FORM 8-K
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): February 15, 2008
ITT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Indiana
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4 West Red Oak Lane |
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White Plains, New York
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (914) 641-2000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 5 Corporate Governance and Management
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Item 5.03 |
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Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws |
On February 15, 2008 the Board of Directors approved an amendment to Section 5. Capital Stock
of the By-laws of the Company, effective immediately. Section 5 of the By-laws contains, among
other things, provisions relating to stock certificates, record ownership, transfer of record
ownership, lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, and transfer agent, registrar and rules
respecting certificates. The By-laws were amended in order to comply with recent rule changes of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange that require listed companies to
be eligible to issue shares in either certificated or uncertificated form and to participate in a
book-entry share Direct Registration System, which allows for the electronic transfer of
securities. The purpose of the amendments to the By-laws is to incorporate into Section 5 the
concept of uncertificated shares, and to permit the registration, issuance and transfer of the
Companys stock without issuance of a physical stock certificate. The By-law amendment continues
to permit stockholders to obtain a physical stock certificate upon request. All other provisions of
the Companys By-laws remain unchanged.
The
foregoing description of the By-law amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Companys By-laws, as amended, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.5 to this report and is
incorporated by reference into this description.
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Item 9.01 |
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Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
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Exhibit 3-5
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Certificate of Amendment of the By-laws of ITT Corporation, as
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SIGNATURE
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.
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ITT CORPORATION |
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By:
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/s/ Kathleen S. Stolar |
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Kathleen S. Stolar |
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Vice President, Secretary |
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Date: February 19, 2008
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EX-3.5
BY-LAWS
of
ITT
Corporation
1. SHAREHOLDERS.
1.1 Place of Shareholders
Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders of the
Corporation shall be held at such place or places, within or
outside the state of Indiana, as may be fixed by the
Corporations Board of Directors (the Board,
and each member thereof a Director) from time to
time or as shall be specified in the respective notices thereof.
1.2 Day and Time of Annual Meetings of
Shareholders. An annual meeting of shareholders
shall be held at such place (within or outside the state of
Indiana), date and hour as shall be determined by the Board and
designated in the notice thereof. Failure to hold an annual
meeting of shareholders at such designated time shall not affect
otherwise valid corporate acts or work a forfeiture or
dissolution of the Corporation.
1.3 Purposes of Annual
Meetings. (a) At each annual meeting, the
shareholders shall elect the members of the Board for the
succeeding term. At any such annual meeting any business
properly brought before the meeting may be transacted.
(b) To be properly brought before an annual meeting,
business must be (i) specified in the notice of the meeting
(or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the
Board, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting
by or at the direction of the Board or (iii) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder. For
business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
shareholder, the shareholder must have given written notice
thereof, either by personal delivery or by United States mail,
postage prepaid, to the Secretary, received at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation, not less than
120 calendar days prior to the date of the
Corporations proxy statement released to shareholders in
connection with the previous years annual meeting;
provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was
held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting was
changed by more than 30 days from the anniversary date of
the previous years annual meeting, notice by the
shareholder must be so received not later than 120 calendar
days prior to such annual meeting or 10 calendar days following
the date on which public announcement of the date of the meeting
is first made. Any such notice shall set forth as to each matter
the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting
(i) a brief description of the business desired to be
brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting and, in the event that such business
includes a proposal to amend either the Articles of
Incorporation or
By-laws of
the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment,
(ii) the name and address of the shareholder proposing such
business, (iii) a representation that the shareholder 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 propose such business, (iv) any material
interest of the shareholder in such business and (v) if the
shareholder intends to solicit proxies in support of such
shareholders proposal, a representation to that effect.
The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a
shareholder if the shareholder has notified the Corporation of
his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting
and such shareholders proposal has been included in a
proxy statement that has been prepared by management of the
Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting;
provided, however, that, if such shareholder does not appear or
send a qualified representative to present such proposal at such
annual meeting, the Corporation need not present such proposal
for a vote at such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in
respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.
No business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of
shareholders except in accordance with this Section 1.3(b),
and the chairman of any annual meeting of shareholders may
refuse to permit any business to be brought before an annual
meeting without compliance with the foregoing procedures or if
the shareholder solicits proxies in support of such
shareholders proposal without such shareholder having made
the representation required by clause (v) of the preceding
sentence.
1.4 Special Meetings of
Shareholders. Except as otherwise expressly
required by applicable law, special meetings of the shareholders
or of any class or series entitled to vote may be called for any
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purpose or purposes by the Chairman or by a majority vote of the
entire Board, to be held at such place (within or outside the
state of Indiana), date and hour as shall be determined by the
Board and designated in the notice thereof. Only such business
as is specified in the notice of any special meeting of the
shareholders shall come before such meeting.
1.5 Notice of Meetings of
Shareholders. Except as otherwise expressly
required or permitted by applicable law, not less than ten days
nor more than sixty days before the date of every
shareholders meeting the Secretary shall give to each
shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting written
notice stating the place, day and time of the meeting and, in
the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which
the meeting is called. Except as provided in Section 1.6(d)
or as otherwise expressly required by applicable law, notice of
any adjourned meeting of shareholders need not be given if the
time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken. Any notice, if mailed, shall be deemed to
be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the address for notices
to such shareholder as it appears on the records of the
Corporation.
1.6 Quorum of
Shareholders. (a) Unless otherwise expressly
required by applicable law, at any meeting of the shareholders,
the presence in person or by proxy of shareholders entitled to
cast a majority of votes thereat shall constitute a quorum.
Shares of the Corporations stock belonging to the
Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the
shares entitled to vote in an election of the directors of such
other corporation is held by the Corporation, shall neither be
counted for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum
nor entitled to vote at any meeting of the shareholders.
(b) At any meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum
shall be present, a majority of those present in person or by
proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice
other than announcement at the meeting. In the absence of a
quorum, the officer presiding thereat shall have power to
adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be
present. Notice of any adjourned meeting other than announcement
at the meeting shall not be required to be given, except as
provided in Section 1.6(d) below and except where expressly
required by applicable law.
(c) At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be
present, any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting originally called, but only those
shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally
noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or
adjournments thereof unless a new record date is fixed by the
Board.
(d) If a new date, time and place of an adjourned meeting
is not announced at the original meeting before adjournment, or
if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given in the manner specified in Section 1.5 to each
shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
1.7 Chairman and Secretary of
Meeting. The Chairman or, in his or her absence,
another officer of the Corporation designated by the Chairman,
shall preside at meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary
shall act as secretary of the meeting, or in the absence of the
Secretary, an Assistant Secretary shall so act, or if neither is
present, then the presiding officer may appoint a person to act
as secretary of the meeting.
