UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 13, 2013

 

 

International Paper Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission file number 1-3157

 

New York   13-0872805

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

6400 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee   38197
(Address of principal executive offices)   (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (901) 419-7000

 

 

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:

 

¨ 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))

 

 

 


SECTION 5. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT.

 

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

(a) On May 13, 2013, the shareowners of International Paper Company (the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to permit shareowners to act by written consent by the same approval threshold that would be applicable if the action were taken at an annual or special meeting of shareowners. The Charter Amendment and a corresponding amendment (the “By-Law Amendment”) to the Company’s By-Laws also provide for certain procedural limitations around consent solicitations in order to protect all of the Company’s shareowners. The By-Law Amendment was previously approved by the Board subject to shareowner approval of the Charter Amendment. The Charter and By-Law Amendments became effective as of May 17, 2013, upon the filing of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (reflecting the Charter Amendment) with the Secretary of State of the State of New York pursuant to Section 807 of the New York Business Corporation Law.

A summary of the Charter and By-Law Amendments was included as part of Item 3 in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2013. The summary contained in the proxy statement is qualified by and subject to the full text of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as adopted and effective as of May 17, 2013 (reflecting the Charter Amendment), and By-Laws, as amended through May 17, 2013 (reflecting the By-Law Amendment), which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

(a) The Company held its annual meeting of shareowners on May 13, 2013.

(b) Of the 443,664,987 shares outstanding on the record date and entitled to vote at the meeting, 400,123,810 shares were present at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum of 90 percent. The shareowners of the Company’s common stock considered and voted upon four Company proposals and one shareowner proposal at the meeting.

 

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Item 1 – Company Proposal to Elect Ten Directors

The holders of the common stock of the Company elected each of the following nominees as directors, to serve a term of one year ending the earlier of (i) the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of shareowners and the date a qualified successor has been elected, or (ii) death, resignation or retirement. The directors were elected by the following count:

 

Directors

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

David J. Bronczek

     357,658,596         1,795,085         451,392         40,218,737   

Ahmet C. Dorduncu

     358,639,566         608,430         657,077         40,218,737   

John V. Faraci

     341,962,388         12,562,635         5,380,050         40,218,737   

Ilene S. Gordon

     351,840,727         7,588,418         475,928         40,218,737   

Stacey J. Mobley

     353,902,251         5,365,736         637,086         40,218,737   

Joan E. Spero

     358,023,380         1,409,805         471,888         40,218,737   

John L. Townsend, III

     357,409,283         1,906,328         589,462         40,218,737   

John F. Turner

     355,629,109         3,799,208         476,756         40,218,737   

William G. Walter

     356,687,925         2,645,508         571,640         40,218,737   

J. Steven Whisler

     358,673,903         624,900         606,270         40,218,737   

Item 2 – Company Proposal to Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2013

The holders of the Company’s common stock ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 by the following count:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker
Non-Votes
396,048,766   3,511,895   563,149  

Item 3 – Company Proposal to Vote on an Amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation Regarding Shareowner Action by Written Consent

The holders of the Company’s common stock approved an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation regarding shareowner action by written consent by the following count:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker
Non-Votes
354,703,417   4,063,046   1,138,610   40,218,737

 

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Item 4 – Company Proposal to Vote on a Non-Binding Resolution to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

The holders of the Company’s common stock supported the non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following count:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker
Non-Votes
347,542,299   10,448,779   1,913,995   40,218,737

Item 5 – Shareowner Proposal Concerning a Policy on Accelerated Vesting of Equity Awards of Senior Executives Upon a Change in Control

The holders of the Company’s common stock did not approve the non-binding shareowner proposal concerning a policy on accelerated vesting of equity awards of senior executives upon a change in control. The count was as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker
Non-Votes
128,779,703   229,615,196   1,510,174   40,218,737

(c) Not applicable.

SECTION 9. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed as part of this Report.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3.2    By-Laws, as amended through May 17, 2013.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    International Paper Company
Date: May 17, 2013     By:  

/s/ SHARON R. RYAN

      Name:   Sharon R. Ryan
      Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
        Corporate Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3.2    By-Laws, as amended through May 17, 2013.

 

E-1

Exhibit 3.1

Restated Certificate of Incorporation

of International Paper Company

Restated as of May 12, 2008

and as Restated on November 20, 1990

and as Further Amended on

April 30, 1999, June 12, 2001 and May 12, 2008

RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

UNDER SECTION 807 OF THE

BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

Filed May 17, 2013

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

6400 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, Tennessee 38197

(901) 419-7000

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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of International Paper Company

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation

of

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Under Section 807 of the Business Corporation Law

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED , SHARON R. RYAN, being the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of International Paper Company (the “ Corporation ”), and MARLA F. ADAIR, being the Assistant Secretary, hereby certify:

1. The name of the Corporation is International Paper Company. The name under which the Corporation originally was incorporated was International Paper and Power Corporation.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Department of State of New York on June 23, 1941.

3. The Certificate of Incorporation, as previously amended and supplemented by certificates filed pursuant to law, is hereby amended to effect the following amendments and changes authorized pursuant to Section 803 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York (the “NYBCL”) and restated pursuant to Section 807 of the NYBCL:

(a) The Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended to permit stockholders the right to act by written consent in Article VIII.

(b) The Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended to permit the board or stockholders upon written request the right to call special meetings in Article IX.

(c) The Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended to renumber prior sections Article VIII and IX as X and XI, respectively, as a result of the amendments noted above, and make corresponding renumbering changes throughout.

4. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation as amended and changed heretofore is hereby restated, pursuant to Section 807 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, without further amendments or changes, to read as herein set forth in full:

ARTICLE I . The name of the corporation is INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY .

ARTICLE II . The purposes for which it is formed are:

1. To maintain, conduct and manage the business of manufacturing, producing, purchasing, selling and dealing in and all kinds of pulp and paper, and any and all ingredients, products and compounds thereof or articles consisting or partly consisting thereof, and any and all materials that now are or hereafter may be used in or in connection with any such manufacture, including any fibres.

 

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2. To manufacture lumber, timber and any and all articles consisting, or partly consisting of lumber, wood or other forest products, and any and all products, or by-products, of any of the foregoing.

To acquire, own, lease, occupy, use or develop, or to sell, exchange or otherwise to dispose of timber lands, timber, timber rights, cutover lands, or other lands or interests in lands for any purpose of the Corporation.

To cut, saw, log, or otherwise to obtain or remove timber, logs, and other forest products, and to drill for, mine, quarry, or otherwise to obtain and remove oil, coal, ores, stone, iron-pyrites, clay, sulphur, agolite and any other mineral or minerals.

To buy, sell, exchange, or otherwise deal in lumber, timber, wood, or other forest products, or other products or by-products of any kind which it may manufacture, and in building material of every kind and description and in oil, coal, ores, stone, iron-pyrites, clay, sulphur, agolite and any other mineral or minerals.

3. To such extent as a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statute amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto or substituted therefor may at the time lawfully do, but not otherwise: to own, develop and use any and all kinds of water power and water rights and to do any and all acts and things necessary, convenient or proper therefor, or in any way pertaining thereto.

4. To such extent as a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statute amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto or substituted thereof may at the time lawfully do, but not otherwise: to purchase, construct, lease or otherwise acquire and operate ships, boats, ferries, docks, slips, elevators, engines, cars, tramroads, railroads and any other means of transportation which may be useful, necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Corporation, and to transport by land or water any materials, supplies or other products of the Corporation or goods useful in connection with the operation or conduct of its business.

5. To such extent as a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, or any statute amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto, or substituted therefor may at the time lawfully do, but not otherwise: to manufacture, prepare, buy, exchange, lease, rent, hire, or otherwise acquire, hold, use, operate, lease, exchange, sell, donate or otherwise dispose of, import, export, distribute, trade in, process, deal in and deal with, either as principal or agent, goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, equipment, materials and personal property of every kind and description; to acquire, use, hold, pledge, equipment, materials and personal property of every kind and description; to acquire, use, hold, pledge, hypothecate, subscribe for, invest in, sell or otherwise dispose of and generally deal in and deal with any and all grants, options, concessions, franchises and contracts of any and all kind; to explore for, research, investigate, extract manufacture, produce and otherwise obtain, market, sell, buy, generally deal in and deal with, rent, exchange, lease and otherwise acquire and dispose of means and sources of energy and deposits of ores, stone, clays, minerals and mineral compounds.

 

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6. To apply for, obtain, register, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, use, introduce, develop or control, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of, take or grant licenses or other rights with respect to and in any and all ways to exploit or turn to account inventions, improvements, processes, copyrights, patents, trademarks, formulae, trade names and distinctive marks and similar rights of any and all kinds; and whether granted, registered or established by or under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, country, authority or place.

7. To conduct its business in any and all of its branches and maintain offices both within and without the State of New York and in any and all other States of the United States of America and in any and all territories, dependencies, colonies or possessions thereof, in the District of Columbia, and in any and all foreign countries and places; to acquire, buy, purchase or otherwise hold, possess, use, mortgage, transfer, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of real and personal property without limitation in all thereof to the extent that the same may be permissible under their laws.

