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Graco Inc. Board of Directors
RESTATED BYLAWS
GRACO INC.
(Adopted June 13, 2002)
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES, CORPORATE SEAL
Section 1.01. Offices. The principal
executive office of the corporation shall be at 88 – 11th
Avenue NE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413. The corporation
may
have such other offices, within or without the State
of Minnesota, as the
directors shall, from time to time, determine.
Section 1.02. Corporate Seal. The
corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall have
inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and
the word "Minnesota" and
the words "Corporate Seal".
ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal
executive office of the
corporation or at such other place
as may be designated by the directors, except that any meeting called by or
at the demand of a shareholder shall be held in the county in which the principal
executive office of the corporation is located.
Section 2.02. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of
the shareholders shall be held on an annual basis on
such date and at such time as the Board of Directors
shall by resolution establish. At a regular meeting the shareholders shall
elect qualified successors for directors whose terms have expired or are due
to expire within six months after the date of the meeting and shall transact
such other business as may properly come before them.
Section 2.03. Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders
may be held at any time and for any purpose and may be
called by the chief executive
officer, the chief financial officer, two or more directors or a shareholder
or shareholders holding 10% or more of the voting power of all shares entitled
to vote, except that a special meeting called by a shareholder or shareholders
for the purpose of considering any action to directly or indirectly facilitate
or effect a business combination, including any action to change or otherwise
affect the composition of the Board of Directors for that purpose, must be
called by a shareholder or shareholders holding 25% or more of the voting power
of all shares entitled to vote. A shareholder or shareholders holding the requisite
percentage of the voting power may demand a special meeting of the shareholders
by written notice given to the chief executive officer or chief financial officer
of the corporation stating the purposes of the meeting. Within 30 days after
receipt of such a demand by one of those officers, the Board of Directors shall
cause a special meeting of shareholders to be called and held on notice not
later than 90 days after receipt of the demand, at the expense of the corporation.
Special meetings shall be held on the date and at the time and place fixed
by the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer or the Board of
Directors, except that a special meeting called by or at demand of a shareholder
or shareholders shall be held in the county where the principal executive office
is located. The business transacted at a special meeting shall be limited to
the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.04. Quorum, Action
by Shareholders. The holders of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of
business at any regular or special meeting. All questions shall be decided
by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote and represented
at the meeting at the time of the vote unless otherwise required by statute,
the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws.
Section 2.05. Adjourned Meetings. In case a quorum shall not be present at a meeting, those
present may adjourn the meeting to such day as they shall,
by majority vote, agree upon, and a notice of such adjournment and the date
and time at which such meeting shall be reconvened shall be mailed to each
shareholder entitled to vote at least 5 days before such adjourned meeting.
If a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time without
notice other than announcement at the meeting. At adjourned meetings at which
a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted
at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is present, the shareholders
may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal
of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.
Section 2.06. Voting. At
each meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having
the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in
person or by proxy.
Each shareholder shall have one vote for each share having voting power registered
in such shareholder's name on the books of the corporation. Jointly owned
shares may be voted by any joint owner unless the corporation receives written
notice from any one of them denying the authority of that person to vote the
shares. Upon the demand of any shareholder, the vote upon any question before
the meeting shall be by ballot.
Section 2.07. Closing of Books. The Board of
Directors may fix a date not more than 60 days preceding the date of any
meeting of shareholders, as the date
(the "record date") for the determination of the shareholders entitled
to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting. When a record date is so fixed,
only shareholders as of that date are entitled to notice of and permitted
to vote at that meeting of shareholders.
Section 2.08. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise specified in Section
2.05 or required by law, written notice of each meeting of the shareholders,
stating the date, time and place and, in the case of a special meeting,
the purpose or purposes, shall be given at least ten
days and not more than sixty
days prior to the meeting to every holder of shares entitled to vote at
such meeting. The business transacted at a special meeting
of shareholders is
limited to the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.09.