1.8 Voting by
Shareholders. (a) Except as otherwise
expressly required by applicable law, at every meeting of the
shareholders each shareholder shall be entitled to the number of
votes specified in the Articles of Incorporation, in person or
by proxy, for each share of stock standing in his or her name on
the books of the Corporation on the date fixed pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5.6 of these By-laws as the record
date for the determination of the shareholders who shall be
entitled to receive notice of and to vote at such meeting.
(b) When a quorum is present at any meeting of the
shareholders, action on a matter (other than the election of
directors) by a voting group is approved if the votes cast
within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes
cast opposing the action, unless express provision of law or the
Articles of Incorporation require a greater number of
affirmative votes.
(c) Except as required by applicable law, the vote at any
meeting of shareholders on any question need not be by ballot,
unless so directed by the chairman of the meeting. On a vote by
ballot, each
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ballot shall be signed by the shareholder voting, or by his or
her proxy, if there be such proxy, and shall state the number of
shares voted.
1.9 Proxies. Any shareholder
entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders may vote either
in person or by proxy. A shareholder may authorize a person or
persons to act for the shareholder as proxy by (i) the
shareholder or the shareholders designated officer,
director, employee or agent executing a writing by signing it or
by causing the shareholders signature or the signature of
the designated officer, director, employee or agent of the
shareholder to be affixed to the writing by any reasonable
means, including by facsimile signature; (ii) the
shareholder transmitting or authorizing the transmission of an
electronic submission which may be by any electronic means,
including data and voice telephonic communications and computer
network to (a) the person who will be the holder of the
proxy; (b) a proxy solicitation firm; or (c) 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, which electronic submission must either
contain or be accompanied by information from which it can be
determined that the electronic submission was transmitted by or
authorized by the shareholder; or (iii) any other method
allowed by law.
1.10 Inspectors. (a) The
election of Directors and any other vote by ballot at any
meeting of the shareholders shall be supervised by at least two
inspectors. Such inspectors may be appointed by the Chairman
before or at the meeting. If the Chairman shall not have so
appointed such inspectors or if one or both inspectors so
appointed shall refuse to serve or shall not be present, such
appointment shall be made by the officer presiding at the
meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of
his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to
execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his or her ability.
(b) The inspectors shall (i) ascertain the number of
shares of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of
each, (ii) determine the shares represented at any meeting
of shareholders and the validity of the proxies and ballots,
(iii) count all proxies and ballots, (iv) determine
and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition
of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors,
and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares
represented at the meeting, and their count of all proxies and
ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or
entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of their
duties.
1.11 List of
Shareholders. (a) At least five business
days before every meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall
cause to be prepared and made a complete list of the
shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in
alphabetical order by voting group, if any, and showing the
address of each shareholder and the number of shares registered
in the name of each shareholder.
(b) During ordinary business hours for a period of at least
five business days prior to the meeting, such list shall be open
to examination by any shareholder for any purpose germane to the
meeting, either at the Corporations principal office or a
place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the
meeting will be held.
(c) The list shall also be produced and kept at the time
and place of the meeting, and it may be inspected during the
meeting by any shareholder or the shareholders agent or
attorney authorized in writing.
(d) The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who
are the shareholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the
list required by this Section 1.11 or the books of the
Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
shareholders.
1.12 Confidential
Voting. (a) Proxies and ballots that
identify the votes of specific shareholders shall be kept in
confidence by the tabulators and the inspectors of election
unless (i) there is an opposing solicitation with respect
to the election or removal of Directors, (ii) disclosure is
required by applicable law, (iii) a shareholder expressly
requests or otherwise authorizes disclosure, or (iv) the
Corporation concludes in good faith that a bona fide dispute
exists as to the authenticity of one or more proxies, ballots or
votes, or as to the accuracy of any tabulation of such proxies,
ballots or votes.
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(b) The tabulators and inspectors of election and any
authorized agents or other persons engaged in the receipt, count
and tabulation of proxies and ballots shall be advised of this
By-law and
instructed to comply herewith.
(c) The inspectors of election shall certify, to the best
of their knowledge based on due inquiry, that proxies and
ballots have been kept in confidence as required by this
Section 1.12.
2. DIRECTORS.
2.1 Powers of Directors. The
business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of the Board, which may exercise all the
powers of the Corporation except such as are by applicable law,
the Articles of Incorporation or these
By-laws
required to be exercised or performed by the shareholders.
2.2 Number, Method of Election, Terms of Office of
Directors. The number of Directors which shall
constitute the whole Board shall be such as from time to time
shall be determined by resolution adopted by a majority of the
entire Board, but the number shall not be less than three nor
more than
twenty-five,
provided that the tenure of a Director shall not be affected by
any decrease in the number of Directors so made by the Board.
Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of
shareholders and until his or her successor is elected and
qualified or until his or her earlier death, retirement,
resignation or removal. Directors need not be shareholders of
the Corporation or citizens of the United States of America.
Nominations of persons for election as Directors may be made by
the Board or by any shareholder who is a shareholder of record
at the time of giving of the notice of nomination provided for
in this Section 2.2 and who is entitled to vote for the
election of Directors. Any shareholder of record entitled to
vote for the election of Directors at a meeting may nominate a
person or persons for election as Directors only if written
notice of such shareholders intent to make such nomination
is given in accordance with the procedures for bringing business
before the meeting set forth in Section 1.3(b) of these
By-Laws, either by personal delivery or by United States mail,
postage prepaid, to the Secretary, received at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation, not later than
(i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual
meeting of shareholders, not less than 120 calendar days prior
to the date of the Corporations proxy statement released
to shareholders in connection with the previous years
annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no
annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the
annual meeting was changed by more than 30 days from the
anniversary date of the previous years annual meeting,
notice by the shareholder must be so received not later than 120
calendar days prior to such annual meeting or 10 calendar days
following the date on which public announcement of the date of
the meeting is first made, and (ii) with respect to an
election to be held at a special meeting of shareholders for the
election of Directors, not later than 120 calendar days prior to
such special meeting or 10 calendar days following the date on
which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is
first made and of the nominees to be elected at such meeting.
Each such notice shall set forth: (a) the name and address
of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination and of the
person or persons to be nominated; (b) a representation
that the shareholder 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 nominate the
person or persons specified in the notice; (c) a
description of all arrangements or understandings between the
shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons
(naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination
or nominations are to be made by the shareholder; (d) such
other information regarding each nominee proposed by such
shareholder as would have been required to be included in a
proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission had each nominee been
nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board;
(e) the consent of each nominee to serve as a Director if
so elected and (f) if the shareholder intends to solicit proxies
in support of such shareholders nominee(s), a
representation to that effect. The chairman of any meeting of
shareholders to elect Directors and the Board may refuse to
acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance
with the foregoing procedure or if the shareholder solicits
proxies in support of such shareholders nominee(s) without
such shareholder having made the representation required by (f)
of the preceding sentence.
