0000946275-11-000200.txt : 20110504 0000946275-11-000200.hdr.sgml : 20110504 20110504171304 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000946275-11-000200 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110429 ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110504 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110504 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TF FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000921051 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 742705050 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35163 FILM NUMBER: 11811334 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 PENNS TRAIL CITY: NEWTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18940 BUSINESS PHONE: 2155794000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 PENNS TRAIL CITY: NEWTOWN STATE: PA ZIP: 18940 8-K12B 1 f8k_042911-0084.htm FORM 8-K - TF FINANCIAL CORPORATION f8k_042911-0084.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)
April 29, 2011
 


TF FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Pennsylvania
0-24168
74-2705050
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

3 Penns Trail, Newtown, Pennsylvania
18940
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:       (215) 579-4000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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TF FINANCIAL CORPORATION

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Section 3 – Securities and Trading Markets


Item 3.03                      Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
 
On April 29, 2011, TF Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Predecessor Company”), changed its state of incorporation from Delaware to Pennsylvania through a merger with and into TF Pennsylvania Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Predecessor Company established for such purpose.  Immediately following the merger, the articles of incorporation of TF Pennsylvania Corporation were amended to change its name to TF Financial Corporation (the “Company”).  The merger agreement relating to the reincorporation was approved by the requisite vote of shareholders on April 27, 2011. Other than the change in corporate domicile, the reincorporation did not result in any change in the business, physical location, management, assets, liabilities or net worth of the Predecessor Company, nor did it result in any change in location of the Predecessor Company’s employees, including the Predecessor Company’s management.
 
The reincorporation did not alter any shareholder’s percentage ownership interest, or number of shares owned, in the Predecessor Company. Shareholders are not required to undertake any exchange of the Predecessor Company’s shares, as shares in the Predecessor Company are deemed to represent an equal number of shares in the Company.
 
In accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the shares of common stock of the Company, as successor issuer to the Predecessor Company, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
 
As of April 29, 2011, the effective date of the reincorporation, the rights of the Predecessor Company’s shareholders began to be governed by Pennsylvania law and the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws of the Company, attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively. The new Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws of the Company include certain governance-related provisions which may alter the rights of shareholders and powers of management. For a description and discussion of these changes, please refer to the Predecessor Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2011, which description is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
 
 
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
 
Item 5.03                      Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
 
As a result of the consummation of the reincorporation, effective April 29, 2011, the rights of the Predecessor Company’s shareholders became subject to the terms of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws of the Company.  There are certain differences between the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Predecessor Company and the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws of the Company.  For a description and discussion of these changes, please refer to the Predecessor Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2011, which description is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
 
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits

The Following exhibits are being furnished with this Report:

Exhibit No.                               Description of Exhibit
 
3.1             Articles of Incorporation, as amended

3.2             Bylaws

 
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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.
 
   
TF FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
 
 
Date:                      May 4, 2011
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Dennis R. Stewart
     
Dennis R. Stewart
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)

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EX-3.1 2 ex3-1.htm EXHIBIT 3.1 - ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED ex3-1.htm
 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 
of
 
TF FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
     The Articles of Incorporation of TF Financial Corporation are hereby amended and restated in their entirety so as to read as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
Name
 
The name of the corporation is TF Financial Corporation (herein the “Corporation”).
 
 
ARTICLE II
 
Registered Office
 
     The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is 3 Penns Trail, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940.
 
 
ARTICLE III
 
Nature of Business
 
     The Corporation is incorporated under the Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Business Corporation Law”) for the purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 
 
ARTICLE IV
 
Term
 
The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
 
ARTICLE V
 
Incorporator
 
The name and mailing address of the incorporator is as follows:
 
 
Name
 
Mailing Address
 
         
 
Kent C. Lufkin
 
3 Penns Trail
 
     
Newtown, Pennsylvania  18940
 
 
 
 
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ARTICLE VI
 
Capital Stock
 
The aggregate number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is 12,000,000, of which 10,000,000 are to be shares of common stock, $.10 par value per share, and of which 2,000,000 are to be shares of serial preferred stock, $.10 par value per share.  The shares may be issued by the Corporation without the approval of stockholders except as otherwise provided in this Article VI, governing law or the rules of a national securities exchange, if applicable.  The consideration for the issuance of the shares shall be paid to or received by the Corporation in full before their issuance and shall not be less than the par value per share.  The consideration for the issuance of the shares shall be cash, services rendered, personal property (tangible or intangible), real property, leases of real property or any combination of the foregoing.  In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value of such consideration shall be conclusive.  Upon payment of such consideration such shares shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable.  In the case of a stock dividend, the part of the surplus of the Corporation which is transferred to stated capital upon the issuance of shares as a stock dividend shall be deemed to be the consideration for their issuance.
 
A description of the different classes and series (if any) of the Corporation’s capital stock, and a statement of the relative powers, designations, preferences and rights of the shares of each class and series (if any) of capital stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, are as follows:
 
A.  Common Stock.  Except as provided in these Articles of Incorporation (or in any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant hereto), the holders of the common stock shall exclusively possess all voting power.  Each holder of shares of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by such holders.
 
Whenever there shall have been paid, or declared and set aside for payment, to the holders of the outstanding shares of any class of stock having preference over the common stock as to the payment of dividends, the full amount of dividends and sinking fund or retirement fund or other retirement payments, if any, to which such holders are respectively entitled in preference to the common stock, then dividends may be paid on the common stock, and on any class or series of stock entitled to participate therewith as to dividends, out of any assets legally available for the payment of dividends, but only when as declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after there shall have been paid, or declared and set aside for payment, to the holders of the outstanding shares of any class having preference over the common stock in any event, the full preferential amounts to which they are respectively entitled, the holders of the common stock and of any class or series of stock entitled to participate therewith, in whole or in part, as to distribution of assets shall be entitled, after payment or provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation, to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution, in cash or in kind.
 
 
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Each share of common stock shall have the same relative powers, preferences and rights as, and shall be identical in all respects with, all the other shares of common stock of the Corporation.
 
B.  Serial Preferred Stock.  Except as provided in these Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized, by resolution and amendment to these Articles of Incorporation from time to time adopted, to provide for the issuance of serial preferred stock in series and to fix and state the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, but not limited to determination of any of the following:
 
1.          the distinctive serial designation and the number of shares constituting such series; and
 
2.          the dividend rates or the amount of dividends to be paid on the shares of such series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates, the payment date or dates for dividends, and the participating or other special rights, if any, with respect to dividends; and
 
3.          the voting powers, full or limited, if any, of the shares of such series; and
 
4.          whether the shares of such series shall be redeemable and, if so, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which such shares may be redeemed; and
 
5.          the amount or amounts payable upon the shares of such series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; and
 
6.          whether the shares of such series shall be entitled to the benefits of a sinking or retirement fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares, and, if so entitled, the amount of such fund and the manner of its application, including the price or prices at which such shares may be redeemed or purchased through the application of such funds; and
 
7.          whether the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation and, if so convertible or exchangeable, the conversion price or prices, or the rate or rates of exchange, and the adjustments thereof, if any, at which such conversion or exchange may be made, and any other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; and
 
8.          the subscription or purchase price and form of consideration for which the shares of such series shall be issued; and
 
9.          whether the shares of such series which are redeemed or converted shall have the status of authorized but unissued shares of serial preferred stock and whether such shares may be reissued as shares of the same or any other series of serial preferred stock.
 