Waiver of Notice. Notice of any regular or special
meeting may be waived by any shareholder either before,
at or after such meeting
orally
or in a writing signed by such shareholder or a representative entitled
to vote the shares of such shareholder. Attendance by a shareholder, at
any
meeting of shareholders, is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except
where the shareholder
objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened or the item may
not lawfully
be considered at that meeting and the shareholder does not participate
in the consideration of the item at that meeting.
Section 2.10. Advance
Notice of Shareholder Proposals. As provided
in Section 2.03, the business conducted at any special
meeting of shareholders of
the corporation shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice of
the
special meeting pursuant to Section 2.08. At any regular meeting of shareholders
of
the corporation, only such business (other than the nomination and election
of directors, which shall be subject to Section 3.15) may be conducted
as shall be appropriate for consideration at the meeting of shareholders
and
shall have
been brought before the meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, or (ii) by any shareholder of the corporation entitled to
vote
at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures hereinafter set
forth in
this section.
- Timing of Notice. For such business
to be properly brought before any regular meeting by
a shareholder,
the shareholder
must have given timely
notice thereof
in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's
notice of any such business to be conducted at an annual shareholders meeting
must be delivered to the secretary of the corporation, or mailed and received
at the principal executive office of the corporation, not less than 90
days before the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year's
annual shareholders meeting of shareholders. If, however, the date of the
annual shareholders
meeting of shareholders is more than 30 days before or after such anniversary
date, notice by a shareholder shall be timely only if so delivered or so
mailed and received not less than 90 days before such annual shareholders
meeting
or, if later, within 10 days after the first public announcement of the
date of such annual shareholders meeting. To be timely, a shareholder's
notice of any such business to be conducted at a regular meeting other
than an annual
shareholders meeting must be delivered to the secretary of the corporation,
or mailed and received at the principal executive office of the corporation,
not less than 90 days before such regular meeting or, if later, within
10 days after the first public announcement of the date of such regular
meeting. Except
to the extent otherwise required by law, the adjournment of a regular meeting
of shareholders shall not commence a new time period for the giving of
a shareholder's
notice as required above.
- Content of Notice. A shareholder's
notice to the corporation shall set forth as to each
matter the shareholder proposes
to bring before the regular
meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting,
(ii) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's
books, of the shareholder proposing such business, (iii) the class
of series (if
any) and
number of shares of the corporation that are beneficially owned by
the shareholder, (iv) any material interest of the shareholder in such
business,
and (v) a representation
that the shareholder is a holder of record of shares entitled to vote
at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting
to make
the proposal.
- Consequences of Failure to Give Timely Notice. Notwithstanding
anything
in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business (other than the nomination
and election of directors) shall be conducted at any regular meeting
except in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. The officer
of the corporation chairing the meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine
and
declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before
the meeting in accordance with the procedures described in this
Section and,
if such officer
should so determine, such officer shall so declare to the meeting,
and any such business not properly brought before
the meeting shall not be
transacted.
Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to preclude discussion
by any shareholder of any business properly brought
before the meeting in
accordance with
these Bylaws.
- Public Announcement. For purposes
of this Section and Section 3.15, "public
announcement" means disclosure (i) when made in a press release
reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, or comparable
national news
service, (ii) when filed in a document publicly filed by the corporation
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13,
14, or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (iii) when
mailed as the notice of the meeting pursuant to Section 2.08.
- Compliance
with Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable
requirements
of Minnesota
law and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the
matters set forth in
this Section.
ARTICLE
III.
DIRECTORS
Section 3.01. General Powers. The business and affairs
of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction
of the Board of Directors.
Section 3.02. Number, Qualification
and Term of Office. The number of directors
shall initially be ten and, thereafter, shall be
fixed from
time to time
by the Board of Directors or by the affirmative vote of the holders
of two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding capital
stock of the
corporation,
voting
together as a single class. The directors shall be divided into
three classes, as nearly equal in number as reasonably possible,
with the
term of office
of the first class to expire at the 1988 annual meeting of shareholders,
the term
of office of the second class to expire at the 1989 annual meeting
of shareholders and the term of office of the third class to
expire at the
1990 annual
meeting of shareholders. At each annual meeting of shareholders
following such initial
classification and election, directors elected to succeed those
directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office
to expire
at the third succeeding
annual meeting of shareholders after their election.
