EX-3.1 2 amendmentbylaws.txt EXHIBIT 3.1 AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS (EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 9, 2007) Article Five Capital Stock is amended by adding the following section: ------------- Section 5.6 Book-Entry Ownership and Transfer of Stock. As an ---------- --------- --- -------- -- ------ alternative to stock ownership and transfer by certificate, upon direction by the Chairman of the Board or the President, the stock of the Corporation may be included in a direct registration system operated by a securities depository and available for stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange, under which the stock may be issued, recorded, owned and transferred electronically in book-entry form. The last sentence of Section 2.5 Voting of Article Two Shareholders' Meetings is ------ amended to read as follows: A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy, executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact, or by electronic (internet and/or telephone) voting.