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At each meeting of the shareholders for the election of
Directors at which a quorum is present, the persons receiving
the greatest number of votes, up to the number of Directors to
be elected, shall be the Directors.
2.3 Vacancies on
Board. (a) Any Director may resign from
office at any time by delivering a written resignation to the
Chairman or the Secretary. The resignation will take effect at
the time specified therein, or, if no time is specified, at the
time of its receipt by the Corporation. The acceptance of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless
expressly so provided in the resignation.
(b) Any vacancy and any newly created Directorship
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of
Directors may be filled by vote of a majority of the Directors
then in office, though less than a quorum, and any Director so
chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of
Directors by the shareholders and until a successor is duly
elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
retirement, resignation or removal. If there are no Directors in
office, then an election of Directors may be held in the manner
provided by applicable law.
2.4 Meetings of the
Board. (a) The Board may hold its meetings,
both regular and special, either within or outside the state of
Indiana, at such places as from time to time may be determined
by the Board or as may be designated in the respective notices
or waivers of notice thereof.
(b) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such
times and at such places as from time to time shall be
determined by the Board.
(c) The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be
held as soon as practicable after the annual meeting of the
shareholders and shall be for the election of officers and the
transaction of such other business as may come before it.
(d) Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever
called by direction of the Chairman or at the request of
Directors constituting
one-third of
the number of Directors then in office.
(e) Members of the Board or any Committee of the Board may
participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such
participation shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
(f) The Secretary shall give notice to each Director of any
meeting of the Board by mailing the same at least two days
before the meeting or by telegraphing or delivering the same not
later than the day before the meeting. Such notice need not
include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the
purpose of, any such meeting. Any and all business may be
transacted at any meeting of the Board. No notice of any
adjourned meeting need be given. No notice to or waiver by any
Director shall be required with respect to any meeting at which
the Director is present.
2.5 Quorum and Action. Except as
otherwise expressly required by applicable law, the Articles of
Incorporation or these
By-laws, at
any meeting of the Board, the presence of at least
one-third of
the entire Board 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 may adjourn
the meeting from time to time. Unless otherwise provided by
applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation or these
By-laws, the
vote of a majority of the Directors present (and not abstaining)
at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary
for the approval and adoption of any resolution or the approval
of any act of the Board.
2.6 Presiding Officer and Secretary of
Meeting. The Chairman or, in the absence of the
Chairman, a member of the Board selected by the members present,
shall preside at meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall act
as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretarys absence
the presiding officer may appoint a secretary of the meeting.
2.7 Action by Consent without
Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at any meeting of the Board or of any Committee thereof
may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or
Committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and
the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of their
proceedings.
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2.8 Standing Committees. By
resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, the Board
shall elect, from among its members, individuals to serve on the
Standing Committees established by this Section 2.8. Each
Standing Committee shall be comprised of such number of
Directors, not less than three, as shall be elected to such
Committee. Each Committee shall keep a record of all its
proceedings and report the same to the Board. One-third of the
members of a Committee, but not less than two, shall constitute
a quorum, and the act of a majority of the members of a
Committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Committee. Each Standing Committee shall
meet at the call of its chairman or any two of its members. The
chairmen of the various Committees shall preside, when present,
at all meetings of such Committees, and shall have such powers
and perform such duties as the Board may from time to time
prescribe. The Standing Committees of the Board, and functions
of each, are as follows:
(a) Compensation and Personnel
Committee. The Compensation and Personnel
Committee shall exercise the power of oversight of the
compensation and benefits of the employees of the Corporation,
and shall be charged with evaluating management performance, and
establishing executive compensation. This Committee shall have
access to its own independent outside compensation counsel and
shall consist of a majority of independent directors. For
purposes of this Section 2.8(a), independent
director shall mean a Director who: (i) has not been
employed by the Corporation in an executive capacity within the
past five years; (ii) is not, and is not affiliated with a
company or firm that is, an advisor or consultant to the
Corporation; (iii) is not affiliated with a significant
customer or supplier of the Corporation; (iv) has no
personal services contract(s) with the Corporation; (v) is
not affiliated with a
tax-exempt
entity that receives significant contributions from the
Corporation; and (vi) is not a familial relative of any
person described by Clauses (i) through (v). This
By-law shall
not be amended or repealed except by a majority of the voting
power of the shareholders present in person or by proxy and
entitled to vote at any meeting at which a quorum is present.
(b) Audit Committee. The Audit Committee
and the Board shall be the bodies to whom the independent
auditors of the Corporation shall be ultimately accountable and
shall have ultimate authority and responsibility to select,
evaluate and, where appropriate, replace the independent
auditors (or to nominate the independent auditors to be proposed
for shareholder approval). The Audit Committee shall be
responsible for assessing the objectivity and independence of
said auditors; confirming the scope of audits to be performed by
said auditors; reviewing audit results, internal accounting and
control procedures and policies, fees paid to said auditors, and
expense accounts of senior executives; reviewing and
recommending approval of the audited financial statements of the
Corporation and the annual reports to shareholders; and
otherwise complying with the responsibilities and obligations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
Exchange applicable from time to time to audit committees. The
Audit Committee shall consist entirely of independent
directors as provided for in Section 2.12 of these By-Laws
and shall be in compliance with the requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
Exchange applicable from time to time to audit committee members.
(c) Corporate Responsibility
Committee. The Corporate Responsibility Committee
shall review and define social responsibilities and shall review
and consider major claims and litigation and legal, regulatory,
intellectual property and related governmental policy matters
affecting the Corporation and its subsidiaries. The Corporate
Responsibility Committee shall also review and approve
management policies and programs relating to compliance with
legal and regulatory requirements and business ethics.
(d) Nominating and Governance
Committee. The Nominating and Governance
Committee shall consider and make recommendations as to the
composition, structure, organization and future requirements of
the Board and Committees thereof and as to other corporate
governance issues relating to the Corporation; administer the
Board evaluation process; propose nominees for election to the
Board and Committees thereof; consider shareholder nominees for
election to the Board; and consider matters concerning the
qualifications, compensation and retirement of Directors. The
Nominating and Governance Committee shall consist entirely of
independent directors as provided for in Section
2.12 of these By-Laws.
2.9 Other Committees. By resolution
passed by a majority of the entire Board, the Board may also
appoint from among its members such other Committees, Standing
or otherwise, as it may from
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time to time deem desirable and may delegate to such Committees
such powers of the Board as it may consider appropriate,
consistent with applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation
and these
By-laws.
