0000020212-12-000007.txt : 20120710 0000020212-12-000007.hdr.sgml : 20120710 20120710151508 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000020212-12-000007 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120710 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year FILED AS OF DATE: 20120710 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120710 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHURCHILL DOWNS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000020212 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-RACING, INCLUDING TRACK OPERATION [7948] IRS NUMBER: 610156015 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33998 FILM NUMBER: 12955867 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 N. HURSTBOURNE PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: LOUIVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40222 BUSINESS PHONE: 5026364400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 N. HURSTBOURNE PKWY STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: LOUIVILLE STATE: KY ZIP: 40222 8-K 1 a8-kx7x10x2012.htm AMENDED ARTICLES AND BYLAWS 8-K-7-10-2012
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): July 3, 2012

CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Kentucky
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-33998
(Commission File Number)
61-0156015
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

600 N. Hurstbourne Parkway, Suite 400, Louisville, Kentucky 40222
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (502) 636-4400

700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40208

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



    



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

On March 8, 2012, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Churchill Downs Incorporated (the “Company”) approved Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the “Restated Articles”), subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders. The Company’s disclosure summarizing the changes contained in the Restated Articles as provided in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated May 3, 2012, is incorporated herein by reference. On June 14, 2012, the Company’s shareholders approved the Restated Articles and on July 3, 2012, the Company filed the Restated Articles with the Kentucky Secretary of State.

On March 8, 2012, the Board approved Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Restated Bylaws”), to be effective as of the same date that the Restated Articles become effective. The Restated Bylaws provide for the following changes:

Article I, Section 1 – Offices. This section has been updated to reflect the change of the Company’s principal office address following the relocation to its new corporate headquarters.

Article II, Section 9 – Nature of Business. This section has been updated to add the requirement that a shareholder’s notice of business to be brought before the annual meeting of shareholders or for a nomination of a person to serve as a director of the Company must include disclosure of any derivative positions held by such shareholder and whether any hedging or other transaction has been entered into by such shareholder.

Article IV – Committees of the Board. This article has been updated to reduce the minimum size of each committee of the Board to at least three (3) directors and, because each committee is governed by a charter that is reviewed and updated by the Board each year, this article has been updated to remove certain outdated language that is potentially inconsistent with each committee’s charter.

Article XI – Fidelity Bonds. This article has been removed.

Other immaterial changes. The Restated Bylaws contain certain other ministerial changes to correct typographical errors and clarify or eliminate inconsistent or outdated language, in each case as specifically set forth in the Restated Bylaws. For example, references to “stockholders” were replaced with “shareholders,” the applicable term under Kentucky law.
 
The description of the Restated Articles and Restated Bylaws set forth above is only a summary of the changes and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to this Form 8-K. A copy of the Restated Articles of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein. A copy of the Restated Bylaws of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated by reference herein.










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Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
 
 
 
(d)
 
Exhibits
 
 
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Churchill Downs Incorporated effective July 3, 2012
 
 
 
3.2
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Churchill Downs Incorporated effective July 3, 2012








 

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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.



CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED
    
July 10, 2012
 
By:
/s/ Alan K. Tse
 
 
 
 
Alan K. Tse
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President,
 
 
 
 
General Counsel and Secretary
 







EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
 
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Churchill Downs Incorporated, effective July 3, 2012.
 
 
 
3.2
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Churchill Downs Incorporated, effective July 3, 2012.

 
 


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EX-3.1 2 exhibit31.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Exhibit 3.1


Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED

ARTICLE I

NAME
   
The name of the corporation shall be Churchill Downs Incorporated.

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE AND POWERS

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under Kentucky law.

ARTICLE III

DURATION

The corporation shall have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE IV

PRINCIPAL OFFICE

Until otherwise designated as provided by law, the principal office location and Post Office address of the corporation shall be:

Churchill Downs Incorporated
600 North Hurstbourne, Suite 400
Louisville, Kentucky 40222

ARTICLE V

REGISTERED OFFICE

Until otherwise designated as provided by law, the name and Post Office address of the authorized agent of the corporation upon whom process shall be served shall be:

CT Corporation System
306 W. Main Street, Suite 512
Frankfort, KY 40601



ARTICLE VI

DEBT LIMITATION


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There shall be no limit on the amount of indebtedness which the corporation may incur.

