0001171843-12-000022.txt : 20120103 0001171843-12-000022.hdr.sgml : 20120102 20120103163937 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-12-000022 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120103 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120103 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MGP INGREDIENTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000835011 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS [2040] IRS NUMBER: 480531200 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17196 FILM NUMBER: 12502515 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1300 MAIN ST CITY: ATCHISON STATE: KS ZIP: 66002 BUSINESS PHONE: 9133671480 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1300 MAIN STREET CITY: ATCHISON STATE: KS ZIP: 66002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 f8k_010312.htm FORM 8-K f8k_010312.htm
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 3, 2012
 
MGP Ingredients, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
KANSAS
0-17196
48-0531200
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission    
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
Cray Business Plaza
100 Commercial Street
Box 130
Atchison, Kansas 66002
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
 
(913) 367-1480
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
 
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[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 
Item 5.03    Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
 
On January 3, 2011, MGP Ingredients, Inc. (the “Registrant”) filed Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) amending the Articles to provide that the board of directors of the Registrant may amend the bylaws of the Registrant without stockholder approval in addition to certain other administrative amendments therein.

On January 3, 2011, the Registrant adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws which remove the requirement to have a corporate seal and to remove all references to a corporate seal.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
  (d)
Exhibits.
  *3.1
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant
  *3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant
     
 
*Filed herewith
 
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
  MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.
     
     
Date:  January 3, 2012 By: /s/  Timothy W. Newkirk
   
Timothy W. Newkirk, President and Chief Executive Officer
     
 
EX-3.1 2 exh_31.htm EXHIBIT 3.1 exh_31.htm
Exhibit 3.1
 
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 
OF
 
MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.
 
The original articles of incorporation of Midwest Solvents Company, Inc. (the “Corporation”) as amended, were filed with the Secretary of State of Kansas on June 26, 1957.  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were filed on September 8, 1988.  The name of the corporation was changed to MGP Ingredients Inc. on September 13, 2002.  These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation have been duly adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation pursuant to §§ 17-6602 and 17-6605 of the Kansas General Corporation Code (the “KGCC”).  The text of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 
ARTICLE I
 
The Name of the Corporation is MGP Ingredients, Inc.
 
ARTICLE II
 
The Location of its Principal Place of Business in this State is 100 Commercial Street, P.O. Box 130, Atchison, Kansas  66002-0130.
 
ARTICLE III
 
The Location of its Registered Office in this State is 112 SW 7th Street, Suite 3C, Topeka, Kansas  66603.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
The Name and Address of its Resident Agent in this State is The Corporation Company, Inc., 112 SW 7th Street, Suite 3C, Topeka, Kansas  66603.
 
ARTICLE V
 
The purpose of this Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Kansas Corporation Code.
 
ARTICLE VI
 
The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Forty Million One Thousand (40,001,000) shares consisting of:
 
1.  
Forty Million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock having no par value; and
 
 
 

 
 
2.  
One Thousand (1,000) shares of Preferred Stock having a par value of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per share.
 
The relative rights, preferences, privileges and limitations of the shares of Common Stock and of the shares of Preferred Stock shall be as follows:
 
A. Holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared, out of the net profits of the Corporation, dividends at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum on the par value of the Preferred Stock, payable as the Board of Directors may determine, provided that no such dividend shall be declared and paid on the Preferred Stock unless the Corporation has, within the twelve (12) calendar months immediately preceding the date of payment, paid dividends to the holders of Common Stock in the amount of at least ten cents ($0.10) per share.  Such dividends on the Preferred Stock shall not be cumulative, and the Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in or to receive any profits or earnings, or any other distributions in the nature of a dividend, other than or in addition to such noncumulative five percent (5%) annual dividends.
 
B. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up (whether voluntary or involuntary) of the Corporation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive liquidation payments of One Dollar ($1.00) per share; the holders of Preferred Stock shall then be entitled to be paid in full the par value of their shares before any additional amount shall be paid to the holders of Common Stock; and after the payment to the holders of Preferred Stock of its par value, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation shall be divided and paid to the holders of Common Stock according to their respective shares.
 
C. Any unissued shares of stock of any class may be issued from time to time by the Corporation in such manner, amounts and proportions and for such consideration as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and as may be permitted by law; provided, however, that no shares of Preferred Stock shall be issued without the vote or written consent of all of the holders of Preferred Stock then issued and outstanding.
 
D. The holders of shares of Common Stock, voting separately, shall have the right to elect Group A directors, and the holders of shares of Preferred Stock, voting separately, shall have the right to elect Group B directors; provided that, if no shares of Preferred Stock are issued or outstanding, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have the right to elect both Group A and Group B directors.
 
