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AMENDED AND RESTATED CODE OF REGULATIONS
OF
DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED
ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE AND TRANSFER OF SHARES
Section 1 - Certificates; Registrar and Transfer Agent
The Board of Directors shall have authority to make such rules and regulations as it deems expedient
concerning the issuance, transfer and registration of certificates for shares and the shares represented thereby. The
Board of Directors may at any time, by Resolution, provide for the opening of transfer books for the making and
registration of transfers of shares of this corporation in any State of the United States or in any foreign country, and
may employ and appoint and remove, at discretion, any agent or agents to keep the records of its shares or to transfer
or to register shares, or to perform all of said functions, at any place that the Board of Directors may deem advisable.
Section 2 - Transfers of Shares
Transfers of Shares shall be made only on the books of the corporation at the office thereof, or at the office
of any Registrar and Transfer Agent that may at any time be appointed by the Board of Directors for that purpose,
upon surrender of the certificates (or other appropriate evidence if shares are uncertificated) to be transferred,
properly assigned, evidencing the number of shares so transferred. Certificates so surrendered shall be cancelled and
attached to the stubs corresponding thereto in the stock certificate book, and notations of such cancellation made in
proper books kept by the corporation or by such Registrar and Transfer Agent.
Section 3 - Record Date and Closing Transfer Books
The Board of Directors may fix a date, which shall not be a past date and which shall not be more than
sixty days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date fixed for payment of any dividend or
distribution, or the date for the allotment of rights, or (subject to contract rights with respect thereto) the date when
any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall be made or go into effect, or the date as of which written
consents, waivers or releases are to be obtained from shareholders under any applicable provisions of law, or the
date when or prior whereto any rights or powers are to be exercised by shareholders, as a record date for the
determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any such meeting or any adjournments thereof,
or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution, or to receive any such allotment of rights, or to
exercise rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares, or to execute such consents, waivers
or releases, or to exercise any such rights or powers of shareholders; and in any such case, only shareholders of
record at the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, or any adjournments thereof, or
to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution, or to receive any such allotment of rights, or to exercise any
such rights or powers, or to execute such consents, waivers or releases, as the case may be, notwithstanding any
transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after any record date fixed as aforesaid. The Board of
Directors may close the books of the corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of said
period, including the time of any such meetings of shareholders or any adjournments thereof.
Section 4 - Lost, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates
If any Certificate of shares of this corporation shall become worn, defaced or mutilated, the Directors, upon
production and surrender thereof, may order the same cancelled and a new certificate issued in lieu thereof. If any
such certificate be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Directors, upon the furnishing of such evidence as shall be
satisfactory to them of such loss, stealing or destruction, and upon the giving of such indemnity as they shall deem
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satisfactory, may order a new certificate to be issued in lieu of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate to the person
last appearing upon the books of the corporation to be the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1 - Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of this corporation shall be held at such time and place, within or
without the State of Ohio, as may be designated by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of a designation by the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the
Secretary, and stated in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone and reschedule any previously
scheduled annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board of Directors may also determine that the Annual Meeting
shall not be held at any physical place, but instead may be held solely by means of communications equipment that
enables the shareholders (and proxyholders) to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the
shareholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting and to speak or otherwise
participate in the proceedings contemporaneously with other participants. Any shareholder using communications
equipment will be deemed present in person at the meeting whether the meeting is to be held at a designated place or
solely by means of communications equipment. The Board of Directors may adopt guidelines and procedures for the
use of communications equipment in connection with a meeting of shareholders to permit the corporation to verify
that a person is a shareholder or proxyholder and to maintain a record of any vote or other action.
Section 2 - Special Meetings
Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President or by the Board of Directors or by written order of a majority of the Directors or by the Executive
Committee, if there be one, or by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Vice
President, or the Secretary, when requested in writing by the holders of a majority of the shares of the corporation at
the time entitled to exercise voting power in the election of Directors. No such special meeting shall be held
elsewhere than at the principal office of the corporation nor outside the State of Ohio unless so ordered by a
resolution of the Board of Directors or by the written order of all the Directors designating the place of such meeting
or designating that the meeting will be held by means of communications equipment.
Section 3 - Notice of Meetings
Written notice of every annual or special meeting of shareholders, stating the time when and place where
the same is to be held, if any, the purpose or purposes thereof, and the means, if any, by which shareholders can be
present and vote at the meeting through the use of communications equipment, shall be given to each shareholder of
record entitled to vote at such meeting or to receive notice thereof either by personal delivery or by mail, overnight
delivery service, or any other means of communication authorized by the shareholder to whom the notice is given,
not more than sixty (60) days nor less than seven (7) days before such meeting. If mailed or sent by overnight
delivery service, the notice shall be directed to a shareholder at his address last appearing upon the records of the
corporation. If sent by other means of communication authorized by the shareholder, the notice shall be sent to the
address furnished by the shareholder for such transmissions. In the event of the transfer of shares after notice has
been given, and prior to the holding of the meeting, it shall not be necessary to notify the transferee; and if any
meeting is adjourned to another time or place, no further notice as to such adjourned meeting need be given other
than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken, even though such adjournment be taken
for want of a quorum. Whenever notice of any such meeting shall have been provided as hereby required, failure of
delivery thereof to any shareholder shall not invalidate or affect any annual or special meeting or any proceedings
had or action taken thereat. Any shareholder may, in writing, waive any notice hereby required.
Section 4 - Quorum
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the
“Articles of Incorporation”), the shareholders present in person, by proxy, or by the use of communications
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equipment at any meeting held for the determination of the number of Directors or the election of Directors, or for
consideration and action upon reports required to be laid before such meeting, shall constitute a quorum for the
purpose of transacting such business as aforesaid; but at any meeting of shareholders called for any other purpose, or
for consideration of and action upon any matters other than those herein before mentioned, the presence in person,
by proxy, or by the use of communications equipment of holders of a majority in number of shares issued and
outstanding and entitled to exercise voting power at such meeting, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of such business. Whether or not a quorum is present at any meeting, the shareholders present in person,
by proxy, or by the use of communications equipment, by the vote of a majority of the voting power represented by
those so present, may adjourn the meeting to a time fixed by such vote without other notice than the announcement
made following the vote.