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

The corporation shall be authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock of no par value (the "Common Stock"), and 250,000 shares of preferred stock of no par value in such series and with such rights, preferences and limitations, including voting rights, as the Board of Directors may determine (the "Preferred Stock").

A.    The Common Stock. Shares of the Common Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

B.
The Preferred Stock.

1.    Shares of the Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors of the corporation. Each series shall be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of the Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be different dates from which dividends (if any) thereon shall be cumulative, if made cumulative. The relative preferences, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and limitations thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding. The Board of Directors of the corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of each particular series of the Preferred Stock, the designation, relative preferences, participating, optional and other special rights and limitations thereof, if any, of such series, including but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

[a]    The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of the Preferred Stock which shall constitute the series, which number may be increased (except as otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of Directors;

[b]    The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which dividends, if any, on shares of the series may be paid, the extent of preference or relation, if any, of such dividend to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock of the corporation, or on any series of the Preferred Stock or of any other class of stock of the corporation, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;

[c]    The right, if any, of the holders of shares of the series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes of stock of the corporation, or of any series of the Preferred Stock and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

[d]    Whether shares of the series shall be subject to redemption and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which shares of the series may be redeemed;

[e]    The rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding up of the corporation;


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[f]    The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for shares of the series; and

[g]    The voting powers, if any, of the holders of shares of the series which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, include the right, voting as a series by itself or together with other series of the Preferred Stock as a class, to vote more or less than one vote per share on any or all matters voted upon by the shareholders and to elect one or more directors of the corporation in the event there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of the Preferred Stock or under such other circumstances and upon such conditions as the Board of Directors may fix.

C.
Other Provisions.

1.    The relative preferences, rights and limitations of each Series of Preferred Stock in relation to the preferences, rights and limitations of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in this Article VII, and the consent by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of the Preferred Stock of such of the series of the Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether the preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in such resolution or resolutions adopted with respect to any series of Preferred Stock that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other Series of Preferred Stock.

2.    Subject to the provisions of Subparagraph 1 of this Paragraph C, shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.


D.
Preferences And Rights Of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock

The voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, are as follows:

Section 1.Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 50,000.
Section 2.Dividends and Distributions.
A.Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of preferred stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last business day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $10.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable

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in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock, without par value, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after March 13, 2008 (the “Rights Declaration Date”) (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
B.    The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Paragraph (A) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10.00 per share on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.
C.    Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
Section 3.Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:
A.    Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common

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Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
B.    Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Corporation.
C.    If at any time dividends on any Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a period (herein called a “default period”) which shall extend until such time when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment. During each default period, all holders of Preferred Stock (including holders of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock) with dividends in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, voting as a class, irrespective of series, shall have the right to elect two (2) directors.
(i)During any default period, such voting right of the holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a special meeting called pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 3(C) or at any annual meeting of shareholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of shareholders, provided that such voting right shall not be exercised unless the holders of ten percent (10%) in number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders of Preferred Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the holders of Preferred Stock shall exercise such voting right initially during an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect directors to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board of Directors as may then exist up to two (2) directors or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to elect two (2) directors. If the number which may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required number. After the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect directors in any default period and during the continuance of such period, the number of directors shall not be increased or decreased except by vote of the holders of Preferred Stock as herein provided or pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.
(ii)Unless the holders of Preferred Stock shall, during an existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any shareholder or shareholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may request, the calling of a special meeting of the holders of Preferred Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the President, a Vice President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any annual meeting at which holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote pursuant to this Paragraph (C)(iii) shall be given to each holder of record of Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than twenty (20) days and not later than sixty (60) days after such order or request or in default of the calling of such meeting within sixty (60) days after such order or request, such meeting may be called on similar notice by any shareholder or shareholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph (C)(iii), no such special meeting shall be called during the period within sixty (60) days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the shareholders.