Each share of each series of serial preferred stock shall have the same relative powers, preferences and rights as, and shall be identical in all respects with, all the other shares of the Corporation of the same series.
 
 
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ARTICLE VII
 
Preemptive Rights
 
No holder of any of the shares of any class or series of stock or of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class or series of stock or of other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or series, or any unissued bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of any class or series or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class or series; but any such unissued stock, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock or carrying any right to purchase stock may be issued pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation to such persons, firms, corporations or associations, whether or not holders thereof, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
Repurchase of Shares
 
The Corporation may from time to time, pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and without action by the stockholders, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any class, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip, warrants, obligations, evidences of indebtedness, or other securities of the Corporation in such manner, upon such terms, and in such amounts as the Board of Directors shall determine; subject, however, to such limitations or restrictions, if any, as are contained in the express terms of any class of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of the purchase or acquisition in question or as are imposed by law or regulation.
 
ARTICLE IX
 
Meetings of Stockholders; Cumulative Voting
 
A.           Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles or the Bylaws of the Corporation, no action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied.
 
B.           Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or by a committee of the Board of Directors which has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authorities, as provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, include the power and authority to call such meetings, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons.
 
C.           There shall be no cumulative voting by stockholders of any class or series in the election of directors of the Corporation.
 
 
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D.           Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as the Bylaws of the Corporation may provide.
 
ARTICLE X
 
Notice for Nominations and Proposals
 
A.           Nominations of candidates for election as directors at any annual meeting of stockholders may be made (a) by, or at the direction of, a majority of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder entitled to vote at such annual meeting.  Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph B of this Article X shall be eligible for election as directors at an annual meeting.  Ballots bearing the names of all the persons who have been nominated for election as directors at an annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph B shall be provided for use at the annual meeting.
 
B.           Nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation as set forth in this paragraph B of Article X.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that with respect to the first scheduled annual meeting, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered or received no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the scheduled meeting must be delivered or received no later than the close of business on the fifth day preceding the date of the meeting.  Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director and as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of Corporation stock which are Beneficially Owned (as defined in Article XIII) by such person on the date of such stockholder notice, and (iv) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies with respect to nominees for election as directors, pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including, but not limited to, information required to be disclosed by Items 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Schedule 14A and information which would be required to be filed on Schedule 14B with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successors of such items or schedules); and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such stockholder and any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such nominees and (ii) the class and number of shares of Corporation stock which are Beneficially Owned by such stockholder on the date of such stockholder notice and, to the extent known, by any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such nominees on the date of such stockholder notice.  At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by, or at the direction of, the Board for election as a director at an annual meeting shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.
 
C.           The Board of Directors may reject any nomination by a stockholder not timely made in accordance with the requirements of paragraph B of this Article X.  If the Board of Directors, or a
 
 
 
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 designated committee thereof, determines that the information provided in a stockholder’s notice does not satisfy the informational requirements of this Article in any material respect, the Secretary of the Corporation shall notify such stockholder of the deficiency in the notice.  The stockholder shall have an opportunity to cure the deficiency by providing additional information to the Secretary within such period of time, not to exceed five days from the date such deficiency notice is given to the stockholder, as the  Board of Directors or such committee shall reasonably determine.  If the deficiency is not cured within such period, or if the Board of Directors or such committee reasonably determines that the additional information provided by the stockholder, together with information previously provided, does not satisfy the requirements of this Article in any material respect, then the Board of Directors may reject such stockholder’s nomination.  The Secretary of the Corporation shall notify a stockholder in writing whether his nomination has been made in accordance with the time and informational requirements of this Article.  Notwithstanding the procedures set forth in this paragraph, if neither the Board of Directors nor such committee makes a determination as to the validity of any nominations by a stockholder, the presiding officer of the annual meeting shall determine and declare at the annual meeting whether the nomination was made in accordance with the terms of this Article.  If the presiding officer determines that a nomination was made in accordance with the terms of this Article, he shall so declare at the annual meeting and ballots shall be provided for use at the meeting with respect to such nominee.  If the presiding officer determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the terms of this Article, he shall so declare at the annual meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
 
D.           At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such new business shall be conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon, as shall have been brought before the annual meeting by, or at the direction of, (1) the Board of Directors or (2) any stockholder of the Company who complies with all the requirements set forth in this paragraph D of Article X.  Proposals, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Company as set forth in this paragraph D. For stockholder proposals to be considered at the annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the mailing of notice for the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, provided however, that with respect to the first scheduled annual meeting, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered or received at least 120 days prior to the date of the annual meeting as announced by the Company.  Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the proposal desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Company’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business and, to the extent known, any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal, (c) the class and number of shares of the Company stock that are Beneficially Owned by the stockholder on the date of such stockholder notice and, to the extent known, by any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal on the date of such stockholder notice, and (d) any financial interest of the stockholder in such proposal (other than interests which all stockholders would have).
 
E.           The Board of Directors may reject any stockholder proposal not timely made in accordance with the terms of paragraph D of this Article X.  If the Board of Directors, or a designated committee thereof, determines that the information provided in a stockholder’s notice
 
 
 
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does not satisfy the informational requirements of paragraph D in any material respect, the Secretary of the Company shall promptly notify such stockholder of the deficiency in the notice.  The stockholder shall have an opportunity to cure the deficiency by providing additional information to the Secretary within such period of time, not to exceed five days from the date such deficiency notice is given to the stockholder, as the Board of Directors or such committee shall reasonably determine. If the deficiency is not cured within such period, or if the Board of Directors or such committee determines that the additional information provided by the stockholder, together with information previously provided, does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph D of this Article X in any material respect, then the Board of Directors may reject such stockholder’s proposal.  The Secretary of the Company shall notify a stockholder in writing whether such stockholder’s proposal has been made in accordance with the time and informational requirements of paragraph D of this Article X. Notwithstanding the procedures set forth in this paragraph, if neither the Board of Directors nor such committee makes a determination as to the validity of any stockholder proposal, the presiding officer of the annual meeting shall determine and declare at the annual meeting whether the stockholder proposal was made in accordance with the terms of paragraph D of this Article X.  If the presiding officer determines that a stockholder proposal was made in accordance with the terms of paragraph D of this Article X, such person shall so declare at the annual meeting and ballots shall be provided for use at the meeting with respect to any such proposal. If the presiding officer determines that a stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the terms of paragraph D of this Article X, such person shall so declare at the annual meeting and any such proposal shall not be acted upon at the annual meeting.
 