8. To such extent as a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statute amendatory thereof, supplement thereto, or substituted therefor may at the time lawfully do, but not otherwise, the Corporation shall have the right and is hereby authorized to subscribe for, purchase, acquire, hold and dispose of the stocks, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of or interest in or other securities of any corporation or association, domestic or foreign, and in exchange therefor to issue its own stock, bonds or other obligations, and to aid or assist in any manner, whether by loan, subsidy, guaranty or otherwise, any corporation or association issuing any of such securities or any person, firm, corporation or association in whose business affairs this Corporation shall have any interest, and in connection therewith to guarantee the performance of any undertaking or obligation or the payment of dividends on stock. The Corporation may use and apply its surplus property, earnings or accumulated profits in the discretion of the directors to the creation and maintenance of a surplus fund, and to the purchase and acquisition of its own capital stock, and may take said stock in payment or satisfaction of any debt due to the Corporation from time to time, and to such extent and manner and upon such terms as the directors shall determine, and may issue or sell any stock so acquired.

9. To do each and everything necessary, suitable, convenient or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any one or all of the objects herein before enumerated or incidental to the powers herein named or which at any time shall appear conducive thereto or expedient for the protection or benefit of the Corporation either as a holder of or as interested in any property or otherwise, To have all of the rights, powers and privileges now or hereafter conferred by the laws of the State of New York upon corporations organized under the Business Corporation Law of such State or under any act amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor, but nothing herein contained is to be construed as authorizing the Corporation to carry on the business of discounting bills, notes or other evidences of debt, of receiving deposits of money or foreign coins or of buying and selling bills of exchange, or of issuing bills, notes or other evidences of debt for circulation as money, or shall be deemed to authorize or permit the Corporation to carry on any business, or exercise any power or do any act which a corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statute amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto or substituted therefor may not at the time lawfully do.

 

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10. The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as objects and powers, in furtherance and not in limitation of the general powers conferred by the laws of the State of New York; and it is hereby expressly provided that the enumeration herein of specific objects and powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any way the general powers of the Corporation, and that the Corporation may do all and everything reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of any of the objects or powers hereinbefore enumerated, either alone or in association with other corporations, associations, firms or individuals, to the same extent and as fully as individuals might or could do as principals, agents, contractors or otherwise.

ARTICLE III . The Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as the agent upon whom process in any action or proceeding against INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall forward process is c/o CT Corporation System 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011.

ARTICLE IV . The office of the Corporation (as defined in Section 103 of the New York Business Corporation Law) shall be in New York County, New York. The name of the registered agent which is to be the agent of the Corporation upon whom process against it may be served is CT Corporation System 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011.

ARTICLE V . The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one billion (1,000,000,000) shares, of which nine hundred and ninety nine million six hundred thousand (999,600,000) shares have a par value of one dollar ($1.00) each, and four hundred thousand (400,000) shares shall be without par value. The shares of the Corporation shall be classified. The number of shares in each class shall be as follows:

Four hundred thousand (400,000) shares without par value shall be Cumulative $4 Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”);

Eight million seven hundred fifty thousand (8,750,000) shares having a par value of one dollar ($1.00) each shall be Serial Preferred Stock; and

Nine hundred ninety million eight hundred fifty thousand (990,850,000) shares having a par value of one dollar ($1.00) each shall be Common Stock.

The whole or any part of the shares of Common Stock of the Corporation may be issued as partly paid, subject to calls thereon until the whole thereof shall have been paid in.

 

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The designations, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the shares of each class, and the restrictions or qualifications thereof, are to be as follows:

PREFERRED STOCK

1. The Preferred Stock shall be issued in one series.

2. All shares of the Preferred Stock shall be identical with each other in all respects, except that shares issued at different times may differ as to dates from which dividends thereon shall accumulate.

3.1. The holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, but only when and as declared by the Board of Directors, dividends from the surplus or net profits of the Corporation at the rate of $4 per share per annum, and no more, payable quarterly in each year on such dates as from time to time may be fixed by the Board of Directors. Dividends on the Preferred Stock shall be cumulative. On shares of the Preferred Stock issued prior to October 1, 1946 dividends shall commence to accrue from July 1, 1946. Any other shares of the Preferred Stock shall be issued with accruals of dividends uniform with the unpaid accruals of dividends, if any, on the Preferred Stock outstanding at the time of each such issue. Accumulations of dividends shall not bear interest.

3.2. If dividends in full on all outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock for all past quarterly dividend periods and for the then current quarterly dividend period shall not have been paid or been declared and set apart for payment, no dividends (other than dividends payable in stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock) shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on, nor shall any distribution be made to, any class of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock.

3.3. So long as any shares of the Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation, without first obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of record of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at any meeting called for the purpose, shall not declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on any stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock (other than a dividend payable in stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock), or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock, or pay, set aside or make available any monies to or for a sinking fund for the purchase or redemption of any stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock, except to the extent that the sum of

(i) 5,000,000, plus

(ii) the aggregate net earnings of the Corporation since December 31, 1945, as determined annually by the independent public accountants employed by the Corporation and, pending such determination for any particular year, as determined by the accounting staff of the Corporation, plus

 

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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of International Paper Company

 

(iii) the aggregate net proceeds received by the Corporation from the Issuance, exchange or sale, subsequent to December 31, 1945, of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock (except any such stock issued on conversion of, or as consideration for exchange of, or to provide funds for redemption or purchase of Cumulative Convertible 5% Preferred Stock formerly authorized and outstanding)

exceeds the sum of

(iv) all dividends (other than dividends payable in stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock) and distributions declared, paid or made subsequent to December 31, 1945 on any stock of the Corporation, plus

(v) the cost to the Corporation of the acquisition for value (by purchase, redemption, exchange, or otherwise) of all stock, other than the Cumulative Convertible 5% Preferred Stock formerly authorized and outstanding, ranking junior to the Preferred Stock acquired by the Corporation subsequent to December 31, 1945, including in such cost all monies set apart for any such purpose.

3.4. If dividends in full on all outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock for all past quarterly dividend periods shall not have been paid or been declared and set apart for payment:

(i) the Corporation shall not call for redemption any shares of the Preferred Stock unless either:

(a) all shares of the Preferred Stock outstanding are called for simultaneous redemption, or

(b) if less than all shares of the Preferred Stock outstanding are called for redemption at any time, the number of shares called for redemption from each registered holder at that time shall be that number which bears the same proportion to the total number of shares of such stock registered in the name of such holder as the number of shares called for redemption at that time bears to the total number of shares of the Preferred Stock then outstanding, except that in so determining the number of shares called, fractions of less than one-half shall be disregarded and fractions of one-half or more shall be treated as one whole share;

(ii) neither the Corporation nor any subsidiary shall purchase any shares of the Preferred Stock except in accordance with an invitation for tenders or a purchase offer made in writing to all holders of the Preferred Stock on the same terms; and

(iii) the Corporation shall not call for redemption, and neither the Corporation nor any subsidiary shall purchase or otherwise acquire for valuable consideration, any shares of any class of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock, nor shall the Corporation or any subsidiary pay or make available any moneys for any such redemption, purchase or acquisition.

 

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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of International Paper Company

 

4. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the net assets of the Corporation (whether represented by capital or surplus), (i) if such dissolution, liquidation or winding up is voluntary, cash in an amount per share as follows: if the date fixed for the distribution upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up shall occur between July 1, 1946 and June 30, 1952 inclusive, $115; if said date shall occur between July 1, 1952 and June 30, 1955 inclusive, $112.50; shall occur between July 1, 1955 and June 30, 1958 inclusive, $110; if said date shall occur between July 1, 1958 and June 30, 1961 inclusive, $107.50; and thereafter, $105; and (ii) if such dissolution, liquidation or winding up is involuntary, cash in the amount of $100 per share, plus in each case an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid on such share up to and including the date fixed for distribution, whether or not earned or declared, and no more, in either case before any distribution of the assets to be distributed shall be made to the holders of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock. If upon any dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the assets of the Corporation distributable among the holders of the Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of the Preferred Stock ratably in accordance with the sums which would be payable on such distribution if all sums payable were discharged in full.

