EX-3.65 59 d567232dex365.htm EX-3.65 EX-3.65

Exhibit 3.65

BYLAWS

OF

CASH AMERICA, INC. OF OKLAHOMA

(Formerly Cash America Investments, Inc.)


BY-LAWS

OF

CASH AMERICA INVESTMENTS, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. Principal Office. The principal office for the transaction of the business of the corporation is hereby fixed and located at:

306 W. Seventh Street,

Suite 1000, Fort Worth Club Building

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

The Board of Directors is hereby granted full power and authority to change said principal office from one location to another. Any such change shall be noted in the Bylaws by the Secretary, opposite this section, or this section may be amended to state the new location.

Section 2. Other Offices. Branch or subordinate offices may at any time be established by the Board of Directors at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meetings. All annual meetings of shareholders and all other meetings of shareholders shall be held either at the principal office of the corporation or at any other place within or without the State of Oklahoma as may be designated either by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority hereinafter granted to said Board or by the written consent of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting holding at least a majority of such shares given either before or after the meeting and filed with the Secretary of the corporation.

Section 2. Annual Meetings. The annual meetings of shareholders shall be designated by the Board of Directors or by the written consent of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting holding at least a majority of such shares. At such annual meeting, directors shall be elected, reports of the affairs of the corporation shall be considered, and any other business may be transacted which is within the powers of the shareholders to transact and which may be properly brought before the meeting.

Written notice of each annual meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote, either personally or by mail or other means of written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to such shareholder at his address appearing on the books of the corporation or given by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If a shareholder gives no address, notice shall be deemed to have been given him if sent by mail or other means of written communication

 

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addressed to the place where the principal office of the corporation is situated. All such notices shall be sent to each shareholder entitled thereto not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) days before each annual meeting. In the event notice of the annual meeting is delivered personally, notice shall be given not less than five (5) nor more than forty (40) days before each annual meeting. Such notices shall specify the place, the day and the hour of such meeting and shall state such other matters, if any, as may be expressly required by statute.

Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President, or by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by one or more shareholders holding not less than one-third (1/3) of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the corporation, or such meeting may be held at any time without call or notice upon unanimous consent of the shareholders. Except in special cases where other express provision is made by statute, notice of such special meetings shall be given in the same manner and pursuant to the same notice provisions as for annual meetings of shareholders. Notices of any special meeting shall state, in addition to the place, day and hour of such meeting, the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 4. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by statute or the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation. When a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of the share represented thereat and entitled to vote thereat shall decide any question brought before such meeting. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

Section 5. Voting. At each meeting of shareholders each shareholder entitled to vote shall vote in person or by proxy and he shall have one (1) vote for each share standing registered in his name at the closing of the transfer books for such meeting, or the record date fixed for such meeting by the Board of Directors, as the case may be, or standing registered in his name at the time of such meeting if neither a date for the closing of the transfer books nor a record date for such meeting has been fixed by the Board of Directors.

Section 6. Consent of Absentees. The transaction of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however called and notices, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the persons entitled to vote, not present in person, or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice, or a consent to the holding of such meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Section 7. Action Without Meeting. Any action which, under any provisions of the laws of the State of Oklahoma or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or under these By-Laws may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a record or memorandum thereof be made in writing and signed by all of the persons who would

 

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be entitled to vote upon such action at a meeting for such purpose, and such record or memorandum be filed with the Secretary of the corporation and made a part of the corporate records.

Section 8. Proxies. Any shareholder entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by proxy. The appointment of a proxy shall be in writing and signed by the shareholder but shall require no other attestation and shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation at or prior to the meeting. The termination of a proxy’s authority by act of the shareholder shall, subject to the time limitation herein set forth, be ineffective until written notice of the termination has been given to the Secretary of the corporation. Unless otherwise provided therein, an appointment filed with the Secretary shall have the effect of revoking all proxy appointments of prior date.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Powers. Subject to limitations of the Articles of Incorporation, of the By-Laws and of the laws of the State of Oklahoma as to action to be authorized or approved by the shareholders, and subject to the duties of directors as prescribed by the By-Laws, all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be controlled by, the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) until changed by amendment to these By-Laws. The shareholders at any annual meeting may determine the number which shall constitute the Board and the number so determined shall remain fixed until changed at a subsequent annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders; however, if any such annual meeting is not held or the directors are not elected thereat, the directors may be elected at any special meeting of shareholders held for that purpose. All directors shall hold office until their respective successors are elected.

Section 3. Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until his successor is elected at an annual or a special meeting of the shareholders.

