8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 18, 2006

KINDER MORGAN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Kansas (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 1-06446 (Commission File Number) 48-0290000 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

713-369-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On November 30, 2005, Kinder Morgan Inc. (the “Corporation”) closed its acquisition of Terasen Inc. In connection with the acquisition, the Corporation stated its intention to elect two resident Canadians to its Board of Directors. Effective January 18, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Corporation elected the following directors:

James M. Stanford, O.C., 68, of Calgary, Alberta was elected to the Corporation’s Board of Directors. Mr. Stanford is designated as a Class II Director whose current term will expire in 2007. Mr. Stanford was appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee. For the past five years Mr. Stanford has been the President of Stanford Resource Management Inc., an investment management firm. Mr. Stanford is a director of Encana Corporation, Nova Chemicals Corporation and OPTI Canada Inc.

Douglas W. G. Whitehead, 59, of Vancouver, British Columbia was elected to the Corporation’s Board of Directors. Mr. Whitehead is designated as a Class III Director whose current term will expire in 2008. Mr. Whitehead was appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee. For the past five years Mr. Whitehead has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Finning International Inc., a Canadian-based company that sells, rents, and provides customer support services for Caterpillar Inc. equipment and engines and complementary equipment on three continents around the world. Mr. Whitehead is a director of Finning International Inc. and Ballard Power Systems, Inc.

Item 5.03.

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

Immediately prior to January 18, 2006, the Corporation’s By-Laws provided for and the Corporation’s Board of Directors was comprised of ten members. Effective January 18, 2006, the Corporation amended its By-Laws to provide that the Corporation’s Board of Directors shall consist of 12 members and that the President or any other officer of the Corporation may be the Chief Operating Officer.  The first sentence of Article III, Section 1 of the By-Laws has been amended to read, “The whole Board of Directors of the corporation shall consist of twelve members.” The first sentence of Article VII, Section 7 of the By-Laws has been amended to read, “The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation unless the Chairman of the Board is so designated, in which event the President shall be Chief Operating Officer of the corporation, unless another officer of the corporation is so designated by the Board of Directors.” No other amendments were made to the Corporation’s By-Laws.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits.

3.1

Kinder Morgan, Inc. By-Laws, as amended to January 18, 2006

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S I G N A T U R E

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

KINDER MORGAN, INC.

Dated:  January 24, 2006

By:  /s/ Joseph Listengart                             

Joseph Listengart

Vice President and General Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
3.1	Kinder Morgan, Inc. By-Laws, as amended to January 18, 2006.

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

KINDER MORGAN, INC.

B Y - L A W S

As Amended to January 18, 2006

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.Offices.  The registered office shall be at 200 SW 30th Street, Topeka, Kansas 66611. The corporation's principal executive office shall be at 500 Dallas, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002.

Section 2.Additional Offices.  The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Kansas as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1.Time and Place.  The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and all special meetings of stockholders for that or for any other purpose may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Kansas as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting, or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2.Annual Meeting.  The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held each year at a time to be determined by the Board of Directors, at which meeting the stockholders shall elect a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting.

Section 3.Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning at least fifty-one percent (51%) in amount of the shares of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 4.Notice. Written notice of the place, date and hour of any annual or special meeting of stockholders shall be given personally or by mail to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. The notice shall state in addition, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and by, or at whose direction it is being issued.

Section 5.Quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the shares of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall be necessary to and shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders.

If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat present in person or represented by proxy

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shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, but not for more than thirty (30) days, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

Section 6.Voting.  At any meeting of the stockholders every stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy.  Except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles of Incorporation, each stockholder of record shall be entitled, as to each proposal, to one vote for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the corporation on the date fixed as the record date for the determination of its stockholders entitled to vote. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, all elections of directors shall be by written ballot and shall be determined by a plurality vote, and, except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles of Incorporation, all other matters shall be determined by vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote on such matters.

Section 7.Proxies.  Every proxy may be executed in writing by the stockholder or by his attorney-in-fact or the stockholder may authorize another person to act as proxy by transmitting, or authorizing the transmission of, a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission, including telephonic transmission, to the person authorized to act as proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization, or other person authorized by the person who will act as proxy to receive the transmission, provided that any such electronic transmission must either contain or be accompanied by information from which it can be determined that the stockholder authorized the transmission. A copy or facsimile of any writing or electronic transmission authorizing another person to act as proxy may be substituted for the original writing or transmission for any purpose for which the original writing or transmission could be used. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it, except in those cases where an irrevocable proxy is permitted by law.

