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UNITED STATES 

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): May 18, 2022

 

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Indiana  001-38661  82-5497352

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

  (Commission
File Number)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

2500 Innovation Way

Greenfield, Indiana

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

46140

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 352-6261

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)  

Name of each exchange on which
registered

Common stock, no par value   ELAN   New York Stock Exchange
5.00% Tangible Equity Units   ELAT   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

¨  Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

At the annual meeting of shareholders of Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (“Elanco”) held on May 18, 2022, Elanco’s shareholders approved the Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The ESPP was approved by Elanco’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on February 22, 2022, subject to the approval of Elanco’s shareholders, and became effective with such shareholder approval on May 18, 2022.

 

A description of the terms of the ESPP can be found in the “2022 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement — Proposal No. 4: Approval of the Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan” (pages 68 through 70) in Elanco’s definitive proxy statement dated April 6, 2022, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Also effective May 18, 2022, Elanco’s Compensation Committee and the Board approved certain administrative amendments to the ESPP, which are reflected in the Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Restated ESPP”).

 

The foregoing description and the description incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Restated ESPP, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

At Elanco’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 18, 2022, its shareholders approved, among other things, certain amendments to Elanco’s Articles of Incorporation. Previously, on February 22, 2022, the Board approved an amendment to Section 2.8 of Elanco’s Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement to remove directors and replace it with a majority vote requirement effective upon approval of the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation by the shareholders. Accordingly, the amendment of Section 2.8 of the Bylaws became effective May 18, 2022.

 

The Bylaws, as amended and restated to incorporate the amendment referred to above, are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Voting results for each matter submitted to a vote at the 2022 annual meeting are provided below.

 

Proposal 1. Election of Directors. All of the nominees nominated by the Board for director were elected to serve for a three-year term ending at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

Nominee  For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes 
Kapila Kapur Anand  198,364,643   200,754,059   970,134   19,790,205 
John P. Bilbrey  350,053,222   49,368,489   667,125   19,790,205 
Scott D. Ferguson  385,630,842   13,791,160   666,834   19,790,205 
Paul Herendeen  385,628,571   13,795,461   664,804   19,790,205 
Lawrence E. Kurzius  198,862,475   199,777,499   1,448,862   19,790,205 

 

Proposal 2. The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Elanco’s principal independent auditor for 2022, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

For   Against   Abstain 
419,619,024   201,540   58,477 

 

  

 

 

Proposal 3. The shareholders approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation of Elanco’s named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes 
371,016,128   28,930,174   142,534   19,790,205 

 

Proposal 4. The shareholders approved the Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes 
399,605,081   397,139   86,616   19,790,205 

 

Proposal 5. The shareholders approved management’s proposal to amend Elanco’s Articles of Incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes 
399,207,179   829,413   52,244   19,790,205 

 

Proposal 6. The shareholders approved management’s proposal to amend Elanco’s Articles of Incorporation to eliminate legacy parent provisions, by the votes set forth in the table below.

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes 
399,938,207   92,910   57,719   19,790,205 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 18, 2022.
10.1   Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
104.1   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

  

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Elanco Animal Health Incorporated
   
Date: May 19, 2022 By: /s/ Todd Young
    Name:  Todd Young
    Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

  

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH
INCORPORATED

 


AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 


Adopted as of

 

February 22, 2022

 

(Effective May 18, 2022)

 

 

 

 

ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

INDEX

 

Page

 

Article I The Shareholders 1
   
Section 1.1. Annual Meetings 1
Section 1.2. Special Meetings 1
Section 1.3. Time, Place, and Conduct of Meetings 1
Section 1.4. Notice of Meetings 1
Section 1.5. Quorum 1
Section 1.6. Voting 1
Section 1.7. Voting Lists 2
Section 1.8. Fixing of Record Date 2
Section 1.9. Notice of Shareholder Business 2
Section 1.10. Notice of Shareholder Nominees 4
Section 1.11. Inclusion of Shareholder Director Nominations in the Corporation’s Proxy Materials 6
     
Article II Board of Directors 12
   
Section 2.1. General Powers 12
Section 2.2. Number and Qualifications 12
Section 2.3. Classes of Directors and Terms 13
Section 2.4. Election of Directors 13
Section 2.5. Meetings of Directors 13
Section 2.6. Quorum and Manner of Acting 14
Section 2.7. Resignations 14
Section 2.8. Removal of Directors 14
Section 2.9. Action without a Meeting 14
Section 2.10. Chairman of the Board of Directors 14
Section 2.11. Committees 14
Section 2.12. Transactions with Corporation 14
Section 2.13. Compensation of Directors 15
     
Article III Officers 15
   
Section 3.1. Chief Executive Officer 15
Section 3.2. Chief Financial Officer 15
Section 3.3. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries 15
Section 3.4. Treasurer 15
Section 3.5. Other Officers 16
Section 3.6. Term of Office 16
Section 3.7. Resignation 16
Section 3.8. Removal 16
Section 3.9. Vacancies 16
     
ARTICLE IV Execution of Instruments and Deposit of Corporate Funds 16
   
Section 4.1. Execution of Instruments Generally 16
Section 4.2. Notes, Checks, Other Instruments 16
Section 4.3. Proxies 17

 

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Article V Shares 17
   
Section 5.1. Certificates for Shares 17
Section 5.2. Transfer of Shares 17
Section 5.3. Regulations 17
Section 5.4. Transfer Agents and Registrars 18
Section 5.5. Lost or Destroyed Certificates 18
     
ARTICLE VI Indemnification 18
   
Section 6.1. Right to Indemnification 18
Section 6.2. Insurance, Contracts and Funding 19
Section 6.3. Non-Exclusive Rights; Applicability to Certain Proceedings 19
Section 6.4. Advancement of Expenses 19
Section 6.5. Procedures; Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings; Remedies 19
Section 6.6. Certain Definitions 21
Section 6.7. Indemnification of Agents 21
Section 6.8. Effect of Amendment or Repeal 21
Section 6.9. Severability 21
     
ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous 21
   
Section 7.1. Corporate Seal 21
Section 7.2. Fiscal Year 21
Section 7.3. Exclusive Forum 21

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
of
ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED
(an Indiana Corporation)

 

Article I

 

The Shareholders

 

Section 1.1.       Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as properly may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. Failure to hold an annual meeting of the shareholders at such designated time shall not affect otherwise valid corporate acts or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Corporation. The Chairman or the Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting previously called by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 1.2.       Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time only by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman or the Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting previously called by the Board of Directors or the Chairman.

 

Section 1.3.       Time, Place, and Conduct of Meetings. Subject to Section 1.1, each meeting of the shareholders shall be held at such time of day and at such place or no place, solely by means of remote communication, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, either within or without the State of Indiana, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Each adjourned meeting of the shareholders shall be held at such time and place as may be provided in the motion for adjournment. The chairman of each meeting shall have sole authority to decide questions relating to the conduct of that meeting.

 

Section 1.4.       Notice of Meetings. The Secretary shall cause a written or printed notice of the place, day and hour and the purpose or purposes of each meeting of the shareholders to be delivered or mailed (which may include by facsimile or other form of electronic communication) at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting, at the shareholder’s address as the same appears on the records maintained by the Corporation. Notice of any such shareholders meeting may be waived by any shareholder by delivering a written waiver to the Secretary before or after such meeting. Attendance at any meeting in person or by proxy when the instrument of proxy sets forth in reasonable detail the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall not be required to be given unless otherwise required by statute.

 

Section 1.5.       Quorum. At any meeting of the shareholders, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on a matter at such meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for action on that matter. In the absence of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote present in person or by proxy or if no shareholder entitled to vote is present in person or by proxy any officer entitled to preside at or act as Secretary of such meeting, may adjourn such meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

Section 1.6.       Voting. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Articles of Incorporation”), at each meeting of the shareholders each holder of shares entitled to vote shall have the right to one vote for each share standing in the shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed for the meeting under Section 1.8. Each shareholder entitled to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing (which shall include facsimile) or transmitted by electronic submission by the shareholder or a duly authorized attorney in fact. Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Incorporation or by applicable statute, the vote of shareholders approving any matter, other than the election of directors, shall require that the votes cast in favor of the matter exceed the votes cast opposing the matter at a meeting at which a quorum is present. In the event that more than one group of shares is entitled to vote as a separate voting group, the vote of each group shall be considered and decided separately. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes properly cast, as set forth in Article 13 of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

 

 

 

Section 1.7.       Voting Lists. The Secretary shall make or cause to be made, after a record date for a meeting of shareholders has been fixed under Section 1.8 and at least five (5) days before such meeting, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each such shareholder and the number of shares so entitled to vote held by each. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be on file at the principal office of the Corporation and subject to inspection on written demand by any shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting; provided that (i) the shareholder’s demand is made in good faith for a proper purpose; (ii) the shareholder describes with reasonable particularity the shareholder’s purpose; and (iii) the list is directly connected with the shareholder’s purpose. Such list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and subject to the inspection of any such shareholder during the holding of such meeting or any adjournment. Except as otherwise required by law, such list shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the shareholders. In the event that more than one group of shares is entitled to vote as a separate voting group at the meeting, there shall be a separate listing of the shareholders of each group.

 

Section 1.8.      Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors shall fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, not more than seventy (70) days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring this determination of shareholders is to be taken. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, the determination shall, to the extent permitted by law, apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

Section 1.9.       Notice of Shareholder Business.

 

(a)           At an annual meeting of the shareholders, the only items of business that shall be conducted are those which are proper subjects for action by the shareholders under Indiana law and which have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder in accordance with this Section 1.9. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act”), and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means by which a shareholder may propose business to be brought before the meeting. For any item of business (other than nomination of a person for election as a director which is subject to Section 1.10) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder proposing the item of business (a “proposing shareholder”) must (A) be a record owner of shares of the Corporation’s common stock both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 1.9 and at the time of the meeting, (B) be entitled to vote at the meeting, (C) have the legal right and authority to make the proposal for consideration at the meeting, (D) have given a notice which is timely as required by subsection (b) and in proper form as required by subsection (c), and (E) appear at the meeting in person or by a designated representative to present the item of business.

