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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED CODE OF REGULATIONS
OF
MORGANS FOODS, INC.
OF
MORGANS FOODS, INC.
ARTICLE I
Meeting of Shareholders
Meeting of Shareholders
Section 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such
time and on such date in such month of each year as may be fixed by the board of directors, and
stated in the notice of the meeting, for the election of directors, the consideration of reports to
be laid before such meeting and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before
the meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders shall be called
upon the written request of the chairman of the board, the president, the directors by action at a
meeting, a majority of the directors acting without a meeting, or of the holders of shares
entitling them to exercise twenty-five percent (25%) of the voting power of the corporation
entitled to vote thereat. Calls for such meetings shall specify the time, place, and purposes
thereof. No business other than that specified in the call shall be considered at any special
meeting.
Section 3. Notices of Meetings. Unless waived, written notice of each annual or
special meeting stating the time, place, and the purposes thereof shall be given by personal
delivery or by mail to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at or entitled to notice of the
meeting, not more than sixty (60) days nor less than seven (7) days before any such meeting. If
mailed, such notice shall be directed to the shareholder at his address as the same appears upon
the records of the corporation. Any shareholder, either before or after any meeting, may waive any
notice required to be given by law or under these Regulations.
Section 4. Place of Meetings. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the
principal office of the corporation unless the board of directors determines that a meeting shall
be held at some other place within or without the State of Ohio and causes the notice thereof to so
state.
Section 5. Quorum. The holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of
the voting power of the corporation entitled to vote at any meeting, present in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business to be considered at such meeting;
provided, however, that no action required by law or by the Amended Articles of Incorporation or
these Regulations to be authorized or taken by the holders of a designated proportion of the shares
of any particular class or of each class may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion. The
holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn such meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 6. Record Date. The board of directors may fix a record date for any lawful
purpose, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the determination of
shareholders entitled to (i) receive notice of or to vote at any meeting, (ii) receive payment of
any dividend or distribution, (iii) receive or exercise rights of purchase of or subscription for,
or exchange or conversion of, shares or other securities, subject to any contract right with
respect thereto, or (iv) participate in the execution of written consents, waivers or releases.
Said record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days preceding the date of such meeting, the
date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution or the date fixed for the receipt or the
exercise of rights, as the case may be.
If a record date shall not be fixed, the record date for the determination of shareholders who
are entitled to notice of, or who are entitled to vote at, a meeting of shareholders, shall be the
close of business on the date next preceding the day on which notice is given, or the close of
business on the date next preceding the day on which the meeting is held, as the case may be.
Section 7. Proxies. A person who is entitled to attend a shareholders meeting, to
vote thereat, or to execute consents, waivers or releases, may be represented at such meeting or
vote thereat, and execute consents, waivers and releases, and exercise any of his other rights, by
proxy or proxies appointed by a writing signed by such person.
ARTICLE II
Directors
Section 1. Number of Directors. As changed in accordance with the provisions of this
section, the number of directors of the corporation, none of whom need be shareholders, shall be
seven (7). The number of directors may be increased or decreased by the vote of a majority of the
directors then in office or by the vote of shareholders that are present in person or by proxy at a
meeting to elect directors at which a quorum is present and that are the holders of a majority of
the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal, but in no event shall
the number of directors be less than five (5) nor more than eleven (11).
Section 2. Election of Directors. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting
of shareholders, but when the annual meeting is not held or directors are not elected thereat, they
may be elected at a special meeting called and held for that purpose. Such election shall be by
ballot whenever requested by any shareholder entitled to vote at such election; but unless such
request is made, the election may be conducted in any manner approved at such meeting.
At each meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, the persons receiving the
greatest number of votes shall be directors.
Section 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting
next succeeding his election and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier
resignation, removal from office, or death.