Section 4. Removal. The entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office with or without cause by vote of shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting or shareholders. In case the entire Board or any one or more directors be so removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting of shareholders.

Section 5. Place of Meeting. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at any place within or without the State of Oklahoma which has been designated from time to time by resolution of the Board or by written consent of all members of the Board. In the absence of such designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal office of the corporation. Special meetings of the Board may be held either at a place so designated or at the principal office.

 

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Section 6. Regular Meetings. A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors for the purpose of election of officers of the corporation and the transaction of any other business coming before such meeting shall be held each year immediately following the adjournment of the annual shareholders’ meeting and no notice of such meeting to the elected directors shall be necessary in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a majority of the whole Board shall be present. If a majority of the Board shall not be present, then such regular annual meeting may be held at such time as shall be fixed by the consent, in writing, of all of the directors. Other regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

Section 7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes shall be called at any time by the President or, if he is absent or unable to act, by any Vice President or by any two directors upon three days written notice. No business shall be considered at any special meeting other than the purposes mentioned in the notice given to each director of the meeting, except upon the unanimous consent of all directors.

Section 8. Waiver of Notice. Any actions taken or approved at any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. If a director does not receive notice of a meeting, but attends and participates in the meeting, he shall be deemed to have waived notice of the meeting.

Section 9. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board, a quorum shall consist of a majority of the entire number of directors and the acts of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board of Directors except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws.

Section 10. Fees and Compensation. Directors and members of committees may not receive any stated salary for their services as Directors or committee members but by resolution of the Board. A fixed fee and expenses for attendance may be paid.

Section 11. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board shall individually or collectively consent to such action by signing a written record or memorandum thereof. Such record or memorandum shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors and shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation and made a part of the corporate records.

 

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ARTICLE IV

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Section 1. Election. At the annual meeting, or any special meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board may if it deems necessary, acting by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of directors fixed by these By-Laws, elect from their own members an Executive Committee composed of three or more voting members.

Section 2. Duties. The Executive Committee shall have all of the powers of the directors in the interim between meetings of the Board, except the power to declare dividends and to adopt, amend or repeal the By-Laws and where action of the Board of Directors is required by law. It shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings which shall be reported to the directors at their next meeting.

Section 3. Meetings. The Executive Committee shall meet at such times as may be fixed by the Committee or on the call of the President. Notice of the time and place of the meeting shall be given to each member of the Committee in the manner provided for the giving of notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of the majority of the members of the Executive Committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Executive Committee. At all meetings of the Executive Committee, each member present shall have one (1) vote which shall be cast by him in person.

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. Any actions taken or approved at any meeting of the Executive Committee, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the members not present signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to holding such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof.

Section 6. Removal. The entire Executive Committee or any individual member thereof may be removed from the Committee with or without cause by a vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors.

Section 7. Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall fill all vacancies in the Executive Committee which may occur from time to time.

Section 8. Action Without Meeting. Any action which might be taken at a meeting of the Executive Committee may be taken without a meeting if a record or memorandum thereof be made in writing and signed by all members of the Executive Committee.

 

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ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. Designation. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, in addition to the Executive Committee provided for in Article IV hereof, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the corporation, which to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, except where action of the Board of Directors is required by law, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Procedural Rules. Each committee shall comply with the same procedural rules set forth in Section 3 through 8, both inclusive, of Article IV that are applicable to the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS

Section 1. Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board, one or more additional Vice-Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article. One person may hold two or more offices; provided, however, that no person shall be the same time hold the offices of President and Secretary or the offices of President and Vice-President.

Section 2. Election. The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 or Section 5 of this Article, shall be chosen annually by the Board of Directors, and each shall hold his office until he shall resign or shall be removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or his successor shall be elected and qualified.

Section 3. Subordinate Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint, and may empower the President to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the By-Laws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 4. Removal and Resignation. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, at any regular or special meeting thereof, or, except in case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 5. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filed in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws for regular appointments to such office.

Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such an officer, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the By-Laws.

Section 7. President. Subject to such powers and duties, if any, as may be assigned by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation, including:

(a) He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors.

(b) He shall sign or countersign, as may be necessary, all such bills, notes, checks, contracts, and other instruments as may pertain to the ordinary course of the corporation’s business and shall, with the Secretary; sign the minutes of all shareholders’ and directors meetings over which he may have presided.

(c) He shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts requiring a seal under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

(d) At the annual meeting of the shareholders, he shall submit a complete report of the operations of the corporation’s affairs as existing at the close of each year and shall report to the Board of Directors from time to time all such matters coming to his attention and relating to the interest of the corporation as should be brought to the attention of the Board.