E. Only the holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote upon (and the holders of Common Stock shall not have any vote, either as a class or otherwise, with respect to) any action or proposal which requires the affirmative vote, consent or approval of the shareholders of this Corporation, and which will authorize or direct the Corporation to do one or more of the following:  Merge or consolidate with another Corporation; sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its property and assets; voluntarily dissolve; or amend the Articles of
 
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Incorporation of the Corporation; and any such action shall be validly authorized, and any such proposals shall be adopted, upon receiving the affirmative vote, consent or approval of the holders of a majority, or such greater percentage as may be required by law or by the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation, of the issued and outstanding shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote, as a class, upon any action or proposal heretofore described in this paragraph E if the result thereof would be to increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock; increase or decrease the par value of the shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock; or alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of Common Stock or of the shares of Preferred Stock so as to affect the holders of Common Stock adversely.  With respect to any action or proposal which requires the affirmative vote, consent or approval of the shareholders of this Corporation, other than (i) the election of directors; or (ii) an action or proposal which, under the preceding provisions of this Article VI, is to be authorized or adopted solely by a vote of the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock and the holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall each vote separately, as a class, and no such action shall be valid, nor shall any such proposal be adopted, unless it receives the affirmative vote, consent or approval of the holders of a majority, or such greater percentage as may be required by law, of the shares of Common Stock and the shares of Preferred Stock.  If no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, the provisions of this paragraph E shall not apply, and all voting rights of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be exercised solely by the holders of shares of Common Stock.
 
F. Each holder of Preferred and Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of stock held by him, there shall be no right to cumulative voting in the election of directors, and all requirements of cumulative voting in force at the time of the organization of this Corporation are hereby eliminated.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
The term for which this Corporation is to exist is perpetual.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
The number of directors shall be nine (9) divided into three classes designated Class A, Class B and Class C, respectively.  Classes A and B shall each be composed of one Group A director and two Group B directors.  The third, Class C, shall be composed of two Group A directors and one Group B director.  One class shall be elected to office at each annual meeting of the shareholders, and each term of office shall be for three years, with the terms of office of directors of the three classes expiring as follows:
 
Class A at the 2013 annual meeting
Class B at the 2011 annual meeting, and
Class C at the 2012 annual meeting.

 
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At each future annual meeting of the shareholders, the successors to the class of directors whose term expire at such meeting shall be elected to serve for terms of three years.
 
In the event of the death, resignation or removal from office of a director during his elected term of office, his successor shall be elected to serve only until the expiration of the term of his predecessor.
 
ARTICLE IX
 
No holder of the shares of Common or Preferred Stock of this Corporation shall be entitled as of right to subscribe for, purchase, or receive any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class, whether now or thereafter authorized, or of any bonds, debentures, or other securities convertible into stock of any class, and all such additional shares of stocks, bonds, debentures, or other securities convertible into stock may be issued and disposed of by the Board of Directors to such person or persons and on such terms and for such consideration (so far as may be permitted by law) as the Board of Directors, in their absolute discretion, may deem advisable.
 
ARTICLE X
 
A director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under the provisions of Kansas Statutes Annotated, Sec. 17-6424, and amendments thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
 
ARTICLE XI
 
All bylaws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new bylaws may be made, by the Board of Directors subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any bylaws made by the Board of Directors.
 
 
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Executed on the 3rd day of January, 2012.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Timothy W. Newkirk
 
Name:
Timothy W. Newkirk
 
Title:
President
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated
 Articles of Incorporation of MGP Ingredients, Inc.

EX-3.2 3 exh_32.htm EXHIBIT 3.2 exh_32.htm
Exhibit 3.2
 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
 
BYLAWS
 
OF
 
MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.
 



Adopted January 3, 2012
 
 
 