Section 4. Removal. All the directors, or all the directors of a particular class,
or any individual director may be removed from office, without assigning any cause, by the vote of
the holders of a majority of the voting power entitling them to elect directors in place of those
to be removed, provided that unless all the directors, or all the directors of a particular class,
are removed, no individual director shall be removed in case the votes of a sufficient number of
shares are cast against his removal which, if cumulatively voted at an election of all the
directors, or all the directors of a particular class, as the case may be, would be sufficient to
elect at least one director. In case of any such removal, a new director may be elected at the same
meeting for the unexpired term of each director removed.
Section 5. Vacancies. Vacancies caused by the removal of a director and not filled
by the shareholders at the meeting at which such removal shall have been made, or any vacancy
caused by the death or resignation of any director or for any other reason, and any newly created
directorship resulting from any increase in the number of directors, may be filled by a majority of
the directors then in office, and any director so elected to fill any vacancy or newly created
directorship shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier
resignation, removal from office, or death.
Shareholders entitled to elect directors shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the board
(whether the same has been temporarily filled by the remaining directors or not) at any meeting of
the shareholders called for the election of directors and any director elected at any such meeting
of shareholders shall serve for the balance of the unexpired term.
Section 6. Quorum and Transaction of Business. A majority of the directors in office
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and for filling a vacancy on the board.
Whenever less than a quorum is present at the time and place appointed for any meeting of the
board, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall
be present. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these Regulations, the act of a majority of
the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board.
Section 7. Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of the board of directors shall be held
immediately following annual meetings of the shareholders, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
If no annual meeting of the shareholders is held, or if directors are not elected thereat, then the
annual meeting of the board of directors shall be held immediately following any special meeting of
the shareholders at which directors are elected, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. If such
annual meeting of directors is held immediately following a meeting of the shareholders, it shall
be held at the same place at which such shareholders meeting was held.
Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be
held at such times and places, within or without the State of Ohio, as the board of directors may,
by resolution or by-law, from time to time, determine. The secretary shall give notice of each
such resolution or bylaw to any directors who was not present at the time the same was adopted, but
no further notice of such regular meeting need be given.
Section 9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be
called by the chairman of the board, the president or any three members of the board of directors.
Any such meeting shall be held at such time and place within or without the State of Ohio as the
person or persons calling the same shall determine.
Section 10. Notice of Annual or Special Meetings. Notice of the time and place of
each annual or special meeting shall be given to each director by the secretary or by the person or
persons calling such meeting. Such notice need not specify the purpose or purposes of the meeting
and may be given in any manner or method and at such time so that the director receiving it may
have reasonable opportunity to attend the meeting. Such notice shall, in all events, be deemed to
have been properly and duly given if mailed at least three days prior to the meeting and directed
to the residence of each director as shown upon the secretarys records. The giving of notice
shall be deemed to have been waived by any director who shall attend and participate in such
meeting and may be waived, in a writing, by any director either before or after such meeting.
Section 11. Compensation. The directors, as such, shall be entitled to receive such
reasonable compensation for their services as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the
board, and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each annual, regular,
or special meeting of the board. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any
director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Members of the executive committee or of any standing or special committee may by resolution of the
board be allowed such compensation for their services as the board may deem reasonable, and
additional compensation may be allowed to directors for special services rendered.
Section 12. Issuance of Shares. The act of a majority of the directors in office
shall be required
to determine the time when, the terms under which, and the considerations for which the
corporation issues, disposes of, or receives subscriptions for, its shares, including treasury
shares.
Section 13. By-Laws. For the government of its actions, the board of directors, by
the act of a majority of the directors in office, may adopt by-laws consistent with the Amended
Articles of Incorporation and these Regulations. The by-laws adopted by the board of directors on
May 7, 1965 are hereby repealed in their entirety.
ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 1. Executive Committee. The board of directors shall establish an executive
committee consisting of three or more directors, the members of which shall be elected by the board
of directors at the annual meeting of the board, or, if no annual meeting of the board is held,
then at the first meeting of the board after which directors have been elected by the shareholders.
