UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) November 4, 2011

 

 

II-VI Incorporated

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Pennsylvania

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

0-16195   25-1214948

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

375 Saxonburg Boulevard, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania   16056
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(724) 352-4455

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former 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))

 

 

 


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

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved certain amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (as amended through November 8, 2004) (the “Articles”), subject to shareholder approval at the Company’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders.

On November 4, 2011, the Company held its 2011 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the shareholders of the Company approved, among other things, the Board’s proposal to amend and restate the Articles to do the following:

 

   

increase the number of shares of common stock that are authorized for issuance under the Articles from 100,000,000 to 300,000,000 shares,

 

   

adopt majority voting of directors and eliminate cumulative voting in the election of directors in order to effect majority voting; and

 

   

amend the business purpose clause of the Articles to reflect a change in the governing statute under Pennsylvania law.

Each of the amendments is more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement dated September 23, 2011. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (as amended through November 7, 2011), as approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting (the “Amended and Restated Articles”), were filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and became effective November 7, 2011.

The preceding description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Articles, a copy of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and are incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, a copy of the Amended and Restated Articles, marked to show changes to the former Articles, is also included as Exhibit 3.1.1 attached hereto.

Amendment to By-Laws

The Board approved certain amendments to the Company’s By-Laws (as amended August 15, 2009) (the “By-Laws”) to conform the By-Laws to the Board-approved amendments to the Articles described above, subject to shareholder approval of the proposed amendments to the Articles and the filing of the Articles with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to make certain other changes. More specifically, the By-Laws were amended to:

 

   

adopt a majority voting standard for uncontested director elections, including a resignation policy;

 

   

to clarify the procedures by which shareholders may nominate persons for election to the Board and/or propose other business to be considered by shareholders at future annual meetings;

 

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to make other procedural and administrative changes and clarifications.

The amendments to the By-Laws did not require shareholder approval. Having received shareholder approval of the Amended and Restated Articles at the Annual Meeting, the By-Laws were amended and restated, effective November 7, 2011 (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”).

The preceding description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated By-Laws, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, a copy of the Amended and Restated By-Laws, marked to show changes to the former By-Laws, is also included as Exhibit 3.2.1 attached hereto.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

As described in Item 5.03 above, the Company held its Annual Meeting on November 4, 2011. As of the record date of September 2, 2011, there were 62,616,486 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. A total of 60,777,996 shares were present in person or by proxy at the annual meeting of shareholders.

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders elected Carl J. Johnson, Thomas E. Mistler and Joseph J. Corasanti as Class Three Directors, to serve until the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 1”). Proposal 1 received the following votes:

Carl J. Johnson

 

For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
29,877,317   19,908,449   10,992,230

Thomas E. Mistler

 

For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
48,400,206   1,385,560   10,992,230

Joseph J. Corasanti

 

For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
46,796,057   2,989,709   10,992,230

 

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At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders elected Howard H. Xia as a Class One Directors, to serve until the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of shareholders or until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 2”). Proposal 2 received the following votes:

 

For   Withheld   Broker Non-Vote
48,627,393   1,158,373   10,992,230

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved an amendment to the Articles to increase the number of shares of common stock that are authorized for issuance under the Articles from 100,000,000 to 300,000,000 shares (“Proposal 3”). Proposal 3 received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
40,127,134   20,519,999   130,863   —  

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved an amendment to the Articles for the adoption of majority voting of directors and the related elimination of cumulative voting in the election of directors in order to effect majority voting (“Proposal 4”). Proposal 4 received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
48,273,799   1,458,458   53,509   10,992,230

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved an amendment to the Articles to amend the business purpose clause to reflect a change in the governing statute under Pennsylvania law (“Proposal 5”). Proposal 5 received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
60,646,066   60,204   71,726   —  

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved (on an advisory basis) the Company’s executive compensation (“Proposal 6”). Proposal 6 received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
39,157,430   10,572,014   56,322   10,992,230

 

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At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved (on an advisory basis) the “One Year” option as the frequency for future shareholder advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation (“Proposal 7”). Proposal 7 received the following votes:

 

One Year

 

Two Years

 

Three Years

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

44,393,631   291,729   5,054,333   46,073   10,992,230

In light of the shareholder vote on Proposal 7 as reported above, the Board has determined that the Company will include a non-binding, advisory vote in its proxy materials for its annual meeting of shareholders to approve the compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in such proxy materials every year until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders ratified the Audit Committee’s selection of Ernst & Young LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 (“Proposal 8”). Proposal 8 received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
59,044,676   1,692,225   41,095   —  

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 3.1.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (As amended through November 7, 2011).
Exhibit 3.1.1.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (As amended through November 7, 2011) (marked to show changes to former Articles).
Exhibit 3.2.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated By-Laws (effective November 7, 2011).
Exhibit 3.2.1.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated By-Laws (effective November 7, 2011) (marked to show changes to former By-Laws).
Exhibit 99.1.    Press release dated November 8, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  II-VI INCORPORATED
  (Registrant)
Date: November 8, 2011   By:  

/s/ Francis J. Kramer

    Francis J. Kramer
    President and Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: November 8, 2011   By:  

/s/ Craig A. Creaturo

    Craig A. Creaturo
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

Exhibit 3.1.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (As amended through November 7, 2011).
Exhibit 3.1.1.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (As amended through November 7, 2011) (marked to show changes to former Articles).
Exhibit 3.2.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated By-Laws (effective November 7, 2011).
Exhibit 3.2.1.    II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated By-Laws (effective November 7, 2011) (marked to show changes to former By-Laws).
Exhibit 99.1.    Press release dated November 8, 2011.

 

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Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

(As amended through November 7, 2011)

1. The name of the corporation is:

II-VI INCORPORATED

2. The location and post office address of its registered office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is:

375 Saxonburg Boulevard

Saxonburg, Pennsylvania 16056

3. The corporation shall have unlimited power to engage in and to do any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended.

4. The term of its existence is: Perpetual

5. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is:

Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) shares of common stock, having no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and Five Million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, having no par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

A description of each class of shares and a statement of the designations, voting rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and the special or relative rights granted to or imposed upon the shares of each class are as follows:

 

  A. Each share of Common Stock of the corporation shall be entitled to one (1) vote.

 

  B. In each election of directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to cast one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in such shareholder’s name on the books of the corporation for each of such number of candidates as there are directors to be elected, but no shareholder shall have any right to cumulate votes and cast them for one candidate or distribute them among two or more candidates.

 

  C.

The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, at any time or from time to time, to divide any or all of the shares of Preferred Stock into one or more series, and in the resolution or resolutions establishing a particular series, before issuance of any of the shares thereof, to fix and determine the number of shares and the designation of such series, so as to distinguish it from the shares of all other series and classes, and to fix and determine the designations, voting rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and the special or relative rights of the


  Preferred Stock or of such series, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including, but not limited to, the variations between different series in the following respects:

 

  1) the distinctive designation of such series and the number of shares which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased or decreased (but no below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by the Board of Directors;

 

  2) the annual dividend rate for such series, and the date or dates from which dividends shall commence to accrue;

 

  3) the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions on which, the shares of such series may be made redeemable;

 

  4) the purpose or sinking fund provisions, if any, for the purchase or redemption of shares of such series;

 

  5) the preferential amount or amounts payable upon shares of such series in the event of liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the corporation;

 

  6) the voting rights, if any, of shares of such series;

 

  7) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which shares of such series may be converted and the class or classes or series of shares of the corporation or other securities into which such shares may be converted;

 

  8) the relative seniority, priority or junior rank of such series as to dividends, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative, with respect to any other classes or series of stock then or thereafter to be issued; and

 

  9) such other designations, voting rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, and special or relative rights and preferences, if any, of shares of such series as the Board of Directors may, at the time of such resolution or resolutions, lawfully fix or determine under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the corporation or in a resolution or resolutions establishing any particular series of Preferred Stock, the aggregate number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased by an amendment of the Articles of Incorporation approved solely by a majority vote of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

All shares within each series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except with respect to the dates from which dividends shall commence to accrue.

 

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The Board of Directors may in its discretion, at any time or from time to time, issue or cause to be issued all or any part of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock for consideration of such character and value as the Board of Directors shall from time to time fix or determine.

 

  D. There shall be a series of Preferred Stock with the designation and relative rights and preferences as follows:

 

  1) Designation. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series One Preferred Stock” and the number of shares constituting such series shall initially be Three Hundred Thousand (300,000). Shares of this series shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of rights to purchase Series One Preferred Stock distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the corporation.

 

  2)

Dividends and Distributions. Subject to the rights and preferences of the holders of any shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock ranking senior as to dividends to this Series One Preferred Stock, as such may be by the Board of Directors, the holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock and shares of stock ranking junior as to dividends to the Series One Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to receive, when and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the 15th day of September, December, March and June in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series One Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends plus 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), paid on the Common Stock at any time during the quarter year immediately preceding the quarter year ending on the day immediately preceding such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. In the event the corporation shall at any time after August 11, 2001 (the “Rights Declaration Date”) during any quarter year immediately preceding the quarter year ending on the day immediately preceding a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock or combine the outstanding Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amounts to which holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying each such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding

 

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  immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series One Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series One Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declare thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

 

  3) Voting Rights.

 

  (a) Each share of Series One Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes (and each one one-hundredth of a share of Series One Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote) on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the corporation. In the event that the corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event, the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

  (b)

Except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class for the

 

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  election of directors of the corporation and on all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the corporation.

 

  (c) Except as provided herein or by applicable law, holders of Series One Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for authorizing or taking any corporate action.

 

  4) Certain Restrictions.

 

  (a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series One Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series One Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the corporation shall not:

 

  (i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assets) to the Series One Preferred Stock;

 

  (ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or as to assets) with the Series One Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series One Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

 

  (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assets) to the Series One Preferred Stock, provided that the corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assets) to the Series One Preferred Stock; or

 

  (iv)

purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series One Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series One Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer

 

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  made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

 

  (b) The corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the corporation unless the corporation could, under Paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

 

  5) Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series One Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Series One Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of the same or a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

 

  6) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Subject to the rights and preferences of the holders of any shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock ranking senior as to assets to this Series One Preferred Stock, upon any involuntary or voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assts) to the Series One Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock shall have received an amount per share equal to the Per Share Series One Liquidation Preference. Following the payment of the full amount of the Series One Liquidation Preference, holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive the remaining assets to be distributed.

The “Per Share Series One Liquidation Preference” shall be equal to the sum of (x) $100.00 plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distribution thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, plus (y) the Participation Preference. The “Participation Preference” is an amount per each share of Series One Preferred Stock outstanding, equal to the product of (A) the Excess Distribution Amount (as hereinafter defined) times (B) a fraction the numerator of which is 100 and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the product of 100 times the number of outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the product of 100 times a fraction the numerator of which is the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and the denominator of which is the Adjustment Number (as hereinafter defined); provided,

 

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however, if the foregoing computation results in a negative number, then the Participation Preference shall be 0.

The “Excess Distribution Amount” is an amount equal to the amount available for distribution to shareholders of the corporation after payment of all debts and liabilities less the sum of (i) the liquidation preferences in respect of all shares of Preferred Stock of the corporation other than the Series One Preferred Stock, (ii) the product of 100 times the number of outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock, and (iii) the product of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock times a fraction the numerator of which is 100 and the denominator of which is the Adjustment Number.

The “Adjustment Number” shall initially be 100 and shall be subject to adjustment as provided in this paragraph. In the event the corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

  7) Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series One Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the corporation shall at any time (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock or combine the outstanding Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series One Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

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  8) Redemption. The outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock may be redeemed at the option of the Board of Directors as a whole, but not in part, at any time, or from time to time, at a cash price per share equal to (i) the product of the Adjustment Number times the Average Market Value of the Common Stock, plus (ii) all dividends which on the redemption date have accrued on the shares to be redeemed and have not been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, without interest; provided, however, that if and whenever any quarter-yearly dividend shall have accrued on the Series One Preferred Stock which has not been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, the corporation may not purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Series One Preferred Stock unless all shares of such stock at the time outstanding are so purchased or otherwise acquired. The “Average Market Value” is the average of the closing sale prices of the Common Stock during the 30 day period immediately preceding the date before the redemption date on Nasdaq or any system then in use, or if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.

 

  9) Fractional Shares. Series One Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, if applicable, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series One Preferred Stock.

6.

