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Exhibit 3.3
AMENDED
BY-LAWS OF
TRANSAMERICA ADVISORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(formerly MERRILL LYNCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY)
(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010)
(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010)
(AN ARKANSAS CORPORATION)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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OFFICES |
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Section 1. Registered Office |
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Section 2. Other Offices |
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ARTICLE II |
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MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS |
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Section 1. Time and Place of Meetings |
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Section 2. Annual Meetings |
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Section 3. Notice of Annual Meetings |
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Section 4. Special Meetings |
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Section 5. Notice of Special Meetings |
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Section 6. Quorum |
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Section 7. Organization |
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Section 8 Order of Business |
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Section 9. Voting |
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Section 10. List of Stockholders |
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Section 11 Inspectors of Votes |
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Section 12. Actions without a Meeting |
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ARTICLE III |
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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Section 1. Powers |
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Section 2. Number, Qualification, Election and Term of Office |
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Section 3. Resignations |
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Section 4. Removal of Directors |
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Section 5. Vacancies; Newly Created Dictatorships |
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MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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Section 6. Place of Meetings |
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Section 7. Annual Meetings |
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Section 8. Regular Meetings |
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Section 9. Special Meetings; Notice |
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Section 10. Quorum and Manner of Acting |
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COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS |
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Section 11. Executive Committee: How Constituted and Powers |
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Section 12. Organization |
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Section 13. Meetings |
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Section 14. Quorum and Manner of Acting |
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Section 15. Other Committees |
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Section 16. Minutes of Committees |
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GENERAL |
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Section 17. Actions without a Meeting |
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Section 18. Presence at Meetings by Means of
Communications Equipment |
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ARTICLE IV |
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NOTICES |
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Section 1. Type of Notice |
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Section 2. Waiver of Notice |
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ARTICLE V |
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OFFICERS |
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Section 1. Elected and Appointed Officers |
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Section 2. Time of Election or Appointment |
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Section 3. Term |
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Section 4. Duties of the Chairman of the Board |
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Section 5. Duties of the President |
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Section 6. Duties of the Vice Presidents |
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Section 7. Duties of the Secretary |
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Section 8. Duties of the Treasurer |
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Section 9. Duties of the Controller |
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ARTICLE VI |
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INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 1. Actions Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation |
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Section 2. Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation |
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Section 3. Right to Indemnification |
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Section 4. Determination of Right to Indemnification |
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Section 5. Advancement of Expenses |
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Section 6. Other Rights and Remedies |
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Section 7. Insurance |
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Section 8. Definition of Corporation |
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Section 9. Other Terms Defined |
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Section 10. Continuation of Indemnification |
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ARTICLE VII |
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CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK |
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Section 1. Right to Certificate |
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Section 2. Facsimile Signatures |
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Section 3. Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates |
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Section 4. Transfers |
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Section 5. Record Date |
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Section 6. Registered Stockholders |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 1. Dividends |
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Section 2. Signatures on Negotiable Instruments |
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Section 3. Fiscal Year |
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Section 4. Corporate Seal |
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ARTICLE IX |
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AMENDMENTS |
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the
Corporations shall be such location in the State of Arkansas as may be determined by the Board of
Directors from time to time.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other
places, both within and without the State of Arkansas, as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Time and Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders for
the election of directors shall be held at such time and place within the State of Arkansas, as
shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the
meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place within
the State of Arkansas as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver
of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual Meetings. Annual Meetings of stockholders shall be held on
such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in
the notice of the meeting, at which the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote by written
ballot a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the
meeting.
Section 3. Notice of Annual Meetings. Written notice of the annual meeting,
stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting, shall be given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 10 or more than 60 days before the date of the
meeting.
Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any
purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute of the Articles of Incorporation, may
be called at any time by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of
Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed special meeting.
Section 5. Notice of Special Meetings. Written notice of a special meeting,
starting the place, date, and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting
is called, shall be give to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less
than 10 or more than 60 days before the date of the meeting.
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Section 6. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by statute or the Articles of
Incorporation, the holders of stock having a majority of the voting power of the stock entitled to
be voted thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. If, however, such quorum shall not
be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote
thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from
time to time without notice (other than announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken of the time and place of the adjourned meeting) until a quorum shall be present or
represented. 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.