 

(b)           To be timely, a proposing shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the date that is no less than ninety (90) calendar days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of the anniversary date of the Corporation’s last annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the anniversary date of the Corporation’s last annual meeting of shareholders, notice by the proposing shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the later of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of such annual meeting or, if later, ten (10) calendar days following the date on which public disclosure of the date of the meeting is first made. For purposes of this Section 1.9 and Section 1.10, “public disclosure” means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. No adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or announcement thereof shall commence a new time period for the giving of a timely notice as described above.

 

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(c)            To be in proper form, a proposing shareholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (i) the name and record address of the proposing shareholder(s); (ii) the class and number of the Corporation’s shares which are beneficially owned by the proposing shareholder(s) and Shareholder Associated Persons (as defined below); (iii) a brief description of any derivative instrument (as defined in IND. CODE §23-1-20-6.5 as in effect on August 8, 2019) or other agreement, arrangement, or understanding (including any swaps, warrants, short positions, profits interests, options, hedging transactions, or borrowed or loaned shares) with respect to the Corporation’s shares, engaged in, directly or indirectly by the proposing shareholder(s) and Shareholder Associated Persons, where the purpose or effect of such instrument, agreement, arrangement or understanding is to increase or decrease such shareholders’ or Shareholder Associated Persons’ ability to share in the profits derived from any increase in the value of the Corporation’s shares, mitigate economic exposure to changes in value of the shares, and/or increase or decrease the voting power of such shareholder(s) or Shareholder Associated Person(s); and (iv) as to each item of business being proposed (A) a brief description of the business to be brought before the annual meeting; (B) the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting; (C) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions or amendments to the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws proposed for consideration); (D) any material interest of the proposing shareholder(s) and Shareholder Associated Persons in such business; (E) a brief description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings between or among the proposing shareholder(s) and Shareholder Associated Person(s) or between or among any proposing shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person and any other person or entity in connection with such business; (F) a representation whether the proposing shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding shares required to approve the proposal and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of the proposal; and (G) any other information relating to each such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by each such person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by each such person before the annual meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 1.9 and Section 1.10, the term “beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning specified in IND. CODE §23-1-20-3.5 as in effect on August 8, 2019, and the term “Shareholder Associated Person” of any shareholder means (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder and on whose behalf the proposal or nomination, as applicable, is made, and (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, or acting in concert with, any such person referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).

 

(d)           A proposing shareholder shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in the notice shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects (i) as of the record date for the meeting and (ii) as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Such updates shall be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (A) in the case of the update required under subsection (i), not later than five (5) business days after the record date, and (B) in the case of the update required under subsection (ii), not later than seven (7) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

(e)           No business shall be conducted at any annual meeting of shareholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.9. 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 in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.9, and if the chairman should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies may have been solicited in respect of such business.

 

(f)            The requirements of this Section 1.9 shall apply to any item of business to be brought before a meeting of shareholders (other than the election of directors and any proposal properly made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act) regardless of whether the business is presented to shareholders directly at the meeting or by means of an independently financed proxy solicitation. The requirements of this Section 1.9 are included to provide the Corporation notice of a shareholder’s intention to bring business before a meeting and shall not be construed as imposing upon any shareholder the requirement to seek approval from the Corporation as a condition precedent to bringing any such business before a meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.9, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to business to be brought before a meeting of shareholders that is subject to this Section 1.9; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to business to be brought before a meeting of shareholders pursuant to these Bylaws.

 

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(g)           At any special meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 1.10.    Notice of Shareholder Nominees.

 

(a)            Only persons who are nominated by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by shareholders in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 shall be eligible for election as Directors, except as may be otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation with respect to the right of holders of preferred stock of the Corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors in accordance with this Section 1.10 may be made (i) at or prior to a meeting of shareholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any nominating committee or person appointed by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, and (ii) at an annual meeting of shareholders or a special meeting of shareholders (but only if the election of Directors is a matter specified in the notice of special meeting) by any shareholder entitled to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.10 (a “nominating shareholder”). Such nominations shall be made pursuant to a notice which is timely as required by subsection (b) and in proper form as required by subsection (c) and any person proposed to be nominated (a “proposed nominee”) must be eligible for election as required by subsection (e).

 

(b)           To be timely, a nominating shareholder’s notice, if it relates to an annual meeting of shareholders, must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the date that is not less than ninety (90) calendar days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of the anniversary date of the Corporation’s last annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the anniversary date of the Corporation’s last annual meeting of shareholders, notice by the nominating shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the later of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of such annual meeting or, if later, ten (10) calendar days following the date on which public disclosure of the date of the meeting is first made. No adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or announcement thereof shall commence a new time period for the giving of a timely notice as described above. If the nominating shareholder notice of a proposed nominee relates to a special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, it must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) calendar days in advance of the date of the special meeting, or, if later, the tenth (10th) calendar day after public disclosure of the date of the special meeting is made.

 

(c)           To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 1.10, a nominating shareholder’s notice shall set forth: (i) the name and record address of the nominating shareholder(s) and their Shareholder Associated Person(s) (ii) the class and number of the Corporation’s shares which are beneficially owned by the nominating shareholder(s) and the Shareholder Associated Person(s), (iii) a brief description of any derivative instrument (as defined in Section 1.9(c)(iii)) or any other agreement, arrangement, or understanding engaged in, directly or indirectly, by the nominating shareholder(s) and the Shareholder Associated Person(s) with respect to the Corporation’s shares, (iv) as to each proposed nominee, (A) the proposed nominee’s name, age, business address and residence address; (B) the proposed nominee’s principal occupation or employment; (C) the class and number of the Corporation’s shares which are beneficially owned by the proposed nominee; (D) a brief description of any derivative instrument (as defined in Section 1.9(c)(iii)) or any other agreement, arrangement, or understanding engaged in, directly or indirectly, by the proposed nominee with respect to the Corporation’s shares; (E) a brief description of all material agreements, arrangements, understandings or relationships, including all direct or indirect compensatory arrangements, between or among the proposed nominee, the nominating shareholder(s) or any of the Shareholder Associated Person(s); (F) a representation whether the nominating shareholder or any of the Shareholder Associated Person(s) intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding shares required to elect the proposed nominee and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of the nomination; and (G) any other information relating to the proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act (including without limitation the proposed nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected).

 

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(d)           A nominating shareholder shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in the notice shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects (i) as of the record date for the meeting and (ii) as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Such updates shall be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (A) in the case of the update required under subsection (i), not later than five (5) business days after the record date, and (B) in the case of the update required under subsection (ii), not later than seven (7) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

(e)           To be eligible as a director of the Corporation, a proposed nominee must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under paragraph (b) of this Section 1.10) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of the proposed nominee, including without limitation as to the independence of the proposed nominee (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that the proposed nominee (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “voting commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (B) any voting commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (iii) agrees, if elected, to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for the entire term and would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable codes of conduct, corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation and other guidelines and policies applicable to members of the Board of Directors.

 

(f)            The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (i) as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation under applicable listing rules or (ii) that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee.

 

(g)            The chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not so declared in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if the chairman should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Corporation. The requirements of this Section 1.10 are included to provide the Corporation notice of a shareholder’s intention to nominate a proposed nominee and shall not be construed as imposing upon any shareholder the requirement to seek approval from the Corporation as a condition precedent to nominating any such proposed nominee for a meeting of shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the nomination of any director that is subject to this Section 1.10; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations to be considered pursuant to these Bylaws. Nothing in this Section 1.10 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

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Section 1.11.    Inclusion of Shareholder Director Nominations in the Corporation’s Proxy Materials. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in these Bylaws, the Corporation shall include in its proxy materials for an annual meeting of shareholders the name, together with the Required Information (as defined below), of any person nominated for election (the “Shareholder Nominee”) to the Board of Directors by a shareholder or group of shareholders that satisfy the requirements of this Section 1.11, including qualifying as an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in paragraph (D) below) and that expressly requests at the time of providing the written notice required by this Section 1.11 (a “Proxy Access Notice”) to have its nominee included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 1.11. For the purposes of this Section 1.11:

 

(1) “Voting Stock” shall mean outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of Directors;

 

(2) “Constituent Holder” shall mean any shareholder, collective investment fund included within a Qualifying Fund (as defined in paragraph (E) below) or beneficial holder whose share ownership is counted for the purposes of qualifying as holding the Proxy Access Request Required Shares (as defined in paragraph (E) below) or qualifying as an Eligible Shareholder (as defined in paragraph (E) below);

 

(3) “affiliate” and “associate” shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933; provided, however, that the term “partner” as used in the definition of “associate” shall not include any limited partner that is not involved in the management of the relevant partnership; and

 

(4)  a shareholder (including any Constituent Holder) shall be deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares of Voting Stock as to which the shareholder itself (or such Constituent Holder itself) possesses both (a) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares and (b) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares. The number of shares calculated in accordance with the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall be deemed not to include (and to the extent any of the following arrangements have been entered into by affiliates of the shareholder (or of any Constituent Holder), shall be reduced by) any shares (x) sold by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates) in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, including any short sale, (y) borrowed by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates) for any purposes or purchased by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates) pursuant to an agreement to resell, or (z) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or any of either’s affiliates), whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of Voting Stock, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised by either party thereto would have, the purpose or effect of (i) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such shareholder’s or Constituent Holder’s (or either’s affiliate’s) full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (ii) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such shareholder or Constituent Holder (or either’s affiliate), other than any such arrangements solely involving an exchange listed multi-industry market index fund in which Voting Stock represents at the time of entry into such arrangement less than 10% of the proportionate value of such index. A shareholder (including any Constituent Holder) shall “own” shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the shareholder itself (or such Constituent Holder itself) retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of Directors and the right to direct the disposition thereof and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. A shareholder’s (including any Constituent Holder’s) ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period (i) in which shares have been loaned in the ordinary course of business if the person claiming ownership may recall such loaned shares on no more than three business days’ notice and has recalled such loaned shares as of the date of the Proxy Access Notice and holds such shares through the date of the annual meeting of shareholders or (ii) any voting power over such shares has been delegated by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement which in all such cases is revocable at any time by the shareholder. The terms “owned,” “owning” and other variations of the word “own” shall have correlative meanings.