2.10 Limitations on
Committees. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of these By-laws, and except as otherwise expressly
required by applicable law, no Standing Committee created by
Section 2.8, nor any other committee hereafter established,
may:
(1) authorize dividends or other distributions, except a
committee may authorize or approve a reacquisition of shares if
done according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of
Directors;
(2) approve or propose to shareholders action that is
required to be approved by shareholders;
(3) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of
its committees;
(4) except as permitted under Section 2.10(a)(7)
below, amend the Corporations Articles of Incorporation
under
IC 23-1-38-2;
(5) adopt, amend, repeal or waive provisions of these
By-laws;
(6) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder
approval; or
(7) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or a contract
for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative
rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of
shares, except the Board of Directors may authorize a committee
(or an executive officer of the Corporation designated by the
Board of Directors) to take action described in this
Section 2.10(a)(7) within limits prescribed by the Board of
Directors.
(b) Except to the extent inconsistent with the resolutions
creating a Standing Committee, Sections 2.2 to 2.7 and
Section 10 of these By-laws, which govern meetings, action
without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, quorum and voting
requirements and telephone participation in meetings of the
Board of Directors, apply to each committee and its members as
well.
2.11 Compensation of
Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Articles of Incorporation or these
By-laws,
Directors shall receive for their services on the Board or any
Committee thereof such compensation and benefits, including the
granting of options, together with expenses, if any, as the
Board may from time to time determine. The Directors may be paid
a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or
Committee thereof and/or a stated annual sum as a Director,
together with expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of
the Board or Committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall
be construed to preclude any Director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
2.12 Independent
Directors. (a) Independence of Nominees
for Election as Directors at the Annual
Meeting. The persons nominated by the Board for
election as Directors at any annual meeting of the shareholders
of the Corporation shall include a sufficient number of persons
who have been, on the date of their nomination, determined by
the Board to be eligible to be classified as independent
directors such that if all such nominees are elected, the
majority of all Directors holding office would be independent
directors.
(b) Directors Elected to Fill Vacancies on the
Board. If the Board elects Directors between
annual meetings of shareholders to fill vacancies or newly
created Directorships, the majority of all Directors holding
office immediately after such elections shall be independent
directors.
(c) Definition of Independent
Director. For purposes of this Section 2.12,
independent director shall mean a Director
who: (i) has not been employed by the Corporation in
an executive capacity within the past five years; (ii) is
not, and is not affiliated with a company or a firm that is, an
adviser or consultant to the Corporation; (iii) is not
affiliated with a significant customer or supplier of the
Corporation; (iv) has no personal services contract(s) with
the Corporation; (v) is not affiliated with a tax-exempt
entity that receives significant contributions from the
Corporation; (vi) is not a familial relative of any person
described by Clauses (i) through (v); and
(vii) is free of any other relationship which would
interfere with the exercise of independent judgment by such
Director.
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3. OFFICERS.
3.1 Officer, Titles, Elections,
Terms. (a) The Board may from time to time
elect a Chairman, a Chief Executive, a Vice Chairman, a
President, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more
Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Chief
Financial Officer, a Chief Accounting Officer, a Controller, a
Treasurer, a Secretary, a General Counsel, one or more Assistant
Controllers, one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more
Assistant Secretaries, and one or more Associate or Assistant
General Counsels, to serve at the pleasure of the Board or
otherwise as shall be specified by the Board at the time of such
election and until their successors are elected and qualified or
until their earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal.
(b) The Board may elect or appoint at any time such other
officers or agents with such duties as it may deem necessary or
desirable. Such other officers or agents shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board or otherwise as shall be specified by the
Board at the time of such election or appointment and, in the
case of such other officers, until their successors are elected
and qualified or until their earlier death, retirement,
resignation or removal. Each such officer or agent shall have
such authority and shall perform such duties as may be provided
herein or as the Board may prescribe. The Board may from time to
time authorize any officer or agent to appoint and remove any
other such officer or agent and to prescribe such persons
authority and duties.
(c) No person may be elected or appointed an officer who is
not a citizen of the United States of America if such election
or appointment is prohibited by applicable law or regulation.
(d) Any vacancy in any office may be filled for the
unexpired portion of the term by the Board. Each officer elected
or appointed during the year shall hold office until the next
annual meeting of the Board at which officers are regularly
elected or appointed and until his or her successor is elected
or appointed and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
retirement, resignation or removal.
(e) Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board
may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the entire Board.
(f) Any officer may resign from office at any time. Such
resignation shall be made in writing and given to the President
or the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at the
time specified therein, or, if no time is specified, at the time
of its receipt by the Corporation. The acceptance of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless
expressly so provided in the resignation.
3.2 General Powers of
Officers. Except as may be otherwise provided by
applicable law or in Article 6 or Article 7 of these
By-laws, the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the President, any
Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the
Chief Accounting Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer and the
Secretary, or any of them, may (i) execute and deliver in
the name of the Corporation, in the name of any Division of the
Corporation or in both names any agreement, contract,
instrument, power of attorney or other document pertaining to
the business or affairs of the Corporation or any Division of
the Corporation, including without limitation agreements or
contracts with any government or governmental department, agency
or instrumentality, and (ii) delegate to any employee or
agent the power to execute and deliver any such agreement,
contract, instrument, power of attorney or other document.
3.3 Powers of the Chairman or Chief
Executive. The Chairman shall be the Chief
Executive (as defined in Section 3.11) of the Corporation
unless the Board specifically elects the President to be Chief
Executive of the Corporation, in which case the President shall
be the Chief Executive. If either the Chairman or the President
is the Chief Executive, then he or she shall report directly to
the Board. Except in such instances as the Board may confer
powers in particular transactions upon any other officer, and
subject to the control and direction of the Board, the Chief
Executive shall manage and direct the business and affairs of
the Corporation and shall communicate to the Board and any
Committee thereof reports, proposals and recommendations for
their respective consideration or action. He or she may do and
perform all acts on behalf of the Corporation. The Chairman
(whether or not the Chief Executive) shall preside at meetings
of the Board and the shareholders.
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3.4 Powers and Duties of a Vice
Chairman. A Vice Chairman shall have such powers
and perform such duties as the Board or the Chairman may from
time to time prescribe or as may be prescribed in these
By-laws.
3.5 Powers and Duties of the
President. Unless the President is Chief
Executive, the President shall have such powers and perform such
duties as the Board or the Chairman may from time to time
prescribe or as may be prescribed in these By-laws. If the
President is the Chief Executive, then Section 3.3 shall be
applicable.
3.6 Powers and Duties of Executive Vice
Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice
Presidents. Executive Vice Presidents, Senior
Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents shall have such powers and
perform such duties as the Board, the Chairman, or the Chief
Executive may from time to time prescribe or as may be
prescribed in these
By-laws.