 

  A. In addition to the right of the Board of Directors under law to remove a director for cause, and subject to the rights of the holder of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director, any class of directors, or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office by a vote of the shareholders at any time, with or without assigning any cause, but only if shareholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which all shareholders would be entitled to cast at an annual election of directors or of such class shall vote in favor of such removal.

 

  B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Articles of Incorporation or the By-laws of the corporation, the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which all shareholders would be entitled to cast at an annual election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with this Article 6 or any provision of the By-laws of the corporation relating to the number of directors, the classification of directors, and/or the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors; provided, however, that this Paragraph B shall not apply to and such two-thirds (2/3) vote shall not be required for any such amendment, repeal, or adoption unanimously approved by all of the directors of the corporation.

 

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7. A nominee for director shall be elected to the Board of Directors at a meeting of shareholders if the votes cast for such nominee by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election exceeds the votes cast against such nominee; provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, then the nominees receiving the highest number of votes up to the number of directors to be elected shall be elected. For purposes of this Article 7, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a director must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that director; abstentions are not counted as votes cast. Any nominee for director who is not an incumbent director and is not so elected shall not take office. Any incumbent director nominated for re-election but not so elected shall, in the event such director’s successor shall not have been selected and qualified, take such actions (which may include the tender of the director’s resignation for consideration by the Board of Directors) as shall be consistent with applicable law and the company’s By-laws. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to adopt and amend appropriate By-laws to implement this Article 7.

 

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Exhibit 3.1.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

(As amended through November  8, 2004 7, 2011 )

1. The name of the corporation is:

II-VI INCORPORATED

2. The location and post office address of its registered office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is:

375 Saxonburg Boulevard

Saxonburg, Pennsylvania 16056

3. The purpose or purposes of the corporation, which is organized under the Business Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , Act of May 5, 1933, (P.L. 364), as amended, are as follows:

3. The corporation shall have unlimited power to engage in and to do any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Business Corporation Law , Act of May 5, 1933 (P.L. 364), as amended, including, without limitation, the power to engage in manufacturing of any nature whatsoever 1988, as amended .

4. The term of its existence is: Perpetual

5. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is:

One Three Hundred Million ( 100,000,000 300,000,000 ) shares of common stock, having no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and Five Million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, having no par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

A description of each class of shares and a statement of the designations, voting rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and the special or relative rights granted to or imposed upon the shares of each class are as follows:

 

  A. Each share of Common Stock of the corporation shall be entitled to one (1) vote.

 

  B. In each election of directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to cast one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in such shareholder’s name on the books of the corporation for each of such number of candidates as there are di rectors to be elected, but no shareholder shall have any right to cumulate votes and cast them for one candidate or distribute them among two or more candidates.

 

  C.

B. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, at any time or from time to time, to divide any or all of the shares of Preferred Stock into one or more


  series, and in the resolution or resolutions establishing a particular series, before issuance of any of the shares thereof, to fix and determine the number of shares and the designation of such series, so as to distinguish it from the shares of all other series and classes, and to fix and determine the designations, voting rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and the special or relative rights of the Preferred Stock or of such series, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including, but not limited to, the variations between different series in the following respects:

 

  1) the distinctive designation of such series and the number of shares which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased or decreased (but no below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by the Board of Directors;

 

  2) the annual dividend rate for such series, and the date or dates from which dividends shall commence to accrue : ;

 

  3) the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions on which, the shares of such series may be made redeemable;

 

  4) the purpose or sinking fund provisions, if any, for the purchase or redemption of shares of such series;

 

  5) the preferential amount or amounts payable upon shares of such series in the event of liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the corporation;

 

  6) the voting rights, if any, of shares of such series;

 

  7) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which shares of such series may be converted and the class or classes or series of shares of the corporation or other securities into which such shares may be converted;

 

  8) the relative seniority, priority or junior rank of such series as to dividends, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative, with respect to any other classes or series of stock then or thereafter to be issued; and

 

  9) such other designations, voting rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, and special or relative rights and preferences, if any, of shares of such series as the Board of Directors may, at the time of such resolution or resolutions, lawfully fix or determine under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the corporation or in a resolution or resolutions establishing any particular series of Preferred Stock, the aggregate number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased by an amendment of the

 

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Articles of Incorporation approved solely by a majority vote of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

All shares within each series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except with respect to the dates from which dividends shall commence to accrue.

The Board of Directors may in its discretion, at any time or from time to time, issue or cause to be issued all or any part of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock for consideration of such character and value as the Board of Directors shall from time to time fix or determine.

 

  D. C. There shall be a series of Preferred Stock with the designation and relative rights and preferences as follows:

 

  1) Designation. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series One Preferred Stock” and the number of shares constituting such series shall initially be Three Hundred Thousand (300,000). Shares of this series shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of rights to purchase Series One Preferred Stock distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the corporation.

 

  2)

Dividends and Distributions. Subject to the rights and preferences of the holders of any shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock ranking senior as to dividends to this Series One Preferred Stock, as such may be by the Board of Directors, the holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock and shares of stock ranking junior as to dividends to the Series One Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to receive, when and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the 15th day of September, December, March and June in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series One Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends plus 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), paid on the Common Stock at any time during the quarter year immediately preceding the quarter year ending on the day immediately preceding such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. In the event the corporation shall at any time after August 11, 2001 (the “Rights Declaration Date”) during any quarter year immediately preceding the quarter year ending on the day immediately preceding a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock

 

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  payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock or combine the outstanding Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amounts to which holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying each such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series One Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series One Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declare thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

 

  3) Voting Rights.

 

  (a)

Each share of Series One Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes (and each one one-hundredth of a share of Series One Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote) on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the corporation. In the event that the corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event, the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the denominator of which is the

 

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  number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

  (b) Except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class for the election of directors of the corporation and on all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the corporation.

 

  (c) Except as provided herein or by applicable law, holders of Series One Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for authorizing or taking any corporate action.

 

  4) Certain Restrictions.

 

  (a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series One Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series One Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the corporation shall not:

 

  (i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assets) to the Series One Preferred Stock;

 

  (ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or as to assets) with the Series One Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series One Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

 

  (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assets) to the Series One Preferred Stock, provided that the corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assets) to the Series One Preferred Stock; or

 

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  (iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series One Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series One Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

 

  (b) The corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the corporation unless the corporation could, under Paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

 

  5) Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series One Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Series One Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of the same or a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

 

  6) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Subject to the rights and preferences of the holders of any shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock ranking senior as to assets to this Series One Preferred Stock, upon any involuntary or voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or as to assts) to the Series One Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series One Preferred Stock shall have received an amount per share equal to the Per Share Series One Liquidation Preference. Following the payment of the full amount of the Series One Liquidation Preference, holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive the remaining assets to be distributed.

The “Per Share Series One Liquidation Preference” shall be equal to the sum of (x) $100.00 plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distribution thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, plus (y) the Participation Preference. The “Participation Preference” is an amount per each share of Series One Preferred Stock outstanding, equal to the product of (A) the Excess Distribution Amount (as hereinafter defined) times (B) a fraction the numerator of which is 100

 

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and the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the product of 100 times the number of outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the product of 100 times a fraction the numerator of which is the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock and the denominator of which is the Adjustment Number (as hereinafter defined); provided, however, if the foregoing computation results in a negative number, then the Participation Preference shall be 0.

The “Excess Distribution Amount” is an amount equal to the amount available for distribution to shareholders of the corporation after payment of all debts and liabilities less the sum of (i) the liquidation preferences in respect of all shares of Preferred Stock of the corporation other than the Series One Preferred Stock, (ii) the product of 100 times the number of outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock, and (iii) the product of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock times a fraction the numerator of which is 100 and the denominator of which is the Adjustment Number.

The “Adjustment Number” shall initially be 100 and shall be subject to adjustment as provided in this paragraph. In the event the corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

  7)

Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series One Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the corporation shall at any time (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock or combine the outstanding Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series One Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount

 

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  by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

  8) Redemption. The outstanding shares of Series One Preferred Stock may be redeemed at the option of the Board of Directors as a whole, but not in part, at any time, or from time to time, at a cash price per share equal to (i) the product of the Adjustment Number times the Average Market Value of the Common Stock, plus (ii) all dividends which on the redemption date have accrued on the shares to be redeemed and have not been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, without interest; provided, however, that if and whenever any quarter-yearly dividend shall have accrued on the Series One Preferred Stock which has not been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, the corporation may not purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Series One Preferred Stock unless all shares of such stock at the time outstanding are so purchased or otherwise acquired. The “Average Market Value” is the average of the closing sale prices of the Common Stock during the 30 day period immediately preceding the date before the redemption date on Nasdaq or any system then in use, or if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.

 

  9) Fractional Shares. Series One Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, if applicable, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series One Preferred Stock.

6.

 

  A. In addition to the right of the Board of Directors under law to remove a director for cause, and subject to the rights of the holder of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director, any class of directors, or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office by a vote of the shareholders at any time, with or without assigning any cause, but only if shareholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which all shareholders would be entitled to cast at an annual election of directors or of such class shall vote in favor of such removal provided, however, that no individual director shall be removed (unless the entire Board of Directors or any class of directors shall be removed) if the votes cast against such removal would be suff icient, if voted cumulatively for such director, to elect him or her to the class of directors of which he or she is a member .

 

  B.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Articles of Incorporation or the By-laws of the corporation, the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to cast at

 

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  least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes which all shareholders would be entitled to cast at an annual election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with this Article 6 or any provision of the By-laws of the corporation relating to the number of directors, the classification of directors, and/or the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors; provided, however, that this Paragraph B shall not apply to and such two-thirds (2/3) vote shall not be required for any such amendment, repeal, or adoption unanimously approved by all of the directors of the corporation.

7. A nominee for director shall be elected t o the Board of Directors at a meeting of shareholders if the votes cast for such nominee by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election exceeds the votes cast against such nominee; provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directo rs to be elected, then the nominees receiving the highest number of votes up to the number of directors to be elected shall be elected. For purposes of this Article 7, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a director mus t exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that director; abstentions are not counted as votes cast. Any nominee for director who is not an incumbent director and is not so elected shall not take office. Any incumbent director nominated for re-election but not so elected shall, in the event such director’s successor shall not have been selected and qualified, take such actions (which may include the tender of the director’s resignation for consideration by the Board of Directors) as shall be consistent w ith applicable law and the company’s By-laws. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to adopt and amend appropriate By-laws to implement this Article 7.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

II-VI INCORPORATED

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

November 7, 2011

ARTICLE I

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1.01. ANNUAL MEETINGS; NOTICE. An annual meeting of the shareholders of II-VI Incorporated (the “Corporation”) shall be held each year at such time and place within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as shall be designated by the Board of Directors. Written notice of the annual meeting specifying the place, date, hour, the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and means of remote communication, if any, shall be given at least five (5) days prior to the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to notice of the meeting, except in the instance where the purpose of the meeting (or one of the purposes of the meeting) will be to consider a fundamental change in the Corporation as defined in Chapter 19 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the “BCL”), in which case notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting. At any annual meeting of shareholders, only such nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors shall be made, and only such other business shall be conducted or considered, as shall have been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these By-laws.

Section 1.02. SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time, by the Chairman or the Board of Directors, for any purpose or purposes set forth in the call by delivering a written request to the Secretary. Special meetings shall be held not more than sixty (60) days after receipt by the Secretary of the request. Special meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place as may be designated by the Board of Directors, or if not so designated, at the principal office of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.03(b) of these By-laws, written notice of special meetings specifying the place, day, and hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted shall be given at least five (5) days prior to the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, except in the instance where the meeting will consider a fundamental change in the Corporation as defined in Chapter 19 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, in which case notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting. At any special meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted or considered, as shall have been properly brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting, proposals of business must be specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplements thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or otherwise properly brought before the special meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 1.03. ORGANIZATION AND MANNER OF ACTING.