(e) He shall be an ex officio member of all standing committees, including the Executive Committee, if any; and he shall have such usual powers and duties of supervision and management as may pertain to the office of the President and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the By-Laws.

Section 8. Vice-President. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice-Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, or, if not ranked, the Vice-President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. The Vice-Presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or the By-Laws.

 

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Section 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal office of the corporation or such other place as the Board of Directors may order, a book of minutes of all meetings of directors and shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and, if special, how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at directors’ meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.

The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation’s transfer agent, a share ledger, or a duplicate share ledger, showing the names of the shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors required by the By-Laws or by law to be given, and he shall keep the seal of the corporation in safe custody. He shall also sign, with the President or Vice-President, all contracts, deeds, licenses and other instruments when so ordered. He shall make such reports to the Board of Directors as they may request and shall also prepare such reports and statements as are required by the laws of the State of Oklahoma and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the By-Laws.

The Secretary shall allow any shareholder, on application, during normal business hours, to inspect the share ledger. He shall attend to such correspondence and perform such other duties as may be incidental to his office or as may be properly assigned to him by the Board of Directors. The Assistant Secretary or Secretaries shall perform the duties of the Secretary in the case of his absence or disability and such other duties as may be specified by the Board of Directors.

Section 10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including account of its assets, liabilities, ties, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, surplus and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

The Treasurer shall deposit all monies and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with 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, shall render to the President and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the By-Laws.

The Assistant Treasurer or Treasurers shall perform the duties of the Treasurer in the event of his absence or disability and such other duties as the Board of Directors may determine.

Section 11. Delegation of Duties. In case of the absence or disability of any officer of the corporation or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may, by a vote of a majority of the whole Board, delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer or to any director.

 

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ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF STOCK

Section 1. Certificates of Stock. A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any such shares are fully paid, showing the number of the shares of the corporation standing on the books in his name. All such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice-President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or be authenticated by facsimiles of the signatures of the President and Secretary or by a facsimile of the signature of the President and the written signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Every certificate authenticated by a facsimile of a signature must be countersigned by a transfer agent or transfer clerk. Even though an officer who signed, or whose facsimile signature has been written, printed or stamped on, a certificate for shares shall have ceased by death, resignation or otherwise to be an officer of the corporation before such certificate is delivered by the corporation, such certificate shall be as valid as though signed by a duly elected, qualified and authorized officer, if it be countersigned by a transfer agent or transfer clerk and registered by an incorporated bank or trust company as registrar of transfer. Such certificates shall also be numbered and sealed with the seal of the corporation. Such seal may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted.

Section 2. Record of Shareholders; Transfer of Shares. There shall be kept at the registered office of the corporation in the State of Oklahoma a record containing the names and addresses of all shareholders of the corporation, the number and class of shares held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of record thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be required if the corporation shall keep at its registered office a statement containing the name and post office address, including street number, if any, of the custodian of such record. Duplicate lists may be kept in such other state or states as may, from time to time, be determined by the Board. Transfers of stock of the corporation shall be made on the books of the corporation only upon authorization by the registered holder thereof or by his attorney lawfully constituted in writing and on surrender and cancellation of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares of the same class properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power and payment of all taxes thereon, with such proof of authenticity of the signatures as the corporation or its transfer agents may reasonably require.

Section 3. Registered Shareholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the exclusive owner thereof for all purposes, and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

Section 4. Lost Certificates. Except as hereinafter in this section provided, no new certificate for shares shall be issued in lieu of an old one unless the latter is surrendered and cancelled at the same time. The Board of Directors, may, however, in case any certificate for shares is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof, upon such terms and conditions including indemnification of the corporation reasonably satisfactory to it, as the Board shall determine.

 

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Section 5. Regulations; Appointment of Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Board may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issuance, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of stock. It may appoint one or more transfer agents or registrars of transfers, or both, and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature of either or both.

Section 6. Treasury Shares. Treasury shares, or other shares not at the time issued and outstanding, shall not, directly or indirectly, be voted at any meeting of the shareholders, or counted in calculating the actual voting power of shareholders at any given time.

Section 7. Securities. Any security of the Corporation, which is issued to any person without an effective registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Blue Sky laws of any state having jurisdiction, shall not be transferable, or be the subject of any officer, sale, pledge, assign or transfer until the corporation has been furnished with an opinion of owner’s counsel satisfactory to counsel for the corporation that such offer, sale, pledge, assign or transfer does not involve a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the applicable Blue Sky laws of any state having jurisdiction. The certificate representing the securities shall bear substantially the following legend:

“The securities represented by this certificate are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or the Blue Sky laws of any state, and these shares may not be offered, sold, transferred, pledged or assigned in the absence of an effective registration under the “Act” or an opinion of owner’s counsel satisfactory to counsel for the issuer that such offer, sale, transfer, assign, or pledge does not involve a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Blue Sky laws of any state having jurisdiction”.