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(iii)In any default period, the holders of Common Stock, and other classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall continue to be entitled to elect the whole number of directors until the holders of Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect two (2) directors voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the directors so elected by the holders of Preferred Stock shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the Board of Directors may (except as provided in Paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3) be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining directors theretofore elected by the holders of the class of stock which elected the director whose office shall have become vacant. References in this Paragraph (C) to directors elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall include directors elected by such directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.
(iv)Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the right of the holders of Preferred Stock as a class to elect directors shall cease, (y) the term of any directors elected by the holders of Preferred Stock as a class shall terminate, and (z) the number of directors shall be such number as may be provided for in the Amended Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3 (such number being subject, however, to change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the Amended Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors.
D.    Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.
Section 4.Certain Restrictions.Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:
(i)    declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock;
(ii)    declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii)    redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock; or
(iv)    purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after

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consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.
A.The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under Paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
Section 5.    Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.
Section 6.    Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
A.    Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have received an amount equal to $1,000 per share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the “Series A Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference by (ii) 1,000 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph (C) below to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii), the “Adjustment Number”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect to such Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.
B.    In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock.
C.    In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common

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Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section 7.    Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section 8.    Redemption. The shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be redeemable at a price equal to the product of (a) the current market price of the Common Stock and (b) the Adjustment Number.
Section 9.    Ranking. The Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock which may be issued from time to time as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise.
Section 10.    Amendment. At any time when any shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock are outstanding, neither the Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation nor these Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class.
Section 11.    Fractional Shares. Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.


ARTICLE VIII
VOTING RIGHTS OF COMMON STOCK
In shareholders' meetings each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in his name on the books of the corporation. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock of the corporation shall constitute a quorum at all shareholders' meetings.


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ARTICLE IX

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

No holder of any shares of capital stock of the corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, issued or outstanding, shall be entitled to a preemptive right to acquire unissued or treasury shares or securities convertible into such shares or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares or any rights or options to purchase shares of the corporation.

ARTICLE X
DIRECTORS
The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors the exact number of which is to be determined by affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors.
At each annual meeting of shareholders, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director shall hold office until the annual meeting of the year in which his term expires and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, and any other vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his predecessor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of these Articles of Incorporation applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article X unless expressly provided by such terms.
Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office without cause by the affirmative vote of eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation, voting together as a single class.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles or the bylaws of the corporation and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage or separate class vote may be specified by law, these Articles or the bylaws of the corporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provisions inconsistent with, this Article X, unless such action has been previously approved by a three-fourths vote of the whole

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Board of Directors.

ARTICLE XI

ELIMINATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

No director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of his duties as a director except for liability:

[a]
For any transaction in which the director’s personal financial interest is in conflict with the financial interest of the corporation or its shareholders;

[b]
For acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or are known to the director to be a violation of law;

[c]
For distributions made in violation of the Kentucky Revised Statutes; or

[d]
For any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.

If the Kentucky Revised Statutes are amended after approval by the shareholders of this Article to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article XI by the shareholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE XII

SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Special meetings of the shareholders of the corporation may be called only by:

[a]
The Board of Directors; or

[b]
The holders of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of all shares entitled to cast votes on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting upon such holders signing, dating and delivering to the corporation’s Secretary one or more written demands for the meeting, including a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

ARTICLE XIII

REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

A.    For the purposes of this Article XIII:
1.    “Affiliate” or “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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2.    “Market Price” means the average of the last sale prices of a Voting Security on the Nasdaq Stock Market for each of the 15 consecutive trading days (the “Valuation Period”) commencing 16 trading days prior to the date in question; provided that if such Voting Security is not listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act on which such Voting Security is listed, or, if such Voting Security is not listed on any such exchange, the average of the closing bid quotations with respect to such a Voting Security during the Valuation Period on any system then in use, or if no such quotations are available, the fair market value of such a Voting Security on the date in question as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.
3.    A “person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity.
4.    A person shall be a “beneficial owner” of any Voting Securities:
[a]    which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly; or
[b]    which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (a) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (b) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; or
[c]    which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any Voting Securities.
5.    “Purchase Price” means the price paid to acquire a share of Voting Securities, exclusive of commissions, taxes and other fees and expenses, adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares or similar event.
6.    “Regulation” shall mean any statute, rule, regulation, order, ordinance or interpretation of a Regulatory Authority.
7.    “Regulatory Authority” shall mean any government, court, or federal, state, local, international or foreign governmental, administrative or regulatory and licensing body, agency, authority or official, which regulates, has authority over, or otherwise asserts jurisdiction over current or proposed gaming or pari-mutuel wagering activities, operations or facilities conducted by the corporation or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates.
8.    “Voting Securities” shall mean any shares of the corporation’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
B.    All Voting Securities of the corporation shall be held subject to the applicable provisions of all Regulations. If any person which beneficially owns Voting Securities of the corporation is requested or required pursuant to any Regulations to appear before, or submit to the jurisdiction of, or provide information to, any Regulatory Authority and either refuses to do so or otherwise fails to comply with such request or requirement within a reasonable period of time, or is determined or shall have been determined by any Regulatory Authority not to be suitable or qualified with respect to the beneficial ownership of Voting Securities of the corporation, then at the election of the corporation (unless otherwise required by any Regulatory Authority or Regulation): (i) each such person by owning such Voting Securities in the corporation