5.1 Except as herein or by law expressly provided, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote in any proceeding or to be represented at or to receive notice of any meeting of stockholders, and there is hereby specifically excluded any right of the holders of the Preferred Stock to vote (i) for mortgaging the property and franchises of the Corporation pursuant to Section 911 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statutory provision amendatory of, supplementary to or substituted for said Section, whether as a part of said Law or otherwise, (ii) for authorizing any guaranty pursuant to Section 908 of the said Law or any statutory provision amendatory of, supplementary to or substituted for said Section, whether as a part of said Law or otherwise, (iii) for sale of the franchises and property of the Corporation pursuant to Section 909 of the said Law or any statutory provision amendatory of, supplementary to or substituted for said Section, whether as a part of said Law or otherwise, other than as provided in subdivision 8 hereof, (iv) for consolidation pursuant to Section 903 of the said Law or any statutory provision amendatory of, supplementary to or substituted for said Section, whether as a part of said Law or otherwise, (v) for voluntary dissolution pursuant to Section 1001 of the said Law or any statutory provision amendatory of, supplementary to or substituted for said Section, whether as a part of said Law or otherwise, or (vi) for change of name pursuant to the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statute amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto or substituted therefor; provided, however, that if at the time of any annual meeting of stockholders the Corporation shall be in arrears in dividends on the Preferred Stock in an amount equal to four full quarterly dividends thereon, then at such annual meeting and thereafter at all meetings for the election of directors until all arrearages of dividends accumulated on the Preferred Stock for all preceding dividend periods shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, and no longer, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the sole right, to the exclusion of all other classes of stock, to vote for and elect one-third (or the nearest whole number thereto) of the total number of directors to be elected at the meeting. At all meetings for the election of directors, so long as such right to elect directors shall continue, the holders of the Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, shall first vote for and elect the total number of directors which they are entitled to elect as aforesaid, and thereafter the holders of the Common Stock and other any stock having voting powers shall, in with their respective voting rights, vote and elect the remaining directors.

 

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5.2. At any meeting of the stockholders at which the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote they shall have one vote for each share. The holders of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of any meeting of the stockholders called for the election of directors at which such holders shall be entitled to vote as in subdivision 5.1 provided (as well as to notice of any other meeting at which such holders shall be entitled to vote), and at any such election the holders of the shares of the Preferred Stock represented at the meeting shall constitute a quorum for the election of such directors, and a plurality of all votes of the Preferred Stock cast at the meeting shall be sufficient to elect such directors.

5.3. Whenever all arrearages of dividends on the Preferred Stock as aforesaid shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, all powers of the holders of the Preferred Stock to vote for directors shall terminate, and the tenure of office of all Directors elected by them shall forthwith automatically come to an end.

6.1. On and after July 1, 1949, the Preferred Stock may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation, by resolution of its Board of Directors, at any time or from time to time, at the redemption price per share as follows: if the date fixed for redemption shall occur between July 1, 1949 and June 30, 1952 inclusive, $115; if said date shall occur between July 1, 1952 and June 30, 1955 inclusive, $112.50; if said date shall occur between July 1, 1955 and June 30, 1958 inclusive, $110; if said date shall occur between July 1, 1958 and June 30, 1961 inclusive, $107.50; and thereafter, $105; plus in each case an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid on such share up to and including the date fixed for redemption, whether or not earned or declared. If less than all shares of the Preferred Stock outstanding are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be chosen by lot in such manner as the Board of Directors may determine, provided that, if dividends in full on all outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock for all past quarterly dividend periods shall not have been paid or been declared and set apart for payment, the shares to be redeemed shall be determined as provided in subdivisions 3.4(i)(b) hereof.

 

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6.2. Not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days previous to the date fixed for redemption, a notice specifying the time and place thereof shall be given to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed by mail at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the Corporation and by publication at least once in at least one newspaper printed in the English language of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but no failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof, shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of the Preferred Stock so to be redeemed. At any time after notice of redemption has been given by publication in the manner prescribed above to the holders of stock so to be redeemed, the Corporation may deposit the aggregate redemption price in trust with a bank or trust company (in good standing, organized under the laws of the United States of America or of the State of New York, doing business in The State of New York, and having capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $5,000,000) named in such notice, for payment on the date fixed for redemption as aforesaid (or prior to such date if so determined by the Board of Directors) to the holders of the shares so to be redeemed, on endorsement, if required by the Board of Directors, and upon surrender of the certificates for such shares. Upon the deposit of such money as aforesaid or, if no such deposit is made, upon said redemption date (unless the Corporation shall default in making payment of the redemption price as set forth in such notice), such holders shall cease to be stockholders with respect to said shares and from and after the making of said deposit, or, if no such deposit is made, after the redemption date (the Corporation not having defaulted in making payment of the redemption price as set forth in such notice), the said holders shall have no interest in or claim against the Corporation and shall have no voting or other rights with respect to said shares, except the right to receive said monies on the date fixed for redemption as aforesaid (or earlier if so determined as aforesaid) from said bank or trust company or from the Corporation, without interest thereon, upon endorsement, if required, and surrender of the certificates as aforesaid; and the shares represented thereby shall no longer be outstanding. In case the holder of any such shares of the Preferred Stock shall not, within six years after said deposit, claim the amount deposited as above stated for the redemption thereof, the depositary shall, upon demand, pay over to the Corporation such unclaimed amount so deposited, and the depositary shall thereupon be relieved of all responsibility therefor to such holder.

6.3. Shares of the Preferred Stock which have been redeemed shall be canceled and shall not be reissued, and the Corporation shall from time to time take appropriate action to reduce the authorized amount of the Preferred Stock accordingly.

6.4. Nothing contained in subdivision 6.1 or 6.2 hereof shall limited the right of the Corporation to make purchases of shares of the Preferred Stock at any price.

7. So long as any shares of the Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation, without first obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of record of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at any meeting called for the purpose, shall not

(i) authorize, create or issue stock of any class, or any security convertible into stock of any class, ranking, as to the payment of dividends or as to distribution upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, prior to the Preferred Stock; or

(ii) amend, alter, change or repeal any of the express provisions of (a) the “Certificate of Authorization of New Shares Without Par Value and of the Issuance of Such New Shares From Time to Time in One Series, and Change of Previously Authorized Unissued Shares with Par Value into the Same Number of Shares Without Par Value of A New Class and Reclassification of Shares. Pursuant to Section 36 of the Stock Corporation Law of the State of New York”, filed in the Department of State in the State of New York on May 31, 1946, or (b) any certificate filed pursuant to Section 11 of the Stock Corporation of the State of New York (including particularly the certificate so filed on July 3, 1946) or Sections 501 and 502 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statutory provisions amendatory of, supplementary to or substituted for said Sections, whether as a part of said Law or otherwise, applicable to the Preferred Stock then outstanding, in a manner which is in any material respect prejudicial to the holders thereof, provided, however, that the provisions of this subdivision 7(ii) shall not apply to any such amendment, alteration, change or repeal resulting from a merger or consolidation.

 

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8. So long as any shares of the Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation, without first obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of record of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at any meeting called for the purpose, shall not

(i) increase the authorized number of shares of the Preferred Stock;

(ii) authorize, create or issue stock of any class, or any security convertible into stock of any class, ranking, as to the payment of dividends or as to distribution upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, on a parity with the Preferred Stock; or

(iii) sell, lease or otherwise dispose (otherwise then by merger or consolidation) all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

9. If at the time of any merger or consolidation to which the Corporation shall become a party any holder of the Preferred Stock does not have the right to demand and receive payment in cash of the then value of his shares of the Preferred Stock as determined by appraisal in the manner provided in the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York or any statute amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto or substituted therefore, such holder shall be entitled (if he so elects within 20 days after the Corporation shall have mailed to him notice of such merger or consolidation) to receive payment in cash of an amount equal to that to which he would then be entitled upon a voluntary liquidation of the Corporation under the provisions of subdivision 4 hereof, unless by the terms of the merger or consolidation he is entitled to shares or securities (which may be his shares of the Preferred Stock) of the Corporation resulting from the merger or consolidation which have a relative position and priority in the capital stock structure of said Corporation, and rights and preferences, at least equal to those of his shares of the Preferred Stock immediately prior to the merger or consolidation.

10. No holder of shares of the Preferred Stock shall, as such holder, have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to or purchase of any shares or securities of any class which at any time may be sold or offered for sale by the Corporation.

11. When full cumulative dividends to which each share of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding is entitled for all prior dividend periods and for then the current dividend period shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, but not otherwise, the Board of Directors may, subject to the respective terms and provisions hereof, if any, applying thereto, declare and pay dividends on any other class or classes of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock, and the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.

 

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12. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, after payment shall have been made in full to the holders of the Preferred Stock as provided in subdivision 4 hereof, but not prior thereto, the holders of the class or classes of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock shall, subject to the respective terms and provisions hereof, if any, applying thereto, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.

13. When used in subdivisions 1 through 12 above, the term “stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock” shall mean the Common Stock and any other class of stock which ranks junior to the Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends or as to distribution upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation.

14. Subject to the provisions hereof, shares of the Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as determined by the Board of Directors for such consideration as from time to time may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

15. The Common Stock shall be subject to the prior rights of the Preferred Stock as hereinabove declared.

COMMON STOCK

16. Subject to any exclusive voting rights which may vest in any holders of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, other than Common Stock, holders of shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share upon all matters upon which stockholders have the right to vote.

17.1. No holder of bonds or other obligations or securities convertible into shares of any class shall as such holder have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to or purchase of any shares or securities of any class which at any time may be sold or offered for sale by the Corporation.

