Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

GREGG APPLIANCES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1. Principal Office. The principal office (the “Principal Office”) of Gregg Appliances, Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be at 4141 E. 96th St., Indianapolis, Indiana, or such other place as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”).

 

Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may have such other offices at such other places within or without the State of Indiana as the Board may from time to time designate, or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Seal

 

Section 1. Corporate Seal. The Corporation shall not adopt a corporate seal, and the use of a corporate seal shall not be necessary to validate any corporate act. Should it become necessary or appropriate for some reason to utilize a corporate seal at any time, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may cause one to be prepared and used on behalf of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Shareholder Meetings

 

Section 1. Place of Meeting. Every meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation (the “Shareholders”) shall be held at the Principal Office, unless a different place is specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting or by resolution of the Board or the Shareholders, in which event such meeting may be held at the place so specified, either within or without the State of Indiana.

 

Section 2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) shall be held each year at 10:00 a.m. on the second (2nd) Tuesday of the sixth (6th) month following the end of each fiscal year (or, if such day is a legal holiday, on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday) or such other date as is set forth by the Board from time to time, for the purpose of electing directors of the Corporation (“Directors”) and for the transaction of such other business as may legally come before the Annual Meeting. If for any reason the Annual Meeting shall not be held at the date and time herein provided, the same may be held at

 


any time thereafter, or the business to be transacted at such Annual Meeting may be transacted at any special meeting of the Shareholders (a “Special Meeting”) called for that purpose.

 

Section 3. Notice of Annual Meeting. Written or printed notice of the Annual Meeting, stating the date, time and place thereof, shall be delivered or mailed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary to each Shareholder of record entitled to notice of such Meeting, at such address as appears on the records of the Corporation, at least ten (10) and not more than sixty (60) days before the date of such Meeting.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special Meetings, for any purpose or purposes (unless otherwise prescribed by law), may be called by only the Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”), by the Board of Directors, by the holders of a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors (“Voting Stock”) or by a director who is an employee of FS Equity Partners V, L.P. (“FSEP V”) or an employee or member of the general partner of FSEP V (an “FSEP V Director”). All requests for Special Meetings shall state the purpose or purposes thereof, and the business transacted at such Meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the call and matters germane thereto.

 

Section 5. Notice of Special Meetings. Written or printed notice of all Special Meetings, stating the date, time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or mailed by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or the officer calling the Meeting to each Shareholder of record entitled to notice of such Meeting, at such address as appears on the records of the Corporation, at least ten (10) and not more than sixty (60) days before the date of such Meeting.

 

Section 6. Waiver of Notice of Meetings. Notice of any Annual or Special Meeting (a “Meeting”) may be waived in writing by any Shareholder, before or after the date and time of the Meeting specified in the notice thereof, by a written waiver delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A Shareholder’s attendance at any Meeting in person or by proxy shall constitute a waiver of (a) notice of such Meeting, unless the Shareholder at the beginning of the Meeting objects to the holding of or the transaction of business at the Meeting, and (b) consideration at such Meeting of any business that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the Meeting notice, unless the Shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 7. Quorum. At any Meeting, the holders of a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation (the “Shares”) issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such Meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the election of Directors or for the transaction of other business, unless otherwise provided by law, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as the same may, from time to time, be amended and/or restated (the “Articles”) or this Code of By-Laws, as the same may, from time to time, be amended (these “By-Laws”). If, however, a quorum shall not be present or represented at any Meeting, the Shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the Meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the Meeting of the date, time and place of the adjourned Meeting, unless the date of the adjourned Meeting requires that the Board fix a new Record Date (as defined in Section 3 of Article VII of these By-Laws) therefor, in which case notice of the adjourned Meeting shall be given. At such adjourned Meeting, if a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the Meeting as originally scheduled.

 

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Section 8. Voting. At each Meeting, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have one vote for each Share standing in his name on the books of the Corporation as of the Record Date fixed by the Board for such Meeting, except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles, or these By-Laws, and except that no Share shall be voted at any Meeting upon which any installment is due and unpaid. Upon the demand of any Shareholder voting in person, voting for Directors and voting upon any other question properly before a Meeting, shall be by ballot. A plurality vote shall be necessary to elect any Director, and on all other matters, the action or a question shall be approved if the number of votes cast thereon in favor of the action or question exceeds the number of votes cast opposing the action or question, except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles.