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hereby agrees to sell to the corporation and the corporation shall have the absolute right in its sole discretion to repurchase, any or all of the Voting Securities of the corporation beneficially owned by such person at a price determined pursuant to this Article XIII; or (ii) each such person owning such Voting Securities in the corporation hereby agrees to otherwise dispose of his or her interest in the corporation within the 120 day period commencing on the date on which the corporation receives notice from a Regulatory Authority of such holder’s unsuitability or disqualification (or an earlier time if so required by a Regulatory Authority or any Regulation) and the corporation shall have no obligation to repurchase any or all of the Voting Securities of the corporation beneficially owned by such person. The operation of this Article XIII shall not be stayed by an appeal from a determination of any Regulatory Authority. A majority of the whole Board of Directors shall have the power and duty to determine, for the purposes of this Article XIII, on the basis of information known to it after reasonable inquiry, whether clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph B applies to any person who beneficially owns Voting Securities of the corporation such that the corporation shall have the right to repurchase shares of Voting Securities held by such person or require the disposition of such person’s interest in the corporation pursuant to this Article XIII.
C.    If the corporation intends to repurchase Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph B hereof, it shall notify the person in writing (the “Purchase Notice”) of such intention, specifying the Voting Securities to be repurchased, the date, time and place when such repurchase will be consummated (the “Purchase Date”), which date in no event will be earlier than three business days after the date of such notice, and the price at which such Voting Securities will be repurchased (it being sufficient for the purposes of this Article XIII for the corporation to indicate generally that the price will be determined in accordance with paragraph D hereof). The Purchase Notice shall be deemed to constitute a binding agreement on the part of the corporation to repurchase, and on the part of the person notified to sell, the Voting Securities referred to in the Purchase Notice in accordance with this Article XIII. Following the Purchase Date (or any earlier date if required by any Regulatory Authority or Regulation), no dividends will be payable on and no voting rights will be available to the holders of any Voting Securities covered by such Purchase Notice which has not been duly delivered by the holder thereof for repurchase by the corporation. If, following such Purchase Date, any Voting Securities with respect to which a Purchase Notice has been given have not been duly delivered by the holder thereof for repurchase by the corporation, the corporation shall deposit in escrow or otherwise hold in trust for the benefit of such holder an amount equal to the aggregate Market Price of the stock to be repurchased, except that to the extent New Shares (as hereafter defined) are to be repurchased and the Purchase Price thereof shall have been publicly disclosed or otherwise made available to the corporation, the amount deposited in escrow or otherwise segregated with respect to such New Shares may be the lesser of the Market Price thereof on the date of the Purchase Notice and the Purchase Price thereof. The establishment of such an account shall in no way alter the amount otherwise payable to any person pursuant to this Article XIII. No interest shall be paid on or accrue with respect to any amount so deposited or held.
D.    1.    In the event that the person to whom a Purchase Notice is directed pursuant to paragraph C hereof has acquired beneficial ownership of Voting Securities within the 24-month period terminating on the date of such Purchase Notice (“New Shares”), the price at which the corporation shall repurchase such New Shares covered by the Purchase Notice shall be the lesser of the Market Price thereof on the date of such Purchase Notice and the Purchase Price thereof.
2.    In the event that the person to whom a Purchase Notice is directed pursuant to paragraph C hereof has acquired beneficial ownership of any or all of its Voting Securities prior to the 24-month period terminating on the date of such Purchase Notice (“Old Shares”), the price at which the corporation shall repurchase such Old Shares covered by the Purchase Notice shall be the Market Price thereof on the date of the Purchase Notice.