Members of the executive committee shall serve for the year ensuing after their election and until
their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Until changed in accordance with the
provisions of this section, the executive committee shall consist of four (4) members. The act of
a majority of the directors in office shall be required to elect or remove any member of the
executive committee or to fill any vacancy or to change the number of members of the executive
committee. The chairman of the executive committee shall be elected by the executive committee from
among the members thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein, such committee shall, during the
intervals between the meetings of the board of directors, possess and may exercise all of the
powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation;
provided, however, that the executive committee shall not have the power or authority (a) to elect
or remove any officer elected by the board of directors or to fill a vacancy in any such office or
to change the duties or authorities of any such officer, (b) to fix, increase or reduce the salary
or compensation of any such officer, (c) to appoint any standing committee, (d) to declare or
authorize the payment of any dividend, (e) to fix any record date, or (f) to adopt any by-law for
the board of directors or to amend or repeal any by-law or resolution adopted by the board of
directors. The executive committee shall keep full records and accounts of its proceedings and
transactions. All action by the executive committee shall be reported to the board of directors at
its meeting next succeeding such action and shall be subject to control, revision and alteration by
the board of directors, provided that no rights of third persons shall be prejudicially affected
thereby. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, vacancies in the executive committee
shall be filled by the directors, and the directors may appoint one or more directors as alternate
members of the committee who may take the place of any absent member or members at any meeting.
Section 2. Meetings of Executive Committee. Subject to the provisions of these
Regulations, the executive committee shall establish its own rules of procedure and shall meet as
provided by such rules or by the chairman of the board, the president, or any two members of the
committee. Any such meeting shall be held at such time and place within or without the State of
Ohio as may be provided by such rules or by such resolutions or as the person or persons calling
the same shall determine. Unless otherwise provided by such rules or by such resolutions, the
provisions of Section 10 of Article II relating to the notice required to be given of meetings of
the board of directors shall also apply to meetings of the executive committee. A majority of the
authorized number of members of the executive committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum,
and the act of a majority of the authorized number of members of the executive committee shall be
the act of such committee. The executive committee may act in a writing, or by telephone, with
written confirmation, without a meeting, but no such action of the executive committee shall be
effective unless concurred in by all members of the committee. Any director may attend any meeting
of the executive committee, but no director shall be entitled to vote in any such
meeting unless he shall be a member of the executive committee.
Section 3. Other Committees. The board of directors may by resolution provide for
such other standing or special committees as it deems desirable, and discontinue the same at
pleasure. Each such committee shall have such powers and perform such duties, not inconsistent with
law, as may be delegated to it by the board of directors and shall follow such rules of procedure
as may be established from time to time by the board of directors. Vacancies in such committees
shall be filled by the board of directors or as the board of directors may provide.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 1. General Provisions. The board of directors shall elect a chairman of the
board of directors, a president, such number of vice presidents as the board may from time to time
determine, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may from time to time create such
offices and appoint such other officers, subordinate officers and assistant officers as it may
determine. The act of a majority of the directors in office shall be required to elect or remove
any officer or to fill a vacancy in any office. The president and the chairman of the board shall
be, but the other officers need not be, chosen from among the members of the board of directors.
Any two of such offices, other than that of president and vice president, may be held by the same
person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one
capacity.
Section 2. Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall hold office during
the pleasure of the board of directors, and, unless sooner removed by the board of directors, until
the organization meeting of the board of directors following the date of their election and until
their successors are chosen and qualified. The board of directors may remove any officer at any
time, with or without cause. A vacancy in any office, however created, shall be filled by the
board of directors.
ARTICLE V
Duties of Officers
Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board shall preside at all
meetings of the board of directors and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed
by the board of directors.