 

Section 9. Written Consents.

 

Clause 9.1 Unanimous Written Consents. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a Meeting of the Shareholders may be taken without a Meeting if the action is taken in writing by all of the Shareholders. The action so taken must be evidenced by a written consent (which may be in multiple counterparts) describing the action taken, signed by each Shareholder, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken by written consent is effective when the last Shareholder signs the consent unless the consent specifies a prior or subsequent effective date, in which the case the action is effective on or as of the specified date. A consent signed by all of the Shareholders shall have the same effect as if the action taken by consent was taken at a Meeting of the Shareholders and may be described as having been taken at a Meeting of the Shareholders.

 

Clause 9.2 Majority Written Consents. If the Corporation does not have a class of voting shares registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 at the time action is to be taken and if the action is taken in accordance with Indiana Code Section 23-1-29-4.5, any action required or permitted to be taken at a Meeting of the Shareholders may be taken without a Meeting and without a vote if the action is taken in writing by Shareholders having at least the minimum number of votes necessary to authorize the action at a Meeting at which all Shareholders entitled to vote were present and voted. The action so taken must be evidenced by a written consent (which may be in multiple counterparts) describing the action taken, signed by Shareholders having the requisite number of votes, bearing the date of signature of each Shareholder who signs the consent and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken by majority written consent is effective when, within sixty (60) days after the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of Shareholders to take action are delivered to the Corporation, unless the consent specifies a different prior or subsequent effective date, in which case the action is effective on or as of the specified date. Prior notice to all Shareholders that are members of the Board shall be required for actions taken pursuant to this Clause 9.2 other than actions taken upon the call for a vote of the Shareholders by any FSEP V Director pursuant to Section 8 of Article IV of these By-Laws. A consent obtained pursuant to this Clause 9.2 and Indiana Code Section 23-1-29-4.5 shall have the same effect as if the

 

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action taken by consent was taken at a Meeting of the Shareholders and may be described as having been taken at a Meeting of the Shareholders.

 

Section 10. Presence. Any or all Shareholders may participate in any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting by, or through the use of, any means of communication by which all Shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during such meeting. A Shareholder so participating is deemed to be present in person at such meeting.

 

Section 11. Shareholder List. After a Record Date has been set, the Secretary shall prepare before each Meeting a complete list of the Shareholders entitled to notice of such Meeting, arranged in alphabetical order by class of Shares (and each series within a class), and showing the address of, and the number of Shares entitled to vote held by, each Shareholder (the “Shareholder List”). Beginning five (5) business days before the Meeting and continuing throughout the Meeting, the Shareholder List shall be on file at the Principal Office or at a place identified in the Meeting notice in the city where the Meeting will be held, and shall be available for inspection by any Shareholder entitled to vote at the Meeting. On written demand, made in good faith and for a proper purpose and describing with reasonable particularity the Shareholder’s purpose, and if the Shareholder List is directly connected with the Shareholder’s purpose, a Shareholder (or such Shareholder’s agent or attorney authorized in writing) shall be entitled to inspect and to copy the Shareholder List, during regular business hours and at the Shareholder’s expense, during the period the Shareholder List is available for inspection. The original stock register or transfer book (the “Stock Book”), or a duplicate thereof, shall be the only evidence as to who are the Shareholders entitled to examine the Shareholder List, or to notice of or to vote at any Meeting. Any failure to prepare or make available a Shareholder List with respect to any Meeting shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such Meeting.