17.2. No holder of shares of the Corporation’s Stock shall as such holder have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to or purchase of any shares or securities of any class which at any time may be sold or offered for sale by the Corporation.

 

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SERIAL PREFERRED STOCK

18.1. The Serial Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as shares of one or more series. Subject to the limitations hereof and the limitations prescribed by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized, prior to issuance, to adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of, or providing for a change in the number of shares of any particular series, and, if and to the extent from time to time required by law, to file a certificate under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law of New York, or any statute amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, establishing or changing the number of shares to be included in each such series and fixing the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each such series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(i) the serial designation of such shares and the number of shares constituting such series;

(ii) the annual dividend rate on shares of such series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates;

(iii) whether the shares of such series shall be redeemable and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon and after which such shares shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(iv) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to retire shares of such series pursuant to a sinking fund;

(v) whether shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any other class or classes and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the terms of adjustment, if any;

(vi) whether the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

(vii) the rights of the shares of such series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; and

(viii) any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of such series.

18.2. No holder of Serial Preferred Stock shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to or purchase of any shares or securities of any class which at any time may be sold or offered for sale by the Corporation.

18.3 So long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the preferences, privileges and voting powers, if any, of the shares of Serial Preferred Stock of any series, and the restrictions or qualifications thereof, shall be subject to the preferences, privileges and voting powers, if any, of the shares of Preferred Stock, and the restrictions and qualifications thereof.

18.4. So long as any shares of the Serial Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not issue any shares of Preferred Stock without first obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of record of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Serial Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution adopted at any meeting called for the purpose.

 

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MISCELLANEOUS

19. The Board of Directors may from time to time issue scrip in lieu of fractional shares of any class or classes or any rights in respect of fractional shares and upon such terms and with such provisions as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Such scrip shall not confer upon the holder thereof any right to dividends, except in so far as may be specifically provided by the Board of Directors at the time of issuance thereof or thereafter, or any voting or other rights as a stockholder of the Corporation, but the Corporation shall from time to time, within such time as the Board of Directors may determine, or without limit of time if the Board of Directors so determines, issue certificates for one or more whole shares upon the surrender of scrip for fractional shares aggregating the number of whole shares represented by the scrip so surrendered, provided that the scrip so surrendered shall be properly endorsed for transfer if in registered form.

20. The Board of Directors shall have power, in its absolute discretion, at any time, and from time to time, without any action by the stockholders of the Corporation and whether or not in connection with the issue or sale of any shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation, to grant rights entitling the holders thereof to purchase from the Corporation any shares of its capital stock. Any such rights shall be evidenced by such warrants or other instruments as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The terms upon which, the time or times at or within which, and the price or prices, not less than the par value thereof, at which any such shares may be purchased or subscribed for upon the exercise of any such rights and the price or other consideration, if any, for which such rights shall be granted shall be such as shall be fixed and stated in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the granting thereof.

ARTICLE VI . The duration of the corporate existence of the Corporation shall be perpetual.

ARTICLE VII . The number of Directors of the Corporation constituting the entire Board of Directors shall not be less than nine or more than eighteen. The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time the number of Directors who shall constitute the entire Board of Directors. Any such determination made by the Board of Directors shall continue in effect unless and until changed by the Board of Directors, but no such changes shall affect the term of any Director then in office. Directors need not be stockholders.

Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders to serve one-year terms and successors shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified; provided, however, that Directors serving on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in 2008, including those elected at such meeting, shall continue to serve the remainder of their elected terms. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of Directors and any other vacancy on the Board may be filled only by the Board, provided that a quorum is then in office and present, or only by a majority of the Directors then in office, if less than a quorum is then in office, or by a sole remaining Director. Directors elected to fill a newly created directorship or other vacancies shall be classified and hold office as provided by statute.

 

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The Directors of the Corporation may not be removed prior to the expiration date of their terms of office, except for cause and by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting of stockholders, or at any Special Meeting of stockholders called by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board or by the President for this purpose.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the Fact that a lesser percentage or separate class vote may be specified by law, this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation or otherwise), any proposal to amend, alter, repeal or adopt any provisions inconsistent with this or the preceding paragraphs of this Article VII, shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect Directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall he governed by the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto.

No contract or other transaction entered into by the Corporation shall be affected by the fact that any Director of the Corporation is in any way interested in or connected with any party to such contract or transaction or himself is a party to such contract or transaction, provided that such contract or transaction shall be approved by a majority of the Directors present at the meeting authorizing or confirming such contract or transaction, which majority shall consist of Directors not so interested or connected.

Each Director of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which he is made a party by reason of his being or having been a Director of the Corporation, except in relation to matters as to which he shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties as such Director; provided that such right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a Director of the Corporation may be entitled, under any By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise.

The vote required for election of a director by the shareholders shall, except in a contested election, be the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in favor of or against the election of a nominee at a meeting of shareholders. In a contested election, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election. An election shall be considered contested if, as of the record date, there are more nominees for election than positions on the board of directors to be filled by election at the meeting.

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

1. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting by the written consent of the stockholders of the Corporation, but only if such action is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Article VIII and the Corporation’s By-Laws.

2. The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be as fixed by the Board of Directors or as otherwise established under this Article. Any person other than the Corporation seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent without a meeting shall, by written notice addressed to the secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the Corporation and signed by the holders of record of no less than twenty percent (20%) of the Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to express consent on the relevant action, request that a record date be fixed for such purpose. The written notice must contain the information required by Article I, Section 7 of the By-Laws or Article II, Section 9 of the By-Laws, as applicable, with respect to the business and/or nominations that are the subject of the proposed action. Following receipt of the notice, the Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) business days after the date the notice is received, determine the validity of the request and whether the request relates to an action that may be taken by written consent pursuant to this Article and, if appropriate, adopt a resolution fixing the record date for such purpose. The record date for such purpose shall be no more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and shall not precede the date such resolution is adopted. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten (10) business days following the Corporation’s receipt of the notice to fix a record date for such purpose, the record date shall be the day on which the first signed written consent is delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in paragraph 6 of this Article; except that, if prior action by the Board of Directors is required under the provisions of New York law and the Board determines to take such prior action, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action, and except that no record date shall be set for any action that is not a proper subject for action by written consent pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article or for which consents are not to be solicited as provided in paragraph 4 of this Article.

 

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3. The Board of Directors shall not be obligated to set a record date for an action by written consent if (i) the record date request does not comply with this Article VIII and the Corporation’s By-Laws, (ii) such action is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law, (iii) the request for a record date for such action is received by the Corporation during the period commencing ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting and ending on the date of the next annual meeting or the period from the time notice of any special meeting is first given to shareholders and ending on the date of such meeting, (iv) an annual or special meeting of stockholders was held not more than thirty (30) days before such request for a record date was received by the secretary of the Corporation, (v) an item of business substantially the same as or substantially similar to such action (“Similar Item”) is to be included in the Corporation’s notice as an item of business to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders that is to be called within forty (40) days after the request for a record date is received and held as soon as practicable thereafter, or (vi) such record date request or any solicitation of consents to such action was made in a manner that involved a violation of Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or other applicable law. For purposes of this paragraph, the nomination, election or removal of directors shall be deemed to be a Similar Item with respect to all actions involving the nomination, election or removal of directors, changing the size of the Board of Directors or filling of vacancies and/or newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors. The Board of Directors shall determine in good faith whether a record date is required to be set under the provisions of this Article VIII.

4. Stockholders may take action by written consent only if consents are solicited pursuant to a consent solicitation conducted pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, without reliance upon the exemption contained in Rule 14a-2(b)(2) of the Exchange Act.

5. Every written consent purporting to take or authorize the taking of corporate action (each such written consent is referred to in this paragraph and in paragraph 6 as a “Consent”) must bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the Consent, and no Consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated Consent delivered in the manner required by paragraph 6 of this Article and not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the record date, Consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are so delivered to the Corporation.

6. No Consents may be delivered to the Corporation or its registered office in the State of New York until fifty (50) days after the record date. Consents must be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of New York or its principal place of business. Delivery must be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

ARTICLE IX. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called (i) by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or by the President or (ii) upon the written request or requests of the Corporation from holders of record of no less than twenty percent (20%) of the Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting, filed with the secretary of the Corporation and otherwise in accordance with the By-Laws, and may not be called by any other person or persons. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock or Preference Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class or series, to elect directors, such holders may call, to the extent provided in Article V (or pursuant to the terms of the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article V hereof), special meetings of holders of such Preferred Stock or Preference Stock.

 

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ARTICLE X.