Section 5 - Voting
Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or this Amended and Restated
Code of Regulations, at any meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present, a majority of the votes cast,
whether in person or by proxy, on any matter properly brought before such meeting in accordance with Article II
Section 6 will be the act of the shareholders. An abstention shall not represent a vote cast. Every proxy must be in a
form permitted by chapter 1701 of the Ohio Revised Code. A shareholder may revoke any proxy that is not
irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the corporation of a verifiable
notification of revocation or a later appointment. The presence at a meeting of the person appointing a proxy does
not revoke the appointment. The vote upon any question brought before a meeting of the shareholders may be by
voice vote, unless otherwise required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or this Amended and Restated Code of
Regulations or unless the presiding officer otherwise determines. Every vote taken by written ballot will be counted
by the inspectors of election, if inspectors of election are appointed.
Section 6 - Order of Business
(a) Order of Business. The Chairman, or such other officer of the corporation designated by a majority of
the total number of Directors that the corporation would have if there were no vacancies on the Board of Directors
(such number being referred to as the “Whole Board”), will call meetings of shareholders to order and will act as
presiding officer thereof. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors prior to the meeting, the presiding
officer of the meeting of shareholders will also determine the order of business and have the authority in his sole
discretion to regulate the conduct of any such meeting including, without limitation, by imposing restrictions on the
persons (other than shareholders of the corporation or their duly appointed proxies) who may attend any such
shareholders’ meeting, by ascertaining whether any shareholder or his proxy may be excluded from any meeting of
shareholders based upon any determination by the presiding officer, in his sole discretion, that any such person has
unduly disrupted or is likely to disrupt the proceedings of the meeting, and by determining the circumstances in
which any person may make a statement or ask questions at any meeting of shareholders.
(b) At an annual meeting of the shareholders, only such business will be conducted or considered as is
properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i)
specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary in
accordance with Article II Section 3, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by the presiding officer or
by or at the direction of a majority of the Whole Board, or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be brought before the
meeting by a shareholder of the corporation in accordance with Article II Section 6(c).
(c) For business to be properly requested by a shareholder to be brought before an annual meeting, (i) the
shareholder must be a shareholder of the corporation of record at the time of the giving of the notice for such annual
meeting provided for in this Amended and Restated Code of Regulations, (ii) the shareholder must be entitled to
vote at such meeting, (iii) the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary, and (iv)
if the shareholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any business is brought before the meeting, has provided
the corporation with a Proposal Solicitation Notice, as that term is defined in this Article II Section 6(c) below, such
shareholder or beneficial owner must have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to the holders of at least
the percentage of shares of the corporation entitled to vote required to approve such business that the shareholder
proposes to bring before the annual meeting and included in such materials the Proposal Solicitation Notice. To be
timely, except for notices required under Article III Sections 4 and 5 (which shall be governed by those sections), a
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shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation
not less than 60 nor more than 90 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the corporation
first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding year’s annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that if
the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to or delayed by more than 30 calendar
days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so
delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to such annual meeting or the
10th calendar day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no
event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the
giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above. A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each
matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (A) a description in reasonable detail of the
business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual
meeting, (B) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the shareholder proposing such
business and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (C) the class and number of
shares of the corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by the shareholder proposing such business and
by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (D) any material interest of such shareholder
proposing such business and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made in such business,
and (E) whether either such shareholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy
to holders of at least the percentage of shares of the corporation entitled to vote required to approve the proposal (an
affirmative statement of such intent, a “Proposal Solicitation Notice”). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Amended and Restated Code of Regulations, a shareholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the
matters set forth in this Article II Section 6(c). For purposes of this Section 6(c) and Article III SectionSections 4
and 5, “public announcement” means disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service,
Associated Press, or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or publicly filed by the corporation with any national securities exchange or quotation service through
which the corporation’s stock is listed or traded, or furnished by the corporation to its shareholders. Nothing in this
Article II Section 6(c) will be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the
corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a--8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended., and
subject to compliance with the requirements and procedures set forth in Article III Section 5.
(d) At a special meeting of shareholders, only such business may be conducted or considered as is properly
brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting, business must be (i) specified in the
notice of the meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or in case of their
failure to give any required notice, the other persons entitled to give notice) in accordance with Article II Section 3
or (ii) otherwise brought before the meeting by the presiding officer or by or at the direction of a majority of the
Whole Board.
(e) The determination of whether any business sought to be brought before any annual or special meeting of
the shareholders is properly brought before such meeting in accordance with this Section 6 will be made by the
presiding officer of such meeting. If the presiding officer determines that any business is not properly brought before
such meeting, he will so declare to the meeting and any such business will not be conducted or considered.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1 - Number, Election and Term of Office
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall be
composed of not more than twelve (12thirteen (13) persons nor less than five (5) persons unless this number is
changed by: (1) the shareholders in accordance with the law of Ohio, or (2) the vote of the majority of the Directors
in office. The Directors may increase the number to not more than twelve (12thirteen (13) persons and may decrease
the number to not less than five (5) persons. Any Director’s office created by the Directors by reason of an increase
in their number may be filled by action of a majority of the Directors in office.
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The election of Directors shall be held only at the annual meeting of shareholders in each year. The
Directors shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, except that
any Director at any time elected to fill a newly created Directorship or a vacancy shall hold office until the next
annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected.
Section 2 - Qualification
Each Director shall be a shareholder of the corporation, or shall become a shareholder as soon as
practicable following his or her appointment or election, but need not be a citizen of the state of Ohio.
Section 3 - Vacancies
Upon the happening of any vacancy in the membership of the Board of Directors, whether by death,
resignation, increase of the authorized number of Directors without the filling of such new position by the
shareholders at the meeting at which such increase is made, failure of the shareholders at any time to elect the full
number of authorized Directors, or otherwise, and in any of the contingencies provided by the laws of Ohio, the
remaining Directors, or the Directors duly elected, though less than a quorum, may, by a majority vote, fill such
vacancy in the Board for the unexpired term, or, in the case of a newly created Directorship, for a term which shall
expire contemporaneously with the terms of Directors then qualified and serving.
Section 4 - Nominations of Directors; Election
(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with this Article III Section 4 or Section 5 will be
eligible for election at a meeting of shareholders to be members of the Board of Directors of the corporation.