 
ARTICLE XI
 
Directors
 
A.  Number.  The number of directors of the Corporation shall be such number, not less than three nor more than 15 (exclusive of directors, if any, to be elected by holders of preferred stock of the Corporation, voting separately as a class), as shall be provided from time to time in or in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, provided that no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director, and provided further that no action shall be taken to decrease or increase the number of directors from time to time unless at least two-thirds of the directors then in office shall concur in said action.
 
B. Vacancies.  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock then outstanding, vacancies in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, however caused, and newly created directorships shall be filled by a vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office, whether or not a quorum, and any director so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of the class to which the director has been chosen expires and when the director’s successor is elected and qualified.
 
C.  Classified Board.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be divided into three classes of directors which shall be designated Class I, Class II and Class III.  The members of each class shall be elected for a term of three years and until their successors are elected and qualified.  Such classes shall be as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall permit, with the terms of office of all members of one class expiring
 
 
 
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each year. At the first annual meeting of stockholders, directors in Class I shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting thereafter, directors of Class II shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding meeting thereafter and directors of Class III shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the first succeeding annual meeting thereafter.  Thereafter, at each succeeding annual meeting, directors whose term shall expire at any annual meeting shall continue to serve until such time as his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified unless his position on the Board of Directors shall have been abolished by action taken to reduce the size of the Board of Directors prior to said meeting.
 
Should the number of directors of the Corporation be reduced, the directorship(s) eliminated shall be allocated among classes as appropriate so that the number of directors in each class is as specified in the immediately preceding paragraph.  The Board of Directors shall designate, by the name of the incumbent(s), the position(s) to be abolished.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.  Should the number of directors of the Corporation be increased, the additional directorships shall be allocated among classes as appropriate so that the number of directors in each class is as specified in the immediately preceding paragraph.
 
Whenever the holders of any one or more series of preferred stock of the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall consist of said directors so elected in addition to the number of directors fixed as provided above in this Article XI.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise may be required by law, whenever the holders of any one or more series of preferred stock of the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation, the terms of the director or directors elected by such holders shall expire at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders.
 
ARTICLE XII
 
Removal of Directors
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles or the Bylaws of the Corporation, no member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed except for cause, and then only by the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more series of preferred stock of the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation, the preceding provisions of this Article XII shall not apply with respect to the director or directors elected by such holders of preferred stock.  Directors may also be removed from office in the manner provided in Sections 1726(b) and 1726(c) of the Business Corporation Law, or any successors to such sections.
 
 
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ARTICLE XIII
 
Certain Limitations on Voting Rights
 
A.           Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation, in no event shall any record owner of any outstanding common stock of the Corporation which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a person who, as of any record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote on any matter, beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock (the “Limit”), be entitled, or permitted to any vote in respect of the shares held in excess of the Limit.  The number of votes which may be cast by any record owner by virtue of the provisions hereof in respect of common stock beneficially owned by such person owning shares in excess of the Limit shall be a number equal to the total number of votes which a single record owner of all common stock owned by such person would be entitled to cast, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of such class or series which are both beneficially owned by such person and owned of record by such record owner and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by such person owning shares in excess of the Limit.
 
B.           The following definitions shall apply to this Article XIII.
 
1.           “Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date of filing of these Articles of Incorporation.
 
2.           “Beneficial ownership” shall be determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any successor rule or statutory provision), or, if said Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule or provision thereto, pursuant to said Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the date of filing of these Articles of Incorporation; provided, however, that a person shall, in any event, also be deemed the “beneficial owner” of any common stock of the Corporation:
 
 
(1)
which such person or any of its affiliates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly; or
 
 
(2)
which such person or any of its affiliates has (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (but shall not be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any voting shares solely by reason of an agreement, contract, or other arrangement with this Corporation to effect any transaction which is described in any one or more of Sections 1 through 5 of Section A of Article XIV) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants, or options or otherwise, or (ii) sole or shared voting or investment power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any voting shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which neither such person nor any such affiliate is otherwise deemed the beneficial owner); or
 
 
 
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which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of its affiliates acts as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of this Corporation;
 
and provided further, however, that (1) no Director or Officer of this Corporation (or any affiliate of any such Director or Officer) shall, solely by reason of any or all of such Directors or Officers acting in their capacities as such, be deemed, for any purposes hereof, to beneficially own any common stock beneficially owned by any other such Director or Officer (or any affiliate thereof), and (2) neither any employee stock ownership or similar plan of this Corporation or any subsidiary of this Corporation, nor any trustee with respect thereto or any affiliate of such trustee (solely by reason of such capacity of such trustee), shall be deemed, for any purposes hereof, to beneficially own any common stock held under any such plan.  For purposes of computing the percentage beneficial ownership of common stock of a person, the outstanding common stock of the Corporation shall include shares deemed owned by such person through application of this subsection but shall not include any other common stock which may be issuable by this Corporation pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.  For all other purposes, the outstanding common stock of the Corporation shall include only common stock then outstanding and shall not include any common stock which may be issuable by this Corporation pursuant to any agreement, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.
 
3.           The term “Offer” shall mean every written offer to buy or acquire, solicitation of an offer to sell, tender offer or request or invitation for tender of, a security or interest in a security for value; provided that the term “Offer” shall not include (i) inquiries directed solely to the management of the Corporation and not intended to be communicated to stockholders which are designed to elicit an indication of management’s receptivity to the basic structure of a potential acquisition with respect to the amount of cash and or securities, manner of acquisition and formula for determining price, or (ii) non-binding expressions of understanding or letters of intent with the management of the Corporation regarding the basic structure of a potential acquisition with respect to the amount of cash and/or securities, manner of acquisition and formula for determining price.
 
4.           A “person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, or other entity.
 
C.           The Board of Directors shall have the power to construe and apply the provisions of this Article XIII and to make all determinations necessary or desirable to implement such provisions, including but not limited to matters with respect to (i) the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by any person, (ii) whether a person is an affiliate of another, (iii) whether a person has an agreement, arrangement, or understanding with another as to the matters referred to in the definition of beneficial ownership, (iv) the application of any other definition or operative provision of the section to the given facts, or (v) any other matter relating to the applicability or effect of this Article XIII.
 