(a) PROXIES: Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the shareholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him/her/it by proxy. Every proxy shall be executed or authenticated by the shareholder or by his/her/its duly authorized attorney-in-fact and filed with or transmitted to the Secretary of the Corporation or its designated agent. A telegram, telex, cablegram, datagram, e-mail, Internet or telephonic communication or other means of electronic transmission from a shareholder or attorney-in-fact, or a photographic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by a shareholder or attorney-in-fact shall be treated as properly executed or authenticated if it sets forth or utilizes a confidential and unique identification number or other mark furnished by the Corporation to the shareholder for purposes of a particular meeting or transaction. A proxy, unless coupled with an interest, shall be revocable at will, notwithstanding any other agreement or any provision in the proxy to the contrary, but the revocation of a proxy shall not be effective until notice thereof has been given to the Secretary of the Corporation or its designated agent in writing or by electronic transmission. An unrevoked proxy shall not be valid after three years from the date of its execution, authentication or transmission unless a longer time is expressly provided therein. A proxy shall not be revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is counted or the authority is exercised, written notice of the death or incapacity is given to the Secretary of the Corporation or its designated agent.

(b) QUORUM: A shareholders’ meeting duly called shall not be organized for the transaction of business unless a quorum is present. At any meeting and except as otherwise provided by law, the presence in person or by proxy of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast on the particular matter shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. If a meeting cannot be organized because a quorum is not present, the shareholders present may adjourn the meeting from day to day to such time and place as they may determine by the affirmative vote of the shareholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes present, until a quorum shall be present at any such reconvened meeting. When a meeting is adjourned, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken. The determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of that meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date. If after the adjournment, a new record date is fixed for shareholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of the adjourned meeting and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for notice of such adjourned meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business which could have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed may be transacted.

(c) VOTING: Unless otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”), these By-laws or by law, every shareholder of record shall be entitled to one vote for every share of Common Stock standing in his/her name on the books of the Corporation. Elections of Directors need not be by ballot, except upon demand by a shareholder made at the election and before voting begins. In each election of Directors, every

 

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shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to cast one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation for each of such number of candidates as there are Directors to be elected, but no shareholder shall have any right to cumulate votes and cast them for one candidate or distribute them among two or more candidates. Except as provided in the Articles or these By-laws, resolutions of the shareholders shall be adopted, and any action of the shareholders at a meeting upon any matter shall be taken and be valid, only with the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders present at the meeting are entitled to cast, except as otherwise provided by law.

(d) PRESIDING OFFICER, SECRETARY: The Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence or if such office is vacant the President, shall preside, and the Secretary shall take the minutes, at all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of the presiding officer hereinabove designated, the presiding officer shall be designated by the Board of Directors, or if not so designated, selected by the shareholders present; and in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer shall designate any person to take the minutes of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles or these By-laws, the presiding officer of a shareholders’ meeting shall have the power to determine whether a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with these By-laws and, if any proposed nomination or other business is not in compliance with these By-laws, to declare that no action shall be taken on such nomination or other proposal and such nomination or other proposal shall be disregarded.

(e) MEETING BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS: One or more of the shareholders may participate in a meeting of the shareholders by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Meetings of shareholders also can be held by means of the Internet or other electronic communications technology in accordance with the BCL.

Section 1.04. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDER BUSINESS AND NOMINATIONS.

(a) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of shareholders (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, including pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, or (2) by any shareholder of the Corporation who was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these By-laws, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.04. Clause (2) of this Section 1.04(a) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations or submit other business proposals (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before a meeting of the shareholders.

(b) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (2) of Section 1.04(a) of these By-laws, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. With respect to a nomination for Director,

 

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in order to be timely such notice must be delivered to the Secretary no later than the close of business on the 120th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 150th day before the anniversary date of the mailing date of the Corporation’s proxy statement in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting. With respect to a proposal for other business, in order to be timely such notice must be delivered to the Secretary no later than the close of business on the 120th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 150th day prior to the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting and must be a proper matter for shareholder action. In the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary date of the previous year’s annual meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In addition, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall further be updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation no later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date, and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

(c) To be in proper form, a shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must include the following, as applicable:

(i) as to each Proposing Person (as defined below), a shareholder’s notice must set forth:

(A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records),

(B)(1) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned (as defined below) or owned of record by such Proposing Person and whether such person has sole beneficial ownership of such shares (and if not solely beneficially owned, a description of such person’s beneficial ownership in such shares), (2) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to, or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value (or change in value) of, any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument,

 

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contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard of whether any Proposing Person may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such Proposing Person, (3) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has a right to vote any class or series of shares of any security of the Corporation, (4) any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, or reduce the economic risk of ownership of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, or manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, “Short Interests”), (5) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation beneficially owned by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (6) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such Proposing Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership, (7) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such Proposing Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such Proposing Person’s immediate family sharing the same household, (8) any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such Proposing Person, and (9) any direct or indirect interest of such Proposing Person in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), and

(C) any other information relating to such Proposing Person 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, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(ii) If the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a Director or Directors that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in Section 1.04(c)(i) above, also set forth: (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), (C) any material interest of the Proposing Person in the business being proposed by such Proposing Person (whether by holdings of securities, by virtue of being a creditor or contractual counterparty of the Corporation or of a third party, or

 

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otherwise) and (D) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such Proposing Person, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such Proposing Person;

(iii) As to each person, if any, whom the shareholder proposes (including on behalf of any Proposing Person) to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in Section 1.04(c)(i) above, also set forth: (A) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected) and (B) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Proposing Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee 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 Proposing Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a Director or executive officer of such registrant; and

(iv) With respect to each person, if any, whom the shareholder proposes (including on behalf of a Proposing Person) to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in Sections 1.04(c)(i) and (iii) above, also include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 1.04(e) of these By-laws. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information 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 or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

(d) For purposes of these By-laws, (i) “public announcement” shall mean 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 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii) the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (A) the shareholder providing the notice of nomination or business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (B) if the shareholder providing the notice of nomination or business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting is not the sole beneficial owner of all of the shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock or Preferred Stock listed in such notice, the other beneficial owner or beneficial owners of any of the shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock or Preferred Stock listed in such notice, (C) any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such shareholder or beneficial owner and (D) any other person with whom or with which such shareholder or beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates or associates) is acting in concert; and (iii) a person shall be deemed a “beneficial owner” of, and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” (A) any securities or interest that such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time)

 

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pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise and (B) any securities or interest of which such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) is a “beneficial owner” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

(e) To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a Director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under this Section 1.04 of these By-laws) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualifications of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) and (ii) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) 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 (2) 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, (B) 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, (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation, (D) will provide, upon request, a conditional resignation in accordance with the Corporation’s resignation policy regarding majority voting (the form of which shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and (E) will abide by the requirements of Section 1.04 of these By-laws.

(f) (i) Only such persons who are properly nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws shall be eligible to be elected at an annual meeting of shareholders to serve as Directors and only such business as shall have been properly brought before the any annual or special meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws shall be conducted at such annual or special meeting.

(ii) For purposes of this Section 1.04, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.04, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.04. Nothing in this Section 1.04 shall be deemed to affect any rights of (A) shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, or (B) the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect Directors under specified

 

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circumstances. Subject to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, nothing in these By-laws shall be construed to permit any shareholder, or give any shareholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Corporation’s proxy statement any nomination of Director or Directors or any other business proposal.

Section 1.05. VOTING LIST. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer books for the shares of the Corporation shall make, for each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. The list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting, and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. If the Corporation has 5,000 or more shareholders, the Corporation may, in lieu of making such list, make such information available by any other means.

Section 1.06. DETERMINATION OF SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORDS. The Board of Directors may fix a time, not more than ninety days before the date of any meeting of the shareholders or the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any such meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution, or to receive any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case, only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date fixed. Unless a record date is fixed by the Board of Directors for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, or to vote at, a shareholders’ meeting, transferees of shares which are transferred on the books of the Corporation within ten days preceding the date of such meeting shall not be entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt a procedure whereby a shareholder of the Corporation may certify in writing to the Corporation that all or a portion of the shares requested in the name of the shareholder are held for the account of a specified person or persons.

Section 1.07. JUDGES OF ELECTION OR VOTE. In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election be not so appointed, the chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his/her proxy shall, make such appointment at the meeting. The number of judges shall be one or three. If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares present and entitled to vote shall determine whether one or three judges are to be appointed. No person who is a candidate for office shall act as a judge. In case any person appointed as judge fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the convening of the meeting, or at the meeting by the person or officer acting as chairman of the meeting. The judges of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies, receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and

 

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do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. The judges of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability, and as expeditiously as is practical. If there be three judges of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. On request of the chairman of the meeting, or of any shareholder or his/her proxy, the judges shall make a report in writing of any challenge or questions or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate of any fact found by them. Any report or certificate made by them shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

Section 2.01. NUMBER, ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The number of Directors shall be at least five (5) and not more than eleven (11) Directors, the exact number to be set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Until otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, the Board shall consist of seven (7) Directors. Commencing with the annual meeting of the shareholders first following the adoption of these By-laws by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes in respect to term of office. Each class shall be as nearly equal in number as possible In accordance with the Articles, a nominee for Director shall be elected to the Board of Directors at a meeting of shareholders if the votes cast for such nominee by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election exceeds the votes cast against such nominee’s election; provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of Directors to be elected, then the nominees receiving the highest number of votes up to the number of Directors to be elected shall be elected For purposes of this Section 2.01, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a Director must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that Director; abstentions are not counted as votes cast. Any nominee for Director who is not an incumbent Director and is not so elected shall not take office. If, in any election of Directors at which the number of nominees does not exceed the number of Directors to be elected, the votes cast by the shareholders “FOR” a nominee Director who is an incumbent Director does not exceed the votes cast “AGAINST” such incumbent Director and no successor has been selected and qualified at such meeting, the incumbent Director shall continue as a Director for the term of office subject to such election but the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the resignation previously tendered by such Director and as required by this section, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors shall act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a press release, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other broadly disseminated means of communication) its decision regarding the tendered resignation and the rationale behind the decision within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. The Director who tenders his or her resignation shall not participate in the recommendation of the Committee or the decision of the Board of Directors with respect to his or her resignation. If such incumbent Director’s resignation is not accepted by the Board of Directors, such Director shall continue to serve until the expiration of such Director’s term and until his or her successor is duly elected, or his or her earlier resignation or removal. If a Director’s resignation is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant to this By-law, or if a nominee for Director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent Director, then the Board

 

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of Directors, in its sole discretion, may fill any resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.08 of these By-laws or may decrease the size of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.01. In considering the question of whether to accept a Director nominee’s resignation, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board of Director shall be entitled to consider such facts and circumstances as deemed appropriate, including, but not limited to, (i) whether the concerns raised by shareholders that led to the “AGAINST” votes can or should be cured, (ii) whether resignation of the nominee is an appropriate response to the concerns raised by shareholders, (iii) the Director nominee’s historical and anticipated future commitment and contribution to the Board of Directors, (iv) whether the Director’s service on the Board of Directors is consistent with applicable regulatory requirements and listing standards, and without limitation (v) other matters in the interests of the Corporation. The Board of Directors’ explanation of its decision shall be promptly disclosed on a Form 8-K furnished to or filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each class of Directors shall hold office for a term of three years, with the term of office of one class expiring in each succeeding year, so that, as nearly as possible, one-third (1/3) of the number of Directors of the Corporation shall be elected annually. At each annual meeting of shareholders, each incumbent or each successor to a Director of the class whose term expires that year, as the case may be, shall be elected to hold office for a term of three years and until such person’s successor has been selected and qualified. Directors shall be natural persons of full age, but need not be residents of Pennsylvania or shareholders of the Corporation. In order for any person to be nominated as a Director of the Corporation, such person must have submitted to the Board of Directors, prior to the time of such person’s nomination as a Director, an irrevocable conditional resignation from the Board of Directors, to take effect upon the occurrence of all of the following conditions: (i) such person stood for election to the Board of Directors at a shareholder meeting at which the number of nominees did not exceed the number of Directors to be elected; (ii) at such shareholder meeting the votes by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election cast against such person’s reelection (excluding abstentions) exceeded the votes cast for such person’s reelection; and (iii) such resignation having been accepted by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. ORGANIZATION MEETING OR ANNUAL MEETING; NOTICE. An organization meeting, or annual meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors shall be held each year at the same place as and promptly after the annual meeting of shareholders. At such meeting, the Board of Directors shall organize itself and elect the executive officers of the Corporation for the ensuing year, and may transact any other business. Notice of the organization meeting of the Board or of the business to be transacted thereat shall not be required to be given, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law.

Section 2.03. REGULAR MEETINGS; NOTICE. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated by the Board from time to time. Notice of such regular meetings of the Board shall not be required to be given, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law, except that wherever the time or place of regular meetings shall be initially fixed or changed, notice of such action shall be given promptly by telephone or otherwise to each Director not participating in such action.