(b) Nominations of persons for election as Directors of the corporation may be made only at an annual
meeting of shareholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof or, (ii) by any
shareholder who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Article III Section 4,
who is entitled to vote for the election of Directors at such meeting, and who complies with the procedures set forth
in this Article III Section 4. , or (iii) by any Eligible Shareholder (as defined in Article III Section 5 below), or
group of Eligible Shareholders, who complies with the requirements and procedures set forth in Article III Section 5
and whose Shareholder Nominee (as defined in Article III Section 5 below) is included in the corporation’s proxy
materials for the relevant annual meeting of shareholders. If a shareholder, or a beneficial owner on whose behalf
any such nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Nomination Solicitation Notice, in accordance
with and as that term is defined in this Section 4 below, such shareholder or beneficial owner must have delivered a
proxy statement and form of proxy to the holders of at least the percentage of shares of the corporation entitled to
vote required to approve such nomination and included in such materials the Nomination Solicitation Notice. All
nominations by shareholders must be made pursuant to timely notice in proper written form to the Secretary.
(c) To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal
executive offices of the corporation not less than 60120 nor more than 90150 calendar days prior to the first
anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding year'’s annual
meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30
calendar days prior to or delayed by more than 30 calendar days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual
meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later
of the 9180th calendar day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th calendar day following the day on which public
announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described
above. To be in proper written form, such shareholder’s notice must set forth or include: (i) the name and address, as
they appear on the corporation’s books, of the shareholder giving the notice and of the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the nomination is made; (ii) a representation that the shareholder giving the notice is a holder of record
of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such annual meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
annual meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (iii) the class and number of shares of
stock of the corporation owned beneficially and of record by the shareholder giving the notice and by the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made; (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings
between or among any of (A) the shareholder giving the notice, (B) the beneficial owner on whose behalf the notice
is given, (C) each nominee, and (D) any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which
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the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder giving the notice; (v) such other information
regarding each nominee proposed by the shareholder giving the notice as would be required to be included in a
proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had the nominee been
nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors; (vi) the signed consent of each nominee to serve
as a Director of the corporation if so elected; and (vii) whether either such shareholder or beneficial owner intends to
deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of shares of the corporation entitled
to vote required to elect such nominee or nominees (the “Nomination Solicitation Notice”). At the request of the
Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a Director must furnish to the
Secretary that information required to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the
nominee. The presiding officer of any annual meeting will, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not
made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Article III Section 4, and if he should so determine, he
will so declare to the meeting, and the defective nomination will be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Article III Section 4, a shareholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters
set forth in this Article III Section 4.
Section 5 - Proxy Access for Director Nominations
(a) Inclusion of Shareholder Nominee in Proxy Statement. Subject to the provisions of this Article III
Section 5, the corporation shall include in its proxy statement for any annual meeting of shareholders (but not any
special meeting of shareholders) the name (which shall also be included on the corporation’s form of proxy and
ballot), together with the Required Information (as defined below), of any person nominated for election as a
Director (“Shareholder Nominee”) identified in a Nomination Notice (as defined below) delivered by an Eligible
Shareholder (as defined below) or group of up to twenty (20) Eligible Shareholders who at the time the request is
delivered satisfy (individually and collectively, in the case of a group), as determined by the Board of Directors or
its designee, the ownership and other requirements of this Article III Section 5 (such Eligible Shareholder or group
of Eligible Shareholders, a “Nominating Shareholder”), and who expressly elects at the time of providing the notice
required by this Article III Section 5 to have its Shareholder Nominee included in the corporation’s proxy materials
pursuant to this Article III Section 5. For purposes of this Article III Section 5, “Required Information” means
(i) the information concerning the Shareholder Nominee and the Nominating Shareholder that, as determined by the
corporation, is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and (ii) if the Eligible Shareholder so elects, a Statement (as defined below).
(b) Maximum Number of Shareholder Nominees.
(i) The number of Shareholder Nominees appearing in the corporation’s proxy materials
with respect to an annual meeting of shareholders (including incumbent Directors who had been Shareholder
Nominees at any of the two preceding annual meetings and whose reelection at such annual meeting is being
recommended by the Board of Directors, any Shareholder Nominees who were submitted by a Nominating
Shareholder for inclusion in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Article III Section 5 and either are
subsequently withdrawn or who the Board of Directors itself decides to nominate for election at such annual
meeting, and any Director candidate who will be included in the corporation’s proxy materials with respect to such
annual meeting unopposed by the corporation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or other understanding with
any shareholder or group of shareholders) (a “Board Nominee”)) shall not exceed the greater of (y) two (2) or
(z) 20% of the number of Directors in office (rounded down to the nearest whole number, the “Maximum Number”)
as of the last day on which notice of a nomination may be delivered pursuant to this Article III Section 5 (the “Final
Proxy Access Nomination Date”).
(ii) In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs after the Final Proxy
Access Nomination Date but before the date of the annual meeting and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the
size of the Board of Directors in connection therewith, the Maximum Number shall be calculated based on the
number of Directors in office as so reduced. In the event that the number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by
Nominating Shareholders pursuant to this Article III Section 5 exceeds the Maximum Number, each Nominating
Shareholder shall select one Shareholder Nominee for inclusion in the corporation’s proxy materials until the
Maximum Number is reached, going in the order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of the corporation
each Nominating Shareholder disclosed as owned in the Nomination Notice submitted to the corporation. If the
Maximum Number is not reached after each Nominating Shareholder has selected one Shareholder Nominee, this
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selection process shall continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Maximum
Number is reached.
(iii) If after the deadline for submitting a Nomination Notice as set forth in Article III
Section 5(d), a Nominating Shareholder becomes ineligible or withdraws its nomination or a Shareholder Nominee
becomes ineligible or unwilling to serve on the Board of Directors, whether before or after the mailing of the
definitive proxy statement, then the corporation (y) shall not be required to include in its proxy statement or on any
ballot or form of proxy the Shareholder Nominee or any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the
Nominating Shareholder or by any other Nominating Shareholder and (z) may otherwise communicate to its
shareholders, including without limitation by amending or supplementing its proxy statement or ballot or form of
proxy, that the Shareholder Nominee will not be included as a Shareholder Nominee in the proxy statement or on
any ballot or form of proxy and will not be voted on at the annual meeting.
(c) Eligibility of Nominating Shareholder.