 

(a)           For purposes of this Section 1.11, the “Required Information” that the Corporation will include in its proxy statement is (1) the information concerning the Shareholder Nominee and the Eligible Shareholder that the Corporation determines is required to be disclosed in the Corporation’s proxy statement by the regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act; and (2) if the Eligible Shareholder so elects, a Statement (as defined in paragraph (F) below). The Corporation shall also include the name of the Shareholder Nominee in its proxy card. For the avoidance of doubt, and any other provision of these Bylaws notwithstanding, the Corporation may in its sole discretion solicit against, and include in the proxy statement its own statements or other information relating to, any Eligible Shareholder and/or Shareholder Nominee, including any information provided to the Corporation with respect to the foregoing.

 

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(b)           To be timely, a shareholder’s Proxy Access Notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation within the time periods applicable to shareholder notices of nominations pursuant to Section 1.10 of these Bylaws. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting, the date of which has been announced by the Corporation, commence a new time period for the giving of a Proxy Access Notice.

 

(c)            The number of Shareholder Nominees (including Shareholder Nominees that were submitted by an Eligible Shareholder for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Section 1.11 but either are subsequently withdrawn or that the Board of Directors decides to nominate as Board of Directors’ nominees or otherwise appoint to the Board of Directors) appearing in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting of shareholders shall not exceed the greater of (rounded down to the nearest whole number) (x) two (2) and (y) the largest whole number that does not exceed 20% of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Proxy Access Notice may be delivered in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.11 (such greater number, the “Permitted Number”); provided, however, that the Permitted Number shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting and the Permitted Number shall be reduced by:

 

(1)            the number of directors in office or director candidates that in either case will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such annual meeting as an unopposed (by the Corporation) nominee pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or other understanding with any shareholder or group of shareholders (other than any such agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into in connection with an acquisition of Voting Stock, by such shareholder or group of shareholders, from the Corporation), other than any such director referred to in this clause (1) who at the time of such annual meeting will have served as a director continuously, as a nominee of the Board of Directors, for at least two (2) annual meetings, but only to the extent the Permitted Number after such reduction with respect to this clause (1) equals or exceeds one; and

 

(2)           the number of directors in office that will be included in the Corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such annual meeting for whom access to the Corporation’s proxy materials was previously provided pursuant to this Section 1.11, other than any such director referred to in this clause (2) who at the time of such annual meeting will have served as a director continuously, as a nominee of the Board of Directors, for at least two (2) annual meetings;

 

provided, further, that in the event the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the Board of Directors effective on or prior to the date of the annual meeting, the Permitted Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced. In the event that the number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Section 1.11 exceeds the Permitted Number, each Eligible Shareholder will select one Shareholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy materials until the Permitted Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of Voting Stock each Eligible Shareholder disclosed as owned in its Proxy Access Notice submitted to the Corporation. If the Permitted Number is not reached after each Eligible Shareholder has selected one (1) Shareholder Nominee, this selection process will continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Permitted Number is reached.

 

(d)              An “Eligible Shareholder” is one or more shareholders of record who own and have owned, or are acting on behalf of one or more beneficial owners who own and have owned (in each case as defined above), in each case continuously for at least three (3) years as of both the date that the Proxy Access Notice is received by the Corporation pursuant to this Section 1.11, and as of the record date for determining shareholders eligible to vote at the annual meeting, at least three percent (3%) of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock (the “Proxy Access Request Required Shares”), and who continue to own the Proxy Access Request Required Shares at all times between the date such Proxy Access Notice is received by the Corporation and the date of the applicable annual meeting, provided that the aggregate number of shareholders, and, if and to the extent that a shareholder is acting on behalf of one or more beneficial owners, of such beneficial owners, whose share ownership is counted for the purpose of satisfying the foregoing ownership requirement shall not exceed twenty (20). Two or more collective investment funds that are (I) part of the same family of funds and sponsored by the same employer or (II) a “group of investment companies” as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (each of the foregoing, a “Qualifying Fund”) shall be treated as one shareholder for the purpose of determining the aggregate number of shareholders in this paragraph (D), provided that each fund included within a Qualifying Fund otherwise meets the requirements set forth in this Section 1.11. No shares may be attributed to more than one group constituting an Eligible Shareholder under this Section 1.11 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no shareholder may be a member of more than one group constituting an Eligible Shareholder). A record holder acting on behalf of one or more beneficial owners will not be counted separately as a shareholder with respect to the shares owned by beneficial owners on whose behalf such record holder has been directed in writing to act, but each such beneficial owner will be counted separately, subject to the other provisions of this paragraph (D), for purposes of determining the number of shareholders whose holdings may be considered as part of an Eligible Shareholder’s holdings. For the avoidance of doubt, Proxy Access Request Required Shares will qualify as such if and only if the beneficial owner of such shares as of the date of the Proxy Access Notice has itself individually beneficially owned such shares continuously for the three-year (3 year) period ending on that date and through the other applicable dates referred to above (in addition to the other applicable requirements being met).

 

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(e)           No later than the final date when a nomination pursuant to this Section 1.11 may be timely delivered to the Corporation, an Eligible Shareholder (including each Constituent Holder) must provide the following information in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation:

 

(1)            with respect to each Constituent Holder, the name and address of, and number of shares of Voting Stock owned by, such person;

 

(2)           one or more written statements from the record holder of the shares (and from each intermediary through which the shares are or have been held during the requisite three-year (3 year) holding period) verifying that, as of a date within seven (7) calendar days prior to the date the Proxy Access Notice is delivered to the Corporation, such person owns, and has owned continuously for the preceding three (3) years, the Proxy Access Request Required Shares, and such person’s agreement to provide:

 

(i)              within ten (10) days after the record date for the annual meeting, written statements from the record holder and intermediaries verifying such person’s continuous ownership of the Proxy Access Request Required Shares through the record date, together with any additional information reasonably requested to verify such person’s ownership of the Proxy Access Request Required Shares; and

 

(ii)              immediate notice if the Eligible Shareholder ceases to own any of the Proxy Access Request Required Shares prior to the date of the applicable annual meeting of shareholders;

 

(3)            any information relating to such Eligible Shareholder (including any Constituent Holder) and their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, and any information relating to such Eligible Shareholder’s Shareholder Nominee(s), in each case that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement and form of proxy or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of such Shareholder Nominee(s) in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

 

(4)            a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships, between or among the Eligible Shareholder (including any Constituent Holder) and its or their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each of such Eligible Shareholder’s Shareholder Nominee(s), and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the Eligible Shareholder (including any Constituent Holder), or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the Shareholder Nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant;

 

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(5)            a representation that such person:

 

(i)              acquired the Proxy Access Request Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control of the Corporation, and does not presently have any such intent;

 

(ii)             has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting any person other than the Shareholder Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this Section 1.11;

 

(iii)             has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be a “participant” in another person’s, “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Shareholder Nominee(s) or a nominee of the Board of Directors;

 

(iv)             has not and will not distribute to any shareholder any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation; and

 

(v)              has provided and will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its shareholders that are and will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and has otherwise complied and will otherwise comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in connection with any actions taken pursuant to this Section 1.11;

 

(6)            in the case of a nomination by a group of shareholders that together is such an Eligible Shareholder, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all members of the nominating shareholder group with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination; and

 

(7)           an undertaking that such person agrees to:

 

(i)              assume all liability stemming from, and indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its directors, officers, and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Shareholder’s communications with the shareholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Shareholder (including such person) provided to the Corporation; and

 

(ii)             file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any solicitation by the Eligible Shareholder of shareholders of the Corporation relating to the annual meeting at which the Shareholder Nominee will be nominated.

 

(iii)             In addition, no later than the final date when a nomination pursuant to this Section 1.11 may be delivered to the Corporation, a Qualifying Fund whose share ownership is counted for purposes of qualifying as an Eligible Shareholder must provide to the Secretary of the Corporation documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Board of Directors that demonstrates that the funds included within the Qualifying Fund satisfy the definition thereof. In order to be considered timely, any information required by this Section 1.11 to be provided to the Corporation must be supplemented (by delivery to the Secretary of the Corporation) (1) no later than ten (10) days following the record date for the applicable annual meeting, to disclose the foregoing information as of such record date, and (2) no later than the fifth day before the annual meeting, to disclose the foregoing information as of the date that is no earlier than ten (10) days prior to such annual meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement to update and supplement such information shall not permit any Eligible Shareholder or other person to change or add any proposed Shareholder Nominee or be deemed to cure any defects or limit the remedies (including without limitation under these Bylaws) available to the Corporation relating to any defect.

 

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(f)            The Eligible Shareholder may provide to the Secretary of the Corporation, at the time the information required by this Section 1.11 is originally provided, a written statement for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy statement for the annual meeting, not to exceed five hundred (500) words, in support of the candidacy of such Eligible Shareholder’s Shareholder Nominee (the “Statement”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.11, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement that it, in good faith, believes:

 

(i)             would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard;

 

(ii)            is not true and correct in all material respects or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or

 

(iii)          directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity or personal reputation of, or directly or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct or associations, without factual foundation, with respect to any person.