Section 2.04. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Board itself by vote at a meeting, or by any Director, or by the Chairman to be held at such place and day and hour and for such purposes as shall be specified by the person or persons calling the meeting in an oral or written notice at least one hour prior to

 

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the meeting. Any business may be transacted at a special meeting, irrespective of whether the notice of such meeting contains a reference thereto, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law.

Section 2.05. ORGANIZATION AND MANNER OF ACTING. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of at least a majority of the Directors in office shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the acts of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law. If a quorum is not present at any meeting, the meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the Directors present, until a quorum shall be present; but notice of the time and place to which such meeting is adjourned shall be given to any Director not present at the adjourned meeting no later than the day prior to the date of reconvening. Resolutions of the Board shall be adopted, and any action of the Board at a meeting upon any matter shall be taken and be valid, with the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Directors present at a meeting duly convened, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law. The Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence or if such office is vacant the President, shall preside at all meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall take the minutes at all meetings of the Board. In the absence of the presiding officer hereinabove designated, the Directors present shall select a member of the Board to preside; and in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer shall designate any person to take the minutes of the meeting.

Section 2.06. RESIGNATIONS. Any Director may resign by submitting to the Chairman of the Board or the President his/her resignation, which (unless otherwise specified therein) need not be accepted to make it effective and shall be effective immediately upon its receipt by such officer.

Section 2.07. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

(a) BY ACTION OF THE SHAREHOLDERS: The entire Board of Directors, or a class of the Board, where the Board is classified with respect to the power to elect Directors, or any individual Director may be removed from office at any time, without assigning any cause therefor, only by the vote of shareholders provided in the Articles. In case the Board, or such a class of the Board, or any one or more Directors be so removed, new Directors may be elected at the same meeting. Unless the entire Board or a class of the Board be removed, not more than one Director at a time may be removed by any one vote of the shareholders.

(b) BY ACTION OF THE DIRECTORS: The Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of a Director if such Director is declared of unsound mind by an order of court, or convicted of a felony, or for any other proper cause, or if, within sixty (60) days after notice of his/her election, he/she does not accept such office either in writing or by attending a meeting of the Board of Directors and fulfill such other requirements of qualification these By-laws may specify.

(c) OTHER REMOVAL: The provisions of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any provision of law authorizing the removal of any Director or a class of the Board.

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remaining members of the Board though less than a quorum or by the sole remaining Director, and each person so elected shall be a Director for the unexpired term of his/her predecessor in office, or, if a vacancy arises as a result of an increase in the number of Directors, the Director filling the vacancy shall be a Director for a term to be determined by the Board of Directors, but in no event to exceed a term of three years. Any such vacancy in any class of the Board of Directors may be filled by any incumbent member of any other class of the Board of Directors, provided, however, that such incumbent member shall consent to such election; such consent to such election shall be considered for the purposes of this Section 2.08 to be a simultaneous resignation by such Director from his former class.

Section 2.09. COMPENSATION. Directors, as such, shall receive such compensation for service as a Director as shall be determined by the Board of Directors; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any proper capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 2.10. CONSENT OF DIRECTORS IN LIEU OF MEETING. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to the action, a consent or consents thereto by all of the Directors in office is filed with the Secretary of the Corporation. A consent by a Director may take the form of an email transmission.

SECTION 2.11. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A Director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his/her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he/she shall file his/her written dissent to such action with the person acting as the Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent in writing by registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.

Section 2.12. TELEPHONE MEETINGS. Regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.

Section 2.13. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the Directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. A committee, to the extent provided in the resolution creating it, shall have and exercise the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation except as restricted by law. In the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, though less than a quorum, may unanimously appoint another Director to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the members of a committee may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to the action, a consent or consents thereto by all of the members of such committee in office is filed with the Secretary of

 

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the Corporation. A consent by a member of such committee may take the form of an email transmission.

Section 2.14. COMMITTEE RULES. Unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise, each committee designated by the Board may adopt and amend rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of a resolution of the Board or a provision in the rules of such committee to the contrary, a majority of the entire authorized number of members of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting, if a quorum is then present, shall be the act of such committee. Each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to these By-laws. One or more members of a committee of the Board may participate in a meeting of the committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons in the meeting can hear each other.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 3.01. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be the Chairman of the Board, the President, one or more Vice Presidents (as may be determined by the Board of Directors), the Secretary and the Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person. Each executive officer shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of the Board of Directors and thereafter until his/her successor is duly elected and qualifies, or until his/her death, resignation or removal. At the discretion of the Board of Directors, the office of Chairman of the Board and the office of Vice President may be left vacant.

Section 3.02. ELECTION, TERM, AND VACANCIES. The officers of the Corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually at the annual meeting of the Board. If the election is not held at such meeting, the election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his/her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his/her earlier death, resignation or removal. A vacancy in any office occurring in any manner may be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.03. REMOVAL. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

Section 3.04. ADDITIONAL AND ASSISTANT OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint one or more other officers, assistant officers, agents, employees and independent contractors as the Board deems advisable; and the Board of Directors or the President shall prescribe their duties, conditions of employment and compensation. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors, the President or any other executive officer may employ from time to time such other agents, employees and independent contractors as he/she may deem advisable, and prescribe their duties, conditions of employment and compensation. The President may dismiss any agent, employee or independent

 

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contractor not employed by authority of the Board, without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so dismissed.

Section 3.05. THE CHAIRMAN. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall be elected from among the Directors, shall preside at the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she shall be present, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, and, in the event that the duties of the Chairman are not prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman shall have duties at least as extensive as those prescribed for the office of the President in Section 3.06.

Section 3.06. THE PRESIDENT. The President, subject to the control of the Board, shall have management and supervision over and exercise general executive powers concerning all the property, business and affairs of the Corporation. The President shall be charged with carrying out the policies, programs, orders and resolutions adopted or approved by the Board, and shall have all powers and perform all duties incident to the office of general manager, and any further powers and duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. He/she shall have the power to execute deeds, bonds, mortgages, other contracts, agreements and instruments of the Corporation. The President shall be, ex officio, a member of all standing committees. Except as otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, all other officers shall render reports to the President.

Section 3.07. THE VICE PRESIDENTS. Except as otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Vice Presidents, if any, shall have and exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon them by the Board of Directors or by the President. The seniority of Vice Presidents, if seniority is to be assigned, may be designated at the time of their election. At the request of the President or in his/her absence or disability, the senior Vice President shall have and exercise the powers and duties of the President.

Section 3.08. THE SECRETARY. The Secretary shall: (a) keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Corporation an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors, and a copy of the Articles and of these By-laws; (b) attend to the giving of notices as may be required by law or these By-laws; (c) be custodian of the Corporation’s records and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the seal is affixed to such documents as may be necessary or advisable; (d) have charge of and keep at the registered office of the Corporation an original or duplicate share register, giving the names of the shareholders in alphabetical order, and showing their respective addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the shares, and the date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation and (e) have all powers and perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary, and such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President.

Section 3.09. THE TREASURER. The Treasurer shall: (a) be custodian of the Corporation’s contracts, policies, leases, deeds and other indicia of title, and all other business records, tax matters, financial documents and accounting records; (b) see that the lists, books, reports, statements, tax returns, certificates and other documents and records required by law are properly prepared, kept and filed; (c) be the principal officer in charge of tax and financial matters and of the accounting of the Corporation; (d) have charge and custody of and be responsible for the Corporation’s funds, securities, and investments; (e) receive, endorse for

 

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collection and give receipts for checks, notes, obligations, funds and securities of the Corporation, and deposit moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation, in such depositories as shall be designated by the Board of Directors; (f) cause to be kept appropriate, complete and accurate books or records of account of all the Corporation’s business and transactions; (g) render to the President and the Board of Directors when and as required, an account of all his/her transactions as Treasurer, and a report as to the financial position and operations of the Corporation; and (h) have all powers and perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer, and such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President.

Section 3.10. VACANCIES. Vacancy in any office or position by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause, shall be filled in the manner provided in this ARTICLE III for regular election or appointment to such office.

Section 3.11. DELEGATION OF DUTIES. In case of the absence of any officer, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate for the time being the powers and duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer or Director or other person whom it may select.

Section 3.12. SALARIES. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he/she is also a Director of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK

Section 4.01. SHARE CERTIFICATES. All classes and series of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any part thereof, shall be represented by stock certificates or shall be uncertificated shares, as determined by the Board of Directors, provided that every shareholder shall be entitled to a share certificate if such shareholder so requests in the manner prescribed by the Corporation. Stock certificates, if utilized, shall be consecutively numbered, and in such form as required by law and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, which shall represent and certify the number of shares of stock owned by such holder. Where a certificate is signed by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any such Chairman of the Board, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer may be facsimile. In case any transfer agent, registrar, officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such transfer agent, registrar, officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been issued by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such transfer agent, registrar, officer or officers of the Corporation. The Board may authorize the issuance of certificates for fractional shares or, in lieu thereof, scrip or other evidence of ownership, which

 

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may in the discretion of the Board entitle the holder thereof to voting, dividend or other rights of shareholders.

Section 4.02. TRANSFERS OF SHARES. Transfer of shares of stock of this Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent for cancellation of the certificate or certificates, if utilized, for such shares properly endorsed by the registered shareholder or by such shareholder’s assignee or legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, or by the agent of one of the foregoing thereunto duly authorized by an instrument duly executed and filed with the Corporation. The Board of Directors may appoint, or authorize any principal officer to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars and may require all certificates for capital stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

Section 4.03. LOST, STOLEN, DESTROYED OR MUTILATED CERTIFICATES. New certificates for shares of stock may be issued to replace certificates lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated upon such terms and conditions, including proof of loss or destruction and the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity, as the Board of Directors from time to time may determined.

Section 4.04. REGULATIONS RELATING TO SHARES. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations not inconsistent with these By-laws as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the Corporation.

Section 4.05. HOLDERS OF RECORD. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the Corporation as the holder and owner in fact thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or right, title or interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the laws of Pennsylvania.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS

Section 5.01. SIGNATURES ON NOTES, CHECKS, ETC. All properly authorized notes, bonds, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements (other than for deposit), guarantees, and all evidence of indebtedness of the Corporation whatsoever, shall require such number of signatures, and shall be signed by such officers or agents of the Corporation, subject to such requirements as to countersignature or other conditions, as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. Facsimile signatures on checks may be used if authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.02. EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY. Except as provided in Section 5.01, all properly authorized deeds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments requiring execution by the Corporation may be executed and delivered by any executive officer of the Corporation; and authority to sign any such contracts or instruments, which may be general or confined to specific instances, may be conferred by the Board of Directors upon any other person or persons. Any person having authority to sign on behalf of the Corporation may delegate, from time to time, by instrument in writing, all or any part of such authority to any person or persons if authorized so to do by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 5.03. VOTING SECURITIES OWNED BY CORPORATION. Voting securities in any other corporation held by this Corporation shall be voted by the President, unless the Board of Directors confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which may be general or confined to specified investments, upon some other person. Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.01. STANDARD OF CARE AND JUSTIFIABLE RELIANCE.

(a) A Director of the Corporation shall stand in a fiduciary relation to the Corporation and shall perform his/her duties as a Director, including his/her duties as a member of any committee of the Board upon which he/she may serve, in good faith, in a manner he/she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation, and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar circumstances. In performing his/her duties, a Director shall be entitled to rely in good faith on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by any of the following (1) One or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the Director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented; (2) Counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters which the Director reasonably believes to be within the professional or expert competence of such person; and (3) A committee of the Board upon which he/she does not serve, duly designated in accordance with law, as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the Director reasonably believes to merit confidence. A Director shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if he/she has knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause his/her reliance to be unwarranted.

(b) In discharging the duties of their respective positions, the Board of Directors, committees of the Board and individual Directors may, in considering the best interests of the Corporation, consider the effects of any action upon employees, upon suppliers and customers of the Corporation and upon communities in which offices or other establishments of the Corporation are located, and all other pertinent factors. The consideration of those factors shall not constitute a violation of subsection (a).

(c) Absent breach of fiduciary duty, lack of good faith or self-dealing, actions taken as a Director or any failure to take any action shall be presumed to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

Section 6.02. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS. A Director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable for monetary damages as such for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, unless: (1) the Director has breached or failed to perform the duties of his/her office under Section 6.01 (relating to standard of care and justifiable reliance); and (2) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) the responsibility or liability of a Director pursuant to any criminal statute; or (2) the liability of a Director for the payment of taxes pursuant to local, State or Federal law.