If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed
for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of
record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 7. Organization. At each meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of
the Board or the President, determined as provided in Article V of these By-Laws, or if those
officers shall be absent therefrom, another officer of the Corporation chosen as chairman by those
stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, or if all the officers of
the Corporation shall be absent therefrom, a stockholder holding of record shares of stock of the
Corporation so chosen, shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside thereat. The Secretary, or
if he shall be absent from such meeting or shall be required pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 7 to act as chairman of such meeting, the person (who shall be an Assistant Secretary, if
an Assistant Secretary shall be present thereat) whom the chairman of such meeting shall appoint,
shall act as secretary of such meeting and keep the minutes thereof.
Section 8. Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of
stockholders shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting or as is otherwise determined by
the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of stock present in person or by proxy and
entitled to vote without regard to class or series at the meeting.
Section 9. Voting. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of
Incorporation, each stockholder shall, at each meeting of the stockholders, be entitled to one vote
in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation held by him and registered in his
name on the books of the Corporation on the date fixed pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of
Article VII of these By-Laws as the record date for the determination of stockholders who shall be
entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting. Shares of its own stock belonging to the
Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election
or directors of such other corporation is held directly or indirectly by the Corporation, shall not
be entitled to vote. Any vote by stock of the Corporation may be given at any meeting of the
stockholders by the stockholder entitled thereto, in person or by his proxy appointed by an
instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder or by his attorney thereunto duly authorized
and delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation or to the secretary of the meeting; provided,
however, that no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless said
proxy shall provide for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable at will and this provision
cannot be waived unless expressly provided otherwise by statute. At all meetings of the
stockholders all matters, except where other provision is made by law, the Articles of
Incorporation, or these By-Laws, shall be decided by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by
the stockholders present in person or by proxy and
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entitled to vote there at, a quorum being present. Unless demanded by the holders of a
majority of the shares present in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders and
entitled to vote thereat, or so directed by the chairman of the meeting, the vote thereat on any
question other than the election or removal of directors need not be by written ballot. Upon a
demand of any such stockholder for a vote by written ballot on any question or at the direction of
such chairman that a vote by written ballot be taken on any question, such vote shall be taken by
written ballot. On a vote by written ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder
voting, or by his proxy, if there be such proxy, and shall state the number of shares voted.
Section 10. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or
other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or
through another officer of the Corporation designated by him or through a transfer agent appointed
by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in
alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered
in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder,
for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10
days before said meeting, either at a place within the city where said meeting is to be held, which
place shall be specified in the notice of said meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where
said meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of said
meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder of record who shall
be present thereat. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders
entitled to examine the stock ledger, such list or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in
person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 11. Inspectors of Votes. At each meeting of the stockholders, the
chairman of such meeting may appoint two inspectors of Votes to act thereat, unless the Board of
Directors shall have theretofore made such appointments. Each Inspector of Votes so appointed
shall first subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully to execute the duties of an Inspector of
Votes at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. Such
Inspectors of Votes, if any, shall take charge of the ballots, if any, at such meeting and, after
the balloting thereat on any question, shall count the ballots cast thereon and shall make a report
in writing to the secretary of such meeting of the results thereof. An Inspector of Votes need not
be a stockholder of the Corporation, and any officer of the Corporation may be an Inspector of
Votes on any question other than a vote for or against his election to any position with the
Corporation or on any other question in which he may be directly interested.
Section 12. Actions Without a Meeting. Any action required to be taken at any
annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at
any annual or special meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice, and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that
would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to
vote thereat were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a
meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not
consented in writing.
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ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by its Board of Directors, which shall have and may exercise all such powers of the
Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Articles of
Incorporation, or these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 2. Number, Qualification, Election and Term of Office. The number of
directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall not be less than three (3) nor
more than twenty (20). Within the limits above specified, the number of directors that shall
constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors
or by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting or otherwise pursuant to action of the
stockholders. Directors need not be stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Article III, and each
director elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or until his
successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his death or retirement or until he resigns or is
removed in the manner hereinafter provided. The Board of Directors or the stockholders may fix
from time to time, such qualifications, if any, for elections as a director or the continued
holding of such office as they deem appropriate in view of the Corporations business.