3.7 Powers and Duties of the Chief Financial
Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have
such powers and perform such duties as the Board, the Chairman,
Chief Executive, or any Vice Chairman may from time to time
prescribe or as may be prescribed in these
By-laws. The
Chief Financial Officer shall cause to be prepared and
maintained (i) a stock ledger containing the names and
addresses of all shareholders and the number of shares of each
class and series held by each and (ii) the list of
shareholders for each meeting of the shareholders as required by
Section 1.11 of these
By-laws. The
Chief Financial Officer shall be responsible for the custody of
all stock books and of all unissued stock certificates.
3.8 Powers and Duties of the Chief
Accounting Officer, Controller and Assistant
Controllers. (a) The Chief Accounting
Officer, Controller or the Vice President, Finance, as
determined by the Chief Financial Officer, shall be responsible
for the maintenance of adequate accounting records of all
assets, liabilities, capital and transactions of the
Corporation. The Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, or the
Vice President, Finance as determined by the Chief Financial
Officer, shall prepare and render such balance sheets, income
statements, budgets and other financial statements and reports
as the Board or the Chairman or the Chief Executive may require,
and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed or
assigned pursuant to these By-laws and all other acts incident
to the position of the Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, or
the Vice President, Finance.
(b) Each Assistant Controller shall perform such duties as
from time to time may be assigned by the Controller or by the
Board. In the event of the absence, incapacity or inability to
act of the Controller, then any Assistant Controller may perform
any of the duties and may exercise any of the powers of the
Controller.
3.9 Powers and Duties of the Treasurer and
Assistant Treasurers. (a) The Treasurer
shall have the care and custody of all the funds and securities
of the Corporation except as may be otherwise ordered by the
Board, and shall cause such funds (i) to be invested or
reinvested from time to time for the benefit of the Corporation
as may be designated by the Board, the Chairman, any Vice
Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the
Treasurer or (ii) to be deposited to the credit of the
Corporation in such banks or depositories as may be designated
by the Board, the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the President,
the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer, and shall cause
such securities to be placed in safekeeping in such manner as
may be designated by the Board, the Chairman, any Vice Chairman,
the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer.
(b) The Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or such other
person or persons as may be designated for such purpose by the
Board, the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer or the Treasurer may endorse in the name and
on behalf of the Corporation all instruments for the payment of
money, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, insurance policies
and other commercial documents requiring such endorsement.
(c) The Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or such other
person or persons as may be designated for such purpose by the
Board, the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer or the Treasurer (i) may sign all
receipts and vouchers for payments made to the Corporation,
(ii) shall render a statement of the cash account of the
Corporation to the Board as often as it shall require the same;
and (iii) shall enter regularly in books to be kept for
that purpose full and accurate
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account of all moneys received and paid on account of the
Corporation and of all securities received and delivered by the
Corporation.
(d) The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed or assigned pursuant to these
By-laws and
all other acts incident to the position of Treasurer. Each
Assistant Treasurer shall perform such duties as may from time
to time be assigned by the Treasurer or by the Board. In the
event of the absence, incapacity or inability to act of the
Treasurer, then any Assistant Treasurer may perform any of the
duties and may exercise any of the powers of the Treasurer.
3.10 Powers and Duties of the Secretary and
Assistant Secretaries. (a) The Secretary
shall keep the minutes of all proceedings of the shareholders,
the Board and the Committees of the Board. The Secretary shall
attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the
Corporation, in accordance with the provisions of these
By-laws and
as required by applicable law. The Secretary shall be the
custodian of the seal of the Corporation. The Secretary shall
affix or cause to be affixed the seal of the Corporation to such
contracts, instruments and other documents requiring the seal of
the Corporation, and when so affixed may attest the same and
shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed or assigned
pursuant to these By-laws and all other acts incident to the
position of Secretary.
(b) Each Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties as
may from time to time be assigned by the Secretary or by the
Board. In the event of the absence, incapacity or inability to
act of the Secretary, then any Assistant Secretary may perform
any of the duties and may exercise any of the powers of the
Secretary.
3.11 Applicable Definition. As used
in these By-laws, the term Chief Executive shall
refer to the Chairman unless the President is elected to be the
Chief Executive, pursuant to Section 3.3, in which case the
term Chief Executive shall refer to the President.
4. INDEMNIFICATION.
4.1(a) Right to Indemnification. The
Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
as then in effect, shall indemnify any person who is or was a
Director or officer of the Corporation and who is or was
involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a
party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in
any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim,
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (including, without limitation,
any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the
Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) (a
Proceeding) by reason of the fact that such person
is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee
benefit plan) (a Covered Entity), against all
expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with such Proceeding; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not apply to a Director or
officer of the Corporation with respect to a Proceeding that was
commenced by such Director or officer prior to a Change in
Control (as defined in Section 4.4(e)(i) of this
Article 4). Any Director or officer of the Corporation
entitled to indemnification as provided in this
Section 4.1(a) is hereinafter called an
Indemnitee. Any right of an Indemnitee to
indemnification shall be a contract right and shall include the
right to receive, prior to the conclusion of any Proceeding,
payment of any expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection
with such Proceeding, consistent with the provisions of
applicable law as then in effect and the other provisions of
this Article 4.
(b) Effect of Amendments. Neither the
amendment or repeal of, nor the adoption of a provision
inconsistent with, any provision of this Article 4
(including, without limitation, this Section 4.1(b)) shall
adversely affect the rights of any Director or officer under
this Article 4 (i) with respect to any Proceeding
commenced or threatened prior to such amendment, repeal or
adoption of an inconsistent provision or (ii) after the
occurrence of a Change in Control, with respect to any
Proceeding arising out of any action or omission occurring prior
to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent
provision, in either case without the written consent of such
Director or officer.
4.2 Insurance, Contracts and
Funding. The Corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance to protect itself and any indemnified person
against any expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
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settlement as specified in Section 4.1(a) or
Section 4.5 of this Article 4 or incurred by any
indemnified person in connection with any Proceeding referred to
in such Sections, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law as then in effect. The Corporation may enter into contracts
with any Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
or any director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of any
Covered Entity in furtherance of the provisions of this
Article 4 and may create a trust fund or use other means
(including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure
the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect
indemnification as provided in this Article 4.
4.3 Indemnification; Not Exclusive
Right. The right of indemnification provided in
this Article 4 shall not be exclusive of any other rights
to which any indemnified person may otherwise be entitled, and
the provisions of this Article 4 shall inure to the benefit
of the heirs and legal representatives of any indemnified person
under this Article 4 and shall be applicable to Proceedings
commenced or continuing after the adoption of this
Article 4, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring
before or after such adoption.