 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
  Page
   
ARTICLE I  Offices
1
 
Section 1.1.
Principal Office
1
 
Section 1.2.
Registered Office
1
 
Section 1.3.
Other Offices
1
       
ARTICLE II  Meeting of Stockholders
1
 
Section 2.1.
Annual Meetings
1
 
Section 2.2.
Special Meetings
1
 
Section 2.3.
Place and Time of Special Meetings
1
 
Section 2.4.
Notice of Meetings
1
 
Section 2.5.
Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof
2
 
Section 2.6.
Quorum and Vote Required
2
 
Section 2.7.
Chairman and Minutes
2
 
Section 2.8.
Order of Business
2
 
Section 2.9.
Voting and Ballots
2
 
Section 2.10.
Proxies
3
 
Section 2.11.
Inspection of Stock List
3
 
Section 2.12.
Inspectors of Votes.
3
 
Section 2.13.
Action Without Meeting
4
       
ARTICLE III  Board of Directors
4
 
Section 3.1.
Powers
4
 
Section 3.2.
Number, Election Term, Qualification and Removal
5
 
Section 3.3.
Chairman of the Board
5
 
Section 3.4.
Meetings
5
 
Section 3.5.
Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof
5
 
Section 3.6.
Quorum and Manner of Acting
5
 
Section 3.7.
Action by Consent
6
 
Section 3.8.
Vacancies
6
 
Section 3.9.
Inspection of Books and Records
6
       
ARTICLE IV  Committees
6
 
Section 4.1.
Executive and Other Committees
6
       
ARTICLE V  Officers
7
 
Section 5.1.
Number
7
 
Section 5.2.
Election and Term
7
 
Section 5.3.
Absence or Disability
7
 
Section 5.4.
Removal and Resignation
7
 
Section 5.5.
Vacancies
7
 
Section 5.6.
Compensation of Officers
8
 
Section 5.7.
Bond
8
 
 
 

 
 
ARTICLE VI  Duties of Officers
8
 
Section 6.1.
The President
8
 
Section 6.2.
Vice Presidents
8
 
Section 6.3.
The Secretary
9
 
Section 6.4.
Assistant Secretary
9
 
Section 6.5.
The Treasurer
9
 
Section 6.6.
Assistant Officers
10
       
ARTICLE VII  Signature Authority and Representation
10
 
Section 7.1.
Contracts, Checks, etc
10
 
Section 7.2.
Proxies in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations
10
       
ARTICLE VIII  Certificates of Stock, Bonds, and Records
10
 
Section 8.1.
Form & Signature
10
 
Section 8.2.
Transfers
10
 
Section 8.3.
Record Owner
11
 
Section 8.4.
Lost Certificates
11
 
Section 8.5.
Books and Records
11
 
Section 8.6.
Record Dates
11
 
Section 8.7.
Closing Stock Books
12
       
ARTICLE IX  Dividends
12
   
ARTICLE X  Indemnification
12
 
Section 10.1.
Right to Indemnification
12
 
Section 10.2.
Certain Limits on Indemnity
13
 
Section 10.3.
Rights to Indemnity Shall be Contractual and Continuing
13
 
Section 10.4.
Certain Procedural Matters.
14
 
Section 10.5.
Non-Exclusivity of Rights
14
 
Section 10.6.
Insurance
14
       
ARTICLE XI  Miscellaneous
15
 
Section 11.1.
Fiscal Year
15
 
Section 11.2.
Amendments
15
 
Section 11.3.
Waiver of Notice
15
 
Section 11.4.
Interpretation
15
 
Section 11.5.
Inoperative Portion
15
 
Section 11.6.
Inapplicability of Control Share Acquisition Act
15

 
 

 
BYLAWS
OF
MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.
(A KANSAS CORPORATION)
 
ARTICLE I
Offices
 
Section 1.1. Principal Office.  The principal office for the transaction of business by MGP Ingredients, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) shall be at 100 Commercial Street, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas 66044.
 
Section 1.2. Registered Office.  The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may change the location of the registered office that it has designated in the Articles of Incorporation to any other place in Kansas.  By similar resolution, the Corporation may change its resident agent to any other person or corporation, including itself.
 
Section 1.3. Other Offices.  The Corporation may have offices at any other place or places, within or without the state of Kansas, as from time to time the Board of Directors may decide necessary or the business of the Corporation may require.
 
ARTICLE II
Meeting of Stockholders
 
Section 2.1. Annual Meetings.  The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting, shall be held on October 20 in 2011 and thereafter on the fourth Thursday of May of each year, commencing in 2012, or on such other day as shall be determined in advance by the Board of Directors.  The hour and place of the meeting, within or without the State of Kansas, shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
 
Section 2.2. Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of Directors
 
Section 2.3. Place and Time of Special Meetings.  The stockholders of the Corporation shall hold each special meeting at the place and at the hour, within or without the state of Kansas, that the person or persons calling the meeting have fixed.
 
Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings.  Written notice of the date, time and place (and, in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted) of each annual or special stockholders’ meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at that meeting (except as provided by Kansas Statutes Annotated ("K.S.A.") § 17-6520 and any and all amendments thereto), not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.  Such notice shall be deemed delivered to a stockholder when personally delivered to the stockholder or when deposited in the United States mail, postage paid, addressed to the stockholder at such person's address as it appears on the Corporation’s records, or, if there is no record of a stockholder’s address, at the stockholder's last address known to the Secretary of the
 
 
 

 
Corporation, or when transmitted to the stockholder at such address by telegraph, telecopier, cable, facsimile, wireless or other form of recorded communication.  Except as the law expressly requires, notice of a meeting of stockholders need not be published.
 