 

(g)            No later than the final date when a nomination pursuant to this Section 1.11 may be delivered to the Corporation, each Shareholder Nominee must:

 

(i)            provide an executed agreement, in a form deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors or its designee (which form shall be provided by the Corporation reasonably promptly upon written request of a shareholder), that such Shareholder Nominee:

 

(A)            consents to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy card (and will not agree to be named in any other person’s proxy statement or form of proxy card) as a nominee and to serving as a director of the Corporation if elected;

 

(B)            agrees, if elected, to adhere to the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines any other Corporation policies and guidelines applicable to directors; and

 

(C)            is not and will not become a party to any compensatory, payment or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity in connection with his or her nomination, service or action as a director of the Corporation, or any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity as to how the Shareholder Nominee would vote or act on any issue or question as a director, in each case that has not been disclosed to the Corporation;

 

(ii)            complete, sign and submit all questionnaires, representations and agreements required by these Bylaws or of the Corporation’s directors generally; and

 

(iii)           provide such additional information as necessary to permit the Board of Directors to determine if such Shareholder Nominee:

 

(A)            is independent under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation’s directors;

 

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(B)            has any direct or indirect relationship with the Corporation other than those relationships that have been deemed categorically immaterial pursuant to the standards used by the Corporation for determining director independence;

 

(C)            would, by serving on the Board of Directors, violate or cause the Corporation to be in violation of these Bylaws, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the rules and listing standards of the NYSE or any applicable law, rule or regulation; and

 

(D)            is or has been subject to any event specified in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or successor rule) of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(E)            In the event that any information or communications provided by the Eligible Shareholder (or any Constituent Holder) or the Shareholder Nominee to the Corporation or its shareholders ceases to be true and correct in all material respects or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, each Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Corporation of any defect in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct any such defect; it being understood for the avoidance of doubt that providing any such notification shall not be deemed to cure any such defect or limit the remedies (including without limitation under these Bylaws) available to the Corporation relating to any such defect.

 

(h)            Any Shareholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy materials for a particular annual meeting of shareholders but either (1) withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at that annual meeting (other than by reason of such Shareholder Nominee’s death or disability), or (2) does not receive votes cast in favor of the Shareholder Nominee’s election of at least twenty (20)% of the shares represented in person or by proxy at the annual meeting, will be ineligible to be a Shareholder Nominee pursuant to this Section 1.11 for the next two annual meetings. Any Shareholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation’s proxy statement for a particular annual meeting of shareholders, but subsequently is determined not to satisfy the eligibility requirements of this Section 1.11 or any other provision of these Bylaws, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or other applicable regulation any time before the annual meeting of shareholders, will not be eligible for election at the relevant annual meeting of shareholders and no other nominee may be substituted by the Eligible Shareholder who nominated such Nominee.

 

(i)            The Corporation shall not be required to include, pursuant to this Section 1.11, a Shareholder Nominee in its proxy materials for any annual meeting of shareholders, or, if the proxy statement already has been filed, to allow the nomination of a Shareholder Nominee, and no vote on such Shareholder Nominee will occur, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation:

 

(i)            who is not independent under the listing standards of the NYSE, any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing independence of the Corporation’s directors, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors, who does not meet the audit committee independence requirements under the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s securities are traded and applicable securities laws, who is not a “non-employee director” for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule), or who is not independent for the purposes of the requirements under the FDIC Improvement Act related to designation as an “outside director”;

 

(ii)            whose service as a member of the Board of Directors would violate or cause the Corporation to be in violation of these Bylaws, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the rules and listing standards of the NYSE, or any applicable law, rule or regulation;

 

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(iii)            who is or has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914;

 

(iv)            whose then-current or within the preceding ten (10) years’ business or personal interests place such Shareholder Nominee in a conflict of interest with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries that would cause such Shareholder Nominee to violate any fiduciary duties of directors established pursuant to Indiana law, as determined by the Board of Directors;

 

(v)            who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten (10) years;

 

(vi)           who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act;

 

(vii)          if the Eligible Shareholder (or any Constituent Holder) or applicable Shareholder Nominee otherwise breaches or fails to comply in any material respect with its obligations pursuant to this Section 1.11 or any agreement, representation or undertaking required by this Section 1.11;

 

(viii)         if the Eligible Shareholder ceases to be an Eligible Shareholder for any reason, including but not limited to not owning the Proxy Access Request Required Shares through the date of the applicable annual meeting; or

 

(ix)            if the Corporation receives a notice pursuant to Section 1.10 of these Bylaws that a shareholder intends to nominate a candidate for director at the annual meeting of shareholders;

 

For the purposes of this paragraph, clauses (i) and (ii) and, to the extent related to a breach or failure by the Shareholder Nominee, clause (iii) will result in the exclusion from the proxy materials pursuant to this Section 1.11 of the specific Shareholder Nominee to whom the ineligibility applies, or, if the proxy statement already has been filed, the ineligibility of such Shareholder Nominee to be nominated; provided, however, that clause (iv) and, to the extent related to a breach or failure by an Eligible Shareholder (or any Constituent Holder), clause (iii) will result in the Voting Stock owned by such Eligible Shareholder (or Constituent Holder) being excluded from the Proxy Access Request Required Shares (and, if as a result the Proxy Access Notice shall no longer have been filed by an Eligible Shareholder, the exclusion from the proxy materials pursuant to this Section 1.11 of all of the applicable shareholder’s Shareholder Nominees from the applicable annual meeting of shareholders or, if the proxy statement has already been filed, the ineligibility of all of such shareholder’s Shareholder Nominees to be nominated).

 

Article II

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 2.1.      General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

 

Section 2.2.      Number and Qualifications. The number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be nine (9), which number may be either increased or diminished by resolution adopted by not less than a majority of the directors then in office; provided that the number may not be diminished below five (5), and no reduction in number shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. In the event that the holders of shares of preferred stock become entitled to elect a certain number of directors, the number of directors and the minimum number of directors shall be increased by such number. Neither ownership of stock of the Corporation nor residence in the State of Indiana shall be required as a qualification for a director.

 

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Section 2.3.      Classes of Directors and Terms. The classes of directors and terms shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible. Except as provided in Article 9 of the Articles of Incorporation fixing one, two and three year terms for the initial classified board, each class of directors shall be elected for a term of three (3) years. In the event of vacancy, either by death, resignation, or removal of a director, or by reason of an increase in the number of directors, each replacement or new director shall serve for the balance of the term of the class of the director he or she succeeds or, in the event of an increase in the number of directors, of the class to which he or she is assigned. All directors elected for a term shall continue in office until the election and qualification of their respective successors, their death, their resignation in accordance with Section 2.7, their removal in accordance with Section 2.8, or if there has been a reduction in the number of directors until the end of their respective terms. The classes and terms of the directors shall not be governed by IND. CODE §23-1- 33-6(c).

 

Section 2.4.      Election of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of preferred stock to elect any directors voting separately as a class or series, at each meeting of shareholders, the directors to be elected at the meeting shall be chosen by the plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election at the meeting, provided a quorum is present. For purposes of this Section 2.4, a “plurality of the votes cast” shall mean that the individuals with the highest number of votes are elected as directors up to the maximum number of directors to be elected.

 

The election of directors by the shareholders shall be by written ballot if directed by the chairman of the meeting or if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected.

 

Any vacancy on the Board of Directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors.

 

If the holders of preferred stock are entitled to elect any directors voting separately as a class or series, those directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of shares of preferred stock entitled to vote in the election at the meeting, provided a quorum of the holders of shares of preferred stock is present.

 

Section 2.5.      Meetings of Directors.

 

(a)            Annual Meeting. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held at the place of and immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders, for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as properly may come before the meeting. No notice of the meeting need be given, except in the case an amendment to the Bylaws is to be considered.

 

(b)            Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors by resolution may provide for the holding of regular meetings and may fix the times and places (within or outside the State of Indiana) at which those meetings shall be held. Notice of regular meetings need not be given except when an amendment to the Bylaws is to be considered. Whenever the time or place of regular meetings shall be fixed or changed, notice of this action shall be mailed promptly to each director not present when the action was taken, addressed to the director at his or her residence or usual place of business.

 

(c)            Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board and shall be called by the Secretary at the request of a majority of the directors then in office. Except as otherwise required by statute, notice of each special meeting shall be mailed to each director at his or her residence or usual place of business at least three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to the director at such place by facsimile transmission or other form of electronic communication or personally delivered, not later than twelve (12) hours in advance of when the meeting is to be held. The notice shall state the time and place (which may be within or outside the State of Indiana) of the meeting but, unless otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, need not state the purposes thereof.

 

Notice of any meeting need not be given to any director, however, who shall attend the meeting, or who shall waive notice thereof, before, at the time of, or after the meeting, in a writing signed by the director and delivered to the Corporation. No notice need be given of any meeting at which every member of the Board of Directors shall be present.

 

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Section 2.6.      Quorum and Manner of Acting. A majority of the actual number of directors established pursuant to Section 2.2, from time to time, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business except the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors under Section 2.4 or voting on a conflict of interest transaction under Section 2.12. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by the Bylaws. Any or all directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting may simultaneously hear each other, and participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. No notice of any adjourned meeting need be given.

 

Section 2.7.      Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified in the written notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof and unless otherwise specified in it, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 2.8.      Removal of Directors. Any director, other than a director elected by holders of preferred stock voting as a class, may be removed from office at any time but only for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the outstanding shares of Voting Stock (as defined in Article 9(e) of the Articles of Incorporation), voting together as a single class.