 

Section 12. Proxies. A Shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such writing shall be evidenced by a signature or causing the signature to be affixed to the writing by any reasonable process, including by facsimile signature. The Shareholder also may transmit, or authorize the transmission of, an electronic submission to the holder of the proxy, a proxy solicitation firm, or a proxy support service organization or similar agency authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive the electronic submission. Such electronic submission shall be accompanied by or contain information from which it can be determined that the electronic submission was transmitted or authorized by the Shareholder. A proxy shall be valid for eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless a shorter or longer time is expressly provided therein.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 1. Number. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board. The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board. The Board shall take such action as necessary to fix the number of directors in accordance with the procedure set forth in the that certain Stockholders Agreement dated as of February 3, 2004 among all of the Stockholders of the Corporation (the “Stockholders Agreement”) until the Stockholders Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. The Board may elect or appoint, from

 

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among its members, a Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”), who need not be an employee of the Corporation. The Chairman shall preside at all Shareholder Meetings and Board Meetings and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to such position and as may be assigned by the Board or these By-Laws.

 

Section 2. Vacancies and Removal. Any vacancy occurring in the Board shall be filled as provided in the Articles and, until terminated in accordance with its terms, the Stockholders Agreement. Any Director, or the entire Board, may be removed from office only as provided in the Articles, and, until terminated in accordance with its terms, the Stockholders Agreement.

 

Section 3. Powers and Duties. In addition to the powers and duties expressly conferred upon it by law, the Articles or these By-Laws, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not inconsistent with the law, the Articles or these By-Laws.

 

Section 4. Annual Board Meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Board shall meet each year immediately after the Annual Meeting, at the place where such Meeting has been held, for the purpose of organization, election of Officers of the Corporation (the “Officers”) and consideration of any other business that may properly be brought before such annual meeting of the Board (the “Annual Board Meeting”). No notice shall be necessary for the holding of the Annual Board Meeting. If the Annual Board Meeting is not held as above provided, the election of Officers may be held at any subsequent duly constituted meeting of the Board (a “Board Meeting”).

 

Section 5. Regular Board Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board (“Regular Board Meetings”) may be held at stated times or from time to time, and at such place, either within or without the State of Indiana, as the Board may determine by resolution, without call and without notice.

 

Section 6. Special Board Meetings. Special meetings of the Board (“Special Board Meetings”) may be called at any time or from time to time, and shall be called on the written request of an FSEP V Director, by the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer or any two (2) Directors, by causing the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary to give to each Director, either personally or by mail, telephone, telegraph, teletype or other form of wire or wireless communication at least two (2) days’ notice of the date, time and place of such Meeting. Special Board Meetings shall be held at the Principal Office or at such other place, within or without the State of Indiana, as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

Section 7. Waiver of Notice and Assent. A Director may waive notice of any Board Meeting before or after the date and time of the Board Meeting stated in the notice by a written waiver signed by the Director and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A Director’s attendance at or participation in a Board Meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such Meeting and assent to any corporate action taken at such Meeting, unless (a) the Director at the beginning of such Meeting (or promptly upon his arrival) objects to holding of or transacting business at the Meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the Meeting; (b) the Director’s dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of such Meeting; or (c) the Director delivers written notice of his dissent or abstention to the presiding Director at such Meeting before its adjournment, or to the Secretary immediately after its

 

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adjournment. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a Director who votes in favor of the action taken.

 

Section 8. Quorum. At all Board Meetings, a quorum shall be constituted for the transaction of any business so long as a majority of the full Board is present at the meeting and at least one of the FSEP V Directors is included in such majority, except that a lesser number may adjourn the Meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. The act of a majority of the Board, present at a Meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles or these By-Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any FSEP V Director may call for a vote of the Shareholders with respect to any action taken or proposed to be taken by the Board, and may adjourn any Board meeting for such purpose, and such action, whether taken before or after such call for a vote of the Shareholders, shall not become a valid and enforceable action of the Corporation unless and until it is properly approved by such Shareholders; provided, however, that such vote of the Shareholders shall not be effective unless, prior to such vote, the Board has met (whether in person or by telephonic conference call) and had a full and fair opportunity to discuss the Board action taken or proposed to be taken.

 

Section 9. Audit and Other Committees of the Board. The Board shall, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Full Board, designate an Audit Committee comprised of at least two (2) or more Directors, which shall have such authority and exercise such duties as shall be provided by resolution of the Board. The Board may, by resolution adopted by such majority, also designate other regular or special committees of the Board (“Committees”), in each case comprised of at least two (2) or more Directors and to have such powers and exercise such duties as shall be provided by resolution of the Board. Each FSEP V Director shall have the right, but not the obligation, to be a member of any regular or special committee of the Board or to observe all meetings of any such committee, in each case unless otherwise prohibited by law.

