Amended and Restated By-Laws of C & H Packaging

EX-3.9 3 dex39.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF C & H PACKAGING Amended and Restated By-Laws of C & H Packaging

Exhibit 3.9

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

C & H PACKAGING COMPANY, INC.

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

Section 1.1. Principal Office. The principal office of the Corporation shall be located at any place either within or without the State of Wisconsin as designated in the Corporation’s most current Annual Report filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions. The executive offices of the Corporation shall be located in the principal office.

Section 1.2. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation, as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the “WBCL”), shall be located within Wisconsin and may, but need not, be the same as any of its places of business. The address of the registered office may be changed from time-to-time.

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

Section 2.1. Annual Shareholder Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held within 90 days after the close of the Corporation’s fiscal year, at such time and date as determined by the Corporation’s Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for the annual meeting of the share-holders, or at any subsequent continuation after adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as is convenient.

Section 2.2. Special Shareholder Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all outstanding votes of the Corporation entitled to be cast on any issue at the meeting.

Section 2.3. Place of Shareholder Meeting . The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place of meeting for any annual or any special meeting of the shareholders, unless all shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting designate, by unanimous written consent, a different place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made by either the directors or unanimous action of the voting shareholders, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Wisconsin.

Section 2.4. Notice of Shareholder Meeting.

2.4.1. Required Notice. Except as otherwise required by the WBCL, written notice stating the date, time and place of each annual or special shareholder meeting shall be delivered not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Board of Directors, or other persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting and to any other shareholder entitled by the WBCL or the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation to receive notice of the meeting. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other forms of wire or wireless communication, including, without limitation, electronic mail, or by mail or private carrier. Written notice to a shareholder shall be deemed to be effective on the earlier of: (a) the date received; (b) the date it is deposited in the United States mail when addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders, with postage prepaid; (c) the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee; (d) the date sent, if transmitted by telegraph, teletype, facsimile, electronic mail, or other form of wire or wireless communication; or (e) the date delivered to a courier or deposited in a designated receptacle, if sent by private carrier, when addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

2.4.2. Adjourned Meeting. If any shareholder meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, and place, if the new date, time, and place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. But, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is, or must be fixed (see Section 2.5), then notice must be given pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.4.1, to those persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.

2.4.3. Waiver of Notice. Any shareholder may waive notice of the meeting (or any notice required by the WBCL, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or By-laws), by a writing signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, which is delivered to the Corporation (either before or after the date and time stated in the notice) for inclusion in the corporate records. A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting, in person or by proxy:

(a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and

(b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting 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.

2.4.4. Contents of Notice. The notice of each special shareholder meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called and such other information as may be required by the WBCL. Except as provided in this Section 2.4.4 or as provided in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, or otherwise in the

WBCL, the notice of an annual shareholder meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

2.4.5. Special Transactions and Dissenters’ Rights. If a purpose of any share-holder meeting is to consider either: (a) a proposed amendment to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (including any restated articles requiring shareholder approval); (b) a plan of merger or share exchange; (c) the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all, or substantially all of the Corporation’s property; (d) the dissolution of the Corporation; or (e) the removal of a director, the notice must so state and must be accompanied by, respectively, a copy or summary of the: (i) articles of amendment; (ii) plan of merger or share exchange; or (iii) a description of the transaction for disposition of all the Corporation’s property and must be given a sufficient number of days in advance of the meeting to comply with the WBCL. If the proposed corporate action creates dissenters’ rights, the notice must state that shareholders are, or may be, entitled to assert dissenters’ rights, and must be accompanied by a copy of Subchapter XIII of the WBCL.

Section 2.5. Fixing of Record Date.