 

Section 2.9.      Action without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if taken by all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, evidenced by a written consent signed by all such members and effective on the date, either prior or subsequent to the date of the consent, specified in the written consent, or if no effective date is specified in the written consent, the date on which the consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

Section 2.10.      Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, if present, and shall have such powers and perform such duties as are assigned to him or her by the Bylaws and by the Board of Directors. At any time in which the Chairman of the Board is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office, then until such time as the Board shall appoint a new Chairman or determines that the Chairman is able to resume office, temporary authority to perform such duties and exercise such powers shall be granted to the Chief Executive Officer, or if he or she is unable to perform such duties and exercise such powers, to the Board’s presiding or lead director (if one shall have been previously selected).

 

Section 2.11.      Committees. The Board of Directors may designate from among its members one or more committees. Such committees shall have those powers of the Board of Directors which may by law be delegated to such committees and are specified by resolution of the Board of Directors or by committee charters approved by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.12.      Transactions with Corporation. No transactions with the Corporation in which one or more of its directors has a direct or indirect interest shall be either void or voidable solely because of such interest if any one of the following is true:

 

(a)            the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest are disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or committee which authorizes, approves, or ratifies the transaction by the affirmative vote or consent of a majority of the directors (or committee members) who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction and, in any event, of at least two directors (or committee members);

 

(b)            the material facts of the transaction and the director’s interest are disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve or ratify such transaction by vote; or

 

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(c)            the transaction is fair to the Corporation.

 

If a majority of the directors or committee members who have no direct or indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve, or ratify the transaction, a quorum is present for purposes of taking action under subsection (a) of this section. The presence of, or a vote cast by, a director with a direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the validity of any actions taken under subsection (a) of this section.

 

Section 2.13.      Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors is empowered and authorized to fix and determine the compensation of directors and additional compensation for such additional services any of such directors may perform for the Corporation.

 

Article III

 

Officers

 

Section 3.1.      Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervisory responsibility over the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she shall be the primary executive officer of the Corporation and shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.2.      Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Chief Financial Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have the responsibility for maintaining the financial records of the Corporation. He or she shall render from time to time an account of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws.

 

Section 3.3.      Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Secretary of the Corporation to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Secretary of the Corporation shall (a) keep minutes of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, (b) authenticate records of the Corporation, (c) give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and (d) in general, have such powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws, as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer and as may be incident to the office of Secretary of the Corporation. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then the Board of Directors may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officer’s signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.4.      Treasurer. The Treasurer, if any, shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to deposit funds of the Corporation in depositories selected in accordance with these Bylaws, to disburse such funds as authorized by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the Board of Directors statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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Section 3.5.      Other Officers. At any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may elect a President (who may or may not be the Chief Executive Officer), Vice Presidents (who may be designated as Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents or have other similar titles), Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries or such other officers of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Other officers elected by the Board of Directors shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to such officers by or pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer the power to appoint any such officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, powers and duties.

 

Section 3.6.      Term of Office. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign, but, subject to the requirements of the Articles of Incorporation, any officer may be removed in the manner provided in Section 3.8 of these Bylaws.

 

Section 3.7.      Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof and unless otherwise specified in it, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 3.8.      Removal. Officers of the Corporation may be removed or suspended, either for or without cause, at any meeting of the Board of Directors called for the purpose, by the vote of a majority of the actual number of directors elected and qualified. The officers and agents elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.1-3.5 may be removed or suspended, either for or without cause, at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum be present, by the vote of a majority of the directors present at such meeting, by any officer upon whom such power of removal or suspension shall have been conferred by the Board of Directors, or by any officer to whom the power to appoint such officer has been delegated by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 3.5. Any removal or suspension shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or suspended.

 

Section 3.9.      Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause, may be filled by the Board of Directors or by an officer authorized under these Bylaws to appoint a person to serve in such office.

 

Article IV

 

Execution of Instruments and Deposit of Corporate Funds

 

Section 4.1.      Execution of Instruments Generally. All deeds, contracts, and other instruments requiring execution by the Corporation may be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Authority to sign any deed, contract, or other instrument requiring execution by the Corporation may be conferred by the Board of Directors upon any person or persons whether or not such person or persons be officers of the Corporation. Such person or persons may delegate, from time to time, by instrument in writing, all or any part of such authority to any other person or persons if authorized so to do by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.2.      Notes, Checks, Other Instruments. All notes, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements, and all evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation whatsoever, shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine.

 

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Section 4.3.      Proxies. Proxies, powers of attorney, or consents to vote with respect to shares or units of other corporations or other entities owned by or standing in the name of the Corporation may be executed and delivered from time to time on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or by any other person or persons thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors. Persons with authority to execute proxies, powers of attorney, or consents under this Section 4.3 may delegate that authority unless prohibited by the Board of Directors.

 

Article V

 

Shares

 

Section 5.1.      Certificates for Shares. Shares in the Corporation may be issued in book-entry form or evidenced by certificates. However, every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled upon request to have a certificate evidencing the shares owned by the shareholder, signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by the shareholder in the Corporation. The signatures of such officers, the signature of the transfer agent and registrar, and the Seal of the Corporation may be facsimiles. In case any officer or employee who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any certificate shall cease to be an officer or employee of the Corporation before the certificate shall have been issued and delivered by the Corporation, the certificate may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed the certificate or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or employee of the Corporation; and the issuance and delivery by the Corporation of any such certificate shall constitute an adoption thereof. Every certificate shall state on its face (or in the case of book-entry shares, the statements evidencing ownership of such shares shall state) 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 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). Every certificate (or book-entry statement) shall state whether such shares have been fully paid and are non-assessable. If any such shares are not fully paid, the certificate (or book-entry statement) shall be legibly stamped to indicate the percentum which has been paid up, and as further payments are made thereon, the certificate shall be stamped (or book- entry statement updated) accordingly. Subject to the foregoing provisions, certificates representing shares in the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. There shall be entered upon the stock books of the Corporation at the time of the issuance or transfer of each share the number of the certificates representing such share (if any), the name of the person owning the shares represented thereby, the class of such share and the date of the issuance or transfer thereof.

 

Section 5.2.      Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof, or by the shareholder’s attorney thereunto duly authorized in writing and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or any of its transfer agents, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates (if any) representing such shares. The Corporation and its transfer agents and registrars shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any legal, equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it or they shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the statutes of the State of Indiana. Shareholders shall notify the Corporation in writing of any changes in their addresses from time to time.

 

Section 5.3.      Regulations. Subject to the provisions of this Article V, the Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issuance, transfer and regulation of certificates for shares or book-entry shares of the Corporation.

 

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Section 5.4.      Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents, one or more registrars, and one or more agents to act in the dual capacity of transfer agent and registrar with respect to the certificates representing shares and the book-entry shares of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.5.      Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The holders of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation or one of its transfer agents and registrars of any loss or destruction of the certificate representing the same. The Corporation may issue a new certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost or destroyed upon such terms and under such regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Directors or the Secretary, and the Board of Directors or Secretary may require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or the owner’s legal representatives to give the Corporation a bond in such form and for such amount as the Board of Directors or Secretary may direct, and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Secretary to indemnify the Corporation and its transfer agents and registrars against any claim that may be made against it or any such transfer agent or registrar on account of the alleged loss or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors or the Secretary, it is proper so to do.

 

Article VI

 

Indemnification

 

Section 6.1.      Right to Indemnification.

 

(a)            The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law now or hereafter in effect, indemnify any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation (“Eligible Person”) and who is or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that such Eligible Person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, member, manager, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan) (a “Covered Entity”), against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or penalties (including excise taxes assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Eligible Person in connection with such Proceeding.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding Section 6.1(a), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an Eligible Person with respect to a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Eligible Person, except with respect to (i) a judicial adjudication or arbitration commenced by the Eligible Person under Section 6.5(e) or (f), as to which the rights to indemnification are provided pursuant Section 6.5(h), or (ii) a Proceeding (or part thereof) that was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(c)            In the event a Proceeding arises out of an Eligible Person’s service to a Covered Entity, the indemnification provided by the Corporation under this Article VI shall be secondary to and not pari passu with any indemnification provided by the Covered Entity. However, the Corporation may provide indemnification to the Eligible Person in the first instance, in which case the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to the rights of the Eligible Person with respect to the indemnification provided by the Covered Entity and any insurance coverage maintained by the Covered Entity on behalf of the Eligible Person.

 

(d)            Any right of an Eligible Person to indemnification shall be a contract right and shall include the right to receive, prior to the conclusion of any Proceeding, advancement of any expenses incurred by the Eligible Person in connection with such Proceeding in accordance with Section 6.4.

 

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Section 6.2.      Insurance, Contracts and Funding. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Eligible Person against any expense, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement as specified in Section 6.1 or incurred by any Eligible Person in connection with any Proceeding referred to in such section, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law now or hereafter in effect. The Corporation may enter into agreements with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or any director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of any Covered Entity supplemental to or in furtherance of the provisions of this Article VI and may create a trust fund or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification and advancement of expenses as provided in this Article VI.

 

Section 6.3.      Non-Exclusive Rights; Applicability to Certain Proceedings. The rights provided in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which any Eligible Person may otherwise be entitled, and the provisions of this Article VI shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of any Eligible Person and shall be applicable to Proceedings commenced or continuing after the adoption of this Article VI, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after such adoption.

 

Section 6.4.      Advancement of Expenses.

 

(a)            Except as provided under Sections 6.4(b) and (c) below, all reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of an Eligible Person in connection with any Proceeding shall be advanced to the Eligible Person by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the Eligible Person complying with this section and Section 6.5 requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding, unless a determination has been made pursuant to Section 6.5 that such Eligible Person is not entitled to indemnification. Any such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the expenses incurred by the Eligible Person and shall include (i) a written representation that, in connection with the matters giving rise to the Proceeding, the Eligible Person was acting in good faith and in what he or she believed to be the best interests of the Corporation or at least not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (ii) a written affirmation or undertaking to repay advances if it is ultimately determined that the Eligible Person is not entitled to indemnification under this Article VI.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding Section 6.4(a), advancement of expenses shall not be mandatory, but shall be permissive at the discretion of the Corporation, for expenses incurred after the Eligible Person’s conviction by a trial court of competent jurisdiction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere or its equivalent to, a crime arising from the circumstances giving rise to the Proceeding.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding Section 6.4(a), advancement of expenses shall not be mandatory, but shall be permissive at the discretion of the Corporation, for expenses incurred by or on behalf of Eligible Persons for judicial adjudications or arbitrations under Section 6.5(e) or (f).