Section 8. Fractional Shares. The corporation shall not be required to issue certificates representing any fraction or fractions of a share or shares of any class, but may issue in lieu thereof, one or more scrip certificates in such form or forms as shall be approved by the Board of Directors, each representing a fractional interest in respect to one share. Such scrip certificates, upon presentation together with similar scrip certificates representing in the aggregate an interest in respect of one or more full shares, shall entitle the holder thereof to receive one or more full shares of the class and series, if any, specified in such scrip certificate.

Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the scrip certificate, each scrip certificate shall entitle the holder thereof to receive dividends, to participate in the distribution of corporate assets in the event of the corporation’s liquidation, and to vote the fractional shares in person or by proxy.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year unless otherwise determined by the Board.

Section 2. Seal. The corporate seal shall be a device containing the name of the corporation and the words “Corporate Seal, Oklahoma”.

Section 3. Annual Report. The annual report, which Section 1.72 of Title 18, Oklahoma Statutes Annotated, requires the Board of Directors to send to Shareholders not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the fiscal year, is hereby expressly dispensed with, and the Board of Directors shall not be required to send such annual report to the Shareholders of this corporation.

Section 4. Inspection of Corporation Records. The share ledger or duplicate share ledger, the books of account, copy of the By-Laws as amended certified by the Secretary, and minutes of proceedings of the Shareholders and Directors shall be open to inspection upon the written demand of any Shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time, and for a purpose reasonably related to his interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate and shall be exhibited at any time when required by the demand of ten percent (10%) of the shares represented at any Shareholders’ Meeting. Such inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney and shall include the right to make extracts. Demand of inspection other than at a Shareholders’ Meeting shall be made in writing upon the President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

Section 5. Dividends. Dividends upon the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared and paid, when earned, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Oklahoma by the Board of Directors in their discretion at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of capital stock.

ARTICLE IX

NOTICES

Section 1. Form of Notices. Whenever, under the provisions of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director, Officer or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, by depositing the same in the United States Mail in a postpaid sealed wrapper, addressed to such Director, Officer of Shareholder at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation, or, in default of other address, to such Director, Officer or Shareholder at the general post office in the city where the Corporation’s principal office for the transaction of business is located, and such notice be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus mailed.

Section 2. Waiver of Notice. Any Shareholder, Director or Officer may waive any Notice required to be given under these By-Laws by a written waiver signed by the person, or persons, entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to the actual giving of such Notice.

 

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ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. Who May Amend. These By-Laws may be amended, altered, changed or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding, and entitled to vote thereat, at any regular or Special Meeting of the Shareholders if Notice of the proposed amendment, alteration, change or repeal be contained in the Notice of the Meeting, or by the affirmative vote of the majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or Special Meeting of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall have no power to adopt, amend or alter any By-Laws fixing their number, qualifications, classifications, term of office or the right of the Shareholders to remove them from office.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Indemnification: Actions Other Than by the Corporation. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

Section 2. Indemnification: Actions by the Corporation. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation, unless and only to

 

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the extent that the Court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court shall deem proper.

Section 3. Right to Indemnification. To the extent that any present or former Director, Officer and employee and any person who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or any agent of the Corporation or any person who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation was an agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article XI, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

Section 4. Non-Exclusive Indemnification. The indemnification provided by this Article XI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote of Shareholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, Officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

Section 5. Insurance. The corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article XI.

Section 6. Constituent Corporation. For the purposes of this Article, references to “the Corporation” include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article XI with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

WRITTEN CONSENT TO ADOPTION

OF BYLAWS

OF DIRECTORS

We, the undersigned, are the persons named as the initial Directors in the Unanimous Consent of Incorporators in Lieu of Organizational Meeting of the Incorporators of Cash America Investments, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, and, pursuant to the authority contained in Title 18 of the Oklahoma Business Corporation Act to take action by unanimous written consent without a meeting, we hereby approve and consent to the adoption of the foregoing By-Laws consisting of 18 pages, as the Bylaws of said corporation.

 

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  /s/ JACK R. DAUGHERTY

  Jack R. Daugherty

  /s/ CLIFTON H. MORRIS, JR.

  Clifton H. Morris, Jr.

  /s/ MARK LIVINGSTON

  Mark Livingston

 

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