Section 8.Consents.  Whenever by any provision of law or of the Articles of Incorporation, the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate action, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with, if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if such meeting were held shall consent in writing to such corporate action being taken.

Section 9.Presiding Officer.  Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or if he is not present, by the President, or, if he is not present, by a Vice President or, if neither the Chairman of the Board, the President nor a Vice President is present, by a chairman to be chosen at the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation or, if he is not present, an Assistant Secretary of the corporation or, if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, a secretary to be chosen at the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 10.Notice of Stockholder Business.  At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by a stockholder who is a stockholder of

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record at the time of giving notice of such business, as required below, who shall be entitled to vote at such meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation, not less than 45 days before the month and day in the current year corresponding to the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the prior year's annual meeting of stockholders. A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annu al 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 stockholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (d) any material interest of the stockholder in such business. Nothwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requi rements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1.Number and Tenure.  The whole Board of Directors of the corporation shall consist of twelve members. The directors shall be classified with respect to the time for which they shall severally hold office by dividing them into three classes. Each director shall hold office until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his resignation in writing has been filed with the corporation. At each annual election, the successors of the class of directors whose terms shall expire that year shall be elected to hold office for a term of three years, so that the term of office of one class of directors shall expire in each year, except where the Board of Directors determines that a newly elected director shall be elected by the stockholders to fill a vacancy of a directorship created subsequent to the previous annual meeting, su ch director shall be elected to hold office for the balance of the term of the class of directors of which he is to be a member, as determined by the Board of Directors, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

Section 2.Vacancies.  A vacancy on the Board of Directors or a newly created directorship may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by the sole director, by election of a new director, who at the time of his election shall be designated as a member of one of the classes of directors and shall hold office until the next election of the class of which he has become a member, unless his term of office is terminated by death, resignation, or otherwise.

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Section 3.Resignation, Retirement; Removal.  Any director may resign at any time. The stockholders entitled to vote for the election of directors may remove a director, with cause as provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

Section 4.Advisory Directors and Directors Emeritus.  The Board of Directors by a vote of a majority of the directors present and entitled to vote, at any regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present, may designate such number of persons as it may from time to time determine, as an "Advisory Director" or may designate a former member of the Board as a "Director Emeritus," if such former member is willing to so serve. Each Advisory Director and each Director Emeritus shall serve, subject to the pleasure of the regular Board of Directors, until the next succeeding annual meeting of the regular Board of Directors, following the annual meeting of the stockholders, at which such regular directors are elected, unless he shall have resigned. Each Advisory Director and each Director Emeritus shall be notified of a ll regular or special meetings of the regular Board of Directors, shall be entitled to attend and participate therein, but shall not be entitled to vote. Each Advisory Director and each Director Emeritus shall be reimbursed for any necessary expenses of attending directors' meetings.

Section 5.Nomination of Director Candidates.

(a)Eligibility to Make Nominations.  Nominations of candidates for election as directors of the corporation at any meeting of stockholders called for election of directors, in whole or in part (an "Election Meeting"), may be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice, who shall be entitled to vote at such Election Meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section.

(b)   Procedure for Nominations by Stockholders.  Nominations, other than those made by the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, stockholder's notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 75 days prior to the date of the Election Meeting. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such stockholder and of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of each such nominee, (iii) the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each nominee nominated by the stockholder and any other person or persons, identifying such person or persons, pursuant to which the nomination has been made by the stockholder and (v) such other information concerning each such nominee as would be required, under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominees. Such notice shall include a signed consent to serve as a director of the corporation, if elected, of each such nominee. Such notice shall also set forth as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of such stockholder and (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder.

(c)Meeting Procedures.  No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. The

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Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 5, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

(d)Substitution of Nominees.  In the event that a person is validly designated as a nominee to the Board and shall thereafter become unable or unwilling to stand for election to the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors or the stockholder who proposed such nominee, as the case may be, may designate a substitute nominee.

(e)Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, a stockholder shall 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 Section.

ARTICLE IV

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1.Place. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Kansas.

Section 2.Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

Section 3.Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or by the President on two days' notice to each director, either personally, by mail, by facsimile or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the Chairman, President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.

Section 4.Quorum.  At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of such adjournment shall be given to any directors who were not present and, unless announced at the meeting, to the other directors.

Section 5.Consents.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or of such committee as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the Board or committee. Such consents may be in

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counterpart so that each member will have signed a consent, but all members need not sign the same document.