D.           The Board of Directors shall have the right to demand that any person who is reasonably believed to beneficially own common stock in excess of the Limit (or holders of record of
 
 
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 common stock beneficially owned by any person in excess of the Limit) supply the Corporation with complete information as to (i) the record owner(s) of all shares beneficially owned by such person who is reasonably believed to own shares in excess of the Limit, (ii) any other factual matter relating to the applicability or effect of this Article XIII as may reasonably be requested of such person.
 
E.           Except as otherwise provided by law or expressly provided in this Article XIII, the presence in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitling the holders thereof to cast a majority of the votes (after giving effect, if required, to the provisions of this Article XIII) entitled to be cast by the holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders, and every reference in these Articles of Incorporation to a majority or other proportion of capital stock (or the holders thereof) for purposes of determining any quorum requirement or any requirement for stockholder consent or approval shall be deemed to refer to such majority or other proportion of the votes (or the holders thereof) then entitled to be cast in respect of such capital stock.
 
F.           The provisions of this Article XIII shall not be applicable to any tax-qualified defined benefit plan or defined contribution plan of the Corporation or its subsidiaries or to the acquisition of more than 10% of any class of equity security of the Corporation if such acquisition has been approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors, as defined in Article XIV of these Articles of Incorporation; provided, however, that such approval shall only be effective if such continuing directors shall have the power to construe and apply the provisions of this Article XIII and to make all determinations necessary or desirable to implement such provisions, including but not limited to matters with respect to (a) the number of shares beneficially owned by any person, (b) whether a person has an agreement, arrangement, or understanding with another as to the matters referred to in the definition of beneficial ownership, (c) the application of any other material fact relating to the applicability or effect of this Article XIII.  Any constructions, applications, or determinations made by the Continuing Directors pursuant to this Article XIII in good faith and on the basis of such information and assistance as was then reasonably available for such purpose shall be conclusive and binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders.
 
G.           In the event any provision (or portion thereof) of this Article XIII shall be found to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions (or portions thereof) of this Article XIII shall remain in full force and effect, and shall be construed as if such invalid, prohibited or unenforceable provision had been stricken here from or otherwise rendered inapplicable, it being the intent of this Corporation and its stockholders that each such remaining provision (or portion thereof) of this Article XIII remain, to the fullest extent permitted by law, applicable and enforceable as to all stockholders, including stockholders owning an amount of stock over the Limit, notwithstanding any such finding.
 
ARTICLE XIV
 
Approval of Business Combinations
 
A.           General Requirement.  The affirmative vote of the holders of not less than eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares of “Voting Stock” (as hereinafter defined) shall be required for the approval or authorization of any “Business Combination”, as defined and set forth below:
 
 
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1.           Any merger, reorganization, or consolidation of the Corporation or any of its “Affiliates” (as defined on September 1, 1992, at Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) with or into any Principal Shareholder (as hereinafter defined);
 
2.           Any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) of all or a “Substantial Part” (as hereinafter defined) of the assets of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates to any Principal Shareholder;
 
3.           Any sale, lease, exchange, or other transfer (in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) by any Principal Shareholder to the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates of any assets, cash, or securities in exchange for shares of Voting Stock (or of shares of stock of any of the Corporation’s Affiliates entitled to vote in the election of directors of such Affiliate or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Voting Stock or such stock of an Affiliate, or options, warrants, or rights to purchase shares of Voting Stock or such stock of an Affiliate);
 
4.           The adoption at any time when there exists any Principal Shareholder of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; and
 
5.           Any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), recapitalization, or other transaction at any time when there exists any Principal Shareholder if such reclassification, recapitalization, or other transaction would result in a decrease in the number of holders of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock.
 
The affirmative vote required by this Article XIV shall be in addition to the vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation otherwise required by law, by any other Article of these Articles of Incorporation, as amended, by any resolution of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of a class or series of stock, or by any agreement between the Corporation and any national securities exchange.
 
B.           Certain Definitions.  For the purposes of this Article XIV:
 
1.           The term “Principal Shareholder” shall mean and include any individual, Corporation, partnership, or other person or entity which, together with its “Affiliates” and “Associates” (as defined on September 1, 1992, at Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), “beneficially owns” (as hereinafter defined) in the aggregate ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock, and any Affiliate or Associate of any such individual, corporation, partnership, or other person or entity.
 
2.           The term “Substantial Part” shall mean more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the fair market value of the total assets of the Corporation, as of the end of its most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the time the determination is being made.
 
3.           The term “Voting Stock” shall mean the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors.
 
 
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4.           Any corporation, partnership, person, or entity will be deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of or to own beneficially any share or shares of stock of the Corporation:  (a) which it owns directly, whether or not of record; or (b) which it has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement or arrangement or understanding or upon exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or which it has the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding; or (c) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including shares deemed to be owned through application of clause (b) above) by any Affiliate or Associate; or (d) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including shares deemed to be owned through application of clause (b) above) by any other corporation, person, or entity with which it or any of its Affiliates or Associates have any agreement or arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of Voting Stock.
 
For the purpose only of determining the percentage of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock which any corporation, partnership, person, or other entity beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, the outstanding shares of Voting Stock will be deemed to include any shares of Voting Stock which such corporation, partnership, person or other entity beneficially owns pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection (whether or not such shares of Voting Stock are in fact issued or outstanding), but shall not include any other shares of Voting Stock which may be issuable either immediately or at some future date pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding or upon exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants, options, or otherwise.
 
C.           Exceptions.  The provisions of this Article XIV shall not apply to a Business Combination which is approved by two-thirds of those members of the Board of Directors who were directors prior to the time when the Principal Shareholder became a Principal Shareholder (the “Continuing Directors”).  The provisions of this Article XIV also shall not apply to a Business Combination which (a) does not change any shareholder’s percentage ownership in the shares of stock entitled to vote in the election of directors of any successor of the Corporation from the percentage of the shares of Voting Stock owned by such shareholder; (b) provides for the provisions of this Article XIV, without any amendment, change, alteration, or deletion, to apply to any successor to the Corporation; and (c) does not transfer all or a Substantial Part of the Corporation’s assets other than to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.
 
D.           Additional Provisions.  Nothing contained in this Article XIV, shall be construed to relieve a Principal Shareholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.  In addition, nothing contained in this Article XIV shall prevent any shareholders of the Corporation from objecting to any Business Combination and from demanding any appraisal rights which may be available to such Shareholder.
 
E.           Notwithstanding Article XX or any provisions of these Articles or the Bylaws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, these Articles or the Bylaws of the Corporation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon (and, if any class or series is entitled to vote thereon separately, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the outstanding shares of each such class or series) shall be required to amend or repeal this Article XIV or adopt any provisions inconsistent with this Article XIV.
 