(i) An Eligible Shareholder is a person who has either (y) been a record holder of the shares
of the corporation used to satisfy the eligibility requirement in this Article III Section 5 continuously for the three-
year period specified in this paragraph (c) or (z) provides to the Secretary, within the time period referred to in
Article III Section 5(d), evidence of continuous ownership of such shares for such three-year period from one or
more securities intermediaries in a form that the Board of Directors or its designee determines acceptable.
(ii) An Eligible Shareholder or group of up to 20 Eligible Shareholders may submit a
nomination in accordance with this Article III Section 5 only if the person or group (in the aggregate) has owned (as
defined below) continuously for at least three (3) years the Required Shares (as defined below) as of the date the
Nomination Notice is delivered to or mailed and received by the corporation in accordance with Article III Section 5
and continues to own the Required Shares through the meeting date. The following shall be treated as one Eligible
Shareholder if such Eligible Shareholder shall provide together with the Nomination Notice documentation
satisfactory to the Board of Directors or its designee that demonstrates compliance with the following criteria: funds
that are (x) under common management and investment control, (y) under common management and funded
primarily by a single employer or (z) a “group of investment companies” or “family of investment companies” as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. For the avoidance of doubt, in the
event of a nomination by a Nominating Shareholder that includes more than one Eligible Shareholder, any and all
requirements and obligations for a given Eligible Shareholder or, except as the context otherwise makes clear, the
Nominating Shareholder that are set forth in this Article III Section 5, including the minimum holding period, shall
apply to each member of such group; provided, however, that the Required Shares shall include the aggregate
ownership of the group of Eligible Shareholders constituting the Nominating Shareholder. Should any Eligible
Shareholder withdraw from a group of Eligible Shareholders constituting a Nominating Shareholder at any time
prior to the annual meeting, the Nominating Shareholder shall be deemed to own only the shares held by the
remaining Eligible Shareholders. No person may be a member of more than one group of persons constituting a
Nominating Shareholder under this Article III Section 5. If any Eligible Shareholder appears as a member of more
than one group, such Eligible Shareholder shall be deemed to be a member of only the group that has the largest
ownership position as reflected in the Nomination Notice.
(iii) As used in this Article III Section 5:
(1) any reference to a “group” or “group of Eligible Shareholders” refers to any
Nominating Shareholder that consists of more than one Eligible Shareholder and to all the Eligible
Shareholders that make up such Nominating Shareholder;
(2) Required Shares” means 3% of the number of outstanding shares of the
corporation as of the most recent date for which such number is disclosed in any filing by the corporation
with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the submission of the Nomination Notice; and
(3) an Eligible Shareholder shall be deemed to “own” only those outstanding shares
of the corporation as to which the shareholder possesses both (X) the full voting and investment rights
pertaining to the shares and (Y) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk
of loss on) such shares; provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (X) and
(Y) shall not include any shares (A) sold by such shareholder or any affiliate of such shareholder in any
transaction that has not been settled or closed, (B) borrowed by such shareholder or any affiliate of such
shareholder for any purposes or purchased by such shareholder or any affiliate of such shareholder pursuant
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to an agreement to resell by the shareholder or any affiliate of such shareholder or (C) subject to any
option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into
by such shareholder or any affiliate of such shareholder, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be
settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the
corporation, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or
effect of (1) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such shareholder’s full right
to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (2) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree gain
or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such shareholder. A person shall “own”
shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the person retains the right to instruct
how the shares are voted with respect to the election of Directors and possesses the full economic interest
in the shares. A person’s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the
shareholder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or
arrangement that is revocable at any time by the shareholder. A person’s ownership of shares shall be
deemed to continue during any period in which the person has loaned such shares, provided that the person
has the power to recall such loaned shares on not more than five business days’ notice, the person promptly
recalls the loaned shares upon being notified that its Shareholder Nominee will be included in the
corporation’s proxy materials for the relevant annual meeting, and the person holds the recalled shares
through such annual meeting. Whether outstanding shares of the corporation’s Common Stock are
“owned” for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors. “Affiliate” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term under the Exchange Act.
(d) Nomination Notice. To nominate a Shareholder Nominee pursuant to this Article III Section 5,
the Nominating Shareholder must submit to the Secretary all of the following information and documents (in
addition to the information required to be provided by Article III Section 4) in a form that the Board of Directors or
its designee determines acceptable (collectively, the “Nomination Notice”) not less than 120 calendar days nor more
than 150 calendar days prior to the anniversary of the date that the corporation mailed its proxy statement for the
prior year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if (and only if) the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held
within a period that commences 30 calendar days before the first anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual
meeting and ends 30 calendar days after the first anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, the
following information shall be given in the manner provided herein by the later of the close of business on the date
that is 180 calendar days prior to an annual meeting date outside such period just previously described and the tenth
(10th) day following the date on which a public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the
corporation (and in no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting, or the announcement
thereof, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for giving the following information in writing):
(i) one or more statements from the record holder(s) of the shares (and from each
intermediary through which the shares are or have been held during the requisite three-year holding period)
verifying that, as of a date within seven calendar days prior to the date the Nomination Notice is delivered to or
mailed and received by the corporation, the Nominating Shareholder owns, and has owned continuously for the
preceding three (3) years, the Required Shares, and the Nominating Shareholder’s agreement to provide, within five
business days after the record date for the annual meeting, statements from the record holder(s) and intermediaries
verifying the Nominating Shareholder’s continuous ownership of the Required Shares through the record date;
(ii) representations and warranties from the Nominating Shareholder:
(1) that it will continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Article III
Section 5(c) through the date of the annual meeting;
(2) as to the Nominating Shareholder’s intentions with respect to continuing to hold
its shares of Common Stock for at least one year following the annual meeting;
(3) that such Nominating Shareholder (v) acquired the Required Shares in the
ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control at the corporation, and
does not presently have such intent, (w) has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board
of Directors at the annual meeting any person other than the Shareholder Nominee(s) being nominated
pursuant to this Article III Section 5, (x) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not
be, a “participant” in another person’s “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the
Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a Director at the meeting other than its
Shareholder Nominee or a Board Nominee, (y) will not distribute any form of proxy for the meeting other
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than the form distributed by the corporation, and (z) will provide facts, statements and other information in
all communications with the corporation and its shareholders that are or will be true and correct in all
material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(4) that the Shareholder Nominee’s candidacy and, if elected, Board membership
does not, and would not, violate these Bylaws, the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the listing
standards of the principal exchange upon which the corporation’s shares are traded (the “Listing
Standards”), or any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation;
(5) detailing any relationship that existed within the past three (3) years and that
would have been described pursuant to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) if it were to exist
on the date of the submission of the Schedule 14N; and
(6) that the Shareholder Nominee: does not have any direct or indirect relationship
with the corporation that will cause the Shareholder Nominee to be deemed not independent under the
Listing Standards or the corporation’s independence standards; meets the applicable audit committee and
compensation committee independence requirements under the Listing Standards; is a “non-employee
Director” for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule); is an “outside
Director” for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision); is
not and has not been a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and
other minor offenses) or been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten (10) years or is
subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (or any successor rule, “Rule 506(d)”) or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K (or any
successor item, “Item 401(f)”) without reference to whether the event is material to an evaluation of the
ability or integrity of the Shareholder Nominee; meets the Director qualifications set forth in the
corporation’s corporate governance guidelines; and is not and has not been, within the three (3) years prior
to the date that the Nomination Notice delivered to or mailed and received by the corporation, an officer or
Director of a competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended.