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3.    The corporation shall have the option in its sole discretion of designating which of the Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph B hereof are subject to the Purchase Notice and, for purposes hereof, it shall be sufficient for the corporation to indicate generally that Voting Securities shall be repurchased based on the order in which they were purchased or based on the reverse of such order.
4.    Any person to whom a Purchase Notice is given pursuant to the provisions of this Article XIII shall have the burden of establishing to the satisfaction of the corporation the dates on which and prices at which such person acquired the Voting Securities subject to the Purchase Notice.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTING THAT THE CORPORATION BE SUBJECT GENERALLY, WITHOUT QUALIFICATION OR LIMITATION, TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF KRS 271B.12-210.
On June 11, 1999, Churchill Downs Incorporated (the “Corporation”) executed Articles of Amendment in which it attached to its Articles of Incorporation the following resolutions that were adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation:
WHEREAS, there may be uncertainty as to whether the provisions of the Kentucky Business Combinations statute, KRS 271B.12-210 to 271B.12-230, apply to the Corporation by virtue of the provisions of KRS 271B.12-220(4)(a) and pursuant to the provisions of that subsection, the Board of Directors of the Corporation desired to elect by resolution, adopted by all of the continuing directors of the Corporation, to be subject generally, without qualification or limitation, to the requirements of KRS 271B.12-210;
RESOLVED, that the Corporation be subject generally, without qualification or limitation, to the requirements of KRS 271B.12-210 and the officers of the Corporation are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to give effect to this resolution, including, without limitation, making any filings required by statute or regulation, including filing articles of amendment to the articles of incorporation of the Corporation including a copy of this resolution making this election;
RESOLVED, that any and all actions heretofore taken by the officers of the Corporation in connection with the above resolution, in the name of or on behalf of the Corporation, be and hereby are approved, ratified and confirmed.


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EX-3.2 3 exhibit32.htm BYLAWS Exhibit 3.2



Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF
CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED

ARTICLE I
OFFICE AND SEAL

SECTION 1. OFFICES. The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Kentucky shall be located at 600 North Hurstbourne, Suite 400, Louisville, Kentucky. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Kentucky, as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time.

SECTION 2. THE CORPORATE SEAL. The Seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form, mounted upon a metal die suitable for impressing same upon paper, and along the upper periphery of the seal shall appear the word "Churchill Downs" and along the lower periphery thereof the word "Kentucky". The center of the seal shall contain the word "Incorporated".

ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS AND RECORD DATES

SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETING. The date of the annual meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be established by the Board of Directors, but shall not be later than 180 days following the end of the Corporation's fiscal year. If the election of Directors shall not be held on the day designated for any annual meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders to be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient.

SECTION 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by holders of not less than 662/3% of all shares entitled to vote at the meeting, or by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. PLACE OF MEETING. The Board of Directors may designate any place within or without the State of Kentucky as the place of meeting for any annual meeting of shareholders, or any place either within or without the State of Kentucky as the place of meeting for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors.

If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be called by other than the Board of Directors, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Kentucky.


SECTION 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with first class postage thereon prepaid.


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SECTION 5. RECORD DATE. The Corporation's record date shall be fixed by the Board of Directors for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive any distribution. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided herein, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

SECTION 6. VOTING LISTS AND SHARE LEDGER. The Secretary shall prepare a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting, or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each shareholder, which list shall be produced and kept open at the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the meeting. The original share ledger or stock transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this State, shall be prima facie evidence as to the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share ledger or stock transfer book, or the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders or to receive any dividend.

SECTION 7. QUORUM. A majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business at any adjourned meeting, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

SECTION 8. PROXIES. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy. An appointment of a proxy shall be executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact and be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting.

SECTION 9. NATURE OF BUSINESS. At any meeting of shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any shareholder who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 9.

No business may be transacted at any meeting of shareholders, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before such meeting of shareholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) in the case of any annual meeting of shareholders or a special meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, otherwise properly brought before such meeting by any shareholder (i) who is a shareholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 9 and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting of shareholders and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before any annual meeting of shareholders by a shareholder, or for a nomination of a person to serve as a Director, to be made by a shareholder, such shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary.