 
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ARTICLE XV
 
Fair Price Requirements
 
A.           General Requirement.  No “Business Combination” (as defined in Article XIV) shall be effected unless all of the following conditions, to the extent applicable, are fulfilled.
 
1.           The ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of the cash and the fair market value of the other consideration to be received per share by the holders of the common stock of the Corporation in the Business Combination to (b) the “Market Price” (as hereinafter defined) of the common stock of the Corporation immediately prior to the announcement of the Business Combination or the solicitation of the holders of the common stock of the Corporation regarding the Business Combination, whichever is first, shall be at least as great as the ratio of (x) the highest price per share previously paid by the “Principal Shareholder” (as hereinafter defined) (whether before or after it became a Principal Shareholder) for any of the shares of common stock of the Corporation at any time beneficially owned, directly, or indirectly, by the Principal Shareholder to (y) the Market Price of the common stock of the Corporation on the trading date immediately prior to the earliest date on which the Principal Shareholder (whether before or after it became a Principal Shareholder) purchased any shares of common stock of the Corporation during the two year period prior to the date on which the Principal Shareholder acquired the shares of common stock of the Corporation at any time owned by it for which it paid the highest price per share (or, if the Principal Shareholder did not purchase any shares of common stock of the Corporation during the two year period, the Market Price of the common stock of the Corporation on the date of two years prior to the date on which the Principal Shareholder acquired the shares of common stock of the Corporation at any time owned by it for which it paid the highest price per share).
 
2.           The aggregate amount of the cash and the fair market value of the other consideration to be received per share by the holders of the common stock of the Corporation in the Business Combination shall be not less than the highest price per share previously paid by the Principal Shareholder (whether before or after it became a Principal Shareholder) for any of the shares of common stock of the Corporation at any time beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Principal Shareholder.
 
3.           The consideration to be received by the holders of the common stock of the Corporation in the Business Combination shall be in the same form and of the same kind as the consideration paid by the Principal Shareholder in acquiring the majority of the shares of common stock of the Corporation already beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Principal Shareholder.
 
The conditions imposed by this Article XV shall be in addition to all other conditions (including, without limitation, the vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation) otherwise imposed by law, by any other Article of these Articles of Incorporation, by any resolution of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of a class or series of stock, or by any agreement between the Corporation and any national securities exchange.
 
 
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B.           Certain Definitions.  For the purpose of this Article XV, the definitions of “Business Combination,” “Principal Shareholder,” “Substantial Part,” “Voting Stock,” and “Beneficial Owner” set forth in Article XIV will apply to this Article XV.
 
The “Market Price” of the common stock of the Corporation shall be the mean between the high “bid” and the low “asked” prices of the common stock in the over-the-counter market on the day on which such value is to be determined or, if no shares were traded on such date, on the next preceding day on which such shares were traded, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) or other national quotation service.  If the common stock of the Corporation is not regularly traded in the over-the-counter market but is registered on a national securities exchange or traded in the national over-the-counter market, the market value of the common stock shall mean the closing price of the common stock on such national securities exchange or market on the day on which such value is to be determined or, if no shares were traded on such day, on the next preceding day on which shares were traded, as reported by National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated or other national quotation service.  If no such quotations are available, the fair market value of the date in question of a share of such stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith; and in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.
 
C.           Exceptions.  The provisions of this Article XV shall not apply to a Business Combination which was approved by two-thirds of those members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who were directors prior to the time when the Principal Shareholder became a Principal Shareholder.  The provisions of which this Article XV also shall not apply to a Business Combination which (a) does not change any shareholder’s percentage ownership in the shares of stock entitled to vote in the election of directors of any successor of the Corporation from the percentage of the shares of Voting Stock beneficially owned by such shareholder; (b) provides for the provisions of this Article XV, without any amendment, change alteration, or deletion, to apply to any successor to the Corporation; and (c) does not transfer all or a Substantial Part of the Corporation’s assets other than to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Article XV shall permit the Corporation to issue any of its shares of Voting Stock or to transfer any of its assets to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation if such issuance of shares of Voting Stock or transfer of assets is part of a plan to transfer such shares of Voting Stock or assets to a Principal Shareholder.
 
D.           Additional Provisions.  Nothing contained in this Article XV shall be construed to relieve a Principal Shareholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.  In addition, nothing contained in this Article XV shall prevent any shareholders of the Corporation from objecting to any Business Combination and from demanding any appraisal rights which may be available to such shareholders.
 
E.           Notwithstanding Article XX or any other provisions of these Articles or the Bylaws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, these Articles or the Bylaws of the Corporation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon (and, if any class or series is entitled to vote thereon separately, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the outstanding shares of each such
 
 
 
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class or series) shall be required to amend or repeal or adopt any provisions inconsistent with this Article XV.
 
 
ARTICLE XVI
 
Evaluation of Offers
 
The Board of Directors of the Corporation, when evaluating any offer to (A) make a tender or exchange offer for any equity security of the Corporation, (B) merge or consolidate the Corporation with another corporation or entity or (C) purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation, may, in connection with the exercise of its judgment in determining what is in the best interest of the Corporation and its stockholders, give due consideration to all relevant factors, including, without limitation, the social and economic effect of acceptance of such offer: on the Corporation’s present and future customers and employees and those of its subsidiaries; on the communities in which the Corporation and its subsidiaries operate or are located; on the ability of the Corporation to fulfill its corporate objective as a savings and loan holding company under applicable statutes and regulations; and on the ability of its subsidiary savings bank to fulfill the objectives of a stock form savings bank under applicable statutes and regulations.
 
 
ARTICLE XVII
 
Elimination of Directors’ Liability
 
A director of the Corporation shall have no liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any action taken unless:  (i) the director has breached or failed to perform such director’s fiduciary duties, or other duties under Chapter 17, Subchapter B of the Business Corporation Law, of such director’s office, and (ii) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct, or recklessness; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) the responsibility or liability of a director pursuant to any criminal statute; or (ii) the liability of a director for the payment of taxes pursuant to federal, state, or local law.  If the Business Corporation Law is amended after the effective date of these Articles of Incorporation to further eliminate or limit the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the  Business Corporation Law, as so amended.
 
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
 
 
ARTICLE XVIII
 
Indemnification
 
A.           Persons.  The Corporation shall indemnify, to the extent provided in paragraphs B, D or F:
 
 
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1.           any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, of the Corporation; and
 
2.           any person who serves or served at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, employee, partner or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
 
B.           Extent -- Derivative Suits.  In case of a threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation against a person named in paragraph A by reason of his holding a position named in paragraph A, the Corporation shall indemnify him if he satisfies the standard in paragraph C, for expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit.
 