Section 2.5. Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof.  Any stockholders’ meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares, the holders of which are either present in person or represented by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at such meeting.  When any stockholders’ meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.  Except as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting, if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
 
Section 2.6. Quorum and Vote Required.  The presence in person or by proxy of persons entitled to vote a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of each class of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  The stockholders present at a meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, despite the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.  When a quorum is present at a meeting, any question brought before such meeting shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of each class of stock entitled to vote on the question present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of statute or of the Articles of Incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
 
Section 2.7. Chairman and Minutes.  At each meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman’s absence or if requested by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or in the President's absence the chief financial officer, or in the chief financial officer’s  absence, another officer of the Corporation chosen by the vote of a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy, or if all the officers of the Corporation are absent, a stockholder so chosen, shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside at the meeting.  The Secretary of the Corporation, or if the Secretary is absent or required under this section to act as chairman of the meeting, the person (who shall be an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, if an Assistant Secretary is present) whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as Secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes.
 
Section 2.8. Order of Business.  The Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders shall determine the order of business, provided that the order of business may be changed by the vote of a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy.
 
Section 2.9. Voting and Ballots.  Except where otherwise provided by law, or by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, the exercise of voting rights by stockholders shall be governed by the following provisions:  Each stockholder (whether a holder of Common Stock or Preferred Stock) entitled to vote shall, at each meeting of the stockholders, be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder as of the record date.  No cumulative voting shall be permitted.  All elections of directors shall be by written ballot;  unless
 
 
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demanded by a stockholder of the Corporation present in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders and entitled to vote thereat, or so directed by the chairman of the meeting, the vote on any other question at such meeting need not be by written ballot.  Upon a demand of any such stockholder for a vote by written ballot on any question, or at the direction of the chairman of the meeting that a vote by ballot be taken on any question, such vote shall be so taken.  On a vote by written ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such person's proxy, if there be such a proxy, and shall state the number of shares voted.
 
Section 2.10. Proxies.  Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or such person's duly authorized agent and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation.  Provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of three (3) years from the date of its execution, unless the proxy instrument provides for a longer period.
 
Section 2.11. Inspection of Stock List.  The Secretary of the Corporation, or the other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of the stock ledger, either directly, through another officer of the Corporation that the Secretary designates, or through a transfer agent that the Board of Directors appoints shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting.  The officer responsible for the list will arrange it in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each.  The list shall be open to inspection by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, at the Corporation's principal place of business. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
 
Section 2.12. Inspectors of Votes.
 
(a) Prior to each meeting of the stockholders, the Corporation shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof.  If no inspector is able to act at a meeting, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.    Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, each inspector shall subscribe an oath faithfully to execute the duties of an inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of the inspector's ability.  The inspectors shall take charge of the ballots at the meeting.  After the balloting on any question, they shall count the ballots cast and make a report in writing to the Secretary of the meeting of the results of that vote.  An inspector need not be a stockholder of the Corporation, and any officer of the Corporation may be an inspector on any question other than a vote for or against such officer's election to any position with the Corporation or on any other question in which such officer may be directly interested.  The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of their duties.
 
(b) The inspectors shall
 
(1) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each;
 
 
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(2) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots;
 
(3) count all votes and ballots;
 
(4) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and
 
(5) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots.
 
(c) The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholder will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting.  No ballot, proxies or votes, nor any revocations thereof or changes thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the district court upon application by a stockholder determines otherwise.
 
(d) In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, except as may otherwise be permitted by law the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted with those proxies, any information provided in accordance with subsection (f) of K.S.A. 17-6501 or subsection (c)(2) of 17-6502, and amendments thereto, or any information provided pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) or (iii) of K.S.A. 17-6501, and amendments thereto, ballots and the regular books and records of the Corporation, except that the inspectors may consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record.  If the inspectors consider other reliable information for the limited purpose permitted herein, the inspectors at the time they make their certification pursuant to subsection (c) (5) above shall specify the precise information considered by them, including the persons or persons from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means by which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors' belief that such information is accurate and reliable.
 
Section 2.13. Action Without Meeting.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed (personally or by duly authorized attorney) by all persons who would be entitled to vote upon such action at a meeting, and filed with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders. Such consent or consents shall be delivered in a manner prescribed by law to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Kansas, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.
 