Section
3.03. Board Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors
may be held from time to time at such time and place as may be
designated in the
notice
of such meeting.
Section 3.04. Calling Meetings; Notice. Meetings
of the Board of Directors may be called by the chief
executive officer by
giving
at least twenty-four
hours' notice, or by any other director by giving at least
five day's
notice, of the date, time and place thereof to each director
by mail, telephone, telegram or in person. If the day or date,
time and place of a Board meeting
have been announced at a previous meeting of the Board, no notice
is required. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not be given
other than by announcement
at the meeting at which adjournment is taken of the date, time
and place at which the meeting will be reconvened.
Section 3.05.
Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board
of Directors may be waived by any director either before,
at, or
after such
meeting
orally or in a writing signed by such director. A director,
by his attendance at
any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have
waived notice of
such meeting, except where the director objects at the beginning
of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting
is not
lawfully
called
or convened and does not participate thereafter in the meeting.
Section 3.06. Quorum. A majority of the directors holding
office immediately prior to a meeting of the Board of
Directors shall
constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business at such meeting.
Section
3.07. Absent Directors. A director may give advance written
consent or opposition to a proposal to be acted on
at a meeting
of the Board
of Directors. If such director is not present at the meeting,
consent or opposition
to
a proposal does not constitute presence for purposes of determining
the existence of a quorum, but consent or opposition shall
be counted as
a vote in favor
of or against the proposal and shall be entered in the minutes
or other record of action at the meeting, if the proposal
acted on at
the meeting
is substantially
the same or has substantially the same effect as the proposal
to which the director has consented or objected.
Section
3.08. Conference Communications. Any or all
directors may participate in any meeting or conference
of the Board
of Directors,
or of any duly
constituted committee thereof, by any means of communication
through which the directors
may simultaneously hear each other during such meeting. For
the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action,
such
directors participating
pursuant
to this Section 3.08 shall be deemed present in person at
the meeting.
Section 3.09. Vacancies. Subject to the rights
of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then
outstanding, newly
created directorships
resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors or
any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death,
resignation,
retirement,
disqualification,
removal from office or other cause may be filled by a majority
vote of the directors then in office though less than a quorum,
and directors
so chosen
shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual
meeting of
shareholders.
No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board
of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Section
3.10. Removal. Any directors, or the entire
Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any
time, but
only
for cause and
only by the affirmative
vote of the holders of the proportion or number of the voting
power of the shares of the classes or series the director
represents sufficient to elect
them.
Section 3.11. Committees. A resolution approved by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors
may establish
committees having
the
authority of the Board in the management of the business
of the corporation to the extent
provided in the resolution. A committee shall consist of
one or more persons, who need not be directors, appointed
by affirmative
vote
of a majority
of the directors present. Committees are subject to the direction
and control of,
and vacancies in the membership thereof shall be filled by,
the Board of Directors, except as provided by Section 3.12
and by
Minnesota
Statutes Section
302A.243.
A majority of the members of the committee holding office
immediately prior
to a meeting of the committee shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction
of business, unless a larger or smaller proportion or number
is provided in the resolution establishing the committee.
Section 3.12. Committee of Disinterested Persons. Pursuant
to the procedure set forth in Section 3.11, the Board may
establish a
committee composed
of two or more disinterested directors or other disinterested
persons to determine
whether it is in the best interests of the corporation
to pursue a particular legal right or remedy of the corporation
and whether
to
cause the dismissal
or discontinuance of a particular proceeding that seeks
to
assert
a right or remedy on behalf of the corporation. The committee,
once established,
is not
subject to the direction or control of, or termination
by, the Board. A vacancy on the committee may be filled
by a
majority of the remaining
committee
members.