 

Section 6.5.      Procedures; Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings; Remedies. In furtherance, but not in limitation, of the foregoing provisions, the following procedures, presumptions and remedies shall apply with respect to and the right to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Article VI.

 

(a)            To obtain indemnification under this Article VI, an Eligible Person shall submit to the Secretary of the Corporation a written request, including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the Eligible Person and reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the Eligible Person is entitled to indemnification (the “Supporting Documentation”). The determination of the Eligible Person’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made not later than sixty (60) days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request together with the Supporting Documentation. The Secretary of the Corporation shall, promptly upon receipt of such request, advise the Board in writing of the Eligible Person’s request.

 

(b)            An Eligible Person’s entitlement to indemnification under this Article VI shall be determined in one of the following methods, such method to be selected by the Board of Directors, regardless of whether there are any Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined): (i) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, if they constitute a quorum of the Board; (ii) if a quorum of the Board consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable, by a committee designated by the Board consisting of two (2) or more Disinterested Directors, (iii) by a written opinion of Special Counsel (as hereinafter defined) if a quorum of the Board consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a majority of such Disinterested Directors so directs; (iii) by the shareholders of the Corporation (but only if a majority of the Disinterested Directors, if they constitute a quorum of the Board, presents the issue of entitlement to the shareholders for their determination); or (iv) as provided in subsection (d).

 

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(c)            In the event the determination of entitlement is to be made by Special Counsel, a majority of the Disinterested Directors shall select the Special Counsel, but only Special Counsel to which the Eligible Person does not reasonably object.

 

(d)            In any event, if the person or persons empowered under subsection (b) to determine entitlement shall not have been appointed or shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days (120 days in the case of a determination to be made by shareholders) after receipt by the Corporation of the request therefor together with the Supporting Documentation, the Eligible Person shall be deemed to be, and shall be, entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses unless (i) the Eligible Person misrepresented or failed to disclose a material fact in making the request for indemnification or in the Supporting Documentation or (ii) such indemnification is prohibited by law. The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, adversely affect the right of an Eligible Person to indemnification or create a presumption that the Eligible Person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the Eligible Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that the Eligible Person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

(e)            In the event that a determination is made that the Eligible Person is not entitled to indemnification (i) the Eligible Person shall be entitled to seek an adjudication of his or her entitlement to such indemnification either, at the Eligible Person’s sole option, in (A) an appropriate court of the State of Indiana or any other court of competent jurisdiction or (B) an arbitration to be conducted in Indianapolis, Indiana, by a single arbitrator pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association; and (ii) in any such judicial proceeding or arbitration the Eligible Person shall not be prejudiced by reason of the prior determination pursuant to this Section 6.5.

 

(f)            If a determination shall have been made or deemed to have been made that the Eligible Person is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be obligated to pay the amounts incurred by the Eligible Person within ten (10) days after such determination has been made or deemed to have been made and shall be conclusively bound by such determination unless (i) the Eligible Person misrepresented or failed to disclose a material fact in making the request for indemnification or in the Supporting Documentation or (ii) such indemnification is prohibited by law. In the event that (A) any advancement of expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 6.4 or (B) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination of entitlement to indemnification has been made, the Eligible Person shall be entitled to seek judicial enforcement of the Corporation’s obligation, to pay to the Eligible Person such advancement of expenses or indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may bring an action, in an appropriate court in the State of Indiana or any other court of competent jurisdiction, contesting the right of the Eligible Person to receive indemnification hereunder due to the occurrence of an event described in clause (i) or (ii) of this subsection (f) (a “Disqualifying Event”); provided, however, that in any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving the occurrence of such Disqualifying Event.

 

(g)            The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 6.5 that the procedures and presumptions of this Article VI are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Corporation is bound by the provisions of this Article VI.

 

(h)            In the event that the Eligible Person seeks a judicial adjudication of or an award in arbitration to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of this Article VI, the Eligible Person shall be entitled to recover from the Corporation, and shall be indemnified by the Corporation, against, any expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Eligible Person in connection with such adjudication or arbitration if the Eligible Person prevails in such adjudication or arbitration. If it shall be determined in such judicial adjudication or arbitration that the Eligible Person is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification or advancement of expenses sought, the expenses incurred by the Eligible Person in connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be prorated accordingly.

 

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Section 6.6.      Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VI:

  

(a)            “Disinterested Director” means a Director who is not or was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by the Eligible Person.

 

(b)            “Special Counsel” means a law firm or a member of a law firm that neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Article VI. In addition, any person who, under applicable standards of professional conduct, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or the Eligible Person in an action to determine the Eligible Person’s rights under this Article VI may not act as Special Counsel.

 

Section 6.7.      Indemnification of Agents. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article VI, the Corporation may, consistent with the provisions of applicable law, indemnify any person other than a director, officer or employee of the Corporation who is or was an agent of the Corporation and who is or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding by reasons of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Corporation or, at the request of the Corporation, a director, officer, partner, member, manager, employee, fiduciary or agent of a Covered Entity against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding. The Corporation may also advance expenses incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding, consistent with the provisions of applicable law.

 

Section 6.8.      Effect of Amendment or Repeal. Neither the amendment or repeal of, nor the adoption of a provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article VI shall adversely affect the rights of any Eligible Person under this Article VI with respect to any Proceeding commenced or threatened prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision without the written consent of such Eligible Person.

 

Section 6.9.      Severability. If any of this Article VI shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VI (including, without limitation, all portions of any Section of this Article VI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VI (including, without limitation, all portions of any Section of this Article VI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Article VII

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 7.1.      Corporate Seal. The Seal of the Corporation shall consist of a circular disk around the circumference of which shall appear the words:

 

“ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED, GREENFIELD, INDIANA”.

 

Section 7.2.      Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of the following December.

 

Section 7.3.      Exclusive Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, a state court located within Hancock County, Indiana or Marion County, Indiana or, if no such state court has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the Southern District of Indiana, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee or shareholder of the Corporation (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, or the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws or (v) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INCORPORATED

AMENDED AND RESTATED 

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

ARTICLE I.

PURPOSE, SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

The purpose of the Elanco Animal Health Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), is to assist employees of Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, an Indiana corporation, and any successor corporation thereto (the “Company”), and its Designated Subsidiaries in acquiring a stock ownership interest in the Company pursuant to a plan that is intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Code Section 423, and to help such employees provide for their future security and encourage them to remain in the employment of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

ARTICLE II.

DEFINITIONS

 

Whenever the following terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. The singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.

 

2.1          Agent” means the brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution, entity or person(s), if any, engaged, retained, appointed or authorized to act as the agent of the Company or an Employee with regard to the Plan.

 

2.2          Administrator” means the Committee, or such individuals to whom authority to administer the Plan has been delegated under Section 7.1.

 

2.3          Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.4          Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.5          Committee” means the committee of the Board (or any successor committee) appointed or designated to administer the Plan.

 

2.6          Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, no par value.

 

2.7          Company” has the meaning set forth in Article I.

 

2.8          Designated Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary that has been designated by the Board or Committee from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan. As of the Effective Date, Designated Subsidiaries include the U.S. Subsidiaries of the Company that employ Employees. After the Effective Date, Designated Subsidiaries also shall include any new U.S. Subsidiary that is established or acquired and employs Employees.

 

 

 

 

2.9          Effective Date” means February 22, 2022, the date the Plan was approved by the Board.

 

2.10        Eligible Employee” means an Employee who, after the grant of an Option, would not be deemed for purposes of Code Section 423(b)(3) to possess five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary. The rules of Code Section 424(d) with regard to the attribution of stock ownership shall apply in determining the stock ownership of an individual, and stock that an Employee may purchase under outstanding options shall be treated as stock owned by the Employee. An Eligible Employee shall not include an Employee whose customary employment is fewer than twenty (20) hours per week, an Employee whose customary employment is as a student or intern or for not more than five months in a calendar year, or an Employee whose wages and benefits are determined by collective bargaining that does not provide for Plan participation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may exclude from participation in the Plan as an Eligible Employee (x) any Employee who is a “highly compensated employee” of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary (within the meaning of Code Section 414(q)), or a “highly compensated employee” (A) with compensation above a specified level, (B) who is an officer and/or (C) who is subject to the disclosure requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act; and/or (y) any Employee who is a citizen or resident of a foreign jurisdiction (without regard to whether such Employee also is a citizen of the United States or a resident alien (within the meaning of Code Section 7701(b)(1)(A))) if either (A) the grant of the Option is prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction governing such Employee, or (B) compliance with the laws of the foreign jurisdiction would cause the Plan or the Option to violate the requirements of Code Section 423; and/or (z) any Employee who has been employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for less than a period specified by the Administrator (such period not to exceed two years); provided that any exclusion in clause (x), (y) and/or (z) shall be applied in an identical manner for each Offering Period commencing after the date of the Administrator’s action to all Employees of the Company and all Designated Subsidiaries, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(e).

 

2.11        Employee” means any person who renders services to the Company or a Designated Subsidiary in the status of an employee within the meaning of Code Section 3401(c) and is treated as an employee in the personnel records of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary. The term “Employee” shall not include any director of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary who does not render services to the Company or a Designated Subsidiary in the status of an employee within the meaning of Code Section 3401(c). For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on military leave, sick leave or other leave of absence approved by the Company or Designated Subsidiary and meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2). Where the period of leave exceeds three (3) months, or such other period specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2), and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have terminated on the first day immediately following such three (3)-month period, or such other period specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2).

