquisition," "acquiring person statement," and "acquiring person" shall
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in IC 23-1-42.

     Section 6.4. 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 IBCL.

     Section 6.5. Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise ordered by
the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President shall have
full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to purchase, sell,
transfer, encumber or vote any and all securities of any other corporation owned
by the Corporation, and may execute and deliver such documents as may be
necessary to effectuate such purchase, sale, transfer, encumbrance or vote. The
Board of Directors may, from time to time, confer like powers upon any other
person or persons.



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