Section 6.Compensation.  Directors, as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but, by resolution of the Board of Directors an annual fee, plus a fee and expenses for attendance at meetings may be allowed, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 7.Presiding Officer.  Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or, if he is not present, by the President or, if he is not present, by a chairman to be chosen at the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation, or, if he is not present, an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, or, if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, a secretary to be chosen at the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 1.Designation. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board, may designate from among its members one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, each of which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

Section 2.Tenure; Reports.  Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. It shall keep minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 1.Form; Delivery.  Notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the corporation. Notice by the corporation by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram or facsimile.

Section 2.Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. In addition, any stockholder attending a meeting of stockholders in person or by proxy without protesting at the beginning of the meeting

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the lack of notice thereof to him, and any director attending a meeting of the Board of Directors without protesting prior to the meeting or at its commencement such lack of notice, shall be conclusively deemed to have waived notice of such meeting.

ARTICLE VII

OFFICERS

Section 1.Executive Officers.  The officers of the corporation shall be a President and one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and may include a Chairman of the Board and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time elect.

Section 2.Designation; Term of Office; Removal.  All officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board or until their successors are chosen and qualified or until their resignation is filed in the office of the Secretary, whichever first occurs. Any officer elected by the Board may be removed with or without cause at any time by the Board.

Section 3.Authority and Duties.  All officers, as between themselves and the corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the corporation as may be provided in these By-Laws, or, to the extent not so provided, by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.Compensation.  The compensation of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, or any duly authorized committee thereof, and the compensation of agents shall either be so fixed or shall be fixed by officers thereunto duly authorized.

Section 5.Vacancies.  If an office becomes vacant for any reason, the Board of Directors shall fill such vacancy. Any officer so elected by the Board shall serve only until such time as the unexpired term of his predecessor shall have expired unless re-elected or reappointed by the Board.

Section 6.The Chairman of the Board.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be a Chairman, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board including designation as Chief Executive Officer if the President is not so designated.

Section 7.The President.  The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation unless the Chairman of the Board is so designated, in which event the President shall be Chief Operating Officer of the corporation, unless another officer of the corporation is so designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be no Chairman, he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer, whether the Chairman of the Board or the President, shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the corporation subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.

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Section 8.Vice Presidents.  The Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board shall in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and shall generally assist the President and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall prescribe.

Section 9.The Secretary.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he shall act. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. He shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and stockholder records and such other books and records as the Board may direct and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of the Secretary.

Section 10.Assistant Secretaries.  The Assistant Secretaries, if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the Secretary shall prescribe.

Section 11.The Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. He shall establish and execute programs for the provision of the capital required by the corporation , including negotiating the procurement of capital and maintaining the required financial arrangements. He shall maintain banking arrangements to receive, have custody of and disburse the corporation's moneys and securities.

Section 12.Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Treasurers, if any, in the order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the power of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the Treasurer shall prescribe.

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ARTICLE VIII

CERTIFICATE OF SHARES

Section 1.Form; Signature.  The certificates for shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be numbered consecutively and entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall exhibit the registered holder's name and the number and class of shares, and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and shall bear the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. Where any such certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or by a registrar other than the corporation, the signature of any such officer may be a facsimile signature. In case any officer who signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures were placed on any such certificate shal l 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 he were such officer at the date of issue.

Section 2.Lost Certificates.  The Board of Directors may direct a new share certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

Section 3.Registration of Transfer.  Upon surrender to the corporation or any transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation, or such transfer agent to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

Section 4.Registered Stockholders.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends or other distributions, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person.

Section 5.Record Date.  For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action affecting the interests of stockholders, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date. Such date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.

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In each such case, except as otherwise provided by law, only such persons as shall be stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to express such consent or dissent, or to receive payment of such dividend, or such allotment of rights, or otherwise to be recognized as stockholders for the related purpose, notwithstanding any registration of transfer of shares on the books of the corporation after any such record date so fixed.

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1.Dividends.  Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any, dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the corporation.

Section 2.Reserves.  Before payment of any dividends, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Section 3.Instruments Under Seal. All deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts, and other instruments requiring a seal may be signed in the name of the corporation by the President or by any other officer authorized to sign such instrument by the President or the Board of Directors.

Section 4.Checks.  All checks or demands for money and notes or other instrument evidencing indebtedness or obligation of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 5.Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.

Section 6.Seal.  The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Kansas 1927." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Section 7.Amendments.

 These By-Laws may be altered or repealed at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration or repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting.

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