ARTICLE III
Board of Directors
 
Section 3.1. Powers.  The property, business, and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors.
 
 
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Section 3.2. Number, Election Term, Qualification and Removal.  There shall be nine (9) directors, of which four (4) shall be Group A directors, and five (5) shall be Group B directors.  The nine (9) directors shall also be divided into three classes consisting of three (3) directors each (Class A, B and C).  One class of directors shall be elected to office at each annual meeting of the stockholders.  The term of office of each director shall be for three (3) years and until such person's successor is elected and qualified, or until such person's earlier resignation or removal.  Class A and Class B shall each consist of two (2) Group B directors and one (1) Group A director, and Class C shall consist of two (2) Group A directors and one (1) Group B director.  Directors need not be stockholders.  Directors may be removed in such manner as may be provided by the Kansas General Corporation Code (the “Code”) or by the Articles of Incorporation.
 
Section 3.3. Chairman of the Board.  A Chairman of the Board shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of the stockholders and shall hold office until such Chairman of the Board’s successor is elected and qualified or until such Chairman of the Board’s earlier resignation or removal.  The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall also have such further authority and duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time direct and as may be provided in these bylaws. The Chairman of the Board shall be subject to the control of, and shall hold office at the pleasure of, the Board of Directors.
 
Section 3.4. Meetings.  Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be held within or without the state of Kansas.  The Board of Directors shall hold an annual meeting without notice immediately after the final adjournment of and at the same place as each annual meeting of the stockholders.  The Board of Directors may hold other regular meetings with or without notice at such times and places as the Board may provide.  The Board may hold special meetings at any time upon the call of any member of the Board or the President.  Notice of any special meeting, including the time and place of the meeting, shall be given to each director by any of the following means:  (a) by a writing deposited in the United States mail, postage paid, addressed to the director at the director's residence or principal business office, at least five (5) days prior to the date of the meeting; (b) by telegraph, cable, wireless, telecopier, facsimile or other form of recorded communication sent not later than the day before the date of the meeting; or (c) by oral communication, personally or by telephone, not later than the day before the date of the meeting.
 
Section 3.5. Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof.  Any meeting of the Board of Directors may be adjourned from time to time, whether or not a quorum is present, by the vote of a majority of directors present.  Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given if the Board fixed the time and place at the meeting from which adjournment was taken.
 
Section 3.6. Quorum and Manner of Acting.  Five (5) of the nine directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum shall be present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.  The directors present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, despite the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.  Members of the Board, or of any committee the Board designates, may participate in a meeting of the Board or of that committee by means of
 
 
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conference telephone or similar communications equipment through which all persons participating in the meeting can hear one another.  Such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
 
Section 3.7. Action by Consent.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or the committee consent to such action in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or the committee.
 
Section 3.8. Vacancies.  A majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or a sole remaining director may fill vacancies on the Board.  If at any time the Corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer, stockholder, executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder may call a special meeting of the stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws for the purpose of electing directors.
 
A vacancy on the Board shall exist in case of the death, resignation, or removal of any director, if the stockholders increase the number of directors, if the stockholders fail at any meeting at which they elect directors to elect the full number of directors for which they are voting at that meeting, or if a director refuses to serve.  If a director resigns, effective at a future date, the Board, including any directors whose resignations are not yet effective, shall have the power to fill that vacancy, the successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective.
 
Each director chosen as this section provides shall hold office until the next regular election of directors or of the class of which such director is a part and until the election and qualification of such person’s successor.  No reduction in the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such person's term of office.
 
Section 3.9. Inspection of Books and Records.  Any director shall have the right to examine the Corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders entitled to vote and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to such director’s position as a director.  When there is any doubt concerning the inspection rights of a director, the parties may petition the District Court which may, in its discretion, determine whether an inspection may be made and whether any limitations or conditions should be imposed upon the same.
 
ARTICLE IV
Committees
 
Section 4.1. Executive and Other Committees.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate an Executive Committee and one or more other committees, each to consist of one (1) or more directors.  The Executive Committee shall not have authority to make, alter, or amend bylaws, or to fill vacancies in its own membership or that of the Board, but it shall exercise all other powers of the Board between meetings of that body.  Other committees of the Board shall have the powers of the Board to the extent their authorizing resolutions provide.  The Executive and such other
 
 
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committees shall meet at stated times or on notice to all committee members by any one of them.  The committees shall fix their own rules of procedure.  A majority shall constitute a quorum, but the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole committee shall be necessary for any action.  The Executive and other committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report these to the Board of Directors.
 