The good faith determinations of the committee are binding
upon
the corporation
and its directors, officers and shareholders. The committee
terminates when it issues a written report of its determination
to the Board.
Section 3.13. Written Action. Any action
which might be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors,
or any duly
constituted
committee
thereof,
may be taken without a meeting if done in writing and signed
by all of the
directors or committee members, unless the Articles provide
otherwise and the action
need not be approved by the shareholders.
Section 3.14.
Compensation. The Board may fix the compensation, if
any, of directors.
Section 3.15. Nomination of Director
Candidates. Only persons who are nominated in
accordance with the procedures
set
forth in this
Section
3.15 shall
be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons
for election to
the Board
of Directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting
of shareholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors,
or (ii)
by any shareholder of the corporation entitled to vote
for the election
of
directors at the
meeting
who complies with the notice procedures hereinafter set
forth in this Section.
- Timing of Notice. Nominations by
shareholders shall be made pursuant to timely notice
in writing to the secretary
of the
corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's notice
of nominations to be made at an annual shareholders meeting
of shareholders must be delivered to the secretary of the
corporation,
or mailed and received at the principal executive office
of the corporation, not less than 90 days before the first
anniversary date of the preceding year's
annual shareholders meeting of shareholders. If, however,
the date of the annual shareholders meeting of shareholders
is more than 30 days before or after such
anniversary date, notice by a shareholder shall be timely
only if so delivered or so mailed and received not less
than 90 days before such annual shareholders
meeting or, if later, within 10 days after the first public
announcement of the date of such annual shareholders meeting.
If a special meeting of shareholders
of the corporation is called in accordance with Section
2.03 for the purpose of electing one or more directors
to the Board of Directors or if a regular
meeting other than an annual shareholders meeting is held,
for a shareholder's
notice of nominations to be timely it must be delivered
to the secretary of the corporation, or mailed and received
at the principal executive office of
the corporation, not less than 90 days before such special
meeting or such regular meeting or, if later, within 10
days after the first public announcement
of the date of such special meeting or such regular meeting.
Except to the extent otherwise required by law, the adjournment
of a regular or special meeting
of shareholders shall not commence a new time period for
the giving of a shareholder's
notice as described above.
- Content of Notice. A shareholder's
notice to the corporation of nominations for a regular
or special meeting of shareholders shall set forth (x)
as to
each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for
election or re-election as a director: (i) such person's
name, age, business address and residence address and principal
occupation or employment, (ii) all other information
relating to such person that is required to be disclosed
in solicitations of proxies for election of directors,
or that is otherwise required, pursuant
to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and (iii) such person's written
consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee
and to serving as a director if elected; and (y) as to
the shareholder
giving the notice: (i) the name and address, as they appear
on the corporation's
books, or such shareholder, (ii) the class or series (if
any) and number of shares of the corporation that are beneficially
owned by such shareholder,
and (iii) a representation that the shareholder is a holder
of record of shares of the corporation entitled to vote
for the election of directors and intends
to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate
the person or persons specified in the notice. At the request
of the Board of Directors, any person
nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director
shall furnish to the secretary of the corporation the information
required to be set forth
in a shareholder's notice of nomination that pertains
to a nominee.
- Consequences of Failure to Give Timely Notice. Notwithstanding
anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, 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. The officer of the corporation
chairing 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 in this Section and,
if such officer should so determine, such officer shall
so declare to the meeting, and the defective nomination
shall
be disregarded.
ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS
Section 4.01. Number and Designation. The
corporation shall have one or more natural persons exercising
the
functions
of the offices
of
chief executive
officer and chief financial officer. The Board of Directors
may elect or appoint such other officers or agents as it
deems necessary
for
the operation
and management
of the corporation, with such powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as may be determined by the Board, including,
without limitation,
a Chairman of
the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a
Secretary, A Treasurer, and such assistant officers or
other officers
as may from
time to time,
be
elected or appointed by the Board. Each such officer shall
have the powers, rights, duties and responsibilities set
forth in
these Bylaws
unless
otherwise determined by the Board. Any number of offices
may be held by the same
person.