2.5.1. Meetings, Distributions, Etc. For the purpose of determining shareholders of any voting group entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote or take any other action, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any distribution or share dividend, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date. Such record date shall not be more than 70 days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If no record date is so fixed by the Board of Directors for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, or to demand or vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive a share dividend or distribution, the record date for determination of such shareholders shall be at the close of business on:

(a) with respect to an annual shareholder meeting or any special share-holder meeting called by the Board of Directors or any person specifically authorized by the Board of Directors or these By-laws to call a meeting, the day before the first notice is delivered to shareholders;

(b) with respect to a special shareholders’ meeting demanded by the shareholders, the date the first shareholder signs the demand;

(d) with respect to actions taken in writing without a meeting (pursuant to Section 2.11 of this Article II), the date the first shareholder signs a consent; or

(e) with respect to a distribution to shareholders, (other than one involving a purchase, redemption, or other acquisition of the Corporation’s shares), the date the Board of Directors authorizes the distribution.

2.5.2. Adjournment. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any shareholders’ meeting has been made as provided in this Section 2.5, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

Section 2.6. Shareholder List. After fixing a record date for a meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall prepare a list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of the shareholders’ meeting. The list shall be arranged by class or series of shares and show the address of and the number of shares held by each shareholder. The shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder beginning two business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting or any adjournment thereof. The list shall be available at the Corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting is to be held. A shareholder, or his or her agent or attorney, is entitled, on written demand, to inspect and, provided that the shareholder or his or her agent or attorney demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Corporation he or she satisfies the applicable requirements of the WBCL, to copy the list during regular business hours and at his or her expense, during the period it is available for inspection. The Corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting and any shareholder, or his or her agent or attorney, may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting.

Section 2.7. Shareholder Quorum, Voting Requirements and Voting Groups.

2.7.1. Quorum. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares entitled to vote exists with respect to that matter. Unless the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, a By-law adopted under authority granted in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or the WBCL provides otherwise, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter.

2.7.2. Voting Requirements. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, other than for the purpose of objecting to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, 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 the Articles of Incorporation or a By-law adopted under authority granted in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or the WBCL requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

2.7.3. Voting Groups. If the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, a By-law adopted under authority granted in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, or the WBCL provides for voting by a single voting group on a matter, action on that matter is taken when voted upon by that voting group. If the Articles of Incorporation or the

WBCL provides for voting by two or more voting groups on a matter, action on that matter is taken only when voted upon by each of those voting groups counted separately. Action may be taken by one voting group on a matter even though no action is taken by another voting group entitled to vote on the matter.

Section 2.8. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or vote by proxy pursuant to an appointment of proxy that is executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such appointment of a proxy shall be filed before or at the time of the meeting with the Secretary of the Corporation or other person authorized to tabulate votes. No appointment of a proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the appointment of the proxy.

Section 2.9. Voting of Shares.

2.9.1. Generally. Except as provided otherwise in the WBCL or in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.

2.9.2. Shares Held by a Controlled Corporation. No shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the Corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting. The foregoing, however, shall not limit the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

2.9.3. Redeemable Shares. Redeemable shares are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders thereof, and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.

Section 2.10. Corporation’s Acceptance of Votes.

2.10.1. Shareholder Name. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the Corporation, if acting in good faith, is entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the shareholder.

2.10.2. Other Name. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment does not correspond to the name of its shareholder, the Corporation, if acting in good faith, is nevertheless entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the shareholder if:

(a) the shareholder is an entity as defined in the WBCL, and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity;

(b) the name signed purports to be that of a personal representative, administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment;

(c) the name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment;

(d) the name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner, or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the Corporation of the signatory’s authority to sign for the share-holder has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment; or

(e) two or more persons are the shareholder as co-tenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the co-tenants or fiduciaries and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the co-tenants or fiduciaries.

2.10.3. Invalid Signature. The Corporation is entitled to reject a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment if the Secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature or about the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder.

2.10.4. No Liability. The Corporation and its officers or agents who accept or reject a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment in good faith and in accordance with the standards of Article II are not liable in damages to the shareholder for the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.

2.10.5. Presumption of Validity. Corporate action based on the acceptance or rejection of a vote, consent, waiver, or proxy appointment under this Section 2.10 is valid unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise.