 

Section 10. Resignations. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect when delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 11. Unanimous Written Consents. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a Board Meeting may be taken without a Board Meeting only if the action is taken in writing by all of the Directors. The action so taken must be evidenced by a written consent (which may be in multiple counterparts) describing the action taken, signed by each Director, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken by written consent is effective when the last Director signs the consent unless the consent specifies a prior or subsequent effective date, in which the case the action is effective on or as of the specified date. A consent signed by all of the Directors shall have the same effect as if the action taken by consent was taken at a Board Meeting and may be described as having been taken at a Board Meeting.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 1. Officers. The Officers shall be the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one (1) or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary and the Treasurer, and may include one (1) or more Assistant Secretaries, one (1) or more Assistant Treasurers and such other Officers as may be chosen by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer at such time in such manner and for such terms as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person. The Board may from time to time elect or appoint such other Officers as it shall deem necessary, who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by these By-Laws or, in the absence of a provision in these By-Laws in respect thereto, as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board.

 

Section 2. Election of Officers. The Officers shall be elected by the Board at the Annual Board Meeting and shall hold office for one (1) year or until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified; provided, however, that the Board may at any time elect one or more persons to new or different offices and/or change the title, designation and duties and responsibilities of any of the Officers consistent with the law, the Articles and these By-Laws.

 

Section 3. Vacancies; Removal. Any vacancy among the Officers may be filled for the unexpired term by the Board. Any Officer may be removed at any time by the Board. The provisions of the these By-laws are without prejudice to any rights any Officer may have under any employment contract with the Corporation.

 

Section 4. Delegation of Duties. In the case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from office of any Officer, or for any other reason that the Board shall deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, any or all of the powers or duties of such Officer to any other Officer or to any Director.

 

Section 5. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, subject to the control of the Board, shall have general charge and supervision and authority over the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to this office and as may be assigned to him by the Board. If and so long as, the Chief Executive Officer shall be a duly elected and incumbent member of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer may be designated as Chairman and shall preside at all Shareholder Meetings and, if designated as Chairman or if no other Director is designated as Chairman, at Board Meetings.

 

Section 6. President. The President shall be Chief Operating Officer, subject to the control of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board, and shall have general charge of and supervision and authority over the operations of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to this office and as may be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board. In the case of the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall fulfill the duties of the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 7. Vice Presidents. Each of the Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed for him by the Board or delegated to him by the President. The Board may elect or appoint one (1) or more Vice Presidents with one (1) or more

 

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descriptive words as part of any such Officer’s formal title and which indicate such Vice President’s ranking seniority or scope of authority. In the case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from office of the President, the powers and duties of the President shall, for the time being, devolve upon and be exercised by the Chief Executive Officer or by such one (1) of the Vice Presidents as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may designate, or, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, if there be but one (1) Vice President, then upon such Vice President; and he or she shall thereupon, during such period, exercise and perform all of the powers and duties of the President, except as may be otherwise provided by the Board.

 

Section 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall have the custody and care of the corporate seal (if one exists), records, minutes and the Stock Book of the Corporation; shall (unless other arrangements for taking of the minutes are made by the Board) attend all Shareholder Meetings and Board Meetings, and duly record and keep the minutes of their proceedings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; shall give or cause to be given notice of all Shareholder Meetings and Board Meetings when such notice shall be required; shall file and take charge of all papers and documents belonging to the Corporation; and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to the office of secretary of a business corporation, subject at all times to the direction and control of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.

 

Section 9. Assistant Secretaries. Each of the Assistant Secretaries shall assist the Secretary in his duties and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed for him by the Board or delegated to him by the Chief Executive Officer or the President. In case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from office of the Secretary, his powers and duties shall, for the time being, devolve upon such one of the Assistant Secretaries as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may designate, or, if there be but one Assistant Secretary, then upon such Assistant Secretary; and he shall thereupon, during such period, exercise and perform all of the powers and duties of the Secretary, except as may be otherwise provided by the Board.