 

2.12        Enrollment Date” means the first date of each Offering Period.

 

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2.13        Enrollment Period” means the time period established by the Administrator leading up to an Enrollment Date during which Eligible Employees may elect to participate in an Offering Period.

 

2.14        Exercise Date” means the last Trading Day of each Offering Period, except as provided in Section 5.2.

 

2.15        Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.16        Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(a)          If the Common Stock is (i) listed on any established securities exchange (such as the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market and the NASDAQ Global Select Market), (ii) listed on any national market system, or (iii) listed, quoted or traded on any automated quotation system, its Fair Market Value shall be:

 

(A)         if the Common Stock is purchased on the open market, the price paid for such Common Stock; or

 

(B)          if the Common Stock is not purchased on the open market, the closing sale price for a share of Common Stock as quoted on such exchange or system for such date or, if there is no closing sale price for a share of Common Stock on the date in question, the closing sale price for a share of Stock on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable for such purposes;

 

(b)          If the Common Stock is not listed on an established securities exchange, national market system or automated quotation system, but the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean of the high bid and low asked prices for such date or, if there are no high bid and low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on such date, the high bid and low asked prices for a share of Common Stock on the last preceding date for which such information exists, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable for such purposes; or

 

(c)          If the Common Stock is neither listed on an established securities exchange, national market system or automated quotation system nor regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Company in accordance with uniform and nondiscriminatory standards adopted by it from time to time.

 

2.17          Grant Date” means the first Trading Day of an Offering Period.

 

2.18          New Exercise Date” has such meaning as set forth in Section 5.2(b).

 

2.19          Offering Period” means the three (3)-month period as determined by the Board or the Committee; provided, however, that the duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed by the Board or Committee, in its sole discretion. In no event may an Offering Period exceed twenty-seven (27) months.

 

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2.20          Option” means the right to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan during each Offering Period.

 

2.21          Option Price” means the purchase price of a share of Common Stock hereunder as provided in Section 4.2.

 

2.22          Parent” means any entity that is a parent corporation of the Company within the meaning of Code Section 424 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

2.23          Participant” means any Eligible Employee who elects to participate in the Plan.

 

2.24          Payday” means the regular and recurring established day for payment of compensation to an Employee of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary.

 

2.25          Plan” has the meaning set forth in Article I.

 

2.26          Plan Account” means a bookkeeping account established and maintained by the Company in the name of each Participant.

 

2.27          Section 423 Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).

 

2.28          Subsidiary” means any domestic corporation that is a subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Code Section 424 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

2.29          Trading Day” means a day on which the principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed is open for trading or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a securities exchange, a business day, as determined by the Administrator in good faith.

 

2.30          Withdrawal Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a).

 

ARTICLE III.

PARTICIPATION

 

3.1            Eligibility.

 

(a)          Any Eligible Employee who is employed before the first day of the month containing an Enrollment Period, elects during such Enrollment Period to participate in the Plan for an Offering Period, and is employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary on the Enrollment Date for the Offering Period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan during such Offering Period, subject to the requirements of Articles IV and V and the limitations imposed by Code Section 423(b) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

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(b)          No Eligible Employee shall be granted an Option under the Plan that permits the Participant’s rights to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan, and to purchase stock under all other employee stock purchase plans of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary subject to Code Section 423 (any such Option or other option, a “Section 423 Option”), to accrue at a rate that exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of such stock (determined at the time the Section 423 Option is granted) for each calendar year in which any Section 423 Option granted to the Participant is outstanding at any time. The limitation under this Section 3.1(b) shall be applied in accordance with Code Section 423(b)(8) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. No Eligible Employee may purchase in any calendar year shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of $25,000 (determined at the time the Section 423 Option is granted). Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Committee prior to an Offering Period, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by each participating employee during any one Offering Period shall be 2,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

3.2          Election to Participate; Payroll Deductions

 

(a)          Except as provided in Section 3.3, an Eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan only by means of payroll deduction. Each individual who is an Eligible Employee and satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 3.1(a) may elect to participate in such Offering Period and the Plan by delivering to the Company or its designee a payroll deduction authorization no later than the Enrollment Period deadline determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

 

(b)          Subject to Section 3.1(b), and unless alternative contribution limits are set by the Administrator prior to any Offering Period, payroll deductions for each Offering Period shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Participant’s base compensation during the Offering Period. In addition, the Administrator may establish for any calendar year a contribution limit per Participant that is less than the annual dollar limit set forth in Section 3.1(b) hereof. Amounts deducted from a Participant’s base compensation with respect to an Offering Period pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be deducted each Payday through payroll deduction and credited to the Participant’s Plan Account.

 

(c)          Following at least one (1) payroll deduction during an Offering Period, a Participant may cancel the Participant’s payroll deduction for such Offering Period upon at least ten (10) calendar days’ prior written notice to the Administrator or its designee. The change will be reflected in payroll deductions as soon as administratively practicable after the notice is received.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the termination of an Offering Period, each Participant in such Offering Period shall automatically participate in the immediately following Offering Period at the same payroll deduction percentage as in effect at the termination of the prior Offering Period, unless such Participant delivers to the Company a different election with respect to the successive Offering Period in accordance with Section 3.1(a), or unless such Participant becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan.

 

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3.3          Leave of Absence. Payroll deductions for shares that a Participant has an option to purchase may be suspended during any leave of absence approved by the Company meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-1(h)(2), or, if the Participant so elects, periodic payments for such shares may continue to be made in cash. If such Participant returns to active service prior to the last day of the Offering Period, the Participant’s payroll deductions will be resumed and, if the Participant did not make periodic cash payments during the Participant’s period of absence, the Participant shall, by written notice to the Administrator within ten (10) days after the Participant’s return to active service, but not later than the last day of the Offering Period, elect: (a) to make up any deficiency in the Participant’s Plan Account resulting from a suspension of payroll deductions by making an immediate cash payment or through increased payroll deductions; (b) not to make up such deficiency, in which event the number of shares to be purchased by the Participant shall be reduced to the number of whole shares which may be purchased with the amount, if any, then credited to the Participant’s Plan Account plus the aggregate amount, if any, of all payroll deductions to be made thereafter; or (c) withdraw the amount in the Participant’s Plan Account and terminate the Participant’s option to purchase. If any Participant fails to deliver the written notice described above within ten (10) days after the Participant’s return to active service or by the last day of the Offering Period, whichever is earlier, the Participant shall be deemed to have elected the approach described in clause (b) of this Section 3.3.

 

ARTICLE IV.

PURCHASE OF SHARES

 

4.1          Grant of Option. Each Participant shall be granted an Option with respect to an Offering Period on the applicable Grant Date. Subject to the limitations described in Section 3.1(b), the number of shares of Common Stock subject to a Participant’s Option shall be determined by dividing (a) such Participant’s payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Participant’s Plan Account on such Exercise Date by (b) the applicable Option Price; provided, however, that the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by a Participant in an Offering Period shall be determined by dividing such Participant’s Plan Account balance on such Exercise Date by eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date. The Administrator may, for future Offering Periods, increase or decrease, in its absolute discretion, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that a Participant may purchase during such future Offering Periods. Each Option shall expire on the Exercise Date for the applicable Offering Period immediately after the automatic exercise of the Option in accordance with Section 4.3, unless such Option terminates earlier in accordance with Article 6.

 

4.2          Option Price. The “Option Price” per share of Common Stock to be paid by a Participant upon exercise of the Participant’s Option on the Exercise Date for an Offering Period shall equal eight-five percent (85%) (or such greater percentage as may be determined by the Committee prior to the commencement of any Offering Period) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable Exercise Date.

 

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4.3          Purchase of Shares.

 

(a)          Subject to the limitation contained in Section 4.1, on the Exercise Date for an Offering Period, each Participant shall automatically and without any action on such Participant’s part be deemed to have exercised his or her Option to purchase at the applicable per share Option Price the largest number of whole shares of Common Stock that can be purchased with the amount in the Participant’s Plan Account. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of rights granted under this Plan. Any balance that is remaining in the Participant’s Plan Account (after exercise of such Participant’s Option) as of the Exercise Date shall be returned to the Participant in one cash lump sum payment within thirty (30) days after such Exercise Date, without any interest thereon.

 

(b)          As soon as practicable following the applicable Exercise Date, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by a Participant pursuant to Section 4.3(a) shall be delivered (in either share certificate or book entry form), in the Company’s sole discretion, to either (i) the Participant or (ii) an account established in the Participant’s name at a stock brokerage or other financial services firm designated by the Company. If the Company is required to obtain from any commission or agency authority to issue any such shares of Common Stock, the Company shall seek to obtain such authority. Inability of the Company to obtain from any such commission or agency authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance of any such shares shall relieve the Company from liability to any Participant except to refund to the Participant such Participant’s Plan Account balance, without interest thereon.

 

4.4          Transferability of Rights. An Option granted under the Plan shall not be transferable, other than by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant. No Option or interest or right to the Option shall be available to pay off any debts, contracts or engagements of the Participant or his or her successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempt at disposition of the Option shall have no effect.

 

ARTICLE V.

PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMON STOCK

 

5.1          Common Stock Reserved. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.2, the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be permitted to be purchased under the Plan shall be six hundred twenty-five thousand (625,000) shares of Common Stock. The shares of Common Stock may be treasury shares, shares acquired on the open market, reacquired shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, or authorized but unissued shares.

 

5.2          Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Asset Sale.

 

(a)          Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but not yet placed under Option, as well as the price per share and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each Option under the Plan that has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. Such adjustment shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option.