To be timely, a shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered or mailed to and be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of the annual meeting of shareholders, not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting of shareholders is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder, in order to be timely, must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting of shareholders was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (b) in the case of a special meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors,

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not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting of shareholders was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such meeting was made, whichever first occurs.

To be in proper written form, a shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter (including nominations) such shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting of shareholders (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting the business at the meeting, (b) the name and record address of such shareholder, (c) (i) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record by such shareholder as of the record date for the meeting (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice and (ii) any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the shareholder and whether and to the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, without limitation, any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss or to manage risk of benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, the shareholder with respect to shares of capital stock of the Corporation (which information described in this clause (c) shall be supplemented by the shareholder not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date, (d) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such shareholder and any material interest of such shareholder in such business, (e) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person and (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record by the person as of the record date for the meeting (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice, (f) any other information which would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitations of proxies for the proposal (including, if applicable, with respect to the election of directors) pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder if such shareholder were engaged in such solicitation, and (g) a representation that such shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such business before the meeting. Any notice concerning the nomination of a person for election as a director must be accompanied by a written consent of the proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

No business shall be conducted and no person shall be eligible for election as a Director at any annual meeting of shareholders or a special meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors except business or nominations brought before such meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 9; provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any shareholder of any such business. If the chairman of the meeting of shareholders determines that business was not properly brought before such meeting, or a nomination was not properly made, as the case may be, in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that (a) the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted, or, if applicable, (b) the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. GENERAL POWERS. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be

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managed by a Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. NUMBER AND TENURE. The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors but shall not be less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15). The exact number of Directors shall be determined from time to time either by a resolution or bylaw duly adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall be and is divided into three classes: Class I, Class II, and Class III, which shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. Each director shall hold office for a term of three (3) years or until his successor shall have been elected and qualifies for the office, whichever period is longer. Each Director shall become a Director Emeritus upon expiration of his current term following the date the Director may no longer be qualified for election as a Director due to age pursuant to any mandatory retirement age requirement adopted by the Corporation. A Director Emeritus shall not be permitted to vote on matters brought before the Board of Directors or any committee thereof and shall not be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum of the Board of Directors or the committee is present and shall not have any of the responsibilities of a Director, nor any of a Director’s rights, powers or privileges. References in these Bylaws to “Directors” shall not mean or include Director Emeriti.

SECTION 3. LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR. At any time the Chairman of the Board is not independent as that term is defined under the then applicable rules and regulations of each national securities exchange upon which shares of the stock of the Corporation are listed for trading and of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the independent directors may designate from among them a Lead Independent Director having the duties and responsibilities set forth in the applicable rules of each such national securities exchange and as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors from time to time.

SECTION 4. REGULAR MEETINGS. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw, immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of Kentucky, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

SECTION 5. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board, the Lead Independent Director, or the majority of the Board of Directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Kentucky, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 6. NOTICE. Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by notice delivered personally, by mail, facsimile, email or other means of electronic communication, by telegraph or by telephone. If mailed, such notice shall be given at least five (5) days prior thereto and such mailed notice shall be deemed to have been delivered upon the earlier of receipt or five (5) days after it is deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope so addressed, with first class postage thereon prepaid. If notice is given by telegram, it shall be delivered at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the special meeting and such telegram notice shall be deemed to have been delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Personal notice, notice by means of electronic communication and notice by telephone shall be given at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the special meeting and shall be deemed delivered upon receipt. Any Director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a Director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. 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 notice of such meeting.


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SECTION 7. QUORUM. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that if less than a majority of the Directors are present at said meeting, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

SECTION 8. MANNER OF ACTING. The act of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 9. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, and the director elected to fill such vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred and until the director’s successor is elected and qualified.

SECTION 10. WRITTEN ACTION. Any action required or permitted to be taken of the Board of Directors or of a committee of the Board, may be taken without a meeting if a consent, in writing, setting forth action so taken shall be signed by all of the Directors, or all of the members of the committee, as the case may be.

SECTION 11. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee designated by the Board may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear or speak to each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

SECTION 12. NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 9 of Article II of these Bylaws shall be eligible for election as Directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation with respect to the right of holders of preferred stock of the Corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of Directors in certain circumstances.

ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

SECTION 1. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors shall have authority to establish such committees as it may consider necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business. The Board of Directors may delegate any action to a committee except for certain actions prohibited to be taken by committees under Kentucky law. All committees so established shall keep minutes of every meeting thereof and such minutes shall be submitted at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, and any action taken by the Board with respect thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the Board. Each committee so established shall elect a Chairman of the committee. On all committees where the Lead Independent Director of the Board is not appointed as a voting member, the Lead Independent Director of the Board shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of that committee. A majority in membership of any committee shall constitute a quorum.

SECTION 2. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors shall appoint and establish an Executive Committee composed of at least three (3) Directors who shall be appointed by the Board annually. The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise when the Board of Directors is not in session, all of the authority of the Board of Directors that may lawfully be delegated; provided, however, the Executive Committee shall not have the power to enter into any employment agreement with the Chief

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Executive Officer of the Corporation without the specific approval and ratification of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors shall appoint and establish an Audit Committee composed of at least three (3) Directors, none of whom shall be officers, who shall be appointed by the Board annually.

SECTION 4. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors shall appoint and establish a Compensation Committee to be composed of at least three (3) Directors who shall be appointed by the Board annually.

SECTION 5. THE NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors shall appoint and establish a Nominating and Governance Committee to be composed of at least three (3) Directors who may be appointed by the Board annually.

SECTION 6. NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS. Notice of all meetings by the committees established in this Article shall be given in accordance with the special meeting notice section, Article III, Section 6, of these Bylaws.

ARTICLE V
OFFICERS

SECTION 1. OFFICES. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers and agents as may be provided by the Board and elected in accordance with the provisions of this Article. Any of the offices may be combined in one person in accordance with the provisions of law. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be a member of the Board but none of the other officers is required to be a member of the Board.

SECTION 2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board held after each annual meeting of shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed from office in the manner hereinafter provided.

SECTION 3. REMOVAL. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Chief Executive Officer whenever in his judgment the best interest of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed and shall be subject always to supervision and control of the Board of Directors. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contractual rights.

SECTION 4. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall call to order and preside at all shareholders' meetings and at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall perform such other duties as he may be authorized to perform by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, shall have general and overall charge of the business and affairs of the Corporation and of its officers. The Chief Executive Officer shall keep the Board of Directors appropriately informed on the business and affairs of the Corporation.

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In the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in the event of the death or incapacity of the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Lead Independent Director’s right to preside over Board meetings at which the Chairman is not present, shall perform the duties of the Chairman until a successor Chairman is elected or until the incapacity of the Chairman terminates. The Chief Executive Officer shall have full power to employ and cause to be employed and to discharge and cause to be discharged all employees of the Corporation, subject always to supervision and control of the Board of Directors. When authorized so to do by the Board of Directors, he shall execute contracts and other documents for and on behalf of the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend, act and vote at any meeting of shareholders of any corporation in which this Corporation may hold stock. He shall perform such other duties as may be specified in the Bylaws and such other duties as he may be authorized to perform by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 6. PRESIDENT. The President, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and subject to the supervision and authority of the Chief Executive Officer, shall supervise and control business operations and affairs of the Corporation as delegated by the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, or in the event of the death or incapacity of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer until a successor Chief Executive Officer is elected or until the incapacity of the Chief Executive Officer terminates.

SECTION 7. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT. In the case of the death of the President or in the event of his inability to act, the Executive Vice President designated by the Board shall perform the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the President. The Executive Vice President shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 8. TREASURER. The Treasurer, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and together with the President, shall have general supervision of the finances of the Corporation. He shall have care and custody of and be responsible for all moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever and deposit such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. The Treasurer shall have the care of, and be responsible for all securities, evidences of value and corporate instruments of the Corporation, and shall supervise the officers and other persons authorized to bank, handle and disburse its funds, informing himself as to whether all deposits are or have been duly made and all expenditures duly authorized and evidenced by proper receipts and vouchers. He shall cause full and accurate books to be kept, showing the transactions of the Corporation, its accounts, assets, liabilities and financial condition, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of any Director, and he shall make due reports to the Board of Directors and the shareholders, and such statements and reports as are required of him by law. Subject to the Board of Directors, he shall have such other powers and duties as are incident to his office and not inconsistent with the Bylaws, or as may be assigned to him at any time by the Board.