(iii) a copy of the Schedule 14N (or any successor form) relating to the Shareholder Nominee
that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(iv) in the case of a nomination by a Nominating Shareholder comprised of more than one
Eligible Shareholder, the designation by all Eligible Shareholders comprising the Nominating Shareholder of one
Eligible Shareholder that is authorized to act on behalf of the Nominating Shareholder with respect to matters
relating to the nomination, including withdrawal of the nomination;
(v) a representation and warranty and agreement from and signed by the Shareholder
Nominee that he or she:
(1) confirms the representations and warranties made by the Eligible Shareholder in
this Section 5(d)(ii)(5);
(2) is not and will not become a party to any agreement or understanding with, and
has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a
Director of the corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question;
(3) is not and will not become a party to any compensatory, payment or other
financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the corporation
with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with
service or action as a Shareholder Nominee or as a Director in each case, that has not been disclosed to the
corporation;
(4) if elected as a Director, will comply with all of the corporation’s corporate
governance, business conduct, conflict of interest, confidentiality, insider trading and stock ownership and
trading policies and guidelines, and any other corporate policies or procedures applicable to Directors; and
(5) will, at the request of the corporation, and within five (5) business days after
such request, submit all completed and signed questionnaires required of the corporation’s Directors and
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provide such other information as the corporation may reasonably request, including information to
confirm that the Shareholder Nominee satisfies the requirements of this Article III Section 5.
(vi) an undertaking that the Nominating Shareholder (including in the case of a group, each
Eligible Stockholder in that group) agrees to:
(1) in the event that any information included in the Nomination Notice or any other
communication by the Nominating Shareholder (including with respect to any Eligible Shareholder
included in a group) with the corporation, its shareholders or any other person in connection with the
nomination or election ceases to be true and accurate in all material respects (or omits a material fact
necessary to make the statements made not misleading), promptly (and in any event within 48 hours of
discovering such misstatement or omission) notify the corporation and any other recipient of such
communication of the misstatement or omission in such previously provided information and of the
information required to correct the misstatement or omission; it being understood that providing any such
notification shall not be deemed to cure any such defect or limit the corporation’s right to omit a
Shareholder Nominee from its proxy materials pursuant to this Article III Section 5;
(2) provide immediate notice to the corporation if the Nominating Shareholder
ceases to own the Required Shares at any time prior to the date of the annual meeting or otherwise has
failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements of this Article III Section 5 (including any Eligible
Shareholder included in a group);
(3) assume all liability stemming from an action, suit or proceeding concerning any
actual or alleged legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Nominating Shareholder’s or the
Shareholder Nominee’s communications with the corporation, the corporation’s shareholders or any other
person in connection with the nomination or election of Directors, including, without limitation, the
Nomination Notice and any other information that the Nominating Shareholder provided to the corporation;
(4) indemnify and hold harmless (jointly and severally with all other Eligible
Shareholders, in the case of a group of Eligible Shareholders) the corporation and each of its Directors,
officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages, expenses or other costs
(including attorneys’ fees) in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether
legal, administrative or investigative, against the corporation or any of its Directors, officers or employees
arising out of or relating to any nomination submitted by the Nominating Shareholder (including with
respect to any Eligible Shareholder included in a group) or a failure or alleged failure of the Nominating
Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee to comply with, or any breach or alleged breach of, its or his or her,
as applicable, obligations, agreements or representations under this Article III Section 5;
(5) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission all soliciting materials
relating to one or more of the corporation’s Directors or Board Nominees or any Shareholder Nominee,
regardless of whether any such filing is required under any rule or regulation or whether any exemption
from filing is available for such materials under any rule or regulation; and
(6) comply with all other applicable laws, rules, regulations and listing standards
with respect to the nomination, any solicitation in connection with the meeting and the election.
(vii) if the Nominating Shareholder so elects, a statement for inclusion in the corporation’s
proxy statement for the annual meeting, not to exceed 500 words, in support of the Shareholder Nominee’s
candidacy (the “Statement”).
The information and documents required by this paragraph (d) of Article III Section 5 shall be (i) provided
with respect to and executed by each Eligible Shareholder in the group in the case of a Nominating Shareholder
comprised of a group of Eligible Shareholders; and (ii) provided with respect to the persons specified in Instructions
1 and 2 to Items 6(c) and (d) of Schedule 14N (or any successor item) (y) in the case of a Nominating Shareholder
that is an entity and (z) in the case of a Nominating Shareholder that is a group that includes one or more Eligible
Shareholders that are entities. The Nomination Notice shall be deemed submitted on the date on which all of the
information and documents referred to in this paragraph (d) of Article III Section 5 (other than such information and
documents contemplated to be provided after the date the Nomination Notice is provided) have been delivered to, or
if sent by mail, received by the Secretary. The inspector of elections shall not give effect to the Eligible
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Shareholder’s votes with respect to the election of Directors if the Eligible Shareholder does not comply with each
of the representations and obligations in this paragraph (d).