4.4 Advancement of Expenses; Procedures;
Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings;
Remedies. In furtherance, but not in limitation,
of the foregoing provisions, the following procedures,
presumptions and remedies shall apply with respect to the
advancement of expenses and the right to indemnification under
this Article 4:
(a) Advancement of Expenses. All
reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee
in connection with any Proceeding shall be advanced to the
Indemnitee by the Corporation within 20 days after the receipt
by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the
Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to
time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such
Proceeding. Any such statement or statements shall reasonably
evidence the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee and shall
include any written affirmation or undertaking required by
applicable law in effect at the time of such advance.
(b) Procedures for Determination of Entitlement to
Indemnification. (i) To obtain
indemnification under this Article 4, an Indemnitee shall
submit to the Secretary of the Corporation a written request,
including such documentation and information as is reasonably
available to the Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to
determine whether and to what extent the Indemnitee is entitled
to indemnification (the Supporting Documentation).
The determination of the Indemnitees entitlement to
indemnification shall be made not later than 60 days after
receipt by the Corporation of the written request for
indemnification together with the Supporting Documentation. The
Secretary of the Corporation shall, promptly upon receipt of
such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing
that the Indemnitee has requested indemnification.
(ii) The Indemnitees entitlement to indemnification
under this Article 4 shall be determined in one of the
following ways: (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested
Directors (as hereinafter defined), if they constitute a quorum
of the Board; (B) by a written opinion of Independent
Counsel as hereinafter defined) if (x) a Change in Control
(as hereinafter defined) shall have occurred and the Indemnitee
so requests or (y) a quorum of the Board consisting of
Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if
obtainable, a majority of such Disinterested Directors so
directs; (C) by the shareholders of the Corporation (but
only if a majority of the Disinterested Directors, if they
constitute a quorum of the Board, presents the issue of
entitlement to indemnification to the shareholders for their
determination); or (D) as provided in Section 4.4(c)
of this Article 4.
(iii) In the event the determination of entitlement to
indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to
Section 4.4(b)(ii), a majority of the Disinterested
Directors shall select the Independent Counsel, but only an
Independent Counsel to which the Indemnitee does not reasonably
object; provided, however, that if a Change in Control shall
have occurred, the Indemnitee shall select such Independent
Counsel, but only an Independent Counsel to which a majority of
the Disinterested Directors does not reasonably object.
(c) Presumptions and Effect of Certain
Proceedings. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Article 4, if a Change in Control shall
have occurred, the Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled
to indemnification under this Article 4 (with respect to
actions or failures to act occurring prior to such Change in
Control) upon submission of a request for indemnification
together with the Supporting
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Documentation in accordance with Section 4.4(b) of this
Article 4, and thereafter the Corporation shall have the
burden of proof to overcome that presumption in reaching a
contrary determination. In any event, if the person or persons
empowered under Section 4.4(b) of this Article 4 to
determine entitlement to indemnification shall not have been
appointed or shall not have made a determination within 60 days
after receipt by the Corporation of the request therefor
together with the Supporting Documentation, the Indemnitee shall
be deemed to be, and shall be, entitled to indemnification
unless (A) the Indemnitee misrepresented or failed to
disclose a material fact in making the request for
indemnification or in the Supporting Documentation or
(B) such indemnification is prohibited by law. The
termination of any Proceeding described in Section 4.1 of
this Article 4, or of any claim, issue or matter therein,
by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of
nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself,
adversely affect the right of the Indemnitee to indemnification
or create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in good
faith and in a manner which the Indemnitee reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation
or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that the Indemnitee
had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful.
(d) Remedies of Indemnitee. (i) In
the event that a determination is made pursuant to
Section 4.4(b) of this Article 4 that the Indemnitee
is not entitled to indemnification under this Article 4,
(A) the Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek an
adjudication of his or her entitlement to such indemnification
either, at the Indemnitees sole option, in (x) an
appropriate court of the state of Indiana or any other court of
competent jurisdiction or (y) an arbitration to be
conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the rules of the
American Arbitration Association; (B) any such judicial
proceeding or arbitration shall be de novo and the
Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of such adverse
determination; and (C) if a Change in Control shall have
occurred, in any such judicial proceeding or arbitration the
Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnitee
is not entitled to indemnification under this Article 4
(with respect to actions or failures to act occurring prior to
such Change in Control).
(ii) If a determination shall have been made or deemed to
have been made, pursuant to Section 4.4(b) or (c) of this
Article 4, that the Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification, the Corporation shall be obligated to pay the
amounts constituting such indemnification within five days after
such determination has been made or deemed to have been made and
shall be conclusively bound by such determination unless
(A) the Indemnitee misrepresented or failed to disclose a
material fact in making the request for indemnification or in
the Supporting Documentation or (B) such indemnification is
prohibited by law. In the event that (x) advancement of
expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 4.4(a) of
this Article 4 or (y) payment of indemnification is
not made within five days after a determination of entitlement
to indemnification has been made or deemed to have been made
pursuant to Section 4.4(b) or (c) of this
Article 4, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek
judicial enforcement of the Corporations obligation to pay
to the Indemnitee such advancement of expenses or
indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation
may bring an action, in an appropriate court in the state of
Indiana or any other court of competent jurisdiction, contesting
the right of the Indemnitee to receive indemnification hereunder
due to the occurrence of an event described in
Subclause (A) or (B) of this Clause (ii) (a
Disqualifying Event); provided, however, that in any
such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving the
occurrence of such Disqualifying Event.
(iii) The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in
any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to
this Section 4.4(d) that the procedures and presumptions of
this Article 4 are not valid, binding and enforceable and
shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator
that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this
Article 4.
(iv) In the event that the Indemnitee, pursuant to this
Section 4.4(d), seeks a judicial adjudication of or an
award in arbitration to enforce his or her rights under, or to
recover damages for breach of, this Article 4, the
Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Corporation,
and shall be indemnified by the Corporation against, any
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee if
the Indemnitee prevails in such judicial adjudication or
arbitration. If it shall be determined in such judicial
adjudication or arbitration that the Indemnitee is entitled to
receive part but not all of the indemnification or advancement
of expenses sought, the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in
connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall
be prorated accordingly.