Section 4.02. Chief Executive Officer. Either the
Chairman of the Board, the President or another officer
of the corporation
may
be designated
from time
to time by the Board to be the chief executive officer
of the corporation. Unless provided otherwise by a resolution
adopted
by the Board
of Directors, the chief executive officer (a) shall have
general active
management
of the business of the corporation; (b), shall, when present,
preside at all
meetings
of the shareholders; (c) shall see that all orders and
resolutions
of the Board are carried into effect; (d) shall sign and
deliver in the
name of
the corporation
any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments
pertaining
to the business of the corporation, except in cases in
which the authority to
sign
and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another
person or is expressly delegated by these Bylaws or the
Board to some
other officer
or agent of
the corporation; (e) may maintain records of and certify
proceedings of the Board
and shareholders; and (f) shall perform such other duties
as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board.
Section 4.03. Chief Operating Officer. The chief operating
officer (if one is elected by the Board) shall be either
the President
or a Vice
President. He shall be responsible for the management of
all of the operations of
the
corporation's business and shall have such other
authority and duties as the Board of Directors or the chief
executive officer from time to time
may prescribe. He shall report to the chief executive officer
and be responsible to him. He may also execute and deliver
in the name of the corporation any
instruments or documents pertaining to the business of
the corporation which could be executed by the chief executive
officer.
Section 4.04. Chief Financial Officer. Unless
provided otherwise by a resolution adopted by the Board
of Directors,
the chief
financial officer
(a) shall
keep accurate financial records for the corporation; (b)
shall deposit all monies,
drafts and checks in the name of and to the credit of the
corporation in such banks and depositories as the Board
of Directors shall
designate from
time
to time; (c) shall endorse for deposit all notes, checks
and drafts received by the corporation as ordered by the
Board,
making proper
vouchers therefor;
(d) shall disburse corporate funds and issue checks and
drafts in the
name of the corporation, as ordered by the Board; (e) shall
render to the chief
executive officer and the Board of Directors, whenever
requested, an account of all of his transactions as chief
financial
officer and of
the financial
condition of the corporation; and (f) shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors
or the
chief executive
officer
from
time to time.
Section 4.05. Chairman of the Board. The
Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall preside
at all meetings
of the directors
and
shall
have such
other duties
as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Board of
Directors.
Section 4.06. President. Unless otherwise determined
by the Board, the President shall be the chief executive
officer
of the corporation
and
shall supervise
and control the business affairs of the corporation. If
an
officer other than the President is designated chief executive
officer,
the President
shall perform
such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him
by the Board.
Section 4.07. Vice President. The Board of
Directors may designate one or more Vice Presidents,
who shall have such
designations
and powers and shall
perform
such duties as prescribed by the Board of Directors or
by the President. In the event of the absence or disability
of the
President, Vice
Presidents shall
succeed to his power and duties in the order designated
by
the Board of Directors.
Section 4.08. Secretary. The Secretary
shall be secretary of and shall attend all meetings of
the shareholders and
Board
of Directors
and
shall record
all proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of
the corporation. Except as otherwise required or permitted
by
statute or by these
Bylaws, the Secretary
shall give notice of meetings of shareholders and directors.
The Secretary shall perform such other duties as may, from
time to
time, be prescribed
by
the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer.
Section 4.09. Treasurer. Unless otherwise determined
by the Board, the Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial
Officer
of the Corporation.
If
an officer other
than the Treasurer is designated Chief Financial Officer,
the Treasurer shall perform such duties as may from time
to time
be assigned
to him by the Board.
Section 4.10. Authority and Duties. In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all
officers of the corporation
shall
respectively have
such authority and perform such duties in the management
of the business of
the corporation
as may be determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors. Unless prohibited by a resolution of the Board
of Directors,
an officer elected
or appointed
by the Board may, without specific approval of the Board,
delegate some or all of the duties and powers of an office
to other
persons.