 

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Section 6.03. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Directors and officers of the Corporation shall be indemnified as of right to the fullest extent not prohibited by law in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other (whether brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise) arising out of their service to the Corporation or to another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not indemnify any Director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Director or officer (other than a proceeding to enforce such person’s rights to indemnification under these By-laws) unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

Section 6.04. INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. Employees and agents of the Corporation who are not Directors or officers of the Corporation may be indemnified with such scope and effect as determined by the Corporation.

Section 6.05. INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURES. As soon as practicable after receipt by any person entitled to indemnification hereunder of actual knowledge of any action, suit or proceeding, such indemnified person shall notify the Corporation thereof if a claim for indemnification in respect thereof may be or is being made by such indemnified person against the Corporation under these By-laws. With respect to any such action, suit or proceeding, the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense and may assume the defense thereof. After the Corporation notifies the indemnified person of its election to so assume the defense, the Corporation will not be liable to the indemnified person under these By-laws for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified person in connection with the defense. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnified person under these By-laws for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without the Corporation’s written consent.

Section 6.06. INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Director, officer, agent or employee against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her in respect of such service, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability by law or under the provisions of these By-laws.

Section 6.07. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. Indemnification under Sections 6.03 or 6.04 of these By-laws shall include the right to be paid expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition of any action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is provided, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified person to repay such amount if it ultimately shall be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation; provided, however, that the indemnified person shall reimburse the Corporation for any amounts paid by the Corporation as indemnification of expenses to the extent the indemnified person receives payment for the same expenses from any insurance carrier or from another party. The indemnification rights granted herein are not intended to be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled and the Corporation may enter into contractual agreements with any Director, officer, employee or agent to provide such individual

 

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with indemnification rights as set forth in such agreement or agreements, which rights shall be in addition to the rights set forth herein.

Section 6.08. INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS, SUPPLEMENTAL AND CONTINUING. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his/her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, shall be applicable to actions, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

Section 7.01. AMENDMENT. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles or by law, these By-laws may be altered, amended and repealed, and new By-laws may be adopted, by the vote of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast, or by the vote of a majority of the full Board of Directors of the Corporation, at any regular or special meeting. In each case, notice of the specific Section proposed to be changed must be given to the shareholders or to the Directors, as the case may be. No provision of these By-laws shall vest any property right in any shareholder.

Section 7.02. CERTAIN AMENDMENTS. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.01, the Board of Directors shall not have the authority to adopt or change a By-law on any subject that is committed expressly to the shareholders by any of the provisions of Subpart B of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8.01. OFFICES. The principal office of the Corporation shall be at Saxonburg Boulevard, Saxonburg, Butler County, Pennsylvania. The registered office of the Corporation, required by the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law to be maintained in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, may be, but need not be, the same as the principal office. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may also have additional offices and places of business at such other places within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the business of the Corporation may require.

Section 8.02. CORPORATE SEAL. The Board of Directors shall prescribe the form of a suitable corporate seal, which shall contain the full name of the Corporation and the year and state of incorporation.

Section 8.03. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on such day as shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 8.04. FINANCIAL REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Board of Directors shall have discretion to determine whether financial reports shall be sent to shareholders, what such reports shall contain, and whether they shall be audited or accompanied by the report of an independent or certified public accountant.

Section 8.05. INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS. Every shareholder shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have a right to examine, in person or by agent or attorney, during the usual hours for business, for any proper purpose, the share register, books or records of account, and records of the proceedings of the shareholders and Directors, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a shareholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the shareholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered office or at its principal place of business.

Section 8.06. INTERESTED DIRECTORS; QUORUM. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its Directors or officers are Directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for such reason, or solely because the Director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his/her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(1) The material facts as to his/her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors and the Board authorizes the contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote of the interested Director or Directors; or

(2) The material facts as to his/her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(3) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors or the shareholders.

Interested Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors which authorizes a contract or transaction specified in this Section.

Section 8.07. NOTICES; WAIVER OF NOTICE.

(a) NOTICE: Whenever under these By-laws or by law notice is required to be given to any person, including written notice (and unless otherwise provided by these By-laws or by law), it may be given to such person, either personally or by personal delivery or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, courier service or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his/her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him/her to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. If notice is personally delivered or provided by courier

 

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service with evidence of delivery, such notice shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when delivered. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting; except in the case of a special meeting of shareholders or as otherwise expressly required herein or by law, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, the meeting need be specified in the notice. Notice to a Director also may be made by email to the email address provided by the Director for such purpose and such notice shall be deemed to have been given went sent to such email address provided that the sender does not receive notice that such email was not delivered.

(b) WAIVER: Whenever under these By-laws or by law written notice is required to be given to any person, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of shareholders or as otherwise expressly required herein or by law, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. A waiver may take the form of an email transmission.

(c) ATTENDANCE CONSTITUTES WAIVER: Attendance of a person in person, or by proxy in the case of a shareholder, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

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Exhibit 3.2.1

II-VI INCORPORATED

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS , as Amended

August 15, 2009  November 7, 2011

ARTICLE I

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1.01. ANNUAL MEETINGS; NOTICE. An annual meeting of the shareholders of II-VI Incorporated (the “Corporation”) shall be held each year at such time and place within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as may shall be designated by the Board of Directors. Written notice of the annual meeting specifying the place, date, hour, the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and means of remote communication, if any, shall be given at least five (5) days prior to the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat notice of the meeting , except in the instance where the purpose of the meeting (or one of the purposes of the meeting) will be to consider a fundamental change in the corporation Corporation as defined in Chapter 19 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988 , as amended (the “BCL”), in which case notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting. At any annual meeting of shareholders, only such nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors shall be made, and only such other business shall be conducted or considered, as shall have been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these By-laws. Any business may be transacted at the annual meeting, irrespective of whether the notice of such meeting contains a reference thereto, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law.

Section 1.02. SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time , by the Chairman or the Board of Directors , for the any purpose or purposes set forth in the call , by the Chairman or by the Board of Directors by delivering a written request to the Secretary . , such Special meeting s to shall be held not more than sixty (60) days after receipt by the Secretary of the request. Special meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place as may be designated by the Board of Directors, or if not so designated, at the principal office of the corporation Corporation . Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.03(b) of these By-laws, written notice of special meetings specifying the place, day, and hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted shall be given at least five (5) days prior to the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, except in the instance where the meeting will consider a fundamental change in the corporation Corporation as defined in Chapter 19 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988 , in which case notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting. At any special meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted or considered, as shall have been properly brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting, proposals of business must be specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplements thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or otherwise properly brought before the special meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors. No business


may be transacted at any special meeting other than that the general nature of which has been stated business related to the matter or matters set forth in the notice of meeting, and business which is germane thereto.

Section 1.03. ORGANIZATION AND MANNER OF ACTING.

(a) PROXIES: Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the shareholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him/her/it by proxy. Every proxy shall be executed or authenticated by the shareholder or by his/her/its duly authorized attorney-in-fact and filed with or transmitted to the Secretary of the corporation Corporation or its designated agent. A shareholder or his/her/its duly authorized attorney-in-fact may execute or authenticate a writing or transmit an electronic message authorizing another person to act for him/her/it by proxy. A telegram, telex, cablegram, datagram, e-mail, Internet or telephonic communication or other means of electronic transmission from a shareholder or attorney-in-fact, or a photographic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by a shareholder or attorney-in-fact shall be treated as properly executed or authenticated if it sets forth or utilizes a confidential and unique identification number or other mark furnished by the corporation Corporation to the shareholder for purposes of a particular meeting or transaction. A proxy, unless coupled with an interest, shall be revocable at will, notwithstanding any other agreement or any provision in the proxy to the contrary, but the revocation of a proxy shall not be effective until notice thereof has been given to the Secretary of the corporation Corporation or its designated agent in writing or by electronic transmission. An unrevoked proxy shall not be valid after three years from the date of its execution, authentication or transmission unless a longer time is expressly provided therein. A proxy shall not be revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is counted or the authority is exercised, written notice of the death or incapacity is given to the Secretary of the corporation Corporation or its designated agent.

(b) QUORUM: A shareholders’ meeting duly called shall not be organized for the transaction of business unless a quorum is present. At any meeting and except as otherwise provided by law, the presence in person or by proxy of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast on the particular matter shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting can may continue d to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. If a meeting cannot be organized because a quorum has not attended is not present , those the shareholders present may adjourn the meeting from day to day to such time and place as they may determine by the affirmative vote of the shareholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes present, until a quorum as aforesaid shall be present at any such reconvened meeting. When a meeting is adjourned, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date . The determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of that meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date. If after the adjournment, a new record date is fixed for shareholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of the adjourned meeting and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for notice of such adjourned meeting. At any such

 

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adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted which might could have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed may be transacted . The determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of that meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date.

(c) VOTING: Unless otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) , these By-laws or by law, every shareholder of record shall be entitled to one vote for every share of Common Stock standing in his/her name on the books of the corporation Corporation . Elections of Directors need not be by ballot, except upon demand by a shareholder made at the election and before voting begins. In all elections of Directors, voting shall be conducted according to the principles of cumulative voting. In each election of Directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to cast one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation for each of such number of candidates as there are Directors to be elected, but no shareholder shall have any right to cumulate votes and cast them for one candidate or distribute them among two or more candidates. Except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these By-laws , resolutions of the shareholders shall be adopted, and any action of the shareholders at a meeting upon any matter shall be taken and be valid, only with the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders present at the meeting are entitled to cast, except as otherwise provided by law.

(d) PRESIDING OFFICER, SECRETARY: The Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence or if such office is vacant the President, shall preside, and the Secretary shall take the minutes, at all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of the presiding officer hereinabove designated, the presiding officer shall be designated by the Board of Directors, or if not so designated, selected by the shareholders present; and in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer shall designate any person to take the minutes of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles or these By-laws, the presiding officer of a shareholders’ meeting shall have the power to determine whether a proposed nomination for election to the Board of Directors or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with these By-laws and, if any proposed nomination or other business is not in compliance with these By-laws, to declare that no action shall be taken on such nomination or other proposal and such nomination or other proposal shall be disregarded.

(e) MEETING BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS : One or more of the shareholders may participate in a meeting of the shareholders by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Meetings of shareholders also can be held by means of the Internet or other electronic communications technology in accordance with the BCL.

Section 1.04. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDER BUSINESS AND NOMINATIONS.

(a) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of shareholders (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, including pursuant to

 

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the Corporation’s notice of meeting, or (2) by any shareholder of the Corporation who was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these By-laws, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.04. Clause (2) of this Section 1.04(a) shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to make nominations or submit other business proposals (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before a meeting of the shareholders.