Section 2. President. The president shall exercise supervision over the business of
the corporation and over its several officers, subject however, to the control of the board of
directors. In the absence of the chairman of the board, or in the event of a vacancy in the office
of chairman of the board, the president shall preside at meetings of the shareholders and the board
of directors. The president shall be a member of the executive committee. He shall have authority
to sign all certificates for shares and all deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes, and other
instruments requiring his signature; and shall have all the powers and duties prescribed by Chapter
1701 of the Revised Code of Ohio and such others as the board of directors may from time to time
assign to him.
Section 3. Vice Presidents. The vice presidents shall have such powers and duties as
may from time to time be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president; except that
only the board of directors shall have authority to modify or rescind job descriptions of the vice
presidents from time to time approved by the board. At the request of the president, or in the
case of his absence or disability, the vice president designated by the president (or in the
absence of such designation, the vice president
designated by the board) shall perform all the duties of the president and, when so acting,
shall have all the powers of the president. The authority of the vice presidents to sign in the
name of the corporation certificates for shares and deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes and
other instruments shall be coordinate with like authority of the president.
Section 4. Secretary. The secretary shall keep minutes of all the proceedings of the
shareholders and board of directors and shall make proper record of the same, which shall be
attested by him; shall have authority to sign all certificates for shares and all deeds, mortgages,
bonds, agreements, notes, and other instruments executed by the corporation requiring his
signature; shall give notice of meetings of shareholders and directors; shall produce on request at
each meeting of shareholders a certified list of shareholders arranged in alphabetical order; shall
keep such books as may be required by the board of directors; and shall have such other powers and
duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors or the president.
Section 5. Treasurer. The treasurer shall have general supervision of all finances;
he shall receive and have in charge all money, bills, notes, deeds, leases, mortgages and similar
property belonging to the corporation, and shall do with the same as may from time to time be
required by the board of directors. He shall cause to be kept adequate and correct accounts of the
business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts,
disbursements, gains, losses, stated capital and shares, together with such other accounts as may
be required, and upon the expiration of his term of office shall turn over to his successor or to
the board of directors all property, books, papers and money of the corporation in his hands; and
shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of
directors or the president.
Section 6. Assistant and Subordinate Officers. The board of directors may appoint
such assistant and subordinate officers as it may deem desirable. Each such officer shall hold
office during the pleasure of the board of directors, and perform such duties as the board of
directors or the president may prescribe.
The board of directors, may, from time to time, authorize any officer to appoint and remove
subordinate officers, to prescribe their authority and duties, and to fix their compensation.
Section 7. Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. In the absence of any officer of the
corporation, or for any other reason the board of directors may deem sufficient, the board of
directors may delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officers
to any other officer or to any director.
ARTICLE VI
Indemnification and Insurance
Section 1. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification in Non-Derivative Actions. The corporation shall indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative,
other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was
a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation,
domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to
the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit,
or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(b) Indemnification in Derivative Actions. The corporation shall indemnify any person
who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent
of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture,
trust, or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys fees, actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct
in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that the Court of
Common Pleas, or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expense as the Court
of Common Pleas or such court shall deem proper.
(c) Indemnification as Matter of Right. To the extent that a director, officer,
employee, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit,
or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 1 of Article VI, or in defense
of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including
attorneys fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(d) Determination of Conduct. Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of
this Section 1 of Article VI, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer,
employee, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in such subsections. Such determination shall be made (i) by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors of the corporation who were not and are not parties to or
threatened with any such action, suit, or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable or
if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by
independent legal counsel, other than an attorney or a firm having associated with it an attorney
who has been retained by or who has performed services for the corporation or any person to be
indemnified within the past five years, or (iii) by the shareholders, or (iv) by the Court of
Common Pleas or the court in which such action, suit, or proceeding was brought. Any determination
made by the disinterested directors under subsection (d) (i) or by independent legal counsel under
subsection (d) (ii) of Section 1 of this Article VI shall be promptly communicated to the person
who threatened or brought the action or suit, by or in the right of the corporation under
subsection (b) of Section 1 of this Article VI, and within ten days after receipt of such
notification, such person shall have the right to petition the Court of Common Pleas or the court
in which such action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such determination.