SECTION 9. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors, make a record of the business transacted and record same in one or more books kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall see that the Stock Transfer Agent of the Corporation keeps proper records of all transfers, cancellations and reissues of stock of the Corporation and shall keep a list of the shareholders of the Corporation in alphabetical order, showing the Post Office address and number of shares owned by each. The Secretary shall also keep and have custody of the seal of the Corporation and when so directed and authorized by the Board of Directors shall affix such seal to instruments requiring same. The Secretary shall be responsible for authenticating records of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may be specified in the Bylaws or as he may be authorized to perform by the Board of Directors.


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SECTION 10. VICE PRESIDENTS. There may be additional Vice Presidents elected by the Board of Directors who shall have such responsibilities, powers and duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

SECTION 1. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or agreement or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 2. LOANS. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. CHECKS, DRAFTS, ORDERS, ETC. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents, of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. DEPOSITS. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. The shares of the Corporation may be represented by certificates or may be uncertificated. Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be in the name of the Corporation and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President or Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. 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 nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the person were such officer at the date of issue. Where any such certificate is manually countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar (other than the Corporation itself or an employee of the Corporation), any of the other signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled, and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for all like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in the 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 2. RECORDS. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its shareholders, as required by applicable law. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation.
SECTION 3. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made

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only on the books of the Corporation by the registered shareholder thereof, or by the registered shareholder's attorney thereunto duly authorized by written power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or with a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 4 of this Article, and on the surrender of any certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed.
SECTION 4. REGULATIONS. The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may appoint or authorize any officer or officers to appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the 1st day of January and end on the 31st day of December.

ARTICLE IX
WAIVER OF NOTICE

Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws, or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, or under the provisions of the corporation laws of the State of Kentucky, waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person, or persons, entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
 
SECTION 1. INDEMNIFICATION. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each Director and officer of the Corporation, and may indemnify and hold harmless any other employee or agent of the Corporation, who is, was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal (hereafter a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving the Corporation or any other legal entity in any capacity (including, without limitation, as a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, employee benefit plan or other enterprise) at the request of the Corporation, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses incurred by such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Corporation, however, shall not be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer of a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation to the same extent it is required to indemnify Directors and officers of the Corporation hereunder both as to action in such person’s capacity as a director or officer of a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

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For purposes of this Article, a person whose duties to the Corporation also involve duties or services to an employee benefit plan or its participants shall be deemed serving the employee benefit plan at the request of the Corporation.
The liabilities and expenses subject to indemnification hereunder include any obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan) or expenses incurred with respect to a Proceeding, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

SECTION 2. PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or Director of the Corporation or an officer or director of a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of such expenses shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified. Payment of such expenses incurred by other employees and agents of the Corporation may be made by the Board of Directors in its discretion upon such terms and conditions, if any, as it deems appropriate.
SECTION 3. CLAIMS. (a) If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses (including attorneys’ fees) under this Article is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article or otherwise.
(b) If the Corporation brings suit to recover an advance of expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the recipient was not entitled to the advance under this Article or otherwise.
(c) In any suit brought by a person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not a suit brought by a person seeking to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses hereunder), it shall be a defense that the person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification has not met any applicable standard for indemnification under applicable law. With respect to any suit brought by a person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification or right to advancement of expenses hereunder or any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), neither (i) the failure of the Corporation to have made a determination prior to commencement of such suit that indemnification of such person is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standards of conduct under applicable law, nor (ii) an actual determination by the Corporation that such person has not met such applicable standards of conduct, shall create a presumption that such person has not met the applicable standards of conduct or, in a case brought by such person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification, be a defense to such suit.
SECTION 4. NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS; CONTINUATION. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided in this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights to which any person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, general or specific action of the Board of Directors, vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation and shall extend to and inure to the benefit of the estate or personal representative of such person.
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indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who is, was or is threatened to be made a defendant or respondent to any Proceeding, in such amounts, on such terms and conditions, and based upon such standards of conduct as the Board of Directors may deem to be in the best interests of the Corporation.
SECTION 5. INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation in any capacity with another legal entity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or provisions of this Article shall be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph or clause containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph or clause containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable.
SECTION 7. AMENDMENT OR REPEAL. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

The Board of Directors may alter, amend or rescind these Bylaws, subject to the right of the shareholders to repeal or modify such actions.



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