ARTICLE V
Officers
 
Section 5.1. Number.  The Officers of the Corporation shall be a President, Secretary, Treasurer and such other officers, including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other assistant officers, as the Board of Directors may from time to time elect. The Board shall designate an Officer as chief executive officer and an Officer as chief financial officer, and may provide such other designations, such as chief operating officer or chief accounting officer, as it may deem appropriate.   If more than one Vice President be elected, the Board may designate one or more of them as Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President.  Additionally, the chief executive officer may appoint one or more divisional or segment vice presidents.  Any two or more offices may be held by the same individual.
 
Section 5.2. Election and Term.  The Officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of the stockholders and shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal.  At any meeting, the Board of Directors may elect such other officers to hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal.  A division or segment vice president appointed by the chief executive officer may be appointed at any time, and any person so appointed shall hold such office until such person's resignation or removal. Each Officer of the Corporation and each division or segment vice president shall be subject to the control of, and shall hold office at the pleasure of, the Board of Directors.
 
Section 5.3. Absence or Disability.  In the event of the absence or disability of any officer of the Corporation and of any person authorized to act in such officer's place during such period of absence or disability, the Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers and duties of that officer to any other officer, or any director or any other person whom it may select.
 
Section 5.4. Removal and Resignation.  Any officer may be removed with or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors, and any segment or division vice president appointed by the chief executive officer may be removed with or without cause at any time by the chief executive officer.  Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.
 
Section 5.5. Vacancies.  In case any office filled by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.1 shall become vacant by reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the directors then in office, although less than a majority of the entire Board of Directors, may, by a majority vote of those voting, choose a successor or successors for the unexpired term.
 
 
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Section 5.6. Compensation of Officers.  The Board of Directors, a committee of the Board of Directors or such officer as the Board or such committee may designate, may fix or provide the method for determining the compensation for officers.
 
Section 5.7. Bond.  The Board of Directors, by resolution, may require any and all of the officers to give bond to the Corporation, with sufficient surety or sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices, and to comply with such other conditions as may from time to time be required by the Board of Directors.
 
ARTICLE VI
Duties of Officers
 
Section 6.1. The President.  The President shall have such authority and duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time direct and as may be provided in these bylaws.  Unless the Board otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive powers and duties of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation.
 
The President shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, subject to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers to any other officer or officers of the Corporation.
 
In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors, and in the absence of or if requested by the Chairman of the Board, shall preside at meetings of stockholders.
 
The President, alone or with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the Corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, may sign certificated shares of the Corporation, deeds, conveyances, bonds, mortgages, contracts or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, and unless the Board of Directors shall order otherwise by resolution, may borrow such funds, make such contracts, and execute such agreements, financing statements, certificates, documents and other instruments as may be incident thereto, as the ordinary conduct of the Corporation’s business may require.
 
Unless the Board otherwise provides, the President or any person designated in writing by the President may (i) attend meetings of stockholders of other corporations to represent the Corporation thereat and to vote or take action with respect to the shares of any such corporation owned by this Corporation in such manner as the President or the President's designee may determine, and (ii) execute and deliver written consents, waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of the Corporation with respect to any such shares owned by this Corporation.
 
The President shall, unless the Board provides otherwise, be ex-officio a member of all standing committees.
 
Section 6.2. Vice Presidents.  Any Vice President elected by the Board of Directors shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to such person and shall exercise such powers as may be granted to such person by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer.  In the absence of the President, the Vice Presidents elected by the Board of Directors, in order of their
 
 
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seniority, may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chief executive officer with the same force and effect as if performed by the chief executive officer.  Divisional or segment vice presidents appointed by the chief executive officer shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as are approved by the Board of Directors.
 
Section 6.3. The Secretary.  The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the stockholders, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Committee’s meetings in books provided for that purpose.
 
The Secretary shall sign with the President, the Chairman of the Board or a Vice President, certificated shares of the Corporation, the issue of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors.  Except to the extent delegated by the Board to an institutional stock transfer agent and registrar, the Secretary shall have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation and shall keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such stockholder.
 
The Secretary shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law and that the voting list is prepared for stockholders’ meetings.
 
In general, the Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by the chief executive officer or by the Board of Directors.
 
Section 6.4. Assistant Secretary.  At the request of the Secretary, or in the event of the Secretary’s absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary appointed by the Board of Directors shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary.  Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation.
 
Section 6.5. The Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable of the Corporation from any source whatsoever, and shall deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected by the Board of Directors or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board of Directors.
 
The Treasurer shall disburse or permit to be disbursed the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered or authorized generally by the Board.
 