(e) Advance Payment of Expenses. Expenses, including attorneys fees, incurred in
defending any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1 of
this Article VI, may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action,
suit, or proceeding as authorized by the directors in the specific case upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the
director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately
be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this
Article VI.
(f) Nonexclusivity. The indemnification provided by this Article VI shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under
the Articles of Incorporation or the Code of Regulations or any agreement (including, without
limitation, agreements made pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 1 of this Article VI), vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent, and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
(g) Indemnification Contracts. The corporation may enter into contracts from time to
time with its directors and officers containing such terms and conditions and providing for such
indemnification as are determined appropriate under the circumstances by the board of directors.
All rights to indemnification under this Article VI shall be deemed to be provided by each such
contract between the corporation and a director or officer thereof who serves in such capacity at
any time while these Regulations and other relevant provisions of the general corporate law and
other applicable law, if any, are in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall not
affect any rights or obligations then existing.
Section 2. Liability Insurance. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or designated agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee
or designated agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out
of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of this Article or of Chapter 1701 of the Ohio Revised Code.
ARTICLE VII
Certificates for Shares
Section 1. Form and Execution. Certificates for shares, certifying the number of
full-paid shares owned, shall be issued to each shareholder in such form as shall be approved by
the board of directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the president or a vice president and
by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer; provided,
however, that if such certificates are countersigned by a transfer agent and/or registrar the
signatures of any of said officers and the seal of the corporation upon such certificates may be
facsimiles, engraved, stamped or printed. If any officer or officers who shall have signed, or
whose facsimile signature shall have been used, printed or stamped on any certificate or
certificates for shares, shall cease to be such officer or officers, because of death, resignation
or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the corporation,
such certificate or certificates, if authenticated by the endorsement thereon of the signature of a
transfer agent or registrar, shall nevertheless be conclusively deemed to have been adopted by the
corporation by the use and delivery thereof and shall be as effective in all respects as though
signed by a duly elected, qualified and authorized officer or officers, and as though the person or
persons who signed such certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures
shall have been used thereon, had not ceased to be an officer or officers of the corporation.
Such certificates for shares shall be transferable in person or by attorney, but, except as
hereinafter provided in the case of lost, mutilated or destroyed certificates, no transfer of
shares shall be entered upon the records of the corporation until the previous certificate, if any,
given for the same, shall
have been surrendered and cancelled.
Section 2. Lost, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates. If any certificate for shares
is lost, mutilated or destroyed, the board of directors may authorize the issue of a new
certificate in place thereof upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable. The board of
directors in its discretion may refuse to issue such new certificate until the corporation has been
indemnified to its satisfaction and/or until it is protected to its satisfaction by a final order
or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 3. Registered Shareholders. A person in whose name shares are of record on
the books of the corporation shall conclusively be deemed the unqualified owner and holder thereof
for all purposes and to have capacity to exercise all rights of ownership. Neither the corporation
nor any transfer agent of the corporation shall be bound to recognize any equitable interest in or
claim to such shares on the part of any other person, whether disclosed upon such certificate or
otherwise, nor shall they be obliged to see to the execution of any trust or obligation.
ARTICLE VIII
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the last Saturday in February in each year, or
on such other date as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors.
ARTICLE IX
Seal
The board of directors may provide a suitable seal containing the name of the corporation. If
deemed advisable by the board of directors, duplicate seals may be provided and kept for the
purposes of the corporation.
ARTICLE X
Control Share Acquisitions
Ohio Revised Code Section 1701.831 does not apply to control share acquisitions of shares of
the corporation.
ARTICLE XI
Amendments
This Code of Regulations may be amended or repealed at any meeting of shareholders called for
that purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise two-thirds
of the voting power on such proposal.