A. The following definitions shall apply with respect to this Article X:

1. The term “Business Combination” shall mean:

 

  a. any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with, or proposed by or on behalf of (i) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other company (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder) which is or, after such merger or consolidation, would be an Affiliate or an Associate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder; or

 

  b. the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; or

 

  c. any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder of any assets, securities or commitments of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value (as hereinafter defined) of $10 million or more, except for sales of goods and services made in the ordinary course of the Corporation’s business, consistent with past practice; or

 

  d. any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) to or with the Corporation or any Subsidiary of assets, securities or commitments of an Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder having an aggregate fair market value of $10 million or more, except for purchases of goods and services made in the ordinary course of the Corporation’s business, consistent with past practice; or

 

  e. any security arrangement, investment, loan, advance, guarantee, agreement to purchase or sell, agreement to pay, extension of credit, joint venture participation or other arrangement (in one transaction or a series of transactions) by the Corporation or any Subsidiary with or for the benefit of any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder involving $10 million or more; or

 

  f. the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any securities Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder, except proportionately to all stockholders of the Corporation or such Subsidiary; or

 

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  g. any amendment to the By-Laws of the Corporation proposed by or on behalf of an Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder; or

 

  h. any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any other transaction (whether or not with or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) that has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of any class or series of Voting Stock (as hereinafter defined), or any securities convertible into Voting Stock or into equity securities of any Subsidiary, that is beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder; or

 

  i. any agreement, contract or other arrangement providing for any one or more of the actions specified in the foregoing clauses (a) to (h).

2. The term “Capital Stock” shall mean all capital stock of the Corporation authorized to be issued from time to time under Article V of this Certificate of Incorporation, and the term “Voting Stock” shall mean all Capital Stock which by its terms may be voted on all matters submitted to stockholders of the Corporation generally at the time in question.

3. The term “person” shall mean any individual, firm, company or other entity and shall include any group comprised of any person and any other person with whom such person or any Affiliate or Associate of such person has any agreement, arrangement or understanding, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of Capital Stock.

4. The term “Interested Stockholder” shall mean any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary and other than any pension, profit-sharing, employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity) who (a) is the beneficial owner of Voting Stock representing ten percent (10%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of Voting Stock, or (b) is an Affiliate or Associate of the Corporation and at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner of Voting Stock representing ten percent (10%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of Voting Stock.

 

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5. A person shall be a “beneficial owner” of any Capital Stock (a) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly; (b) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has, directly or indirectly, (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or subject only to the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; or (c) which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of Capital Stock. For the purposes of determining whether a person is an Interested Stockholder pursuant to Paragraph 4 of this Section A, the number of shares of Capital Stock deemed to be outstanding shall include shares deemed beneficially owned by such person through application of this Paragraph 5 of Section A, but shall not include any other shares of Capital Stock that may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

6. The term “Affiliate” means, an “affiliate” of, or a person “affiliated” with, a specified person, is a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified, and the term “Associate” controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified, and the term “Associate” means, when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means (1) any corporation or organization (other than the Corporation or a majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) of which such person is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 10 percent or more of any class of equity securities, (2) any trust or other estate in which such person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and (3) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same home as such person or who is a director or officer of the Corporation or any of its parents or subsidiaries.

7. The term “Subsidiary” means any company (whether a corporation or a partnership) of which a majority of any class of equity or similar (in the case of a partnership) security is beneficially owned by the Corporation.

8. The term “Fair Market Value” means (a) in the case of cash, the amount of such cash; (b) in the case of stock, the highest closing sale price during the 30-day period in which the date in question (i.e., the Announcement Date or the Determination Date as hereinafter defined) is counted as the fifteenth day, of a share of such stock on the Composite Tape for New York Stock Exchange-Listed Stocks, or, if such stock is not quoted on the Composite Tape, on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if such stock is not listed on such exchange, on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Act on which such stock is listed, or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange, the highest closing bid quotation with respect to a share of such stock on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or any similar system then in use, during the 30-day period in which the date in question is counted as the fifteenth day or if no such quotations are available, the fair market value on the date in question of a share of such stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors at a time that a majority of the Board was comprised of Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined); and (c) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors at a time when Disinterested Directors constitute a majority of the entire Board.

 

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9. In the event of any Business Combination in which the Corporation survives, the phrase “consideration other than cash to be received” as used in Paragraphs 2.a and 2.b of Section C of this Article X shall include the shares of Common Stock and/or the shares of any other class or series of Capital Stock retained by the holders of such shares.

10. The term “Disinterested Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, while such person is a member of the Board of Directors, who is not the Interested Stockholder, an Affiliate or Associate or representative of the Interested Stockholder and was a member of the Board prior to the time the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, and any successor of such Disinterested Director while such successor is a member of the Board of Directors who is not an Affiliate or Associate of the Interested Stockholder and was recommended for nomination or election to the Board by a majority of the Disinterested Directors then on the Board.

B. In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation or otherwise, and except as otherwise expressly provided in Section C of this Article X, the Corporation shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in any Business Combination with, or proposed by or on behalf of, an Interested Stockholder or an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder without the affirmative vote of (i) not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock voting together as a single class, and (ii) not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock, excluding Voting Stock beneficially owned by such Interested Stockholder and its Affiliate and Associates, voting together as a single class. Such affirmative vote shall he required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that a lesser percentage or separate class vote may be specified, by law, in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise.

C. The provisions of Section B of this Article X shall not he applicable to any particular Business Combination (and such Business Combination shall require only such affirmative vote, if any, as is required by law, or any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation or otherwise) if all of the conditions specified in either of the following Paragraphs 1 or 2 are met, or, in the case of a Business Combination not involving the payment of consideration to the holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Capital Stock, if the condition specified in the following Paragraph l is met.

 

  1. The Business Combination shall have been approved, or is being effected pursuant to agreements or arrangements which shall have been approved, by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and at a time when Disinterested Directors constitute a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

 

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  2. All of the following conditions shall have been met:

 

  a. The aggregate amount of cash and the value, as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Consummation Date”), of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of Common Stock in such Business Combination shall be at least equal to the highest amount determined under clauses (i) and (ii) below:

 

  (i) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees) paid by or on behalf of the Interested Stockholder for any share of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Interested Stockholder of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock (x) within the two year period immediately prior to the first public announcement of the terms of the proposed Business Combination (the “Announcement Date”) or (y) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher; and

 

  (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock as of the Announcement Date or as of the date on which the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder (the “Determination Date”), whichever is higher.

 

  b. The aggregate amount of cash and the value, as of the Consummation Date, of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of shares of any class or series of outstanding Capital Stock other than Common Stock, shall be at least equal to the highest amount determined under clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below:

 

  (i) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees) paid by or on behalf of the Interested Stockholder for any share of such class or series of Capital Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Interested Stockholder of beneficial ownership of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock (x) within the two-year period immediately prior to the Announcement Date or (y) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher;

 

  (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of such class or series of Capital Stock as of the Announcement Date or as of the Determination Date, whichever is higher; and

 

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  (iii) (if applicable) the highest preferential amount per share to which the holders of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock would be entitled in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (regardless of whether the Business Combination to be consummated constitutes such an event).

The provisions of this Paragraph 2 shall be required to be met with respect to every class or series of outstanding Capital Stock, whether or not the Interested Stockholder has previously acquired beneficial ownership of any shares of a particular class or series Capital Stock.

 

  c. The consideration to be received by holders of a particular class or series of outstanding Capital Stock shall be in cash or in the same form as previously has been paid by or on behalf of the Interested Stockholder in connection with its direct or indirect acquisition of beneficial ownership of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock. If the consideration so paid for shares of any class or series of Capital Stock varied as to form, the form of consideration for such class or series of Capital Stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire beneficial ownership of the largest number of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock previously acquired by the Interested Stockholder. The prices determined in accordance with Paragraphs 2.a and 2.b of this Section C shall be subject to an appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, subdivision, combination of shares or similar event.

 

  d. After the Determination Date and prior to the Consummation Date:

 

  (i) there shall have been no failure to declare and pay at the regular date therefor any full quarterly dividends (whether or not cumulative) payable in accordance with the terms of any outstanding Capital Stock unless approved by the Board of Directors at a time that a majority of the entire Board of Directors is comprised of Disinterested Directors;

 

  (ii) there shall have been no reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock (except as necessary to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or subdivision of the Common Stock) unless approved by the Board of Directors at a time that a majority of the entire Board of Directors comprised of Disinterested Directors;

 

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  (iii) there shall have been an increase in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock as necessary to reflect any reclassification (including any reverse stock split), recapitalization, reorganization or any similar transaction that has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, unless the failure so to increase such annual rate is approved by the Board of Directors at a time that a majority of the entire Board is comprised of Disinterested Directors; and

 

  (iv) such Interested Stockholder shall not have become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Capital Stock except as part of the transaction that results in such Interested Stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder and except in a transaction that, after giving effect thereto, would not result in any increase in the Interested Stockholder’s percentage beneficial ownership of any class or series of Capital Stock; and

 

  (v) such Interested Stockholder shall not have made any change in the Corporation’s business or equity capital structure.

 

  e. A proxy or information statement describing proposed Business Combination and complying with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Act”) (or any subsequent provisions replacing such Act, rules or regulations) shall be mailed to all stockholders of the Corporation at least 30 days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination (whether or not such proxy or information statement is required to be mailed pursuant to such Act or subsequent provisions).