(b) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (2) of Section 1.04(a) of these By-laws, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. With respect to a nomination for Director, in order to be timely such notice must be delivered to the Secretary no later than the close of business on the 120th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 150th day before the anniversary date of the mailing date of the Corporation’s proxy statement in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting. With respect to a proposal for other business, in order to be timely such notice must be delivered to the Secretary no later than the close of business on the 120th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 150th day prior to the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting and must be a proper matter for shareholder action. In the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary date of the previous year’s annual meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In addition, to be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall further be updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation no later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date, and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

(c) To be in proper form, a shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must include the following, as applicable:

(i) as to each Proposing Person (as defined below), a shareholder’s notice must set forth:

(A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records),

(B)(1) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned (as defined below) or owned of record by such

 

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Proposing Person and whether such person has sole beneficial ownership of such shares (and if not solely beneficially owned, a description of such person’s beneficial ownership in such shares), (2) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to, or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value (or change in value) of, any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard of whether any Proposing Person may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such Proposing Person, (3) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has a right to vote any class or series of shares of any security of the Corporation, (4) any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, or reduce the economic risk of ownership of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, or manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, “Short Interests”), (5) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation beneficially owned by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (6) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such Proposing Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership, (7) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such Proposing Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such Proposing Person’s immediate family sharing the same household, (8) any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such Proposing Person, and (9) any direct or indirect interest of such Proposing Person in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), and

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election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(ii) If the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a Director or Directors that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in Section 1.04(c)(i) above, also set forth: (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), (C) any material interest of the Proposing Person in the business being proposed by such Proposing Person (whether by holdings of securities, by virtue of being a creditor or contractual counterparty of the Corporation or of a third party, or otherwise) and (D) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such Proposing Person, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such Proposing Person;

(iii) As to each person, if any, whom the shareholder proposes (including on behalf of any Proposing Person) to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in Section 1.04(c)(i) above, also set forth: (A) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected) and (B) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Proposing Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee 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 Proposing Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a Director or executive officer of such registrant; and

(iv) With respect to each person, if any, whom the shareholder proposes (including on behalf of a Proposing Person) to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a shareholder’s notice must, in addition to the matters set forth in Sections 1.04(c)(i) and (iii) above, also include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 1.04(e) of these By-laws. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information 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 or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

(d) For purposes of these By-laws, (i) “public announcement” shall mean 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 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii) the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (A) the shareholder providing the notice of nomination or

 

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business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (B) if the shareholder providing the notice of nomination or business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting is not the sole beneficial owner of all of the shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock or Preferred Stock listed in such notice, the other beneficial owner or beneficial owners of any of the shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock or Preferred Stock listed in such notice, (C) any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such shareholder or beneficial owner and (D) any other person with whom or with which such shareholder or beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates or associates) is acting in concert; and (iii) a person shall be deemed a “beneficial owner” of, and shall be deemed to “beneficially own” (A) any securities or interest that such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise and (B) any securities or interest of which such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) is a “beneficial owner” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

(e) To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a Director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under this Section 1.04 of these By-laws) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualifications of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) and (ii) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) 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 (2) 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, (B) 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, (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation, (D) will provide, upon request, a conditional resignation in accordance with the Corporation’s resignation policy regarding majority voting (the form of which shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and (E) will abide by the requirements of Section 1.04 of these By-laws.

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before the any annual or special meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws shall be conducted at such annual or special meeting.

(ii) For purposes of this Section 1.04, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.04, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.04. Nothing in this Section 1.04 shall be deemed to affect any rights of (A) shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, or (B) the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect Directors under specified circumstances. Subject to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, nothing in these By-laws shall be construed to permit any shareholder, or give any shareholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Corporation’s proxy statement any nomination of Director or Directors or any other business proposal.

Section 1.05. CONSENT OF SHAREHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders or of a class of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to the action, a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders who would be entitled to vote at a meeting for such purpose and shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation.

Section 1.05. VOTING LIST. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer books for the shares of the corporation Corporation shall make, for each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. The list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting, and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. If the corporation Corporation has 5,000 or more shareholders, the corporation Corporation may, in lieu of making such list, make such information available by any other means.

Section 1.06. DETERMINATION OF SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORDS. The Board of Directors may fix a time, not more than ninety days before the date of any meeting of the shareholders or the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any such meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution, or to receive any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case, only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation Corporation after the record date fixed. Unless a record date is fixed by the Board of Directors for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, or to vote at, a shareholders’ meeting, transferees of shares which are transferred on the books of the

 

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corporation Corporation within ten days next preceding the date of such meeting shall not be entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt a procedure whereby a shareholder of the corporation Corporation may certify in writing to the corporation Corporation that all or a portion of the shares requested in the name of the shareholder are held for the account of a specified person or persons.

Section 1.07. JUDGES OF ELECTION OR VOTE. In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election be not so appointed, the chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his/her proxy shall, make such appointment at the meeting. The number of judges shall be one or three. If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares present and entitled to vote shall determine whether one or three judges are to be appointed. No person who is a candidate for office shall act as a judge. In case any person appointed as judge fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the convening of the meeting, or at the meeting by the person or officer acting as chairman of the meeting. The judges of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies, receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. The judges of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability, and as expeditiously as is practical. If there be three judges of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. On request of the chairman of the meeting, or of any shareholder or his/her proxy, the judges shall make a report in writing of any challenge or questions or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate of any fact found by them. Any report or certificate made by them shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

Section 2.01. NUMBER, ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The number of Directors shall be at least five (5) and not more than eleven (11 nine (9 ) Directors, the exact number to be set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Until otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, the Board shall consist of seven (7)  six (6)  Directors. Commencing with the annual meeting of the shareholders first following the adoption of these By-laws by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes in respect to term of office. Each class shall be as nearly equal in number as possible In accordance with the Articles, a nominee for Director shall be elected to the Board of Directors at a meeting of shareholders if the votes cast for such nominee by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election exceeds the votes cast against such nominee’s election; provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of Directors to be elected, then the nominees receiving the highest number of votes up to the number of Directors to be elected shall be elected For purposes of this Section 2.01, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a

 

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Director must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that Director; abstentions are not counted as votes cast. Any nominee for Director who is not an incumbent Director and is not so elected shall not take office. If, in any election of Directors at which the number of nominees does not exceed the number of Directors to be elected, the votes cast by the shareholders “FOR” a nominee Director who is an incumbent Director does not exceed the votes cast “AGAINST” such incumbent Director and no successor has been selected and qualified at such meeting, the incumbent Director shall continue as a Director for the term of office subject to such election but the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the resignation previously tendered by such Director and as required by this section, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors shall act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a press release, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other broadly disseminated means of communication) its decision regarding the tendered resignation and the rationale behind the decision within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. The Director who tenders his or her resignation shall not participate in the recommendation of the Committee or the decision of the Board of Directors with respect to his or her resignation. If such incumbent Director’s resignation is not accepted by the Board of Directors, such Director shall continue to serve until the expiration of such Director’s term and until his or her successor is duly elected, or his or her earlier resignation or removal. If a Director’s resignation is accepted by the Board of Directors pursuant to this By-law, or if a nominee for Director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent Director, then the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may fill any resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.08 of these By-laws or may decrease the size of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.01. In considering the question of whether to accept a Director nominee’s resignation, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board of Director shall be entitled to consider such facts and circumstances as deemed appropriate, including, but not limited to, (i) whether the concerns raised by shareholders that led to the “AGAINST” votes can or should be cured, (ii) whether resignation of the nominee is an appropriate response to the concerns raised by shareholders, (iii) the Director nominee’s historical and anticipated future commitment and contribution to the Board of Directors, (iv) whether the Director’s service on the Board of Directors is consistent with applicable regulatory requirements and listing standards, and without limitation (v) other matters in the interests of the Corporation. The Board of Directors’ explanation of its decision shall be promptly disclosed on a Form 8-K furnished to or filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The term of office of Directors of the first class shall expire at the annual meeting of the shareholders in the first year following their election; the term of office of Directors of the second class shall expire at the annual meeting of the shareholders in the second year following their election; the term of office of Directors of the third class shall expire at the annual meeting of the shareholders in the third year following their election. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of the Directors as classified above, their successors shall be elected for the term of three years Each class of Directors shall hold office for a term of three years, with the term of office of one class expiring in each succeeding year , so that, as nearly as possible, one-third (1/3) of the number of Directors of the corporation Corporation shall be elected annually. At each annual meeting of shareholders, each incumbent or each successor to a Director of the class whose term expires that year, as the case may be, shall be elected to hold office for a term of three years and until such person’s successor has been selected and qualified. Directors shall be natural persons of full age, but need

 

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not be residents of Pennsylvania or shareholders of the corporation Corporation . In order for any person to be nominated as a Director of the Corporation, such person must have submitted to the Board of Directors, prior to the time of such person’s nomination as a Director, an irrevocable conditional resignation from the Board of Directors, to take effect upon the occurrence of all of the following conditions: (i) such person stood for election to the Board of Directors at a shareholder meeting at which the number of nominees did not exceed the number of Directors to be elected; (ii) at such shareholder meeting the votes by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election cast against such person’s reelection (excluding abstentions) exceeded the votes cast for such person’s reelection; and (iii) such resignation having been accepted by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. ORGANIZATION MEETING OR ANNUAL MEETING; NOTICE. An organization meeting, or annual meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors shall be held each year at the same place as and promptly after the annual meeting of shareholders. At such meeting, the Board of Directors shall organize itself and elect the executive officers of the corporation Corporation for the ensuing year, and may transact any other business. Notice of the organization meeting of the Board or of the business to be transacted thereat shall not be required to be given, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law.

Section 2.03. REGULAR MEETINGS; NOTICE. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated by the Board from time to time. Notice of such regular meetings of the Board shall not be required to be given, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law, except that wherever the time or place of regular meetings shall be initially fixed or changed, notice of such action shall be given promptly by telephone or otherwise to each Director not participating in such action.

Section 2.04. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Board itself by vote at a meeting, or by any Director, or by the Chairman to be held at such place and day and hour and for such purposes as shall be specified by the person or persons calling the meeting in an oral or written notice at least one hour prior to the meeting. Any business may be transacted at a special meeting, irrespective of whether the notice of such meeting contains a reference thereto, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law.

Section 2.05. ORGANIZATION AND MANNER OF ACTING. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of at least a majority of the Directors in office shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the acts of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which the a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board of Directors , except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law . If a quorum is not present at any meeting, the meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the Directors present, until a quorum as aforesaid shall be present; but notice of the time and place to which such meeting is adjourned shall be given to any Director not present on at least at the adjourned meeting no later than the day prior to the date of reconvening. Resolutions of the Board shall be adopted, and any action of the Board at a meeting upon any matter shall be taken and be valid, with the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Directors present at a meeting duly convened, except as otherwise expressly required herein or by law. The Chairman of the Board, or in his/her absence or if such office is vacant the President, shall preside at all meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall take the minutes at all meetings of the Board. In the absence of

 

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the presiding officer hereinabove designated, the Directors present shall select a member of the Board to preside; and in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer shall designate any person to take the minutes of the meeting.

Section 2.06. RESIGNATIONS. Any Director may resign by submitting to the Chairman of the Board or the President his/her resignation, which (unless otherwise specified therein) need not be accepted to make it effective and shall be effective immediately upon its receipt by such officer.

Section 2.07. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

(a) BY ACTION OF THE SHAREHOLDERS: The entire Board of Directors, or a class of the Board, where the Board is classified with respect to the power to elect Directors, or any individual Director may be removed from office at any time , without assigning any cause therefor, only by the vote of shareholders as provided in by the Articles of Incorporation . In case the Board, or such a class of the Board, or any one or more Directors be so removed, new Directors may be elected at the same meeting. Unless the entire Board or a class of the Board be removed, not more than one Director at a time may be removed by any one vote of the shareholders. No individual Director shall be removed unless the entire Board or a class of the Board is removed in case the votes of a sufficient number of shares are cast against the resolution for his/her removal which if cumulatively voted at an annual election of the Board would be sufficient to elect at least one (1) Director.

(b) BY ACTION OF THE DIRECTORS: The Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of a Director if he/she such Director be is declared of unsound mind by an order of court, or convicted of a felony, or for any other proper cause, or if, within sixty (60) days after notice of his/her election, he/she does not accept such office either in writing or by attending a meeting of the Board of Directors and fulfill such other requirements of qualification these B b y-laws may specify.

(c) OTHER REMOVAL: The provisions of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any provision of law authorizing the removal of any Director or a class of the Board.

Section 2.08. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board though less than a quorum or by the sole remaining Director, and each person so elected shall be a Director for the unexpired term of his/her predecessor in office, or, if a vacancy arises as a result of an increase in the number of Directors, the Director filling the vacancy shall be a Director for a term to be determined by the Board of Directors, but in no event to exceed a term of three years. Any such vacancy in any class of the Board of Directors may be filled by any incumbent member of any other class of the Board of Directors, provided, however, that such incumbent member shall consent to such election; such consent to such election shall be considered for the purposes of this Section 2.08 to be a simultaneous resignation by such Director from his former class.

Section 2.09. COMPENSATION. Directors, as such, shall not receive such compensation for service as a Director as shall be determined by any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each annual, regular or special meeting of the Board ; provided, that

 

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nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the corporation Corporation in any proper capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section   2.10. CONSENT OF DIRECTORS IN LIEU OF MEETING. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to the action, a consent or consents thereto by all of the Directors in office is filed with the Secretary of the corporation Corporation . A consent by a Director may take the form of an email transmission.

SECTION 2.11. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A Director of the corporation Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his/her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he/she shall file his/her written dissent to such action with the person acting as the Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent in writing by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.

Section 2.12. TELEPHONE MEETINGS. Regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.