(e) Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article, the corporation
may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement concerning a Shareholder Nominee or the Board of
Directors or the person presiding at the meeting shall declare a nomination by a Nominating Shareholder to be
invalid, and in such case no vote on such Shareholder Nominee will occur (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of
such vote may have been received by the corporation), and the Shareholder Nominee may not, after the last day on
which a Nomination Notice would be timely, cure in any way any defect preventing the nomination of the
Shareholder Nominee, if:
(i) for any meeting for which the Secretary receives a notice that the Nominating
Shareholder or any other shareholder intends to nominate a candidate for election to the Board of Directors pursuant
to the advance notice requirements of Article III Section 4 and does not expressly elect at the time of providing the
notice to have its nominee included in the corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to this Article III Section 5;
(ii) the Nominating Shareholder (or any Eligible Shareholder within a group comprising a
Nominating Shareholder) who has nominated such Shareholder Nominee has engaged in or is currently engaged in,
or has been or is a “participant” in another person’s, “solicitation” within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the
Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a Director at the meeting other than its Shareholder
Nominee(s) or a Board Nominee;
(iii) the Shareholder Nominee is not independent under the corporation’s independence
standards or does not meet the other independence or other criteria listed in Section 5(d)(ii)(5) as determined by the
Board of Directors;
(iv) the election as a member of the Board of Directors would cause the corporation to be in
violation of these Bylaws, the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, the Listing Standards, or any applicable state
or federal law, rule or regulation;
(v) the Shareholder Nominee is or has been, within the past three (3) years, an officer or
Director of a competitor, as defined in Section 5 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended;
(vi) the Shareholder Nominee is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding
traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten
(10) years;
(vii) the Shareholder Nominee is or has been subject to any event of the type specified in
Rule 506(d) or Item 401(f);
(viii) such Shareholder Nominee or the applicable Eligible Shareholder shall have provided
information to the corporation in respect of such nomination that was untrue in any material respect or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, as determined by the Board of Directors;
(ix) the Nominating Shareholder (or any Eligible Shareholder if the Nominating Shareholder
is comprised of a group) or applicable Shareholder Nominee otherwise contravenes any of the agreements or
representations made by such Nominating Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee or fails to comply with its
obligations pursuant to this Article, as determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding at the meeting;
(x) the Nominating Shareholder (or in the case of a Nominating Shareholder consisting of a
group of Eligible Shareholders, the Eligible Shareholder that is authorized to act on behalf of the Nominating
Shareholder) (or a qualified representative thereof) does not appear at the annual meeting to present any nomination
submitted pursuant to this Article III Section 5 or the Nominating Shareholder withdraws its nomination;
(xi) the Shareholder Nominee was nominated for election to the Board of Directors pursuant
to this Article III Section 5 at one of the corporation’s two preceding annual meetings and either withdrew from or
became ineligible or unavailable for election at such annual meeting or received a vote of less than 15% of the votes
cast in the election of Directors; and
(xii) the corporation is notified or the Board of Directors or its designee determines that a
Nominating Shareholder has failed to continue to satisfy the eligibility requirements described in this Article III
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Section 5, any of the representations and warranties made in the Nomination Notice ceases to be true and accurate in
all material respects (or omits a material fact necessary to make the statement not misleading), the Shareholder
Nominee becomes unwilling or unable to serve on the Board of Directors or any material violation or breach occurs
of any of the obligations, agreements, representations or warranties of the Nominating Shareholder (or any Eligible
Shareholder if the Nominating Shareholder is comprised of a group) or the Shareholder Nominee under this Article
III Section 5.
For the purposes of this Article III Section 5, to be considered a qualified representative, a person must be a
duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such shareholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such
shareholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such shareholder to act for such shareholder as proxy at the
annual meeting and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of
the writing or electronic transmission, at the annual meeting.
(f) Further Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III Section
5, the corporation may omit from its proxy statement, or may supplement or correct, any information, including all
or any portion of the Statement included in the Nomination Notice, if the Board of Directors or its designee
determines that:
(i) such information is not true in all material respects or omits a material statement
necessary to make the statements made not misleading;
(ii) such information directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity or personal
reputation of, or directly or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct or
associations, without factual foundation, with respect to, any individual, corporation, association or other entity,
organization or governmental authority; or
(iii) the inclusion of such information in the proxy statement would otherwise violate the
proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other applicable law, rule or regulation.
The corporation may solicit against, and include in the proxy statement its own statement relating to, any
Shareholder Nominee.
(g) Board of Director’s Authority. The Board of Directors (and any designee of the Board of
Directors) shall have the power and authority to interpret this Article III Section 5 and to make any and all
determinations necessary or advisable to apply this section to any persons, facts or circumstances, including the
power to determine whether one or more shareholders qualifies as an Eligible Shareholder, whether a Nomination
Notice complies with this section and has otherwise met the requirements of this section, whether a Shareholder
Nominee satisfies the qualifications and requirements of this section and whether any and all requirements of this
section have been satisfied. This Article III Section 5 shall provide the exclusive method for shareholders to include
nominees for the Board of Directors in the corporation’s proxy materials.
Section 6 - Meetings of Directors
Stated meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and intervals as may by the Board of
Directors from time to time be determined, by either standing resolution or by-law, and may be held without notice
of the time, place or purpose thereof when such time and place have been so fixed by resolution or by-law. Such
meetings may be held at any place within or without the State of Ohio that the Board may by resolution from time to
time fix.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of
Ohio upon call by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or a majority
of the Directors. Twenty-four (24) hours’ notice of the time, place and purpose of such meeting shall be given to
each Director either personally or by mail, overnight delivery service, telephone, telegram, telex, facsimile,
electronic mail or other medium of communication. Any notice hereby required may be waived in writing or by
telegraph by any Director and shall be deemed waived if the Director is present at such meeting.
If the day fixed as aforesaid for any stated or special meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, such meeting
shall be held at the same time upon the next succeeding day that is not a legal holiday.