Section 3. Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by giving written
notice of his resignation to the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time
specified therein, or if the time when it shall become effective shall not be specified therein,
then it shall take effect immediately upon its receipt by the Secretary. Unless otherwise
specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 4. Removal of Directors. Any director may be removed, either with or
without cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting interest of the
stockholders of record of the Corporation entitled to vote, given at an annual meeting or at a
special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. The vacancy in the Board of Directors
caused by any such removal shall be filled by the stockholders at such meeting or, if not so
filled, by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 5 of this Article III.
Section 5. Vacancies: Newly Created Directorships. Any directorship created by
an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy resulting from the removal or resignation of
any director may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office though less than a quorum,
or by a sole remaining director, or pursuant to the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of
capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, either at an annual meeting of the
stockholders or at a special meeting of such holders called for that purpose. The director so
elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is
elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced.
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MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 6. Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may
hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Arkansas.
Section 7. Annual Meetings. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of
Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, and no notice of
such meeting to the newly elected directors shall be necessary in order legally to constitute the
meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event such meeting is not held immediately
following the annual meeting of stockholders, or if the latter meeting is handled by written
consent, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as
hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a
written waiver signed by all of the directors.
Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by
the Board of Directors.
Section 9. Special Meetings: Notice. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Secretary at the request of the Chairman of the Board or the
President on 24 hours notice to each director, either personally or by telephone or by mail,
telegraph, telex, cable, wireless, or other form of recorded communication; special meetings shall
be called by the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of any
director. Notice of any such meeting need not be given to any director, however, if waived by him
in writing or by telegraph, telex, cable, wireless, or other form of recorded communication, or if
he shall be present at such meeting.
Section 10. Quorum and Manner of Acting. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, a majority of the directors at the time in office (but not less than one-third of the
whole Board of Directors, but in any event not less than two directors) shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting
at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be
present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
shall be present.
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
Section 11. Executive Committee: How Constituted and Powers: The Board of
Directors may in its discretion, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of
Directors, designated an Executive Committee consisting of two or more of the directors of the
Corporation. Subject to any applicable statutes, the Articles of Incorporation, and these By-Laws,
the Executive Committee shall have and may exercise, when the Board of Directors is not in session,
all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation, and shall have the power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be
affixed to all papers which may require it; but the Executive Committee shall not have the power to
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vacancies in the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, or any other committee of
directors or to elect or approve officers of the Corporation. The Executive Committee shall have
the power and authority to authorize the issuance of common stock and grant and authorize options
and other rights with respect to such issuance. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any
time, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, to change the membership
of the Executive Committee, to fill all vacancies in it, or to dissolve it, either with or without
cause.
Section 12. Organization. The Chairman of the Executive Committee, to be
selected by the Board of Directors, shall act as chairman at all meetings of the Executive
Committee and the Secretary shall act as secretary thereof. In case of the absence from any
meeting of the Executive Committee of the Chairman of the Executive Committee or the Secretary, the
Executive Committee may appoint a chairman or secretary, as the case may be, of the meeting.
Section 13. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Executive Committee, of which no
notice shall be necessary, may be held on such days and at such places, within or without the State
of Arkansas, as shall be fixed by resolution adopted by a majority of the Executive Committee and
communicated in writing to all its members. Special meetings of the Executive Committee shall be
held whenever called by the Chairman of the Executive Committee or a majority of the members of the
Executive Committee then in office. Notice of each special meeting of the Executive committee
shall be given by mail, telegraph, telex, cable, wireless, or other form of recorded communication
or be delivered personally or by telephone to each member of the Executive Committee not later than
the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held. Notice of any such meeting need not be
given to any member of the Executive Committee, however, if waived by him in writing or by
telegraph, telex, cable, wireless, or other form of recorded communication, or if he shall be
present at such meeting; and any meeting of the Executive Committee shall be a legal meeting
without any notice thereof having been given, if all the members of the Executive Committee shall
be present thereat. Subject to the provisions of this Article III, the Executive Committee, by
resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Executive Committee, shall fix its own rules of
procedure.
Section 14. Quorum and Manner of Acting. One third of the members of the
Executive Committee, but in no event less than two members, shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at a meeting thereof at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of the Executive Committee.