Section 2.11. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if one or more written consents, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof and are delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minute book. If the action to be taken requires that notice be given to non-voting shareholders, the Corporation shall give the non-voting shareholders written notice of the proposed action at least 10 days before the action is taken, which notice shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that would have been required if a formal meeting had been called to consider the action. Action taken by consents is effective when the last such written consent is delivered to

the Corporation, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

Section 2.12. Voting for Directors. Except as provided in Section 2.11, above, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. In this Section 2.12 “plurality” means that the individuals with the largest number of votes are elected as directors up to the maximum number of directors to be chosen at the election. Votes cast against a candidate are not given legal effect and are not counted as votes cast in an election of directors.

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.1. General Powers. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.2. Number, Tenure, and Qualifications of Directors. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be three. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier removal or resignation. However, if his term expires, he shall continue to serve until his successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors. Directors need not be residents of the State of Wisconsin or shareholders of the Corporation unless so required by the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

Section 3.3. Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this By-law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The President of the Corporation, or in his absence, the Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place only within the county where this Corporation’s principal office is located for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution. Any such regular meeting may be held by telephone in accordance with Section 3.7, below.

Section 3.4. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any one director. The person authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place only within the county where this Corporation’s principal office is located, for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors. Any such special meeting may be held by telephone in accordance with Section 3.7, below.

Section 3.5. Notice of, and Waiver of Notice for, Special Director Meetings. Notice of meetings, except the regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be given at least five days prior to the date set for any such meeting. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication, including, without limitation, electronic mail, or by mail or private carrier. Written notice shall be deemed to be effective on the earlier of: (a) the date received; (b) the date it is deposited in the United States mail when addressed to the director at his business or home address as it appears in the Corporation’s records with postage prepaid; (c) the date shown on the return

receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, a return receipt was requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee; (d) the date sent, if transmitted by telegraph, teletype, facsimile, electronic mail, or other form of wire or wireless communication; or (e) the date delivered to a courier or deposited in a designated receptacle, if sent by private carrier, when addressed to the director at his business or home address as it appears in the Corporation’s records. Oral notice shall be deemed effective when communicated. Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given to any director of the Corporation under these By-laws, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or the WBCL, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time whether before or after the time of meeting, by the director entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to timely notice. A director’s attendance at, or participation in, a meeting waives any required notice unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of such meeting.

Section 3.6. Director Quorum and Votes.

3.6.1. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors specified in Section 3.2, above, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors.

3.6.2. Votes. The affirmative vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present when the vote is taken shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.7. Meetings; Assent.

3.7.1. Telephonic Meetings. Any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting and all communication during the meeting is immediately transmitted to each participating director and each participating director is able to immediately send messages to all other participating directors. Telephonic meetings satisfying the requirements of this Section 3.7.1, may include, without limitation, meetings held by video-conferencing. If the meeting is to be conducted through the use of any such means of communication all participating directors must be informed that a meeting is taking place at which official business may be transacted. A director participating in a meeting by any such means of communication is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

3.7.2. Presumption of Assent. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (a) he objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his arrival) to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; (b) he dissents or abstains from the action taken and minutes of the meeting are prepared that show his dissent or abstention from the action

taken; (c) he delivers written notice of his dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting; or (d) he dissents or abstains from the action taken and minutes of the meeting are prepared that fail to show his dissent or abstention and he delivers written notice of that failure to the Corporation promptly after receiving the minutes. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

Section 3.8. Director Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all members of the Board of Directors. The action shall be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each director and retained by the Corporation. Action taken by consents is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A signed consent has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

Section 3.9. Removal and Resignation of Directors.

3.9.1. Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors only at a meeting called for that purpose if notice has been given to the shareholders that a purpose of the meeting is such removal. The removal may be with or without cause. If a director is elected by a voting group, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove that director. A director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove him exceeds the number of votes cast against his removal.