 

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(b)          Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”), and shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Administrator. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company’s proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Administrator shall notify each Participant in writing, at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s Option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s Option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 6.1.

 

(c)          Merger or Asset Sale. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company with or into another corporation, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent Option substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, any Offering Periods then in progress shall be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date and any Offering Periods then in progress shall end on the New Exercise Date. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company’s proposed sale or merger. The Administrator shall notify each Participant in writing, at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s Option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s Option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 6.1 hereof.

 

5.3          Insufficient Shares. If the Administrator determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Options are to be exercised may exceed the number of shares of Common Stock remaining available under the Plan on such Exercise Date, the Administrator shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock available for issuance on such Exercise Date in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising Options to purchase Common Stock on such Exercise Date, and unless additional shares are authorized for issuance under the Plan, no further Offering Periods shall take place and the Plan shall terminate pursuant to Section 7.5. If an Offering Period is so terminated, then the balance of the amount credited to the Participant’s Plan Account that has not been applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock shall be paid to such Participant in one cash lump sum payment within thirty (30) days after such Exercise Date, without any interest thereon.

 

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5.4          Rights as Shareholders. With respect to shares of Common Stock subject to an Option, a Participant shall not be deemed to be a shareholder of the Company and shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder. A Participant shall have the rights and privileges of a shareholder of the Company when, but not until, shares of Common Stock have been deposited in the designated brokerage account following exercise of his or her Option.

 

ARTICLE VI.

TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION

 

6.1          Cessation of Contributions; Voluntary Withdrawal.

 

(a)          A Participant may cease payroll deductions during an Offering Period and elect to withdraw from the Plan by delivering written notice of such election to the Administrator or its designee in such form and at such time prior to the Exercise Date for such Offering Period as may be established by the Administrator (a “Withdrawal Election”). A Participant electing to withdraw from the Plan may elect to withdraw all of the funds then credited to the Participant’s Plan Account as of the date on which the Withdrawal Election is received by the Administrator or its designee, in which case amounts credited to such Plan Account shall be returned to the Participant in one cash lump sum payment within thirty (30) days after such election is received by the Administrator or its designee, without any interest thereon, and the Participant shall cease to participate in the Plan and the Participant’s Option for such Offering Period shall terminate. Upon receipt of a Withdrawal Election, the Participant’s payroll deduction authorization and his or her Option to purchase under the Plan shall terminate.

 

(b)          A Participant’s withdrawal from the Plan shall not affect his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan that may be adopted hereafter by the Company or in succeeding Offering Periods that commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the Participant withdraws.

 

(c)          A Participant who ceases contributions to the Plan during any Offering Period shall not be permitted to resume contributions to the Plan during that Offering Period.

 

6.2          Termination of Eligibility. Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee for any reason, such Participant’s Option for the applicable Offering Period shall automatically terminate, he or she shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan, and amounts credited to the Participant’s Plan Account shall be paid in cash to such Participant or, in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto pursuant to applicable law, within thirty (30) days after such cessation of being an Eligible Employee, without any interest thereon.

 

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ARTICLE VII.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

7.1          Administration.

 

(a)          The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall be composed of members of the Board. The Committee may delegate administrative tasks under the Plan to the services of an Agent and/or employees to assist in the administration of the Plan, including establishing and maintaining an individual securities account under the Plan for each Participant.

 

(b)          It shall be the duty of the Administrator to conduct the general administration of the Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The Administrator shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i)            To establish Offering Periods;

 

(ii)           To determine when and how Options shall be granted and the provisions and terms of each Offering Period (which need not be identical);

 

(iii)          To identify Designated Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.2; and

 

(iv)         To construe and interpret the Plan, the terms of any Offering Period and the terms of the Options and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. The Administrator, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, any Offering Period or any Option, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effect, subject to Code Section 423 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

(c)          The Administrator may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling of participation elections, payroll deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency (if applicable), payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates that vary with local requirements. In its absolute discretion, the Board or the Committee may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Administrator under the Plan.

 

(d)          The Administrator may adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Designated Subsidiaries or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423. The rules of such sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section 5.1, but, unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan.

 

(e)          All expenses and liabilities incurred by the Administrator in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Administrator may, with the approval of the Committee, employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other persons. The Administrator, the Company and its officers and directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and binding upon all Participants, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Board or Administrator shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the options, and all members of the Board or Administrator shall be fully protected by the Company in respect to any such action, determination, or interpretation.

 

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7.2          Designation of Subsidiary Corporations. The Administrator, Board or Committee shall designate from among the Subsidiaries, as determined from time to time, the Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that shall constitute Designated Subsidiaries. The Administrator, Board or Committee may designate a Subsidiary, or terminate the designation of a Subsidiary, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company.

 

7.3          Reports. Individual accounts shall be maintained for each Participant. Statements of Plan Accounts shall be given to Participants at least annually, which statements shall set forth the amounts of payroll deductions, the Option Price, the number of shares purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.

 

7.4          No Right to Employment. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to give any person (including any Participant) the right to remain in the employ of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary or to affect the right of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any person (including any Participant) at any time, with or without cause, which right is expressly reserved.

 

7.5          Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

 

(a)          The Board may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time and from time to time; providedhowever, that without approval of the Company’s shareholders within twelve (12) months before or after action by the Board, the Plan may not be amended to increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan or change the designation or class of Eligible Employees.

 

(b)          In the event the Administrator determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Administrator may, to the extent permitted under Code Section 423, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify or amend the Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence including, but not limited to:

 

(i)           altering the Option Price for any Offering Period, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the change in Option Price;

 

(ii)          shortening any Offering Period so the Offering Period ends on a new Exercise Date, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the Administrator action; and

 

(iii)          allocating shares of Common Stock.

 

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Such modifications or amendments shall not require shareholder approval or the consent of any Participant.

 

(c)          Upon termination of the Plan, the balance in each Participant’s Plan Account shall be refunded as soon as practicable after such termination, without any interest thereon.

 

7.6          Use of Funds; No Interest Paid. All funds received by the Company by reason of purchase of Common Stock under the Plan shall be included in the general funds of the Company free of any trust or other restriction and may be used for any corporate purpose. No interest shall be paid to any Participant or credited under the Plan.

 

7.7          Term; Approval by Shareholders. No Option may be granted during any period of suspension of the Plan or after termination of the Plan. The Plan shall be submitted for the approval of the Company’s shareholders within twelve (12) months after the date of the Board’s initial adoption of the Plan. Options may be granted prior to such shareholder approval; providedhowever, that such Options shall not be exercisable prior to the time when the Plan is approved by the shareholders; providedfurther, that if such approval has not been obtained by the end of said twelve (12)-month period, all Options previously granted under the Plan shall terminate and be canceled and become null and void without being exercised.

 

7.8          Effect on Other Plans. The adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other compensation or incentive plan in effect for the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary (a) to establish any other form of incentives or compensation for Employees of the Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary, or (b) to grant or assume options otherwise than under the Plan in connection with any proper corporate purpose, including, but not by way of limitation, the grant or assumption of options in connection with the acquisition, by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the business, stock or assets of any corporation, firm or association.

 

7.9          Conformity to Securities Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Plan and the participation in the Plan by any individual who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemption rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemption rule. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemption rule.

 

7.10        Notice of Disposition of Shares. Each Participant shall give the Administrator or its designee prompt written notice of any disposition or other transfer of any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option if such disposition or transfer is made (a) within two (2) years after the applicable Grant Date or (b) within one (1) year after the transfer of such shares of Common Stock to such Participant upon exercise of such Option. The Company may direct that any certificates evidencing shares acquired pursuant to the Plan refer to such requirement.

 

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7.11          Tax Withholding. The Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary shall be entitled to require payment in cash or deduction from other compensation payable to each Participant of any sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to any purchase of shares of Common Stock under the Plan or any sale of such shares.

 

7.12          Governing Law. The Plan and all rights and obligations hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana.

 

7.13          Notices. All notices or other communications by a participant to the Company or the Administrator (or its designee) under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company or the Administrator (or its designee) at the location, or by the person, designated for the delivery thereof.

 

7.14          Conditions to Issuance of Shares.

 

(a)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates or make any book entries evidencing shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option by a Participant unless and until the Board or the Committee has determined, with advice of counsel, that the issuance of such shares of Common Stock is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or traded, and the shares of Common Stock are covered by an effective registration statement or applicable exemption from registration. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Board or the Committee may require that a Participant make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Board or the Committee, in its discretion, deems advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements.

 

(b)          All certificates for shares of Common Stock delivered pursuant to the Plan and all shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to book entry procedures are subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Company deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state, or foreign securities or other laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the shares of Common Stock are listed, quoted, or traded. The Company may place legends on any certificate or book entry evidencing shares of Common Stock to reference restrictions applicable to the shares of Common Stock.

 

(c)          The Administrator shall have the right to require any Participant to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement, distribution or exercise of any Option, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the sole discretion of the Administrator.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Company or required by any applicable law, rule or regulation, the Company may, in lieu of delivering to any Participant certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock issued in connection with any Option, record the issuance of shares of Common Stock in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator).

 

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7.15          Equal Rights and Privileges. Except with respect to sub-plans designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423, if any, all Eligible Employees of the Company (or any Designated Subsidiary) shall have equal rights and privileges under the Plan to the extent required under Code Section 423 or the regulations promulgated thereunder so this Plan qualifies as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Code Section 423 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. Any provision of this Plan that is inconsistent with Code Section 423 and the Treasury Regulations thereunder shall, without further act or amendment by the Company or the Board, be reformed to comply with the equal rights and privileges requirement of Code Section 423 or the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

7.16          Account Transfer Restriction. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan shall not be transferable by a Participant from the account established in the Participant’s name under the Plan until the first anniversary of the Exercise Date upon which such shares were purchased by the Participant.

 

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