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Section 67 - Participation in Meetings by Communications Equipment
Meetings of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board of Directors may be held through any
means of communications equipment if all persons participating can hear each other, and such participation will
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation who shall be elected by the Board of Directors shall be a Chairman of the
Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also, from time to time, by resolution, appoint one or more special or
departmental Vice Presidents with titles indicative of their departments or functions, one or more Assistant
Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers, or other officers, all with such titles, designations, duties, functions
and authority as the Board shall prescribe, each of whom shall serve in any such office during the pleasure of the
Board. The Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President shall be Directors. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge, verify or countersign any instrument in more
than one capacity if such instrument is required by law, by these Amended and Restated Regulations or by any act of
the corporation to be executed, acknowledged, verified or countersigned by two or more officers. The term of office
of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Vice President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer shall be for one year and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, except in the case of
any such officer elected to fill a vacancy, who shall serve until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the
next ensuing annual meeting of shareholders.
ARTICLE V
DUTIES OF OFFICERS
Section 1 - Chairman of the Board
The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Directors, and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
Section 2 - Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive Officer shall have responsibility for the general and active management of the
business of the corporation and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the Chief
Executive Officer of a corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board
of Directors are carried into effect and shall implement the general directives, plans and policies formulated by the
Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Chief Executive Officer may
employ and discharge employees and agents of the corporation, except such as shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors, and he or she may delegate these powers. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders or of the Directors. Except where by law
the signature of the President is required, the Chief Executive Officer shall possess the same power as the President
to execute all authorized deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments of obligations in the name of the
corporation. During the absence or disability of the President, the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise all the
powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The Chief Executive Officer shall also perform such other
duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these bylaws or
by the Board of Directors.
Section 3 - President
The President shall have such responsibilities and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be
prescribed by the shareholders, by the Board of Directors or by the Executive Committee, if there be one. The
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President shall have power to execute any authorized deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments of
obligations in the name of the corporation.
Section 4 - Chief Financial Officer
The Chief Financial Officer, if any, shall have responsibility for the financial management of the
corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may
be assigned to him or her by the Board of the Directors, by the Chief Executive Officer or by the President. The
Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and
records of the corporation, using appropriate accounting principles; have supervision over and be responsible for the
financial affairs of the corporation; cause to be kept at the principal executive office of the corporation and
preserved for review as required by law or regulation all financial records of the corporation; be responsible for the
establishment of adequate internal control over the transactions and books of account of the corporation; and be
responsible for rendering to the proper officers and the Board of Directors upon request, and to the shareholders and
other parties as required by law or regulation, financial statements of the corporation.
Section 5 - Vice Presidents; Special Vice Presidents
(a) Any Vice President shall have power, coordinated with that of the Chief Executive Officer or the
President, when so authorized or directed by the Board of Directors, or by the Executive Committee if there be one,
to make, execute and deliver any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, notes or other instruments in the name and on
behalf of the corporation, and any such instrument, when so executed, shall be as valid and binding as though
executed by the President. Any Vice President shall also perform such other duties and functions, and exercise such
authority, as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors, or by the Executive Committee, if there
be one. The Board of Directors may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice
President or any other title selected by the Board.
(b) Special or departmental Vice Presidents at any time appointed shall perform such duties and functions
and exercise such authority as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors, or by the Executive
Committee if there be one; but all authority of any such Vice President to bind the corporation shall be confined to
matters relating to the special department or particular duties allotted to him, unless in any instance other authority
be especially conferred upon him by resolution of the Board of Directors for such particular occasion.
Section 6 - Secretary
The Secretary shall keep minutes of all proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, and
also keep or cause to be kept by an Assistant Secretary the minutes of proceedings of the Executive Committee, if
there be one, and shall attest or cause to be attested the records thereof. He shall keep or cause to be kept such books
as may be required by the Board of Directors, or by the Executive Committee if there be one; shall have charge of
the seal and stock books of the corporation except as may at any time be otherwise ordered by the Board of
Directors; shall attest and issue, or cause so to be attested and issued by an Assistant Secretary, or after due signature
and attestation to be authenticated and issued by a Transfer Agent when one has been appointed, all certificates of
shares, except as may be otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors; shall affix the seal of the corporation to all
instruments requiring such seal and shall attest the name or attest the signature of the Chief Executive Officer, the
President or any other officer to any instrument when necessary or proper, or cause the same to be done by an
Assistant Secretary; and shall generally perform such duties as may be required of him by the shareholders, by the
Board of Directors, by the Executive Committee, if there be one, by the Chief Executive Officer or by the President,
and such other duties as may usually pertain to his office. The Secretary shall also prepare and certify, or cause to be
prepared and certified by the Transfer Agent if there be one, as of the record date for any meeting of shareholders, or
upon any other occasion in respect whereof a record date is fixed, or at any other time when the same may be
necessary or required by the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chief Executive Officer or the
President, a list of the shareholders of record upon the books of the corporation at such record date and to receive
notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or to receive payment of dividends or allotment of rights, or to
exercise any rights or powers.
Section 7 - Treasurer
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The Treasurer shall receive and have in charge all moneys, bills, notes, bonds and similar property
belonging to the corporation, and shall do with the same as may be ordered by the Board of Directors or by the
Executive Committee, if there be one. The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept such financial accounts as may
be required and shall generally perform such duties as may be required of him by the shareholders, by the Directors,
by the Executive Committee, if there be one, by the Chief Executive Officer or by the President.
Section 8 - Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers
Any Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as may from time to time be
prescribed by the Board of Directors, by the Executive Committee, if there be one, by the Chief Executive Officer or
by the President, and in the performance of such duties, shall also be respectively under the general supervision and
direction of the Secretary or of the Treasurer, as the case may be.
Section 9 - Powers of Officers
The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to change, modify or abolish, by resolution, any
powers of any officer, or to assign to any officer any new powers except in any instance where certain powers are by
law required to be exercised by particular officers.
Section 10 - Checks upon Bank Deposits
Checks upon the bank deposits of the corporation shall be signed and/or countersigned by such officers or
employees as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution authorize, and such directions and
authorizations may be varied with respect to various classes of checks.
ARTICLE VI
COMMITTEES
Section 1 - Committees Generally
The Board of Directors may from time to time create an Executive Committee or any other committee or
committees of directors, to consist of one or more directors and to act in the intervals between meetings of the Board
of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to such committee or committees any of its authority other than
that of filling vacancies among the Board of Directors or in any committee of the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may appoint one or more directors as alternate members of any such committee to take the place of absent
committee members at meetings of such committee. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, a majority
of the members of any committee appointed by the Board pursuant to this Article VI Section 1 shall constitute a
quorum at any meeting thereof, and the act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of such committee. Action may be taken by any such committee without a meeting by a
writing or writings signed by all of its members. Any such committee shall prescribe its own rules for calling and
holding meetings and its method of procedure, subject to any rules prescribed by the Board of Directors, and will
keep a written record of all action taken by it. Any such committee may create one or more subcommittees, each
such subcommittee to consist of one or more members of such committee, and may delegate to such subcommittee
any or all of the powers and authority of such committee.