3.9.2. Resignation. A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when such notice is delivered to the Corporation unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

Section 3.10. Board of Director Vacancies.

3.10.1. Filling of Vacancies, Generally. Unless the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, the shareholders may fill the vacancy. During such time that the shareholders fail or are unable to fill such vacancies then and until the shareholders act:

(a) the Board of Directors may fill the vacancy; or

(b) if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office.

3.10.2. Vacancy for Director Elected by a Voting Group. If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of that voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders, and only

the remaining directors elected by that voting group may vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors.

3.10.3. Filling of Vacancy Due to Deferred Resignation. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date by reason of a resignation effective at a later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

3.10.4. Term of Replacement Director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. However, if his term expires, he shall continue to serve until his successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

Section 3.11. Director Compensation. Unless the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors, by resolution and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may provide that each director be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and a stated salary as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 3.12. Director Committees.

3.12.1. Creation of Committees. The Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee must have two or more members, who serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

3.12.2. Selection of Members. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of: (a) a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken; (b) the number of directors required by the Articles of Incorporation to take such action; or (c) if none is specified in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the number required by Section 3.6, above, to take action.

3.12.3. Required Procedures. Section 3.3, through 3.8, above, which govern meetings, notice and waiver of notice, quorum and voting, and action without meetings, of the Board of Directors, apply to committees and their members.

3.12.4. Authority. Each committee may exercise those aspects of the authority of the Board of Directors which the Board of Directors confers upon such committee in the resolution creating the committee except that a committee may not do any of the following:

(a) authorize distributions of assets of the Corporation;

(b) approve or propose to shareholders action that the WBCL requires be approved by shareholders;

(c) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees, unless the Board of Directors has specifically granted such authority to the committee;

(d) amend the Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the authority of directors to do so granted by Section 180.1002 of the WBCL or any successor thereto;

(e) adopt, amend, or repeal By-laws;

(f) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

(g) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or

(h) authorize or approve the issuance, sale, or contract for sale of shares or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee or a senior executive officer of the Corporation to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

Section 4.1. Number of Officers. The officers of the Corporation may consist of the offices of president, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary and treasurer, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and assistant officers as it deems necessary. If specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, an officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation.

Section 4.2. Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for a term as determined by the Board of Directors. If no term is specified, they shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after the next annual meeting of shareholders. If the appointment of officers shall not be made at such meeting, such appointment shall be made as soon thereafter as is convenient. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly appointed and shall have been qualified, until his death, or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner provided in Section 4.3 below. The designation of a specified term does not grant to the officer any contract rights, and the Board of Directors may remove the officer at any time prior to the termination of such term.

Section 4.3. Removal of Officers. Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

Section 4.4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any principal office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

Section 4.5. President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall, in general, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors. He or she may sign certificates for shares of the Corporation’s capital stock and deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the Corporation’s regular business or which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-laws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time-to- time. Except as otherwise provided by the WBCL or the Board of Directors, the President may authorize any Vice President or other officer or agent of the Corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or instruments in his place and stead.

Section 4.6. The Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President, if one has been elected (or in the event that there is more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated at the time of their appointment, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their appointment), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may sign certificates for shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, the issuance of which have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.7. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-laws or as required by the WBCL; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of any seal of the Corporation and, if there is a seal of the Corporation, see that it is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) when requested or required, authenticate any records of the Corporation; (e) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder or delegate that responsibility to a stock transfer agent approved by the Board of Directors; (f) sign, with the President or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, the issuance of which has been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (g) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (h) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time-to-time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.8. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for

moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositaries as shall be selected by the Board of Directors; and (c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall require.

Section 4.9. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Secretaries, when authorized by the Board of Directors, may sign with the President or a Vice President certificates for shares of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall require. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors.