 

Section 10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have control over all records of the Corporation pertaining to moneys and securities belonging to the Corporation; shall have charge of, and be responsible for, the collection, receipt, custody and disbursements of funds of the Corporation; shall have the custody of all securities belonging to the Corporation; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation; and shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper receipts or making proper vouchers for such disbursements and preserving the same at all times during his term of office. When necessary or proper, he shall endorse on behalf of the Corporation all checks, notes or other obligations payable to the Corporation or coming into his possession for or on behalf of the Corporation, and shall deposit the funds arising therefrom, together with all other funds and valuable effects of the Corporation coming into his possession, in the name and the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as the Board from time to time shall direct, or in the absence of such action by the Board, as may be determined by the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The Treasurer shall also have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to the office of treasurer of a business corporation, subject at all times to the direction and control of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the President.

 

If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall, at the Corporation’s expense, give the Corporation a bond, in such an amount and with such surety or sureties as may be ordered by the

 

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Board, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.

 

Section 11. Assistant Treasurers. Each of the Assistant Treasurers shall assist the Treasurer in his duties, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed for him by the Board or delegated to him by the Chief Executive Officer or the President. In case of the absence, disability, death, resignation or removal from office of the Treasurer, his powers and duties shall, for the time being, devolve upon such one of the Assistant Treasurers as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may designate, or, if there be but one Assistant Treasurer, then upon such Assistant Treasurer; and he shall thereupon, during such period, exercise and perform all the powers and duties of the Treasurer except as may be otherwise provided by the Board. If required by the Board, each Assistant Treasurer shall likewise give the Corporation a bond, in such amount and with such surety or sureties as may be ordered by the Board, for the same purposes as the bond that may be required to be given by the Treasurer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates for Shares

 

Section 1. Certificates. Certificates for Shares (“Certificates”) shall be in such form, consistent with law and the Articles, as shall be approved by the Board. Certificates for each class, or series within a class, of Shares shall be numbered consecutively as issued. Each Certificate shall state the name of the Corporation and that it is organized under the laws of the State of Indiana; the name of the registered holder; the number and class and the designation of the series, if any, of the Shares represented thereby; and a summary of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations applicable to such class and, if applicable, the variations in rights, preferences and limitations determined for each series and the authority of the Board to determine such variations for future series; provided, however, that such summary may be omitted if the Certificate states conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the Shareholder such information upon written request and without charge. Each Certificate shall be signed (either manually or in facsimile) by (i) the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President and (ii) the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or by any two (2) or more Officers that may be designated by the Board, and may have affixed thereto the corporate seal (if one exists), which may be a facsimile, engraved or printed.

 

Section 2. Record of Certificates. Shares shall be entered in the Stock Book as they are issued, and subject to the provisions of the Articles, shall be transferable on the Stock Book by the holder thereof in person, or by his attorney duly authorized thereto in writing, upon the surrender of the outstanding Certificate therefor properly endorsed. Transfers of shares are otherwise subject to the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law and Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Section 3. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. Any person claiming a Certificate to be lost or destroyed shall make affidavit or affirmation of that fact and, if the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall so require, shall give the Corporation and/or the transfer agents and

 

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registrars, if they shall so require, a bond of indemnity, in form and with one (1) or more sureties satisfactory to the Board or the Chief Executive Officer and/or the transfer agents and registrars, in such amount and form as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may direct and/or the transfer agents and registrars may require, whereupon a new Certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of Shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

 

Section 4. Shareholder Addresses. Every Shareholder shall furnish the Secretary with an address to which notices of Meetings and all other notices may be served upon him or mailed to him, and in default thereof notices may be addressed to him at his last known address.