C.           Standard -- Derivative Suits.  In case of a threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation, a person named in paragraph A shall be indemnified only if:
 
1.           he is successful on the merits or otherwise; or
 
2.           he acted in good faith in the transaction which is the subject of the suit or action, and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, the taking of any and all actions in connection with the Corporation’s response to any tender offer or any offer or proposal of another party to engage in a Business Combination (as defined in Article XIV of these Articles of Incorporation) not approved by the Board of Directors.  However, he shall not be indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which he has been adjudged liable to the Corporation unless (and only to the extent that) the court of common pleas of the judicial district in which the Corporation’s registered office is located or the court in which the suit was brought shall determine, upon application, that despite the adjudication but in view of all the circumstances, he is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.
 
D.           Extent -- Nonderivative Suits.  In case of a threatened, pending or completed suit, action or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), other than a suit by or in the right of the Corporation, together hereafter referred to as a nonderivative suit, against a person named in paragraph A by reason of his holding a position named in paragraph A, the Corporation shall indemnify him if he satisfies the standard in paragraph E, for amounts actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the nonderivative suit, including, but not limited to (i) expenses (including attorneys’ fees), (ii) amounts paid in settlement, (iii) judgments, and (iv) fines.
 
E.           Standard -- Nonderivative Suits.  In case of a nonderivative suit, a person named in paragraph A shall be indemnified only if:
 
1.           he is successful on the merits or otherwise; or
 
2.           he acted in good faith in the transaction which is the subject of the nonderivative suit and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, the taking of any and all actions in
 
 
 
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connection with the Corporation’s response to any tender offer or any offer or proposal of another party to engage in a Business Combination (as defined in Article XIV of these Articles of Incorporation) not approved by the Board of Directors and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  The termination of a nonderivative suit by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, in itself, create a presumption that the person failed to satisfy the standard of this paragraph E.2.
 
F.           Determination That Standard Has Been Met.  A determination that the standard of paragraph C or E has been satisfied may be made by a court, or, except as stated in paragraph C.2 (second sentence), the determination may be made by:
 
1.           the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the Corporation who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding; or
 
2.           if such a quorum is not obtainable or if obtainable and a majority of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or
 
3.           the stockholders of the Corporation.
 
G.           Proration.  Anyone making a determination under paragraph F may determine that a person has met the standard as to some matters but not as to others, and may reasonably prorate amounts to be indemnified.
 
H.           Advance Payment.  The Corporation may pay in advance any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which may become subject to indemnification under paragraphs A-G if the person receiving the payment undertakes in writing to repay the same if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification by the Corporation under paragraphs A-G.
 
I.           Nonexclusive.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article XVIII or otherwise granted pursuant to Pennsylvania law shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled by law, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
 
J.           Continuation.  The indemnification and advance payment provided by paragraphs A-H shall continue as to a person who has ceased to hold a position named in paragraph A and shall inure to his heirs, executors and administrators.
 
K.           Insurance.  The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who holds or who has held any position named in paragraph A, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such position, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify him against such liability under paragraphs A-H of this Article XVIII.
 
L.           Savings Clause.  If this Article XVIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee, and agent of the Corporation as to costs, charges, and expenses
 
 
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(including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article XVIII that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
 
If Pennsylvania law is amended to permit further indemnification of the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation, then the Corporation shall indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by Pennsylvania law, as so amended.  Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director, officer, employee or agent existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
 
 
ARTICLE XIX
 
Amendment of Bylaws of the Corporation
 
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind the Bylaws of the Corporation.  Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law), the Bylaws of the Corporation shall not be made, repealed, altered, amended or rescinded by the stockholders of the Corporation except by the vote of the holders of not less than 80% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose (provided that notice of such proposed adoption, repeal, alteration, amendment or rescission is included in the notice of such meeting), or, as set forth above, by the Board of Directors.
 
 
ARTICLE XX
 
Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
 
The Corporation reserves the right to repeal, alter, amend or rescind any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights conferred on stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. No amendment, alteration, repeal or rescission of these Articles of Incorporation shall be made unless such amendment, alteration, repeal or rescission is first proposed and approved by the board of directors pursuant to a resolution proposed and adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and thereafter is approved by the holders of a majority (except as provided below) of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of directors, voting together as a single class, as well as such additional vote of the Corporation’s preferred stock as may be required by the provisions of any series thereof.  Unless otherwise provided by the Business Corporation Law, the stockholders of the Corporation shall not be entitled to propose amendments to the Articles of Incorporation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in Articles IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, and this Article XX of these Articles of Incorporation may
 
 
 
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not be repealed, altered, amended or rescinded in any respect unless the same is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 80% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as a single class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose (provided that notice of such proposed adoption, repeal, alteration, amendment or rescission is included in the notice of such meeting).
 
ARTICLE XXI
 
The following provisions of the Business Corporation Law shall not apply to the Corporation:
 
(a)  
Subchapter 25E, “Control Transactions”;
 
(b)  
Subchapter 25F, “Business Combinations”;
 
(c)  
Subchapter 25G, “Control-Share Acquisitions”;
 
(d)  
Subchapter 25H, “Disgorgement by Certain Controlling Shareholders Following Attempts to Acquire Control”;
 
(e)  
Subchapter 25I, “Severance Compensation for Employees Terminated Following Certain Control-Share Acquisitions”; and
 
(f)  
Subchapter 25J, “Business Combination Transactions – Labor Contracts.”
 
 
ARTICLE XXII
 
These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation take the place of and supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.
 
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BYLAWS
 
of
 
TF FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
 
ARTICLE I
 
Offices
 
The registered office of TF Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) shall be located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors of the Company upon filing of such notices as may be required by law, and the registered agent of the Corporation shall have a business office identical with such registered office.  The Corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the board of directors shall from time to time determine.
 
ARTICLE II
 
Stockholders
 
SECTION 1.  Place of Meetings.  All annual and special meetings of stockholders shall be held at the home office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the board of directors may determine and as designated in the notice of such meeting.
 
SECTION 2.  Annual Meeting.  A meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of any other business of the Corporation shall be held annually at such date and time as the board of directors may determine.
 
SECTION 3.  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the majority of the board of directors or the chairman of the board, and may otherwise be called only by such persons as are specifically permitted to call meetings by the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.
 
SECTION 4.  Conduct of Meetings.  Annual and special meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures established by the board of directors.  The board of directors shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the board or president to preside at such meetings.
 
SECTION 5.  Notice of Meetings.  Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be mailed by the secretary or the officer performing his duties, not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.  If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books or records of the Corporation as of the record
 
 
 
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date prescribed in Section 6 of this Article II, with postage thereon prepaid.  If a stockholder is present at a meeting, or in writing waives notice thereof before or after the meeting, notice of the meeting to such stockholder shall be unnecessary.  When any stockholders’ meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned and a new record date is fixed for an adjourned meeting of stockholders, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting.  It shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time and place of any adjourned meeting unless new business is to be transacted thereat or a new record date is fixed therefor, other than an announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.
 