Section 2.13. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the Directors of the corporation Corporation . The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. A committee, to the extent provided in the resolution creating it, shall have and exercise the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation Corporation except as restricted by law. In the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, though less than a quorum, may unanimously appoint another Director to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the members of a committee may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to the action, a consent or consents thereto by all of the members of such committee in office is filed with the Secretary of the corporation Corporation . A consent by a member of such committee may take the form of an email transmission.

Section 2.14. COMMITTEE RULES. Unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise, each committee designated by the Board may adopt and amend rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of a resolution of the Board or a provision in the rules of such committee to the contrary, a majority of the entire authorized number of members of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business . , the The vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting , if a quorum is then present , shall be the act of such committee . , and in other respects each Each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to these b B y-laws. One or more members of a committee of the Board may participate in a meeting of the committee by means of conference

 

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telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons in the meeting can hear each other.

Section 2.15. NOMINATIONS. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any shareholder of the corporation entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting called for the election of Directors. Nominations, other than those made by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the corporation, shall be made in writing and shall be received by the Chairman of the Board of the corporation not later than (i) with respect to an election of Directors to be held at an annual meeting of shareholders, ninety days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting, and (ii) with respect to an election of Directors to be held at a special meeting of shareholders, the close of business on the tenth day following the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to shareholders or public disclosure of the meeting is made. Such notification shall contain the following information to the extent known to the notifying shareholder: (a) the name and residence address of each proposed nominee and of the notifying shareholder; (b) the principal occupations of each proposed nominee over the past five (5) years; (c) a representation that the notifying shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (d) the total number of shares of the corporation that will be voted for each proposed nominee; (e) the total number of shares of the corporation owned by the notifying shareholder; (f) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the notifying shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the notifying shareholder; (g) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholders as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (h) the written consent of each nominee to serve as a Director of the corporation if so elected.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 3.01. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. The executive officers of the corporation Corporation shall be the Chairman of the Board, the President, one or more Vice Presidents (as may be determined by the Board of Directors), the Secretary and the Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person. Each executive officer shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of the Board of Directors and thereafter until his/her successor is duly elected and qualifies, or until his/her death, resignation or removal. At the discretion of the Board of Directors, the office of Chairman of the Board and the office of Vice President may be left vacant.

Section 3.02. ELECTION, TERM, AND VACANCIES. The officers of the corporation Corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually at the annual meeting of the Board. If the election is not held at such meeting, the election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his/her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his/her earlier death, resignation or removal. A vacancy in any office occurring in any manner may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 3.03. REMOVAL. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

Section 3.04. ADDITIONAL AND ASSISTANT OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint one or more other officers, assistant officers, agents, employees and independent contractors as the Board deems advisable; and the Board of Directors or the President shall prescribe their duties, conditions of employment and compensation. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors, the President or any other executive officer may employ from time to time such other agents, employees and independent contractors as he/she may deem advisable, and prescribe their duties, conditions of employment and compensation. The President may dismiss any agent, employee or independent contractor not employed by authority of the Board, without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so dismissed.

Section 3.05. THE CHAIRMAN. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall be elected from among the Directors, shall preside at the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors at which he/she shall be present, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, and, in the event that the duties of the Chairman are not prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman shall have duties at least as extensive as those prescribed for the office of the President in Section 3.06.

Section 3.06. THE PRESIDENT. The President, subject to the control of the Board, shall have management and supervision over and exercise general executive powers concerning all the property, business and affairs of the corporation Corporation . The President shall be charged with carrying out the policies, programs, orders and resolutions adopted or approved by the Board, and shall have all powers and perform all duties incident to the office of general manager, and any further powers and duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. He/she shall have the power to execute deeds, bonds, mortgages, other contracts, agreements and instruments of the corporation Corporation . The President shall be, ex officio, a member of all standing committees. Except as otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, all other officers shall render reports to the President.

Section 3.07. THE VICE PRESIDENTS. Except as otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Vice Presidents, if any, shall have and exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon them by the Board of Directors or by the President. The seniority of Vice Presidents, if seniority is to be assigned, may be designated at the time of their election. At the request of the President or in his/her absence or disability, the senior Vice President shall have and exercise the powers and duties of the President.

Section 3.08. THE SECRETARY. The Secretary shall: (a) keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the corporation Corporation an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors, and a copy of the Articles of Incorporation and of these By-laws; (b) attend to the giving of notices as may be required by law or these By-laws; (c) be custodian of the corporation’s Corporation’s records and of the seal of the corporation Corporation and see that the seal is affixed to such documents as may be necessary or advisable; (d) have charge of and keep at the registered office of the corporation Corporation an original or

 

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duplicate share register, giving the names of the shareholders in alphabetical order, and showing their respective addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the shares, and the date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation and (e) have all powers and perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary, and such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President.

Section 3.09. THE TREASURER. The Treasurer shall: (a) be custodian of the corporation’s Corporation’s contracts, policies, leases, deeds and other indicia of title, and all other business records, tax matters, financial documents and accounting records; (b) see that the lists, books, reports, statements, tax returns, certificates and other documents and records required by law are properly prepared, kept and filed; (c) be the principal officer in charge of tax and financial matters and of the accounting of the corporation Corporation ; (d) have charge and custody of and be responsible for the corporation’s Corporation’s funds, securities, and investments; (e) receive, endorse for collection and give receipts for checks, notes, obligations, funds and securities of the corporation Corporation , and deposit moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation Corporation , in such depositories as shall be designated by the Board of Directors; (f) cause to be kept appropriate, complete and accurate books or records of account of all the corporation’s Corporation’s business and transactions; (g) render to the President and the Board of Directors when and as required, an account of all his/her transactions as Treasurer, and a report as to the financial position and operations of the corporation Corporation ; and (h) have all powers and perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer, and such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President.

Section 3.10. VACANCIES. Vacancy in any office or position by reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause, shall be filled in the manner provided in this ARTICLE III for regular election or appointment to such office.

Section 3.11. DELEGATION OF DUTIES. In case of the absence of any officer, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate for the time being the powers and duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer or Director or other person whom it may select.

Section 3.12. SALARIES. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he/she is also a Director of the corporation Corporation .

ARTICLE IV

SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK

Section 4.01. SHARE CERTIFICATES. All classes and series of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any part thereof, shall be represented by stock certificates or shall be uncertificated shares, as determined by the Board of Directors, provided that every shareholder shall be entitled to a share certificate if such shareholder so requests in the manner prescribed by the Corporation. Every holder of fully-paid stock in the corporation shall be entitled to a Stock certificate or certificates, if utilized, shall be consecutively numbered, and to be in such form as

 

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required by law and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe, and signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, which shall represent and certify the number of shares of stock owned by such holder. Where a certificate is signed by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any such Chairman of the Board, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer may be facsimile. In case any transfer agent, registrar, officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such transfer agent, registrar, officer or officers of the corporation Corporation , whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been issued by the corporation Corporation , such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the corporation Corporation and be issued as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such transfer agent, registrar, officer or officers of the corporation Corporation . The Board may authorize the issuance of certificates for fractional shares or, in lieu thereof, scrip or other evidence of ownership, which may in the discretion of the Board entitle the holder thereof to voting, dividend or other rights of shareholders.

Section 4.02. TRANSFERS OF SHARES. Transfer of shares of stock of this corporation Corporation shall be made on the books of the corporation Corporation only upon surrender to the corporation Corporation or the transfer agent for cancellation of the certificate or certificates , if utilized, for such shares properly endorsed by the registered shareholder or by his/her such shareholder’s assignee or legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, or by the agent of one of the foregoing thereunto duly authorized by an instrument duly executed and filed with the corporation Corporation . The Board of Directors may appoint, or authorize any principal officer to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars and may require all certificates for capital stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

Section 4.03. LOST, STOLEN, DESTROYED OR MUTILATED CERTIFICATES. New certificates for shares of stock may be issued to replace certificates lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated upon such terms and conditions, including proof of loss or destruction and the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity, as the Board of Directors from time to time may determined.

Section 4.04. REGULATIONS RELATING TO SHARES. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations not inconsistent with these By-laws as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the corporation Corporation .

Section 4.05. HOLDERS OF RECORD. The corporation Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the corporation Corporation as the holder and owner in fact thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or right, title or interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the laws of Pennsylvania.

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MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS

Section 5.01. SIGNATURES ON NOTES, CHECKS, ETC. All properly authorized notes, bonds, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements (other than for deposit), guarantees, and all evidence of indebtedness of the corporation Corporation whatsoever, shall require such number of signatures, and shall be signed by such officers or agents of the corporation Corporation , subject to such requirements as to countersignature or other conditions, as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. Facsimile signatures on checks may be used if authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.02. EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY. Except as provided in Section 5.01, all properly authorized deeds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments requiring execution by the corporation Corporation may be executed and delivered by any executive officer of the corporation Corporation ; and authority to sign any such contracts or instruments, which may be general or confined to specific instances, may be conferred by the Board of Directors upon any other person or persons. Any person having authority to sign on behalf of the corporation Corporation may delegate, from time to time, by instrument in writing, all or any part of such authority to any person or persons if authorized so to do by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.03. VOTING SECURITIES OWNED BY CORPORATION. Voting securities in any other corporation held by this corporation Corporation shall be voted by the President, unless the Board of Directors confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which may be general or confined to specified investments, upon some other person. Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.01. STANDARD OF CARE AND JUSTIFIABLE RELIANCE.

(a) A Director of the corporation Corporation shall stand in a fiduciary relation to the corporation Corporation and shall perform his/her duties as a Director, including his/her duties as a member of any committee of the b B oard upon which he/she may serve, in good faith, in a manner he/she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation Corporation , and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar circumstances. In performing his/her duties, a Director shall be entitled to rely in good faith on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by any of the following (1) One or more officers or employees of the corporation Corporation whom the Director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented; (2) Counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters which the Director reasonably believes to be within the professional or expert competence of such person; and (3) A committee of the b B oard upon which he/she does not serve, duly designated in accordance with law, as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the Director reasonably believes to merit confidence. A Director shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if he/she has knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause his/her reliance to be unwarranted.

 

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(b) In discharging the duties of their respective positions, the b B oard of Directors, committees of the b B oard and individual Directors may, in considering the best interests of the corporation Corporation , consider the effects of any action upon employees, upon suppliers and customers of the corporation Corporation and upon communities in which offices or other establishments of the corporation Corporation are located, and all other pertinent factors. The consideration of those factors shall not constitute a violation of subsection (a).

(c) Absent breach of fiduciary duty, lack of good faith or self-dealing, actions taken as a Director or any failure to take any action shall be presumed to be in the best interests of the corporation Corporation .

Section 6.02. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS. A Director of the corporation Corporation shall not be personally liable for monetary damages as such for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, unless: (1) the Director has breached or failed to perform the duties of his/her office under Section 6.01 (relating to standard of care and justifiable reliance); and (2) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) the responsibility or liability of a Director pursuant to any criminal statute; or (2) the liability of a Director for the payment of taxes pursuant to local, State or Federal law.

Section 6.03. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY ACTIONS . Directors and officers of the Corporation shall be indemnified as of right to the fullest extent not prohibited by law in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other (whether brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise) arising out of their service to the Corporation or to another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not indemnify any Director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Director or officer (other than a proceeding to enforce such person’s rights to indemnification under these By-laws) unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

Section 6.04. INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. Employees and agents of the Corporation who are not Directors or officers of the Corporation may be indemnified with such scope and effect as determined by the Corporation.

Section 6.05. INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURES. As soon as practicable after receipt by any person entitled to indemnification hereunder of actual knowledge of any action, suit or proceeding, such indemnified person shall notify the Corporation thereof if a claim for indemnification in respect thereof may be or is being made by such indemnified person against the Corporation under these By-laws. With respect to any such action, suit or proceeding, the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense and may assume the defense thereof. After the Corporation notifies the indemnified person of its election to so assume the defense, the Corporation will not be liable to the indemnified person under these By-laws for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified person in connection with the defense. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnified person under these By-laws for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without the Corporation’s written consent.

 

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Section 6.06. INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Director, officer, agent or employee against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her in respect of such service, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability by law or under the provisions of these By-laws.