D. The Board of Directors at a time when Disinterested Directors constitute a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article X, on the basis of information known to them after reasonable inquiry, all questions arising under this Article X, including (without limitation), (a) whether a person is an Interested Stockholder, (b) the number of shares of Capital Stock or other securities beneficially owned by any person, and (c) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another and (d) whether the assets that are the subject of any Business Combination have, or the consideration to be received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any Business Combination has an aggregate fair market value of $10 million or more. Any such determination made in good faith shall be binding and conclusive on all parties.

E. Nothing contained in this Article X shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.

 

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F. The fact that any Business Combination complies with the provisions of Section C of this Article X shall not be construed to impose any fiduciary duty, obligation or responsibility on the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, to approve such Business Combination or recommend its adoption or approval to the stockholders of the Corporation, nor shall such compliance limit, prohibit or otherwise restrict in any manner the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, with respect to evaluations of or actions and responses taken with respect to such Business Combination.

G. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage or separate class vote maybe specified by law, this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation or otherwise), any proposal to amend, alter, or repeal or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article X which is proposed by or on behalf of an Interested Stockholder or an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder shall require the affirmative vote of (i) not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of Voting Stock voting together as a single class, and (ii) not less than a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock (excluding Voting Stock beneficially owned by such Interested Stockholder and its Affiliates and its Associates) voting together as a single class; provided, however , that this Section G shall not apply to, and such special votes shall not be required for, any amendment, repeal or adoption recommended by the Board of Directors at a time when Disinterested Directors constitute a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

ARTICLE XI . No director of the Corporation shall have personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages for any breach of duty in such capacity, provided that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of any director if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to him or her establishes that his or her acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled or that his or her act violated Section 719 of the Business Corporation Law of New York. No amendment to or repeal of this Article XI shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. If the Business Corporation Law of New York is amended hereafter to expand or limit liability of a director, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be expanded to the extent required or limited to the extent permitted by the Business Corporation Law of New York, as so amended.

6. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was approved by the Board of Directors on February 12, 2013, and approved by the Stockholders at a meeting held on May 13, 2013.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this certificate on the 17 th day of May, 2013, and we affirm the statements contained therein as true under penalties of perjury.

 

/s/ SHARON R. RYAN
Sharon R. Ryan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

/s/ MARLA F. ADAIR
Marla F. Adair
Chief Counsel – Global Corporate Governance, Treasury & Tax and Assistant Secretary

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

 

 

By-Laws

of

International Paper Company

 

 

As Amended through

May 17, 2013

 

 

 

LOGO

 

 

 


BY-LAWS

OF

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

 

 

ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 1. Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Corporation for the election of Directors, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting, shall be held on such date and at such place within or without the State of New York as shall have been fixed by the Board of Directors on a timely basis.

Section 2. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Stockholders, unless otherwise provided by statute, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, at any time may be called or caused to be called by a majority of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board, or by the President, or upon the written (“Special Meeting Request”) request therefore of Stockholders holding no less than twenty percent (“Requisite Percentage”) of the Common Stock of the Company, filed with the Secretary pursuant to these By-Laws. In the event a special meeting is requested properly by Stockholders holding not less than twenty percent of the Common Stock of the Company and such request meets all applicable requirements set forth in these By-Laws, any applicable statute, the Certificate of Incorporation and any other certificate filed pursuant to law, then either a majority of the Board of Directors, or the Chairman of the Board, or the President shall cause such a special meeting to be called in a manner consistent with applicable statute, the Certificate of Incorporation and any other certificate filed pursuant to law. A Stockholder’s written request for a special meeting shall include the information required under Article I, Section 7 or Article II, Section 9 of these By-Laws, as applicable with respect to the business and/or nominations proposed to be brought before such special meeting and the Stockholder(s) proposing such business and/or nominations at such meeting. Special meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of New York as shall have been fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the call thereof. Business transacted at a special meeting requested by Stockholders shall be limited to the purpose(s) stated in the request for meeting; provided, however , that the Board of Directors shall have the authority in its discretion to submit additional matters to the Stockholders, and to cause other business to be transacted, at any special meeting requested by Stockholders.

A Special Meeting Request shall be signed and dated by each Stockholder of record (or a duly authorized agent of such Stockholder) requesting the special meeting (each, a “Requesting Stockholder”) and shall include (a) an acknowledgement by the Requesting Stockholders and the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request(s) are being made that a disposition of shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock owned of record or beneficially as of the date on which the Special Meeting Request in respect of such shares is delivered to the Secretary that is made at any time prior to the special meeting shall constitute a revocation of such Special Meeting Request with respect to such disposed shares and (b) documentary evidence that the Requesting Stockholders own the Requisite Percentage as of the date of such written request to the Secretary; provided, however, that if the Requesting Stockholders are not the beneficial owners of the shares representing the Requisite Percentage, then to be valid, the Special Meeting Request(s) must also include documentary evidence (or, if not simultaneously provided with the Special Meeting Request(s), such documentary evidence must be delivered to the Secretary within ten (10) business days after the date on which the Special Meeting Request(s) are delivered to the Secretary) that the beneficial owners on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request(s) are made beneficially own the Requisite Percentage as of the date on which such Special Meeting Request(s) are delivered to the Secretary. In addition, the Requesting Stockholders and the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request(s) are being made shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, a special meeting requested by Stockholders shall not be held if (a) the Special Meeting Request does not comply with this Section, (b) the Special Meeting Request relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law, (c) the Special Meeting Request is received by the Corporation during the period commencing ninety (90) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting and ending on the date of the next annual meeting or the period from the time notice of any special meeting is first given to shareholders and ending on the date of such meeting, (d) an annual or special meeting of Stockholders was held not more than thirty (30) days before the Special Meeting Request was received by the Secretary of the Corporation, (e) the Board of Directors has called or calls for an annual or special meeting of Stockholders to be held within ninety (90) days after the Special Meeting Request is received by the Secretary and the business to be conducted at such meeting includes an item of business that is substantially the same or substantially similar (“Similar Business”), or (f) the Special Meeting Request was made in a manner that involved a violation of Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or other applicable law. For purposes of this Section, the nomination, election or removal of directors shall be deemed to be a Similar Business with respect to all items of business involving the nomination, election or removal of directors, changing the size of the Board of Directors or filling of vacancies and/or newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors. The Board of Directors shall determine in good faith whether the requirements set forth in this paragraph have been satisfied.

In determining whether a special meeting of Stockholders has been requested by the record holders of shares representing in the aggregate at least the Requisite Percentage, multiple Special Meeting Requests delivered to the Secretary will be considered together only if (a) each Special Meeting Request identifies substantially the same purpose or purposes of the special meeting and substantially the same matters proposed to be acted on at the special meeting (in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors), and (b) such Special Meeting Requests have been dated and delivered to the Secretary within sixty days of the earliest dated Special Meeting Request. A Requesting Stockholder may revoke a Special Meeting Request at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary and if, following such revocation, there are outstanding un-revoked requests from Requesting Stockholders holding less than the Requisite Percentage, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, cancel the special meeting. If none of the Requesting Stockholders appears or sends a duly authorized agent to present the business to be presented for consideration that was specified in the Special Meeting Request, the Corporation need not present such business for a vote at such special meeting.

Section 3. Notice of Meetings . Unless otherwise required by statute, the notice of every meeting of the Stockholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. A copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given personally, electronically or by mail, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, to each Stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting and to each Stockholder who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting, is entitled by law to notice thereof. If mailed, it shall be directed to a Stockholder at his address as it appears on the record of Stockholders or, if he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other address, then directed to him at such other address. If transmitted electronically, such notice is given when directed to the Shareholder’s electronic mail address as supplied by the Shareholder to the Secretary of the Corporation or as otherwise directed pursuant to the Shareholder’s authorization or instructions.

 

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Section 4. Quorum. Proxies. Voting . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, at any meeting of the Stockholders there must be present in person or by proxy the holders of record of stock representing at least one-third of the number of votes entitled to be cast upon any question to be considered at the meeting in order to constitute a quorum for the determination of such question, but a less interest may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum be present, and thereupon any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law or by the By-Laws of the Corporation, a majority vote of a quorum at a meeting shall decide any question brought before such meeting. Every holder of record of stock of a class entitled to vote at a meeting shall be entitled to one vote for every share of such stock standing in his name on the books of the Corporation, and may vote either in person or by proxy.

Section 5. Presiding Officer and Secretary . At all meetings of the Stockholders the Chairman of the Board, or in his absence the President, or in his absence a Vice Chairman of the Board or a Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, or if none be present, the appointee of the meeting, shall preside. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in his absence an Assistant Secretary, or if none be present, the appointee of the Presiding Officer of the meeting, shall act as Secretary of the meeting.