SECTION 6.  Fixing of Record Date.  For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors shall fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders.  Such date in any case shall be not more than ninety days, and in case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of stockholders, is to be taken.  When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.
 
SECTION 7.  Voting Lists.  The officer or agent, having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the Corporation shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete record of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each.  Such record shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting during the whole time of the meeting.  The original stock transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such record or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of stockholders.
 
SECTION 8.  Quorum.  A majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders.  If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.  At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.  The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
 
SECTION 9.  Proxies.  At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed or authenticated by the stockholder, or such person’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact. A stockholder or his duly authorized attorney-in-fact may execute or authenticate a writing or transmit an electronic message authorizing another person to act for him by proxy. A telegram, telex, cablegram, datagram, e-mail, Internet communication, or other means of electronic transmission from a stockholder or attorney-in-fact, or a photographic, facsimile, or similar reproduction of a writing executed by a stockholder or attorney-in-fact may be treated as properly executed for
 
 
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purposes of this section and shall be so treated if it sets forth a confidential and unique identification number or other mark furnished by the Corporation to the stockholder for the purposes of a particular meeting or transaction.  No proxy shall be valid after three years from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
 
SECTION 10.  Voting.  At each election for directors every stockholder entitled to vote at such election shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him.  Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, by Statute, or by these Bylaws, a majority of those votes cast by stockholders at a lawful meeting shall be sufficient to pass on a transaction or matter.
 
SECTION 11.  Voting of Shares in the Name of Two or More Persons. Where shares are held jointly or as tenants in common by two or more persons as fiduciaries or otherwise, if only one or more of such persons is present in person or by proxy, all of the shares standing in the names of such persons shall be deemed to be represented for the purpose of determining a quorum and the Corporation shall accept as the vote of all such shares the votes cast by such person or a majority of them.  If in any case such persons are equally divided upon the manner of voting the shares held by them, the vote of such shares shall be divided equally among such persons, without prejudice to the rights of such joint owners or the beneficial owners thereof among themselves, except that, if there shall have been filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a copy, certified by an attorney-at-law to be correct, of the relevant portions of the agreements under which such shares are held or the instrument by which the trust or estate was created or the decree of court appointing them, or of a decree of court directing the voting of such shares, the persons specified as having such voting power in the latest such document so filed, and only such persons, shall be entitled to vote such shares but only in accordance therewith.
 
SECTION 12.  Voting of Shares by Certain Holders.  Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by any officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.  Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian trustee or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name.  Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the court or other public authority by which such receiver was appointed.
 
A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.
 
Neither treasury shares of its own stock held by the Corporation, nor shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the Corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting.
 
SECTION 13.  Judges of Election.  In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons, other than nominees for office, as judges of  election to act at
 
 
 
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such meeting or any adjournment thereof.  The number of judges shall be either one or three.  If the board of directors so appoints either one or three judges, that appointment shall not be altered at the meeting.  If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the board or the president may make such appointment at the meeting.  In case any person appointed as judge fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the board of directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the chairman of the board or the president.
 
Unless otherwise prescribed by the Articles of Incorporation or by applicable law, the duties of such judges shall include:  determining the number of shares of stock and the voting power of each share, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents; determining the result; and such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.
 
SECTION 14.  Nominations for Director.  The nominating committee of the board of directors shall select the management nominees for election as directors.  Except in the case of a nominee substituted as a result of the death or other incapacity of a management nominee, the nominating committee shall deliver written nominations to the secretary at least twenty days prior to the date of the annual meeting.  Provided such committee makes such nominations, no nominations for directors except those made by the nominating committee shall be voted upon at the annual meeting unless other nominations by stockholders are made in writing and delivered to the secretary of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Article X of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, which provisions are incorporated herein with the same effect as if they were fully set forth herein.  Any such nominations by stockholders must also be accompanied by a certification, under oath before a notary public, that the nominee meets the eligibility requirements to be a director set forth in Article III, Sections 15-18, of these Bylaws.
 
SECTION 15.  New Business.  Any new business to be taken up at the annual meeting shall be stated in writing and filed with the secretary of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Article X of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, which provisions are incorporated herein with the same effect as if they were fully set forth herein.  This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors and committees, but in connection with such reports no new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated and filed as provided in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.
 
 
ARTICLE III
 
Board of Directors
 
SECTION 1.  General Powers.  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be under the direction of its board of directors.  The board of directors shall annually elect a president from among its members and may also elect a chairman of the board from among its members.  The board of directors shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the board or the president to preside at its meetings.
 
 
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SECTION 2.  Number, Term and Election.  The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, within the range established in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. The board of directors shall be classified in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, which provisions are incorporated herein with the same effect as if they were fully set forth herein.  The members of each class shall be elected for a term of three years and until their successors are elected or qualified.  Directors are to be elected by a plurality of votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present.  The board of directors may increase the number of members of the board of directors but in no event shall the number of directors be increased in excess of fifteen.
 
SECTION 3.  Place of Meetings.  All annual and special meetings of the board of directors shall be held at the home office of the Corporation or at such other place within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the board of directors may determine and as is designated in the notice of such meeting.
 
SECTION 4.  Regular Meetings.  A regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and date as the board of directors may determine.
 
SECTION 5.  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board or the president, or by one-third of the directors.  The persons authorized to call special meetings of the board of directors may fix any place in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors called by such persons.
 
Members of the board of directors may participate in special meetings by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
 
SECTION 6.  Notice of Special Meetings.  Written notice of any special meeting shall be given to each director at least two days previous thereto delivered personally or by telegram, telex, courier, e-mail, facsimile, or other similar communication or at least five days previous thereto delivered by mail at the address at which the director is most likely to be reached.  Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid if mailed or when delivered to the telegraph company if sent be telegram.  Any director may waive notice of any meeting by a writing filed with the secretary.  The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
 
SECTION 7.  Quorum.  A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present
 
 
 
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may adjourn the meeting from time to time.  Notice of any adjourned meeting shall be given in the same manner as prescribed by Section 5 of Article III.
 
SECTION 8.  Manner of Acting.  The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless a greater number is prescribed by these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation, or the laws of Pennsylvania.
 
SECTION 9.  Action Without a Meeting.  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors and filed with the secretary of the Corporation.
 
SECTION 10.  Resignation.  Any director may resign at any time by sending a written notice of such resignation to the home office of the Corporation addressed to the chairman of the board or the president.  Unless otherwise specified herein, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the chairman of the board or the president.
 