Section 4.10. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V. LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 5.1. Mandatory Indemnification. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted or required by Sections 180.0850 through 180.0857, inclusive, of the WBCL, including any amendments thereto (but in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits or require the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than prior to such amendment), indemnify its Directors and Officers against any and all Liabilities and advance any and all reasonable Expenses incurred thereby in any Proceeding to which any Director or Officer is a party because such Director or Officer is a Director or Officer of the Corporation. The Corporation may indemnify its employees and authorized agents, acting within the scope of their duties as such, to the same extent as Directors or Officers hereunder. The rights to indemnification granted hereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to indemnification against Liabilities or the advancement of Expenses that such person may be entitled under any written agreement, board resolution, vote of the shareholders, the WBCL, or otherwise. All capitalized terms used in this Section 5.1 and in Section 5.2, below, and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in Section 180.0850 of the WBCL.

Section 5.2. Permissive Supplementary Benefits. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, supplement the foregoing right to indemnification against liability and advancement of Expenses under Section 5.1, above, by either or both of the following: (a) purchasing insurance on behalf of any one or more of such Directors or Officers, whether or not the Corporation would be obligated to indemnify or advance Expenses to such Director or Officer under Section 5.1 of Article V, above, and (b) entering into individual or group indemnification agreements with any one or more of the persons listed in Section 5.1, above.

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

Section 6.1. Certificates for Shares.

6.1.1. Content. Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall at minimum, state on their face the name of the Corporation and that it is formed under the laws of Wisconsin; the name of the person to whom issued; and the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents, and be in such form as determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed (either manually or by facsimile) by the President or Vice President or any other two officers of the Corporation. Each certificate for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.

6.1.2. Legend as to Class or Series. If the Corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, the designations, relative rights, preferences, and limitations applicable to each class and the variations in rights, preferences, and limitations determined for each class or series (and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for future series) must be summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate may state conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder this information on request, in writing and without charge.

6.1.3. Shareholder List. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented by each stock certificate are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

6.1.4. Transferring Shares. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

Section 6.2. Registration of the Transfer of Shares. Registration of the transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. In order to register a transfer, the record owner shall surrender the shares to the Corporation for cancellation, properly endorsed by the appropriate person or persons with reasonable assurances that the endorsements are genuine and effective. Unless the Corporation has established a procedure by which a beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee is to be recognized by the Corporation as the owner, the person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

Section 6.3. Acquisition of Shares. The Corporation may acquire its own shares and all shares so acquired constitute treasury shares, which shall be considered issued but not outstanding shares, unless: (a) the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation prohibit treasury

shares or prohibit the reissuance of acquired shares or (b) the Board of Directors, by resolution, cancels the acquired shares, in which event the shares are restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares. If the Articles of Incorporation prohibit treasury shares but do not prohibit the reissuance of acquired shares, all of the Corporation’s shares acquired by it shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares. If the Articles of Incorporation prohibit the reissuance of acquired shares, the number of authorized shares of the Corporation is reduced by the number of shares acquired by the Corporation, effective upon amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, including pursuant to articles of amendment adopted by the Board of Directors without shareholder action pursuant to Section 180.0631(3)(b) of the WBCL, which contain the information required thereby or by any successor to Section 180.0631(3)(b) of the WBCL.

ARTICLE VII. DISTRIBUTIONS

The Board of Directors may authorize, and the Corporation may make, distributions, including dividends on its outstanding shares, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by the WBCL and any other applicable law and in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENTS

Section 8.1. By the Board of Directors. The Corporation’s Board of Directors may amend or repeal the Corporation’s By-laws unless:

(a) the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or the WBCL reserve this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part; or

(b) the shareholders in adopting, amending, or repealing a particular By-law provide expressly that the Board of Directors may not amend or repeal that By-law.

Section 8.2. By the Shareholders. The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal the Corporation’s By-laws even though the By-laws may also be amended or repealed by its Board of Directors.

Section 8.3. Implied Amendments. Any action taken or authorized by the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of each voting group entitled to vote thereon or by the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, shall be given the same effect as though the By-laws had been temporarily amended so far as is necessary to permit the specific action so taken or authorized.