 

Section 5. Uncertificated Shares. To the extent permitted by Indiana Code Section 23-1-26-7, and to the extent authorized by the Board, the Corporation may issue some or all of its Shares without certificates, subject to such regulations and limitations as may be adopted by the Board.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Corporate Books and Records

 

Section 1. Places of Keeping. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles or these By-Laws, the books and records of the Corporation (including the “Corporate Records,” as defined in the Articles) may be kept at such place or places, within or without the State of Indiana, as the Board may from time to time by resolution determine or, in the absence of such determination by the Board, as shall be determined by the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 2. Stock Book. The Corporation shall keep at the Principal Office the original Stock Book or a duplicate thereof, or, in case the Corporation employs a stock registrar or transfer agent within or without the State of Indiana, another record of the Shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all the Shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of Shares, stating the number and class of Shares held by each Shareholder (the “Record of Shareholders”).

 

Section 3. Record Date. The Board may, in its discretion, fix in advance a record date (a “Record Date”) not more than seventy (70) days before the date (a) of any Shareholder Meeting, (b) for the payment of any dividend or the making of any other distribution, (c) for the allotment of rights, or (d) when any change or conversion or exchange of Shares shall go into effect. If the Board fixes a Record Date, then only Shareholders who are Shareholders of record on such Record Date shall be entitled (a) to notice of and/or to vote at any such Meeting, (b) to receive any such dividend or other distribution, (c) to receive any such allotment of rights, or (d) to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of Shares, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of Shares on the Stock Book after such Record Date.

 

Section 4. Transfer Agents; Registrars. The Board may appoint one or more transfer agents and registrars for its Shares and may require all Certificates to bear the signature either of a transfer agent or of a registrar, or both.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Checks, Drafts, Deeds and Shares of Stock

 

Section 1. Checks, Drafts, Notes, Etc. All checks, drafts, notes or orders for the payment of money of or to the Corporation shall, unless otherwise directed by the Board or otherwise required by law, be signed or endorsed by one or more Officers as authorized in writing by the Chief Executive Officer or the President. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer may authorize any one or more employees of the Corporation (“Employees”) to sign checks, drafts and orders for the payment of money not to exceed specific maximum amounts as designated in writing by the Chief Executive Officer for any one check, draft or order. When so authorized by the Chief Executive Officer or President, the signature of any such Officer or Employee may be a facsimile signature. Such execution of such drafts made pursuant to an effective dealer agreement duly executed and delivered by an appropriate Officer of the Corporation is authorized.

 

Section 2. Deeds, Notes, Bonds, Mortgages, Contracts, Etc. All deeds, notes, bonds and mortgages made by the Corporation, and all other written contracts and agreements, other than those executed in the ordinary course of corporate business, to which the Corporation shall be a party, shall be executed in its name by the Chief Executive Officer, or the President, a Vice President or any other Officer so authorized by the Board and, when necessary or required, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall attest the execution thereof. All written contracts and agreements into which the Corporation enters in the ordinary course of corporate business shall be executed by any Officer or by any other Employee designated by the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or a Vice President to execute such contracts and agreements.

 

Section 3. Sale or Transfer of Stock. Subject always to the further orders and directions of the Board, any share of stock issued by any corporation and owned by the Corporation (including reacquired Shares of the Corporation) may, for sale or transfer, be endorsed in the name of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and said endorsement shall be duly attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary either with or without affixing thereto the Seal (if any).

 

Section 4. Voting of Stock of Other Corporations. Subject always to the further orders and directions of the Board, any share of stock issued by any other corporation and owned or controlled by the Corporation (an “Investment Share”) may be voted at any Shareholder Meeting of such other corporation by the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Whenever, in the judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or the President, it is desirable for the Corporation to execute a proxy or give a Shareholder’s consent in respect of any Investment Share, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and, when necessary or required, shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary either with or without affixing thereto the Seal (if one exists). Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of the Corporation shall have full right, power and authority to vote an Investment Share the same as such Investment Share might be voted by the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Fiscal Year

 

Section 1. Fiscal Year. The Corporation’s fiscal year shall begin at the beginning of the first (1st) day of April and end at the close of the last day of March next succeeding.

 

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ARTICLE X

 

Amendments

 

Section 1. Amendments. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, and new By-Laws may be adopted, only by the Shareholders at a Meeting of the Shareholders or by the Directors at a Board Meeting.

 

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