The Treasurer shall render to the President and the directors whenever they may require it an account of all such officer's transactions as Treasurer and of those under such officer's jurisdiction and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
 
In general, the Treasurer shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the Treasurer by the chief executive officer or by the Board of Directors.
 
 
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Section 6.6. Assistant Officers.  Each assistant officer that may be selected pursuant to these bylaws shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  In the absence or nonavailability of the principal, the assistant may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the principal with the same force and effect as if performed by the principal.  The assistant shall also have such lesser or greater authority and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
 
ARTICLE VII
Signature Authority and Representation
 
Section 7.1. Contracts, Checks, etc.  All contracts and agreements authorized by the Board of Directors, and all checks, drafts, bills of exchange or other orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agent or agents, as may from time to time be authorized by these bylaws, designated by the Board of Directors, or as may be designated by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may appoint, which designation or designations may be general or confined to specific instances.  The Board of Directors may authorize the use of facsimile signatures on any such document.
 
Section 7.2. Proxies in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations.  Unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise, the President or a Vice President may from time to time appoint an attorney or an agent to exercise, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, the powers and rights which the Corporation may have as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation to vote or to consent in respect of that stock or those securities.  The President or Vice President may instruct the person or persons such officer appoints as to the manner of exercising the powers and rights, and the President may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation all written proxies, powers of attorney, or other written instruments that such officer deems necessary in order for the Corporation to exercise those powers and rights.
 
ARTICLE VIII
Certificates of Stock, Bonds, and Records
 
Section 8.1. Form & Signature.  The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or, if and to the extent the Board of Directors determines, shall be uncertificated shares.  Notwithstanding any such determination by the Board of Directors, every stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates of stock bearing the holder’s name and number of shares and signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary; provided, however, that any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.  In case any officer of the Corporation, transfer agent or registrar who shall have signed or whose facsimile signature shall have been placed upon a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, the Corporation may nevertheless issue the certificate with the same effect as though the person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issuance.
 
Section 8.2. Transfers.  Certificated shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the registered holders thereof or by their attorneys legally constituted or their
 
 
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legal representatives by surrender of the certificates therefor for cancellation and a written assignment of the shares evidenced thereby.  Uncertificated shares shall be transferred in the share register of the Corporation upon an instruction originated by the appropriate person to transfer the shares.  The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint such Transfer Agents and Registrars of stock as it may deem advisable and may define their powers and duties.
 
Section 8.3. Record Owner.  The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person on its books as the owners of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and 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 the laws of the State of Kansas.
 
Section 8.4. Lost Certificates.  Any person applying for a certificate of stock to be issued in lieu of one alleged to be lost or destroyed shall furnish to the Corporation such information as it may require to ascertain whether a certificate of stock has been lost or destroyed and shall furnish such bond as the Board may deem sufficient to indemnify the Corporation and its transfer agent and registrar against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss.
 
Section 8.5. Books and Records.  The Corporation may keep its books and records at any places within or without the state of Kansas that the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
 
Section 8.6. Record Dates.  Record dates may be set as follows:
 
(1) In order for the Corporation to determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of a meeting.  If the Board of Directors does not fix a record date, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting shall be the close of business on the day that next precedes the day on which notice of the meeting is given or, if notice is waived, the close of business on the day that next precedes the day on which the stockholders meet.
 
(2) In order for the Corporation to determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors.  If the Board does not fix a record date, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action of the Board is necessary, shall be the date on which the first written consent is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office within the state of Kansas, its principal place of business, or Secretary.  Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors
 
 
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and prior action of the Board of Directors is required, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts a resolution taking such other action.
 
(3) In order for the Corporation to determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, distribution or allotment of, any rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action.  If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts a resolution relating thereto.  In connection with the declaration of dividends, the Board may specify a variable payment date which will be the earlier of the sixtieth day following the record date or the date of a future event such as the mailing of a notice or report to stockholders.
 
Section 8.7. Closing Stock Books.  The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of a period not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of a stockholders’ meeting, the date when the right to any dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights vests, or the effective date of any change, conversion, or exchange of shares.
 
ARTICLE IX
Dividends
 
Subject to the Articles of Incorporation, whenever the Board of Directors decides that the affairs of the Corporation render it advisable, the Board, at any regular or special meeting, may declare and pay dividends in an amount the Board believes proper upon the shares of stock of the Corporation either (1) out of the Corporation’s surplus as defined and computed in accordance with the provisions of law, or (2) in case the Corporation shall not have any such surplus, out of the net profits for the fiscal year in which the Board declares the dividend and/or the net profits of the preceding fiscal year.
 