Section 4.11. Removal and Vacancies. Any
officer may be removed from his office by the Board of
Directors
at any
time, with
or without
cause. Such
removal,
however, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights
of the person so removed. If there be a vacancy among the
officers of
the corporation
by reason
of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall
be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.12. Compensation. The officers of this corporation
shall receive such compensation for their services as may
be determined
by or in accordance
with resolutions of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V.
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 5.01. Certificated
and Uncertificated Shares. Shares of the Corporation's
stock may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided
under Minnesota law. All certificates of stock of the
Corporation shall be numbered and shall be
entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued.
They shall exhibit the holder's name and number
of shares and shall be signed, in the name of the corporation,
by the President or any Vice President and by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary or by such officers as the Board
of Directors may
designate. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate
may be a facsimile.
Section 5.02. Transfer of Stock. Transfers
of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation
only
by the record
holder
of such
stock,
or the
record holder's
legal representative, or the record holder's duly
authorized attorney-in-fact, and in the case of stock represented
by a certificate, upon surrender of the
certificate. The Corporation may treat as the absolute
owner of shares of the Corporation, the person or persons
in whose name the shares are recorded on
the books of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may
appoint one or more transfer agents and registrars to maintain
the share records of the Corporation
and to effect share transfers on its behalf.
Section 5.03.
Loss of Certificates. Any shareholder claiming a certificate
for shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed
shall make
an affidavit
of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors shall
require and shall,
if
the Board of Directors so requires, give the corporation
a bond of indemnity in form, in an amount, and with one
or more
sureties
satisfactory
to
the Board
of Directors, to indemnify the corporation against any
claim which may be
made against it on account of the reissue of such certificate,
whereupon a new certificate
may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number
of shares as the one alleged to have been lost, stolen
or destroyed.
ARTICLE VI.
DIVIDENDS, RECORD DATE
Section 6.01. Dividends. The Board
of Directors shall have the authority to declare
dividends and other distributions
upon shares
to the extent
permitted by law.
Section 6.02. Record Date. The
Board of Directors may fix a date not exceeding 60
days preceding the
date
fixed for
the
payment
of any dividend
as the
record date for the determination of the shareholders
entitled to receive payment
of the dividend and, in such case, only shareholders
of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled
to receive payment
of such dividend.
ARTICLE VII.
SECURITIES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS.
Section 7.01. Voting
Securities Held by the Corporation. The
chief executive officer shall have full power
and authority on behalf
of the corporation
(a) to attend any meeting of security holders
of other corporations in which the
corporation may hold securities and to vote
such securities on behalf of this corporation; (b)
to execute any proxy
for such
meeting on
behalf of
the corporation;
or (c) to execute a written action in lieu
of a meeting of such other corporation on behalf of
this corporation.
At
such
meeting,
the chief
executive officer
shall possess and may exercise any and all
rights and powers incident to the ownership of such
securities that the corporation
possesses.
The Board
of Directors
or the chief executive officer may, from time
to time,
confer or delegate such powers to one or more
other persons.
Section 7.02. Purchase and Sale of
Securities. The chief executive officer shall have
full
power and
authority on behalf of the
corporation to purchase,
sell, transfer or encumber 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 or encumbrance. The Board
of Directors or
the chief executive
officer may, from time
to
time,
confer
or delegate such powers to one or more other
persons.
ARTICLE VIII.
INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS
Section 8.01. The
corporation shall indemnify officers and directors,
for such expenses
and liabilities,
in such manner,
under such
circumstances, and to
such extent as permitted by Minnesota
Statutes Section 302A.521, as now enacted or hereafter
amended.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.01. These Bylaws may be amended
or altered by the Board of Directors
at any meeting
if notice
of such
proposed
amendment
shall
have been given
in the notice of such meeting. Such
authority in the Board of Directors is subject
to (a) the limitations imposed by
Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.181, as now enacted
or hereafter
amended, or other
applicable law and
(b) the power
of
the shareholders to change or repeal
such Bylaws by a majority vote of
the shareholders
present
or represented
at any
meeting of shareholders
called
for such purpose.
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