Section 2 - Executive Committee
The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee, consisting of three (3) or more
Directors. Such Executive Committee, if so appointed, shall have power, during the recesses of the Board of
Directors, to perform any acts relating to the current management and operation of the business of the corporation as
are not by law or by these Regulations specifically reserved to be performed by the Board of Directors, except that
the Board of Directors shall have power, at any time, by resolution, to limit or restrict the powers so to be exercised
by such Executive Committee. Such Executive Committee shall keep minutes and records of its proceedings and
transactions and report the same from time to time to the Board of Directors. No act of the Executive Committee,
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when fully completed, shall be subject to modification or rescission by the Board of Directors insofar as the same
may affect the rights of third parties already fixed but the Board of Directors may rescind, modify or revise any such
action of the Executive Committee, insofar as the same affects future transactions, or may establish any rules or
regulations it may deem proper governing future acts of the Executive Committee.
Stated or special meetings of the Committee may be held with or without notice, within or without the State
of Ohio, if all the members are present, or upon twenty-four (24) hours’ notice given personally or by mail,
telephone, telegram, telex, facsimile, electronic mail or other similar medium of communication, if a majority of the
members are present; but the concurrence of a majority of all members of the Committee shall always be necessary
to any action or exercise of powers by the Committee. Any vacancy in the Executive Committee, however
occurring, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VII
COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: CERTAIN POWERS OF DIRECTORS
Compensation of the Directors, if any, shall be such as the shareholders or the Directors may, by resolution,
from time to time determine. The compensation of officers may be fixed from time to time by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors, if there be one, and otherwise by the Board of Directors, and the compensation
of other employees may be fixed from time to time by the Compensation Committee, if there be one, or by any
officer so authorized by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee. No officer shall be precluded from
voting upon any resolution fixing his own salary, or from voting upon or authorizing, or participating in the
authorization, of any contract or other transaction between himself and this corporation, or between this corporation
and any other corporation or any partnership of which he is a Director, shareholder, partner or member, by reason of
the fact that he is an officer, a Director or a member of the Compensation Committee, if there be one, of this
corporation; nor shall any Director be disqualified from so acting in any of the instances aforesaid by reason of the
fact that he is a Director of this corporation; all objection or exception on the part of every shareholder to the right of
any Director, officer or member of the Compensation Committee, if there be one, to vote or act upon all such
matters being expressly waived and renounced by the adoption of these Regulations.
ARTICLE VIII
BONDS
The Treasurer and any other officer or employee, if required by the Board of Directors or by the Executive
Committee, if there be one, shall furnish bond in such amount and with such surety as shall be prescribed and
approved by the Board of Directors or by the Executive Committee, if there be one, assuring the faithful
performance of his duties and the faithful accounting for and surrender of all moneys and property of the corporation
which shall come to his possession. Premiums for all such bonds shall be paid by the corporation.
ARTICLE IX
FISCAL YEAR
The Board of Directors shall have power, at any time, to fix or alter, by resolution, the fiscal year of the
corporation, but unless so fixed or altered by the Board of Directors the fiscal year shall be the calendar year
commencing on January 1st and ending on December 31st of each year.
ARTICLE X
SEAL
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The corporate seal of this corporation shall be circular in form with the words “DIEBOLD NIXDORF,
INCORPORATED, CANTON, OHIO” surrounding the words “Corporate Seal.”
ARTICLE XI
DEFINITIONS
The word “person”, wherever used in these Regulations, shall be taken to mean and include individuals,
partnerships, associations, limited liability companies and bodies corporate. Words of the singular number shall be
taken to include the plural and those of the plural number shall be taken to include the singular, wherever
appropriate. Nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender shall include the feminine wherever appropriate.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT
Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation or this Amended and Restated
Code of Regulations, these Regulations may be adopted, amended or repealed (a) to the extent as may be permitted
by chapter 1701 of the Ohio Revised Code from time to time, by the Directors or (b) by the vote of the holders of a
majority of the power of the corporation at any annual meeting of shareholders or at any special meeting called for
that purpose; provided, that whenever, by virtue of the provisions of law or of the Articles of Incorporation, any
holders of shares other than common shares shall be entitled to vote upon any proposition embodied in any such
amendment, then such amendments must be assented to or adopted by the vote of the holders of a majority or by the
written assent of the holders of two-thirds of all shares entitled for such purpose to exercise voting powers in any
such instance. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XII, no amendment to Article XIII will be
effective to eliminate or diminish the rights of persons specified in that Article existing at the time immediately
preceding such amendment.
ARTICLE XIII
INDEMNITY TO DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Each Director and each officer of the corporation (and the personal and legal representatives of each) shall
be indemnified by the corporation, to the full extent then permitted by law, against all costs and expenses (including
attorney’s fees) incurred by him (as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition thereof), or to which he
may be subjected, in connection with or resulting from any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
proceeding or claim to which he may be made a party by reason of his being or having been a Director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or his being or having been a director, trustee, officer, employee, or an agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise serving at the request of the corporation,
or in connection with or resulting from any settlement of any such action, suit, proceeding or claim, other than
amounts paid to the corporation itself (either by way of settlement or in satisfaction of any judgment rendered
against such Director or officer), whether or not he is a Director or officer at the time of incurring or becoming
subjected to such costs or expense, and whether the action or omission to act, which is the basis of such action, suit,
proceeding, claim or settlement, occurred before or after the adoption of this article; except that such indemnity shall
not extend to any matters as to which he shall be finally adjudged, in any such action, suit or proceeding, to be liable
for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties as such Director or officer, nor to any settlement made
without judgment, unless it be determined by the Board of Directors that he was not guilty of such negligence or
misconduct. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such Director or
officer may be entitled as a matter of law, the Articles of Incorporation, any vote of shareholders or disinterested
members of the Board of Directors, or otherwise.
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