Section 15. Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or
resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more other
committees, including an Investment Committee to be charged with the supervision and making of
investments and loans of the Corporation, consisting of one or more directors of the Corporation,
which, to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise,
subject to any applicable statutes, the Articles of Incorporation, and these By-Laws, the powers
and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, and shall have the power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all
papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power to fill vacancies in the
Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, or any other committee or in their respective
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membership, to appoint or remove officers of the Corporation or to authorize the issuance of
shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, except that such a committee may, to the extent
provided in said resolutions, grant and authorize options and other rights with respect to the
common stock of the Corporation pursuant to and in accordance with any plan approved by the Board
of Directors. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from
time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. A majority of all the members of any
such committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its meetings and specify what
notice thereof, if any, shall be given, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide. The
Board of Directors shall have power to change the members of any such committee at any time to fill
vacancies, and to discharge any such committee, either with or without cause, at any time.
Section 16. Minutes of Committees. Each committee shall keep regular minutes
of its meetings and proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors at the next meeting
thereof.
GENERAL
Section 17. Actions Without A Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if
all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing
and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or
the committee.
Section 18.
Presence at Meetings by Means of Communications Equipment. Members
of the Board of Directors, or of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may
participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting conducted pursuant to this Section 20
shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Type of Notice. Whenever, under the provisions of any applicable
statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any
director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be
given in writing, in person or by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address
as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.
Notice to directors may also be given in any manner permitted by Article III hereof and shall be
deemed to be given at the time when first transmitted by the method of communication so permitted.
Section 2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under
the provisions of any applicable statue, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, a waiver
thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice,
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whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto, and
transmission of a waiver of notice by a director of stockholder by mail, telegraph, telex, cable,
wireless, or other form of recorded communication may constitute such a wavier.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. Elected and Appointed Officers. The elected officers of the
Corporation shall be a President (who shall be a director), one or more Vice Presidents, with or
with out such descriptive titles as the Board of Directors shall deem appropriate, a Secretary, and
a Treasurer, and, if the Board of Directors so elects, a Chairman of the Board (who shall be a
director) and a Controller. The Board of Directors of the Executive Committees of the Board of
Directors by resolution also may appoint one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant
Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Controllers, and such other officers and agents as
from time to time may appear to be necessary or advisable in the conduct of the affairs of the
Corporation.
Section 2. Time of Election or Appointment. The Board of Directors at its
annual meeting shall elect or appoint, as the case may be, the officers to fill the positions
designated in or pursuant to Section 1 of this Article V. Officers of the Corporation may also be
elected or appointed, as the case may be, at any other time.
Section 3. Term. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold his office until
his successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his earlier resignation or
removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer
elected or appointed by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee may be removed at any
time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring
in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise may be filled by the
Board of Directors or the appropriate committee thereof.
Section 4. Duties of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if
so elected in accordance with Section 1 of Article V., shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation and, subject to the provisions of these By-Laws, shall have general supervision of the
affairs of the Corporation and shall have general and active control of all its business. He shall
preside, when present, at all meetings of shareholders and at all meetings of the Board of
Directors. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors and the
shareholders are carried into effect. He shall have general authority to execute bonds, deeds, and
contracts in the name of the Corporation and affix the corporate seal thereto; to sign stock
certificates; to cause the employment or appointment of such officers, employees, and agents of the
Corporation as the proper conduct of operations may require, and to fix their compensation, subject
to the provisions of these By-Laws; to remove or suspend any employee or agent who was employed or
appointed under his authority or under authority of an officer subordinate to him; to suspend for
cause, pending final action by the authority that elected or appointed him, any officer subordinate
to the Chairman of the Board; in coordination with the other officers and directors of the
corporation, to develop the Corporations basic strategic and longrange plans, including marketing
programs, expansion plans, and financial structure; and, in general, to exercise all of the
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powers and authority usually appertaining to the chief executive officer of a corporation, except
as otherwise provided in these By-Laws.
Section 5. Duties of the President. In the absence of a Chairman of the Board,
the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and shall have the duties
and responsibilities and the authority and power of the Chairman of the Board. The President or a
designated Vice President shall be the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation and as such shall
have, subject to review and approval of the Chairman of the Board, the responsibility for the
day-to-day operations of the Corporation and long-range plans, including marketing programs,
expansion plans, and financial structure; and, in general, to exercise all of the powers and
authority usually appertaining to the chief executive officer of a corporation, except as otherwise
provided in these By-Laws.