Section 6. Inspectors . At each meeting of Stockholders at which Directors are to be elected the Presiding Officer shall appoint two Inspectors of Election who shall perform the duties required by the statute at that meeting and any adjournment thereof. If any Inspector shall refuse to serve, or neglect to attend at the election or his office becomes vacant, the Presiding Officer shall appoint an Inspector in his place.

The Presiding Officer of any meeting may also appoint, at such meeting, two Inspectors with authority to count and report upon the votes cast at such meeting upon such questions (other than the election of Directors) as may be voted upon by ballot.

In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by Article I, Section 8 of these By-Laws and applicable law, to the Corporation of written consent or written consents to take corporate action and/or any related revocation or revocations, the Corporation shall appoint one or more Inspectors of Election who shall perform a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. For the purpose of permitting the Inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such Inspectors have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Article I, Section 8 of these By-Laws and applicable law have been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such determination for entry in the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of Stockholders. Nothing contained herein shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any Stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the Inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).

Inspectors shall be sworn.

Section 7. Stockholders’ Meetings . No business may be transacted at a meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation, except business properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-Laws. Nominations for the election of directors shall be properly presented at a meeting only if made in compliance with Section 9, Article II of these By-Laws. The proposal of business other than nominations for the election of directors may properly be brought before Stockholders at a meeting only if either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof or (c) otherwise properly brought before a special meeting pursuant to Article I, Section 2 of these By-Laws or brought before an annual meeting by any Stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a Stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section and on the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section.

 

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Business shall be brought before a meeting of Stockholders by any Stockholder of the Corporation by notice in writing delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, and received by the Secretary (a) as provided in Section 2, Article I of these By-Laws, with respect to any business to be brought before a special meeting of Stockholders, and (b) with respect to any business to be brought before an annual meeting of Stockholders, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of Stockholders; provided, however , that in the event that the date of an annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of Stockholders or delayed more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, then to be timely such notice must be received by the Corporation no earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such annual meeting and no later than the later of seventy (70) days prior to the date of the meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the meeting was first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Stockholder’s notice as described above.

A Stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (i) as to each matter of business such Stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these By-Laws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made and, (ii) as to the Stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made:

(1) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such Stockholder and any such beneficial owner;

(2) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are held of record or are beneficially owned by such Stockholder and by any such beneficial owner;

(3) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such Stockholder and any such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business;

(4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Stockholder or any such beneficial owner with respect to the Corporation’s securities;

(5) a representation that the Stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such business before the meeting; and

 

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(6) a representation as to whether such Stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends to (i) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal and/or (ii) otherwise to solicit proxies from Stockholders in support of such proposal. If requested by the Corporation, the information required under the preceding paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) shall be supplemented by such Stockholder and any such beneficial owner not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date.

No business shall be conducted at the meeting of Stockholders except business brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section, provided, however, that once business has been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any Stockholder of any such business. The Presiding Officer of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to an annual or special meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the applicable procedure, and if such person should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

Nothing in this Section 7 or Article II, Section 9 shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of nominations or proposals as to any other business in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and to put before such meeting any nominations or proposals as to any other business so included in the Corporation’s proxy statement at his or her request. However, no reference in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act will otherwise be construed to limit any requirement in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered, and compliance with the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws shall be the exclusive means for a Stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than as provided in the immediately preceding sentence).

For purposes of this Section 7 and Article II, Section 9, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a communication sent by first class mail to Stockholders, in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Reuters Information Services, Inc., Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Section 8. Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Stockholders of the Corporation may be effected by a consent in writing by Stockholders as provided by, and subject to the limitations in, the Certificate of Incorporation and this Section 8.

A written request by a Stockholder for a record date in accordance with Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation must be delivered by the holders of record of no less than twenty percent (20%) (the “Requisite Percentage”) of the Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to express consent on the relevant action, must describe the action that the Stockholder proposes to take by consent (the “Action”) and must contain (a) the text of the proposal (including the text of any resolutions to be effected by such consent), (b) the information required by Article I, Section 7 or Article II, Section 9 of these By-Laws, as applicable, as though the Stockholders making the request were making a Special Meeting Request in furtherance of the Action, (c) an acknowledgment by the Stockholders making the request and the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the request is being made that a disposition of shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, owned of record or beneficially as of the date on which the request in respect of such shares is delivered to the Secretary, that is made at any time prior to the delivery of the first written consent with respect to the Action shall constitute a revocation of such request with respect to such disposed shares, (d) a statement that the Stockholder intends to solicit consents in accordance with Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, without reliance on the exemption contained in Rule 14a-2(b)(2) of the Exchange Act, and (e) documentary evidence that the Stockholders making the request own the Requisite Percentage as of the date that the request is delivered to the Secretary; provided, however , that if the Stockholders making the request are not the beneficial owners of the shares representing the Requisite Percentage, then to be valid, the request must also include documentary evidence (or, if not simultaneously provided with the request, such documentary evidence must be delivered to the Secretary within ten (10) business days after the date on which the request is delivered to the Secretary) that the beneficial owners on whose behalf the request is made beneficially own the Requisite Percentage as of the date on which such request is delivered to the Secretary. In addition, the requesting Stockholders and the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the request is being made shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

 

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In determining whether a record date has been requested by Stockholders of record representing in the aggregate no less than the Requisite Percentage, multiple requests delivered to the Secretary will be considered together only if (a) each identifies substantially the same proposed action and includes substantially the same text of the proposal(s) (in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors), and (b) such requests have been dated and delivered to the Secretary within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated request. Any stockholder may revoke a request with respect to his or her shares at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary.

ARTICLE II

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number. Election. Vacancies . Term of Office. Within the limits provided by the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, the Board of Directors shall determine from time to time the number of Directors who shall constitute the entire Board of Directors. Any such determination made by the Board of Directors shall continue in effect unless and until changed by the Board of Directors, but no such changes shall affect the term of any Director then in office and, in case any of the Directors then in office shall have been elected by holders of the Cumulative $4 Preferred Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of the Corporation filed May 31, 1946 pursuant to Section Thirty-six of the Stock Corporation law (hereafter in this Section 1 referred to as the “Certificate filed May 31, 1946”), no increase in the number of Directors then in office shall be made which would reduce the number of Directors then in office elected as aforesaid to less than one-third (or the nearest whole number thereto) of the total number of Directors then in office. The Board of Directors shall from time to time make such determinations pursuant to this Section 1 as shall be necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that, under any circumstances, the holders of each series of the Serial Preferred Stock shall be able, giving effect to all applicable provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, and of these By-Laws (including, without limitation, the preceding sentence), duly and effectively to exercise any exclusive right conferred upon them by the Certificate of Incorporation or any certificate filed pursuant to law to elect Directors of the Corporation.

Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, at each annual meeting of the Stockholders, the successors to the class of Directors whose terms shall then expire, up to the number determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions and with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, in a contested election, shall be elected by ballot or by proxy by the holders of the Common Stock by a plurality of the votes cast at such election.

In any non-contested election of directors, any incumbent director who fails to receive the requisite affirmative majority of the votes cast by ballot or by proxy by the holders of the Common Stock for his or her re-election, shall immediately tender his or her resignation, and the Board of Directors will decide, through a process managed by the Governance Committee and excluding the nominee in question, whether to accept the resignation at its next regularly scheduled Board meeting. Unless the Board determines in its judgment that it is in the best interests of the Company for the director to remain on the Board, the Board shall accept the resignation. The Board’s explanation of its decision not to accept the resignation shall be disclosed on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law and except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, any vacancy in the Board occurring during the year, occurring as a result of an increase in the number of Directors who shall constitute the Board or any other vacancy, may be filled only by the vote of the Board provided that a quorum is then in office and present, or by a majority of the Directors then in office, if less than a quorum is then in office or by a sole remaining Director. Any vacancy in the Board occurring during the year with respect to Directors who may have been elected by holders of the Cumulative $4 Preferred Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate filed May 31, 1946 may only be filled by the holders of the Cumulative $4 Preferred Stock at a special meeting of such holders in the same manner as at an annual meeting.

Except as otherwise provided by statute, or in the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, the term of office of each Director heretofore or hereafter elected shall be from the time of his election and qualification until the next annual meeting following his election and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified.

Directors need not be Stockholders.

Section 2. Resignations . Any Director may resign his office at any time by delivering his resignation in writing to the Corporation, and the acceptance of such resignation, unless required by the terms thereof, shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

Section 3. Method of Electing Entirely New Board . In case the entire Board of Directors shall die or resign, any Stockholder may call a special meeting in the same manner that the Chairman of the Board may call such meeting, and Directors for the unexpired terms may be elected at any such special meeting in the manner provided for their election at annual meetings.

Section 4. Powers . Except as provided by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate of the Corporation filed pursuant to law, or by these By-Laws, the powers, business and affairs of the Corporation shall be exercised and managed by the Board of Directors.

Section 5. Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such regular intervals and at such fixed time and place as from time to time may be determined by the Board, and no notice of such meetings shall be required.

Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by direction of the Chairman of the Board, or of a Vice Chairman of the Board, or of the President, or of any two of the Directors for the time being in office.

The Secretary shall give notice of each special meeting by mailing the same not later than the second day before the meeting, or personally or by telegraphing or telephoning the same not later than the day before the meeting, to each Director, but such notice may be waived by any Director. The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence, the President, or in his absence, a Vice Chairman (to be designated by the persons present at the meeting in the event of more than one Vice Chairman being present) shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. If all of the aforesaid officers be absent or decline to act, the persons present may choose one of their number to act as chairman of the meeting.

At the first meeting held after the annual meeting of Stockholders, the Board of Directors shall elect the Executive Officers of the Corporation, each of whom shall hold his office until the next annual election of Officers and until another is elected and qualified in his stead, unless sooner removed.

 

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Any Director may vote or act on behalf of the Corporation in contracting with any other company, notwithstanding he may be an Officer, Director or Stockholder therein.

Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any Committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors of such Committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

Section 6. Quorum . One-third of the total number of Directors determined pursuant to Section 1 of this Article as constituting the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if there shall be less than a quorum at any meeting of the Board, a majority of those present (or if only one be present, then that one) may adjourn the meeting from time to time and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

Section 7. Committees . The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee and such other committee or committees as they may determine. Such committee or committees shall have such powers as shall be specified by resolution of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, so far as permitted by law, may be vested with all of the powers of the Board of Directors when the Board of Directors is not in session. One-third of the total number of Directors appointed to a Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 8. Compensation of Directors . Directors shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for their services. They may be paid a fixed salary and may also receive a fee for attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any Committee of the Board. The amount of compensation shall be determined by resolution of the Board. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any Director from serving in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 9. Nominations . Nominations for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of the Stockholders may be made (a) by the Board, or on behalf of the Board by any nominating committee appointed by the Board, or (b) by any Stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a Stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section and on the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section.

Stockholder nominations shall be made by notice in writing delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, and received by such person (a) as provided in Section 2, Article I of these By-Laws, with respect to any nominations to be made at a special meeting of Stockholders, and (b) with respect to any nominations to be made at an annual meeting of Stockholders, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of Stockholders; provided, however , that in the event that the date of an annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of Stockholders or delayed more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, then to be timely such notice must be received by the Corporation no earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such annual meeting and no later than the later of seventy (70) days prior to the date of the meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the meeting was first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Stockholder’s notice as described above.

Such notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the Stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case, pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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) as to the Stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made:

(1) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such Stockholder and any such beneficial owner;

 

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(2) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are held of record or are beneficially owned by such Stockholder and by any such beneficial owner;

(3) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such Stockholder and any such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such nomination;

(4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Stockholder or any such beneficial owner or any such nominee with respect to the Corporation’s securities;

(5) a representation that the Stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination before the meeting; and

(6) a representation as to whether such Stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends to (i) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee and/or (ii) otherwise to solicit proxies from Stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination. If requested by the Corporation, the information required under the immediately preceding paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) shall be supplemented by such Stockholder and any such beneficial owner not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date.

No person shall be eligible for election as a Director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. The Presiding Officer of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if such person should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS AND AGENTS

Section 1. General . The Elected Officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The Elected Officers of the Corporation may include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, a Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary and such other Elected Officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable. Any two or more such offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary.

The Board of Directors, at any time and from time to time, may appoint or authorize the Chief Executive Officer, to appoint one or more Vice Presidents, a Controller, an Auditor, a Chief Tax Officer, one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, and such other Officers or agents as may be deemed necessary or desirable, and may prescribe or authorize the Chief Executive Officer to prescribe the powers and duties of each, and fill any vacancy which may occur in any such office.

 

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All Elected Officers shall be subject to removal at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. All other Officers, and all heads of departments, managers, assistant managers, agents and employees of the Corporation, may be removed at any time, by vote of the Board of Directors, or by the Officer appointing them, or by any other superior Officers or any Committee thereunto authorized by the Board.

Section 2. Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Vice Chairman of the Board . A Vice Chairman of the Board, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the President, shall preside at meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer of the Corporation. He shall be subject to the control of the Board of Directors and to the powers of the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

Section 4. President . The President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, shall preside at meetings of the Stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer of the Corporation. He shall be subject to the control of the Board of Directors and to the powers of the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

Section 5. Chief Executive Officer . The chief executive officer shall have general charge of the business of the Corporation and the power to formulate all plans and policies in connection therewith, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. He shall keep the Board of Directors fully informed and shall freely consult with the Board concerning the business of the Corporation. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors.

Section 6. Vice Presidents . Any Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

Section 7. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall have such powers and perform such duties as are incident to the office of Treasurer, or as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer of the Corporation. He shall be subject to the control of the Board of Directors and to the powers of the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

Section 8. Assistant Treasurers . Any Assistant Treasurer shall perform such duties as the Treasurer or the chief executive officer of the Corporation or the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to him.

Section 9. Secretary . The Secretary shall have the care and custody of the seal and minute books of the Corporation and shall have such powers and perform such duties as are incident to the office of Secretary or as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors. He shall be subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

Section 10. Assistant Secretaries . Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties as the Secretary or the chief executive officer of the Corporation of the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to him.

 

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Section 11. Controller . If a Controller shall have been elected, he shall be the chief accounting officer of the Corporation and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may, from time to time, be specified by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation.

Section 12. Auditor . If an Auditor shall have been elected, he shall have full charge of the auditing of all accounts of every kind, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall also perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation may from time to time direct.

Section 13. Chief Tax Officer . The Chief Tax Officer shall have responsibility for all tax matters of the Corporation, subject to control of the Board of Directors, and shall have such powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer may from time to time direct.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 1. Certificates of Shares and Uncertificated Shares . The shares of each class of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated. Each registered holder of shares, upon request to the Company, shall be provided with a certificate of stock representing the number of shares owned by such holder. Certificates of stock shall be issued in such forms, not inconsistent with law or with the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, as shall he approved by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Transfers of Shares of Stock . Transfers of shares shall only be made upon the books of the Corporation by the holder in person, or by the power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Corporation, and on the surrender and cancellation of the certificate or certificates of such shares properly assigned.

The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates of shares in the capital stock of the Corporation.

Section 3. Record Dates . For the purpose of determining the Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the Board may fix, in advance, a date as the record for any such determination of Stockholders. Such date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.

Section 4. Lost Certificates . No certificate of shares in the capital stock of the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, except on delivery to the Corporation of a bond of indemnity, against such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, with such surety or security, if any, as shall be approved by the Treasurer or Secretary. Proper and legal evidence of such loss, theft or destruction shall be produced to the Treasurer or Secretary, if they require the same. The Treasurer or Secretary may (except as otherwise provided in any agreement executed and delivered on behalf of the Corporation and authorized by the Board of Directors) in their discretion refuse to issue such new certificate, save upon the order of the court having jurisdiction in such matters.

 

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ARTICLE V

DIVIDENDS

Dividends may be declared and paid out of funds of the Corporation legally available therefor as often and at such times and to such extent as the Board of Directors may determine, consistent with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law.

ARTICLE VI

SEAL

The seal of the Corporation shall consist of a flat-faced circular die with the name of the Corporation in a circle and the year of its incorporation in the center.

ARTICLE VII

WAIVER

Any notice required by the By-Laws of the Corporation to be given to Directors or Stockholders for any meeting may be waived by any Director or Stockholder in writing, signed by such Director or Stockholder or by his attorney thereunto authorized, and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII

CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES, ETC.

Funds of the Corporation on deposit with banks shall be disbursed by checks or drafts signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors from time to time designate or by such person or persons as shall from time to time be designated either by the Board of Directors or by such officer or officers as the Board shall from time to time authorize so to do. Notes, drafts, acceptances, bills of exchange, or other obligation for the payment of money (other than checks and drafts on banks with which the Corporation has funds on deposit) made, accepted, or endorsed, shall be signed by such officer or officers or person or persons as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation shall indemnify each Officer or Director who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an Officer or Director of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation in any capacity for the Corporation or any other enterprise, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Corporation may, so far as permitted by law, enter into an agreement to indemnify and advance expenses to any Officer or Director who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to any such action.

 

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ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

These By-Laws, or any of them, may be altered, amended, or repealed, and new By-Laws may be adopted, at any annual meeting of the Stockholders, or at any special meeting called for that purpose, by a vote of a majority of the shares represented and entitled to vote thereat. The Board of Directors shall have the power, by a majority vote of the whole Board, to alter or amend or repeal these By-Laws, but any such action of the Board of Directors may be amended or repealed by the Stockholders at any annual meeting.

I, M.J.A. “Jekka” Pinckney, a duly appointed Assistant Secretary of International Paper Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, hereby certify that the foregoing comprises a true and complete copy of the By-Laws of said International Paper Company as amended to the date hereof, and that the same in force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of said International Paper Company this 17th day of May, 2013.

/s/ Jekka Pinckney

Assistant Secretary of International Paper Company

 

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