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(e) Definitions. For purposes of this
Article 4:
(i) Change in Control means a change in control
of the Corporation of a nature that would be required to be
reported in response to Item 6(e) (or any successor
provision) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or any
amendment or successor provision thereto) promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act), whether
or not the Corporation is then subject to such reporting
requirement; provided that, without limitation, such a change in
control shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) any
person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Act) is or becomes the beneficial
owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3
under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Corporation representing 20% or more of the voting power of all
outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in an election of Directors without the prior approval
of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board in office
immediately prior to such acquisition; (B) the Corporation
is a party to any merger or consolidation in which the
Corporation is not the continuing or surviving corporation or
pursuant to which shares of the Corporations common stock
would be converted into cash, securities or other property,
other than a merger of the Corporation in which the holders of
the Corporations common stock immediately prior to the
merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of
the surviving corporation immediately after the merger,
(C) there is a sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in
one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all, or
substantially all, the assets of the Corporation, or liquidation
or dissolution of the Corporation; (D) the Corporation is a
party to a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other
reorganization, or a proxy contest, as a consequence of which
members of the Board in office immediately prior to such
transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the
Board thereafter; or (E) during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the Board (including for this purpose any new
Director whose election or nomination for election by the
shareholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds
of the Directors then still in office who were Directors at the
beginning of such period) cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board.
(ii) Disinterested Director means a Director
who is not or was not a party to the proceeding in respect of
which indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee.
(iii) Independent Counsel means a law firm or a
member of a law firm that neither presently is, nor in the past
five years has been, retained to represent: (a) the
Corporation or the Indemnitee in any matter material to either
such party or (b) any other party to the Proceeding giving
rise to a claim for indemnification under this Article 4.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Independent
Counsel shall not include any person who, under applicable
standards of professional conduct, would have a conflict of
interest in representing either the Corporation or the
Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitees
rights under this Article 4.
4.5 Indemnification of Employees and
Agents. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Article 4, the Corporation, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law as then in effect, may indemnify any
person other than a Director or officer of the Corporation who
is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation and who is or
was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a
party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in
any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding by reasons of
the fact that such person is or was an employee or agent of the
Corporation or, at the request of the Corporation, a director,
officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of a Covered Entity
against all expenses (including attorneys fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
Proceeding. The Corporation may also advance expenses incurred
by such employee, fiduciary or agent in connection with any such
Proceeding, consistent with the provisions of applicable law as
then in effect.
4.6 Severability. If any of this
Article 4 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Article 4 (including, without limitation, all portions of
any Section of this Article 4 containing any such provision
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not
themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby; and (ii) to the
fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article 4
(including, without limitation, all portions of any Section of
this Article 4 containing any such provision held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to
give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
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5. CAPITAL
STOCK.
5.1 Stock
Certificates. (a) Shares of stock of each
class of the Corporation may be issued in book-entry form or
evidenced by certificates. However, every holder of stock of the
Corporation shall be entitled upon request to a stock
certificate evidencing the shares owned by the shareholder,
signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by the Chairman or
any Vice Chairman or the President or any Vice President, and by
the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary. Every certificate shall state on its face
(or in the case of book-entry shares, the statement evidencing
ownership of such shares shall state) the name of the
Corporation and that it is organized under the laws of the State
of Indiana, the name of the person to whom the certificate (or
book-entry statement) was issued, and the number and class of
shares and the designation of the series, if any, the
certificate (or book-entry statement) represents, and shall
state conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation
will furnish the shareholder, upon his written request and
without charge, a summary of the designations, relative rights,
preferences, and limitations applicable to each class and the
variations in rights, preferences, and limitations determined
for each series (and the authority of the Board of Directors to
determine variations for future series), which certificate, if
any, shall otherwise be in such form as the Board shall
prescribe and as provided in Section 5.1(d).
(b) If a certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent
other than the Corporation or its employee, or by a registrar
other than the Corporation or its employee, the signatures of
the officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles, and, if
permitted by applicable law, any other signature on the
certificate may be a facsimile.
(c) In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased
to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be
issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person
were such officer at the date of issue.
(d) Any certificates of stock shall be issued in such form
not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation. They shall
be numbered and registered in the order in which they are
issued. No certificate shall be issued until fully paid.
(e) All certificates surrendered to the Corporation shall
be cancelled (other than treasury shares) with the date of
cancellation and shall be retained by or under the control of
the Chief Financial Officer, together with the powers of
attorney to transfer and the assignments of the shares
represented by such certificates, for such period of time as
such officer shall designate.
5.2 Record Ownership. A record of
the name of the person, firm or corporation and address of each
holder of stock, the number of shares of each class and series
represented thereby and the date of issue thereof shall be made
on the Corporations books. The Corporation shall be
entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as
the holder in fact thereof, and accordingly shall not be bound
to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any
share on the part of any person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as required by
applicable law.
5.3 Transfer of Record
Ownership. Transfers of stock shall be made on
the books of the Corporation only by direction of the person
named in the certificate (or book-entry statement) or such
persons attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and
only upon the surrender of the certificate, if any, therefor and
a written assignment of the shares evidenced thereby. Whenever
any transfer of stock shall be made for collateral security, and
not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the
transfer if, when the certificates, if any, are presented to the
Corporation for transfer, both the transferor and transferee
request the Corporation to do so.
5.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates. New certificates or uncertificated
shares representing shares of the stock of the Corporation shall
be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed in such manner and on such terms and
conditions as the Board from time to time may authorize in
accordance with applicable law.
5.5 Transfer Agent; Registrar;
Rules Respecting Certificates. The
Corporation shall maintain one or more transfer offices or
agencies where stock of the Corporation shall be transferable.
The Corporation shall also maintain one or more registry offices
where such stock shall be registered. The Board may make such
rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the
issue, transfer and registration of stock certificates (or
book-entry statements) in accordance with applicable law.
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5.6 Fixing Record Date for Determination of
Shareholders of Record. (a) The Board may
fix, in advance, a date as the record date for the purpose of
determining the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote
at, any meeting of the shareholders or any adjournment thereof,
which record date shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and
which record date shall not be more than sixty days nor less
than ten days before the date of a meeting of the shareholders.
If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for
determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
a shareholders meeting shall be at the close of business
on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or,
if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination
of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record
date for the adjourned meeting and shall fix a new record date
if such adjourned meeting is more than 120 days after the
date of the original meeting. (b) The Board may fix, in
advance, a date as the record date for the purpose of
determining the shareholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or the allotment of any rights,
or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock, or in order to make a
determination of the shareholders for the purpose of any other
lawful action, which record date shall not precede the date upon
which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the
Board, and which record date shall not be more than sixty
calendar days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed
by the Board, the record date for determining the shareholders
for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the
day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.
6. SECURITIES
HELD BY THE CORPORATION.
6.1 Voting. Unless the Board shall
otherwise order, the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the President,
any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any
Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief
Accounting Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer or the
Secretary shall have full power and authority, on behalf of the
Corporation, (i) to attend, act and vote at any meeting of
the shareholders of any corporation in which the Corporation may
hold stock and at such meeting to exercise any or all rights and
powers incident to the ownership of such stock, and to execute
on behalf of the Corporation a proxy or proxies empowering
another or others to act as aforesaid, and (ii) to delegate
to any employee or agent such power and authority.