SECTION 11.  Vacancies.  Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, which provisions are incorporated herein with the same effect as if they were fully set forth herein.  Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office.  The term of such director shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.
 
SECTION 12.  Removal of Directors.  Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed only for cause and then only in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, which provisions are incorporated herein with the same effect as if they were fully set forth herein.
 
SECTION 13.  Compensation.  Directors, as such, may receive a stated fee for their services.  By resolution of the board of directors, a reasonable fixed sum, and reasonable expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for actual attendance at each regular or special meeting of the board of directors.  Members of either standing or special committees may be allowed such compensation for actual attendance at committee meetings as the board of directors may determine.  Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.
 
SECTION 14.  Presumption of Assent.  A director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent or abstention shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting.  Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who votes in favor of such action.
 
 
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SECTION 15. Residency Requirement.  Each director of the Corporation must, at all times, maintain a permanent primary residence within a 60 mile radius of the Corporation’s administrative office located at 3 Penns Trail in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
 
SECTION 16.  Minimum Share Requirement.  Each director of the Corporation must be a shareholder of the Corporation and own at least five thousand (5,000) shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock.
 
SECTION 17.   Affiliations With Other Depository Institutions.  A person is not eligible to serve as a director of the Corporation if he or she is a “management official” of another “depository institution” or “depository holding company” as those terms are defined in 12 U.S.C. § 3201.  If elected director of the Corporation, a person may not thereafter serve or agree to serve as a management official of another depository institution or depository holding company  unless and until his or her term as director of the Corporation has expired.
 
SECTION 18.   Eligibility Requirement.  A person is not eligible to serve as director if he or she: (1) is under indictment for, or has ever been convicted of, a criminal offense, involving dishonesty or breach of trust and the penalty for such offense could be imprisonment for more than one year; (2) is a person against whom a federal or state bank regulatory agency has, within the past ten years, issued a cease and desist order for conduct involving dishonesty or breach of trust and that order is final and not subject to appeal; (3) has been found either by any federal or state regulatory agency whose decision is final and not subject to appeal, or by a court to have (a) committed a wilful violation of any law, rule or regulation governing banking, securities, commodities or insurance, or any final cease and desist order issued by a banking, securities, commodities or insurance regulatory agency; or (b) breached a fiduciary duty involving personal profit; or (4) has been nominated by a person who would be disqualified from serving as a director of this Corporation under clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this Section 18.
 
 
ARTICLE IV
 
Committees of the Board of Directors
 
The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, as they may determine to be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Corporation, and may prescribe the duties, constitution and procedures thereof.  Each committee shall consist of one or more directors of the Corporation.  The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
 
The board of directors shall have power, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors, at any time to change the members of, to fill vacancies in, and to discharge any committee of the board.  Any member of any such committee may resign at any time by giving notice to the Corporation provided, however, that notice to the board, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the chairman of such committee, or the secretary shall be deemed to constitute notice to the Corporation.  Such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance of such
 
 
 
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resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  Any member of any such committee may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors at any meeting of the board called for that purpose.
 
 
ARTICLE V
 
Officers
 
SECTION 1.  Positions.  The officers of the Corporation shall be a chief executive officer, president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors.  The offices of the secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person and a vice president may also be either the secretary or the treasurer.  The board of directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president or senior vice president.  The board of directors may also elect or authorize the appointment of such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require.  The officers shall have such authority and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time authorize or determine.  In the absence of action by the board of directors, the officers shall have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices.
 
SECTION 2.  Election and Term of Office.  The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at the first meeting of the board of directors held after each annual meeting of the stockholders.  If the election of officers is not held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as possible.  Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.  Election or appointment of an officer, employee or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.  The board of directors may authorize the Corporation to enter into an employment contract with any officer in accordance with state law; but no such contract shall impair the right of the board of directors to remove any officer at any time in accordance with Section 3 of this Article V.
 
SECTION 3.  Removal.  Any officer may be removed by vote of the majority of the board of directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal, other than for cause, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
 
SECTION 4.  Vacancies.  A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
 
SECTION 5.  Remuneration.  The remuneration of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the Corporation.
 
 
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ARTICLE VI
 
Contracts, Loans, Checks and Deposits
 
SECTION 1.  Contracts.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, and except as otherwise prescribed by the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws with respect to certificates for shares, the board of directors may authorize any officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation.  Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
 
SECTION 2.  Loans.  No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by the board of directors.  Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
 
SECTION 3.  Checks, Drafts, Etc.  All checks, drafts 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 one or more officers, employees or agents of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors.
 
SECTION 4.  Deposits.  All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories as the board of directors may select.
 
 
ARTICLE VII
 
Shares and Their Transfer
 
SECTION 1.  Shares.  Shares of the Corporation’s capital stock may be in certificated form or may be in book-entry, uncertificated form.
 
SECTION 2.  Form of Share Certificates.  All certificates representing shares issued by the Corporation shall set forth upon the face or back that the Corporation will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and determined, and the authority of the board of directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.
 
Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face thereof: that the Corporation is incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the name of the person to whom issued; the number and class of shares; the date of issue; the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents; the par value of each share represented by such certificate, or a statement that the shares are without par value.  Other matters in regard to the form of the certificates shall be determined by the board of directors.
 
Each certificate representing shares shall be signed by the chairman of the board of directors or by the president or a vice president and by the treasurer or by the secretary of the Corporation, and
 
 
 
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may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof.  Any or all of the signatures upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the Corporation itself or an employee of the Corporation.  If any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.
 
SECTION 3.  Payment for Shares.  No share, whether certificated or uncertificated, shall be issued until such share is fully paid.
 
SECTION 4.  Form of Payment for Shares.  The consideration for the issuance of shares shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Pennsylvania law.
 
SECTION 5.  Transfer of Shares.  Transfer of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on its stock transfer books.  Authority for such transfer shall be given only by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of such authority, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Corporation.  Transfer of certificated shares shall be made only on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares.  The person in whose name shares of capital stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.
 
SECTION 6.  Stock Ledger.  The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 7 of Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
 
SECTION 7.  Lost Certificates.  The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed.  When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.
 
SECTION 8.  Beneficial Owners.  The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, 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 the Corporation shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
 
 
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ARTICLE VIII
 
Fiscal Year; Annual Audit
 
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the last day of December of each year.  The Corporation shall be subject to an annual audit as of the end of its fiscal year by independent public accountants appointed by and responsible to the board of directors.
 
 
ARTICLE IX
 
Dividends
 
Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and applicable law, the board of directors may, at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends on the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock.  Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in the Corporation’s own stock.
 
 
ARTICLE X
 
Corporate Seal
 
The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the board of directors shall prescribe.
 
 
ARTICLE XI
 
Amendments
 
The Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted in the manner set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
 

 

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