Section 6.07. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. Indemnification under Sections 6.03 or 6.04 of these By-laws shall include the right to be paid expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition of any action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is provided, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified person to repay such amount if it ultimately shall be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation; provided, however, that the indemnified person shall reimburse the Corporation for any amounts paid by the Corporation as indemnification of expenses to the extent the indemnified person receives payment for the same expenses from any insurance carrier or from another party. The indemnification rights granted herein are not intended to be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled and the Corporation may enter into contractual agreements with any Director, officer, employee or agent to provide such individual with indemnification rights as set forth in such agreement or agreements, which rights shall be in addition to the rights set forth herein.

The corporation Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation Corporation ) by reason of the fact that he/she is or was , at any time during which this By-law is in effect (whether or not such person continues to serve in such capacity at the time any indemnification or payment of expenses pursuant hereto is sought or at the time any proceeding relating thereto exists or is brought), a Director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation Corporation , or is or was serving at the request of the corporation Corporation as a Director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him/her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he/she acted in good faith and in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation Corporation , and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he/she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his/her conduct was unlawful.

Section 6.04. INDEMNIFICATION IN DERIVATIVE ACTIONS. The corporation Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he/she is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation Corporation , or is or was serving at the request of the corporation Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation Corporation , partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorney’s fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him/her in connection with the

 

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defense or settlement of such action or suit if he/she acted in good faith and in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his/her duty to the corporation Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the registered office of the corporation Corporation is located or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Common Pleas of such other court shall deem proper.

Section 6.05. WHEN INDEMNIFICATION IS NOT TO BE MADE. Indemnification pursuant to Section 6.03 and 6.04 shall not be made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a Court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.

Section 6.06. EXPENSES UPON SUCCESSFUL TERMINATION. To the extent that a Director, officer, employee or agent or the corporation Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 6.03 and 6.04, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he/she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him/her in connection therewith.

Section 6.07. DETERMINATION OF STANDARD OF CONDUCT. Any indemnification under Sections 6.03 and 6.04 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he/she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 6.02, 6.03 and 6.04. Such determination shall be made: (1) by the board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the shareholders.

Section 6.08. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. Expenses incurred by an officer, Director, employee or agent in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he/she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation Corporation .

Section 6.0 8 9 . INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS, SUPPLEMENTAL AND CONTINUING. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders shareholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his/her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, shall be applicable to actions, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after the adoption hereof, and shall continue as

 

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to a person who has ceased to be a Director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

Section 7.01. AMENDMENT. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles or by law of Incorporation or in Section 1.03(c) of these By-laws , these By-laws may be altered, amended and repealed, and new By-laws may be adopted, by the vote of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast, or by the vote of a majority of the full Board of Directors of the corporation Corporation , at any regular or special meeting. In each case, notice of the specific Section proposed to be changed must be given to the shareholders or to the Directors, as the case may be. No provision of these By-laws shall vest any property right in any shareholder.

Section 7.02. CERTAIN AMENDMENTS. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.01, the Board of Directors shall not have the authority to adopt or change a By-law on any subject that is committed expressly to the shareholders by any of the provisions of Subpart B of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8.01. OFFICES. The principal office of the corporation Corporation shall be at Saxonburg Boulevard, Saxonburg, Butler County, Pennsylvania. The registered office of the corporation Corporation , required by the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law to be maintained in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, may be, but need not be, the same as the principal office. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The corporation Corporation may also have additional offices and places of business at such other places within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the business of the corporation Corporation may require.

Section 8.02. CORPORATE SEAL. The Board of Directors shall prescribe the form of a suitable corporate seal, which shall contain the full name of the corporation Corporation and the year and state of incorporation.

Section 8.03. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation Corporation shall end on such day as shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 8.04. FINANCIAL REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Board of Directors shall have discretion to determine whether financial reports shall be sent to shareholders, what such reports shall contain, and whether they shall be audited or accompanied by the report of an independent or certified public accountant.

Section 8.05. INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS. Every shareholder shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have a right to examine, in person or by agent or attorney, during the usual hours for business, for any proper purpose, the share register,

 

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books or records of account, and records of the proceedings of the shareholders and Directors, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a shareholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the shareholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation Corporation at its registered office or at its principal place of business.

Section 8.06. INTERESTED DIRECTORS; QUORUM. No contract or transaction between the corporation Corporation and one or more of its Directors or officers, or between the corporation Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its Directors or officers are Directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for such reason, or solely because the Director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his/her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(1) The material facts as to his/her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors and the Board authorizes the contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote of the interested Director or Directors; or

(2) The material facts as to his/her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(3) The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors or the shareholders.

Interested Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors which authorizes a contract or transaction specified in this Section.

Section 8.07. DISALLOWED EXPENSES; REIMBURSEMENT. Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation, such as salary, commission, bonus, interest or rent or entertainment or travel expense, which shall be disallowed to the corporation in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the Board of Directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from such officer’s or employee’s future compensation, until the amount owed to the corporation has been received.

Section 8.0 7 8 . NOTICES; WAIVER OF NOTICE.

(a) NOTICE: Whenever under these By-laws or by law notice is required to be given to any person, including written notice (and unless otherwise provided by these By-laws or by law), it may be given to such person, either personally or by personal delivery or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, courier service or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his/her address appearing on the books of the corporation Corporation , or supplied by him/her to the corporation Corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be

 

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deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. If notice is personally delivered or provided by courier service with evidence of delivery, such notice shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when delivered. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting; except in the case of a special meeting of shareholders or as otherwise expressly required herein or by law, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, the meeting need be specified in the notice. Notice to a Director also may be made by email to the email address provided by the Director for such purpose and such notice shall be deemed to have been given went sent to such email address provided that the sender does not receive notice that such email was not delivered.

(b) WAIVER: Whenever under these By-laws or by law written notice is required to be given to any person, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of shareholders or as otherwise expressly required herein or by law, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. A waiver may take the form of an email transmission.

(c) ATTENDANCE CONSTITUTES WAIVER: Attendance of a person in person, or by proxy in the case of a shareholder, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

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II-VI Incorporated

375 Saxonburg Boulevard

Saxonburg, Pennsylvania 16056

Telephone (724) 352-4455

 

 

II-VI Incorporated Announces Results of Shareholders’ Meeting

and Board of Director Appointments; Provides Update on Thailand Flooding

PITTSBURGH, PA – November 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — II-VI Incorporated (Nasdaq:IIVI) announced the results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on Friday, November 4, 2011. Elected to the Company’s Board of Directors for the first time was Howard H. Xia. Re-elected to the Company’s Board of Directors were Carl J. Johnson, Thomas E. Mistler and Joseph J. Corasanti.

In addition to the election of directors, the shareholders of the Company also approved the following proposals:

 

   

An amendment to the II-VI Incorporated Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) to increase the number of shares of common stock that are authorized for issuance from 100,000,000 to 300,000,000 shares;

 

   

An amendment to the Articles for the adoption of majority voting of directors and the related elimination of cumulative voting in the election of directors in order to effect majority voting;

 

   

An amendment of the business purpose clause of the Articles to reflect a change in the governing statute under Pennsylvania law;

 

   

An advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation;

 

   

An advisory vote to conduct future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation every year; and

 

   

Ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.

Immediately following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Carl J. Johnson as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Thomas E. Mistler as Lead Independent Director of the Board of Directors.

The Company’s Board of Directors also appointed the following directors to serve as members of the various committees of the Board of Directors:

 

   

Audit Committee

Wendy F. DiCicco, Chairwoman

Joseph J. Corasanti

Thomas E. Mistler

 

   

Compensation Committee

Peter W. Sognefest, Chairman

Joseph J. Corasanti

Wendy F. DiCicco

Marc Y.E. Pelaez

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Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Thomas E. Mistler, Chairman

Joseph J. Corasanti

Wendy F. DiCicco

Peter W. Sognefest

 

   

Subsidiary Committee

Marc Y.E. Pelaez, Chairman

Joseph J. Corasanti

Wendy F. DiCicco

Carl J. Johnson

Thomas E. Mistler

Peter W. Sognefest

Howard H. Xia

The Company’s Board of Directors also elected the following individuals as officers of the Company:

 

Francis J. Kramer    President and Chief Executive Officer
Vincent D. Mattera, Jr.    Executive Vice President
James Martinelli    Vice President – Military & Materials Business
Craig A. Creaturo    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Update on Thailand Flooding Impact

As the Company reported in its October 25, 2011 first quarter fiscal year 2012 earnings release, Fabrinet, a company that manufactures certain products for the Company (specifically, for the Company’s recently-acquired Aegis Lightwave, Inc. subsidiary), and manufactures products for certain of the Company’s customers using II-VI products, reported that on October 22, 2011 flood waters had infiltrated the manufacturing facilities at its Chokchai location in Pathum Thani, Thailand. Additional information released by Fabrinet on November 7, 2011 indicated that production at the Chokchai location will not recommence during the quarter ending December 31, 2011, and likely for significantly longer, and Fabrinet acknowledged that it may never again manufacture at the Chokchai location. As of today, the Company is unable to estimate the complete financial impact to the Company relating to these events. The Company is currently evaluating the situation and anticipates quantifying the impact to the guidance issued on October 25, 2011 for the quarter ending December 31, 2011 and the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 no later than December 19, 2011.

About II-VI Incorporated

II-VI Incorporated, the worldwide leader in crystal growth technology, is a vertically-integrated manufacturing company that creates and markets products for diversified markets including industrial manufacturing, military

 

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and aerospace, high-power electronics and telecommunications, and thermoelectronics applications. Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing, sales, and distribution facilities worldwide, the Company produces numerous crystalline compounds including zinc selenide for infrared laser optics, silicon carbide for high-power electronic and microwave applications, and bismuth telluride for thermoelectric coolers.

In the Company’s infrared optics business, II-VI Infrared manufactures optical and opto-electronic components for industrial laser and thermal imaging systems and HIGHYAG Lasertechnologie GmbH (HIGHYAG) manufactures fiber-delivered beam delivery systems and processing tools for industrial lasers.

In the Company’s near-infrared optics business, VLOC manufactures near-infrared and visible light products for industrial, scientific, military and medical instruments, and laser gain materials and products for solid-state YAG and YLF lasers. Photop Technologies, Inc. (Photop) manufactures crystal materials, optics, microchip lasers and opto-electronic modules for use in optical communication networks and other diverse consumer and commercial applications. Aegis Lightwave, Inc. (Aegis) manufactures tunable optical devices required for high speed optical networks that provide the bandwidth expansion necessary for increasing internet traffic. Through its Australian subsidiary, AOFR, Aegis also manufactures fused fiber components, including those required for fiber lasers for material processing applications, as well optical couplers used primarily in the telecommunication industry.

In the Company’s military & materials business, Exotic Electro-Optics (EEO) manufactures infrared products for military applications, Pacific Rare Specialty Metals & Chemicals (PRM) produces and refines selenium and tellurium materials and Max Levy Autograph, Inc. (MLA) manufactures micro-fine conductive mesh patterns for optical, mechanical and ceramic components for applications such as circuitry, metrology standards, targeting calibration and suppression of electro-magnetic interference.

In the Company’s advanced products group (formerly the compound semiconductor group), the Wide Bandgap Materials (WBG) group manufactures and markets single crystal silicon carbide substrates for use in the solid-state lighting, wireless infrastructure, RF electronics and power switching industries; Marlow Industries, Inc. (Marlow) designs and manufactures thermoelectric cooling and power generation solutions for use in defense, space, photonics, telecommunications, medical, consumer and industrial markets; and the Worldwide Materials Group (WMG) provides expertise in materials development, process development and manufacturing scale up.

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on certain assumptions and contingencies that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and relate to the Company’s performance on a going-forward basis.

The forward-looking statements in this press release involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results, performance or trends to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements herein or in previous disclosures. The Company believes that all forward-looking statements made by it have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that management’s expectations, beliefs or projections as

 

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expressed in the forward-looking statements will actually occur or prove to be correct. In addition to general industry and global economic conditions, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to: (i) the failure of any one or more of the assumptions stated above to prove to be correct; (ii) the risks relating to forward-looking statements and other “Risk Factors” discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011; (iii) the purchasing patterns from customers and end-users; (iv) the timely release of new products, and acceptance of such new products by the market; (v) the introduction of new products by competitors and other competitive responses; and/or (vi) the Company’s ability to devise and execute strategies to respond to market conditions. The Company disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or developments, or otherwise.

 

CONTACT:    II-VI Incorporated
   Craig A. Creaturo, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
   (724) 352-4455
   ccreaturo@ii-vi.com

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