Before the Corporation pays any dividend or makes any distribution of profits, the Board may set aside out of the surplus or net profits of the Corporation any sum that the directors in their absolute discretion think proper as a reserve to meet contingencies, to equalize dividends, to repair or maintain property of the Corporation, or to accomplish any other purpose the directors think is in the interests of the Corporation.
 
ARTICLE X
Indemnification
 
Section 10.1. Right to Indemnification.  Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a
 
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“proceeding”), by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer, of the Corporation, or who, while a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another enterprise, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer, or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the K.S.A., as the same exist or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith; provided, however, that, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.  The right to indemnification conferred in this Section shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses, including attorneys fees,  incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the payment of such expenses incurred by a present or former director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such present or former director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such present or former director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise.  For purposes of this Article X, the term “enterprise” shall include corporations, both profit and nonprofit, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, employee plans and associations, and the term “officer” shall include with respect to partnerships, joint ventures, trusts or other enterprises, the offices of general partner, trustee or other fiduciary (as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended).  The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification and expense advances to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of present and former directors and officers.
 
Section 10.2. Certain Limits on Indemnity.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article X to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be liable, unless otherwise provided by separate written agreement, by-law or other provision for indemnity, to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the director or officer:
 
(1) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by the officer or director of securities of the Corporation within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto; or
 
(2) for amounts paid in settlement of any proceeding effected without the written consent of the Corporation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
 
Section 10.3. Rights to Indemnity Shall be Contractual and Continuing.  The provisions of this Article X shall be deemed to be a contract between this Corporation and each person who serves as contemplated as a director or officer at any time while such provisions are in effect; they shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer; and they shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators.  Such provisions may be
 
 
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limited or qualified as to service occurring subsequent to such limitation or qualification by authority of the Board of Directors of this Corporation; provided, however, any such limitation or qualification, or any other repeal or amendment of this Article X shall not affect any right or obligation then existing with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
 
Section 10.4. Certain Procedural Matters.
 
(1) In the event of payment under the provisions of this Article, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the director or officer.
 
(2) The Corporation shall be entitled to participate at its expense in any proceeding for which a director or officer may be entitled to indemnity, and it may assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the director or officer unless the officer or director reasonably concludes that there may be a conflict of interest between the Corporation and the director or officer in the conduct of such defense.
 
(3) If a claim under this Article is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of prosecuting such claim.  It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the K.S.A. for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the K.S.A., nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
 
Section 10.5. Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
 
Section 10.6. Insurance.  The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another enterprise
 
 
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against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person or enterprise against such expense, liability or loss under the K.S.A.
 
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
 
Section 11.1. Fiscal Year.  The Board of Directors shall have the power to fix, from time to time, the fiscal year of the Corporation by a duly adopted resolution.
 
Section 11.2. Amendments.  All bylaws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new bylaws may be made, by the Board of Directors subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any bylaws made by the Board of Directors.
 
Section 11.3. Waiver of Notice.  Whenever notice of an annual, regular or special meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board is required to be delivered to a person under any of the provisions of these bylaws, a written waiver of notice signed by such person, whether signed before or after the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to the timely delivery to such person of written notice of such meeting.  Attendance of a person at a meeting also shall be deemed equivalent to the timely delivery to such person of written notice of such meeting, unless such person attends such meeting for the purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and states such to be such person's purpose at the beginning of the meeting.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board need be specified in any written waiver of notice of such meeting, regardless whether such specification would be required in the notice of such meeting.
 
Section 11.4. Interpretation.  Whenever the context indicates, the masculine gender in these bylaws shall include the feminine and neuter, and the singular shall include the plural or vice versa.  The table of contents and headings are solely for organization, convenience, and clarity.  They do not define, limit, or describe the scope of these bylaws or the intent in any of the provisions.
 
Section 11.5. Inoperative Portion.  If any portion of these bylaws shall be invalid or inoperative, then, to the extent reasonable and possible, the remainder shall be valid and operative, and effect shall be given to the intent that the portion held invalid or inoperative manifests.
 
Section 11.6. Inapplicability of Control Share Acquisition Act.  The provisions of Section 17-1286 to 17-1298 of the Kansas Statutes, also known as the Kansas Control Share Acquisition Act, shall not apply to this Corporation.
 
 
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SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE
 
The undersigned Secretary of MGP Ingredients, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies on January 3, 2012 that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
 
 
 
 
MGP Ingredients, Inc.
     
     
     
  By:  /s/ Marta L. Myers
   
Marta L. Myers, Secretary

 
 
 
 
 
Signature Page to Amended and Restated Bylaws
of MGP Ingredients, Inc.