6.2 General Authorization to Transfer Securities
Held by the Corporation. (a) Any of the
following officers, to wit: the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the
President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice
President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Chief Accounting Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Controller, any Assistant Treasurer, and each of them,
hereby is authorized and empowered (i) to transfer,
convert, endorse, sell, assign, set over and deliver any and all
shares of stock, bonds, debentures, notes, subscription
warrants, stock purchase warrants, evidences of indebtedness, or
other securities now or hereafter standing in the name of or
owned by the Corporation and to make, execute and deliver any
and all written instruments of assignment and transfer necessary
or proper to effectuate the authority hereby conferred, and
(ii) to delegate to any employee or agent such power and
authority.
(b) Whenever there shall be annexed to any instrument of
assignment and transfer executed pursuant to and in accordance
with the foregoing Section 6.2(a), a certificate of the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary in office at the date of
such certificate setting forth the provisions hereof, stating
that they are in full force and effect, setting forth the names
of persons who are then officers of the corporation, and
certifying as to the employees or agents, if any, to whom any
such power and authority have been delegated, all persons to
whom such instrument and annexed certificate shall thereafter
come shall be entitled, without further inquiry or investigation
and regardless of the date of such certificate, to assume and to
act in reliance upon the assumption that (i) the shares of
stock or other securities named in such instrument were
theretofore duly and properly transferred, endorsed, sold,
assigned, set over and delivered by the Corporation, and
(ii) with respect to such securities, the authority of
these provisions of these By-laws and of such officers,
employees and agents is still in full force and effect.
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7. DEPOSITARIES
AND SIGNATORIES.
7.1 Depositaries. The Chairman, any
Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, and
the Treasurer are each authorized to designate depositaries for
the funds of the Corporation deposited in its name or that of a
Division of the Corporation, or both, and the signatories with
respect thereto in each case, and from time to time, to change
such depositaries and signatories, with the same force and
effect as if each such depositary and the signatories with
respect thereto and changes therein had been specifically
designated or authorized by the Board; and each depositary
designated by the Board or by the Chairman, any Vice Chairman,
the President, the Chief Financial Officer, or the Treasurer
shall be entitled to rely upon the certificate of the Secretary
or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or of a Division
of the Corporation setting forth the fact of such designation
and of the appointment of the officers of the Corporation or of
the Division or of both or of other persons who are to be
signatories with respect to the withdrawal of funds deposited
with such depositary, or from time to time the fact of any
change in any depositary or in the signatories with respect
thereto.
7.2 Signatories. Unless otherwise
designated by the Board or by the Chairman, any Vice Chairman,
the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer,
each of whom is authorized to execute any of such items
individually, all notes, drafts, checks, acceptances, orders for
the payment of money and all other negotiable instruments
obligating the Corporation for the payment of money, including
any form of guaranty by the Corporation with respect to any such
item entered into by any direct or indirect subsidiary of the
Corporation, shall be (a) signed by any Assistant Treasurer
and (b) countersigned by the Chief Accounting Officer,
Controller or any Assistant Controller, or (c) either
signed or countersigned by any Executive Vice President, any
Senior Vice President or any Vice President in lieu of either
the officers designated in Clause (a) or the officers
designated in Clause (b) of this Section 7.2.
8. SEAL.
The seal of the Corporation shall be in such form and shall have
such content as the Board shall from time to time determine.
9. FISCAL
YEAR.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31
in each year, or on such other date as the Board shall determine.
10. WAIVER
OF OR DISPENSING WITH NOTICE.
(a) Whenever any notice of the time, place or purpose of
any meeting of the shareholders is required to be given by
applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation or these
By-laws, a
written waiver of notice, signed by a shareholder entitled to
notice of a shareholders meeting, whether by telegraph,
cable or other form of recorded communication, whether signed
before or after the time set for a given meeting, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice of such meeting. The waiver must be
included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records.
Attendance of a shareholder in person or by proxy at a
shareholders meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
to such shareholder of such meeting, except when (i) the
shareholder attends the meeting for the express purpose of
objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of
any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or
convened, or (ii) the shareholder objects to consideration
of a particular matter at the meeting at the time such matter is
presented because it is not within the purpose or purposes
described in the meeting notice.
(b) Whenever any notice of the time or place of any meeting
of the Board or Committee of the Board is required to be given
by applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation or these
By-laws, a
written waiver of notice signed by a Director, whether by
telegraph, cable or other form of recorded communication,
whether signed before or after the time set for a given meeting,
shall be deemed equivalent to notice of such meeting. Unless the
Director is deemed to have waived notice by attending the
meeting, the waiver must be in writing, signed by the Director
entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate
records. Attendance of a Director at a meeting shall constitute
a waiver of notice to such Director of such meeting, unless the
Director at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon the
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Directors arrival) objects to holding the meeting or
transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote
for or assent to action taken at the meeting.
(c) No notice need be given to any person with whom
communication is made unlawful by any law of the United States
or any rule, regulation, proclamation or executive order issued
under any such law.
11. POLITICAL
NONPARTISANSHIP OF THE CORPORATION.
The Corporation shall not make, directly or indirectly, any
contributions or expenditures in connection with the election of
any candidate for federal, state or local political office, or
any committee campaigning for such a candidate, except to the
extent necessary to permit in the United States the expenditure
of corporate assets for the payment of expenses for
establishing, registering and administering any political action
committee and of soliciting contributions thereto, all as may be
authorized by federal or state laws.
12. AMENDMENT
OF BY-LAWS.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.8(a) of these
By-laws,
these
By-laws, or
any of them, may from time to time be supplemented, amended or
repealed, or new
By-laws may
be adopted, by the Board at any regular or special meeting of
the Board, if such supplement, amendment, repeal or adoption is
approved by a majority of the entire Board. These
By-laws, or
any of them, may from time to time be supplemented, amended or
repealed, or new
By-laws may
be adopted, by the shareholders at any regular or special
meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum is present, if
such supplement, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the voting power of all outstanding shares of stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of
directors.
13. OFFICES
AND AGENT.
(a) Registered Office and Agent. The
registered office of the Corporation in the State of Indiana
shall be One North Capitol Avenue, Suite 1180,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. The name of the registered agent is
The Corporation Trust Company. Such registered agent has a
business office identical with such registered office.
(b) Other Offices. The Corporation may
also have offices at other places, either within or outside the
State of Indiana, as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
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CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy
of the By-laws of ITT Corporation, an Indiana corporation, as in
effect on the date hereof.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Corporation.
Dated:
Secretary
2/15/2008
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