Section 6. Duties of Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in
the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more
than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order or manner designated, or in the absence
of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President
and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers and
designations as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe.
Section 7. Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of
the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the
meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and
shall perform like duties for the Executive Committee or other standing committees when required.
He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special
meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of
the corporate seal of the Corporation, and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to
affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his
signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general
authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by
his signature. The Secretary shall keep and account for all books, documents, papers, and records
of the Corporation, except those for which some other officer or agent is properly accountable. He
shall have authority to sign stock certificates and shall generally perform all the duties usually
appertaining to the office of the secretary of a corporation.
Section 8. Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of
the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable
effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated
by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the
Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the
President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings or when the Board of Directors so
requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the
Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond (which
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renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to
the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the
restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement, or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in his
possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the President, or any such Vice
President in charge of finance.
Section 9. Duties of the Controller. The Controller, if one is appointed,
shall have supervision of the accounting practices of the Corporation and shall prescribe the
duties and powers of any other accounting personnel of the Corporation. He shall cause to be
maintained an adequate system of financial control though a program of budgets and interpretive
reports. He shall initiate and enforce measures and procedures whereby the business of the
Corporation shall be conducted with the maximum efficiency and economy. If required, he shall
prepare a monthly report covering the operating results of the Corporation. The Controller shall
be under the supervision of the Vice President in charge of finance, if one is so designated, and
he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the President,
or any such Vice President in charge of finance.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Actions Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 or employee of the Corporation, 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, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.
Section 2. Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 or employee of
the Corporation, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and
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the extent that the Court of Chancery 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
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other Court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Right to Indemnification. To the extent that a director, officer of
employee of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
Section 4. Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification
under Sections 1 and 2 or this Article (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, or employee is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article. Such determination shall be made (i) by the
board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if
obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders.
Section 5. Advancement of Expenses. Expenses incurred by an officer or
director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the
Corporation, in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of
an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized
in this Article. Such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such
terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
Section 6. Other Rights and Remedies. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by or granted pursuant to the other Sections of this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may
be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office.
Section 7. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is
or was servicing at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability
under the provisions of this Article.
Section 8. Definition of Corporation. For the purposes of this Article,
references to the Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting Corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a
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consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is
or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was
servicing at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the
same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to such constituent corporation if
its separate existence had continued.
Section 9. Other Terms Defined. For purposes of this Article, references to
other enterprises shall include employee benefit plans; references to fines shall include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to
serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants,
or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed
to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation as referred to in
this Article.
Section 10. Continuation of Indemnification. The indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit
of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
ARTICLE VII
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK
Section 1. Right to Certificate. Every holder of stock in the Corporation
shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the
Chairman of the Board, the President, or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. If
the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series
of any class, the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or
other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations,
or restrictions of such preferences or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face
or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of
stock; provided, that, except as otherwise provided by an applicable statute, in lieu of the
foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the
Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation
will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so request the powers, designations,
preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock
or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences or
rights.
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Section 2. Facsimile Signatures. Any of or all the signatures on the
certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or
whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer,
transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation
with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 3. Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may
direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates
theretofore issued by the Corporation and 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 or certificates, 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 certificates, or his legal
representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require or 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 or the
issuance of such new certificate.
Section 4. Transfers. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent
of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignation, or authority to transfer, and with proof of authenticity of signature, it
shall be the duty of the Corporation, subject to any proper restrictions on transfer, to issue a
new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the
transaction upon its books.
Section 5. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of
any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not
be less than 10 or more than 40 days before the date of such meeting or any other action. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of
Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 6. Registered Stockholders. 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 to hold liable for calls and assessments a person
registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable
or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or
not provided by the laws of the State of Arkansas.
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ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, if
any, subject to any applicable statutes and the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, may be
declared by the Board of Directors (but not any committee thereof) at any regular meeting, pursuant
to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to
any applicable statutes and the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 2. Signatures on Negotiable Instruments. All bills, notes, checks or
other instruments for the payment of money shall be signed or countersigned by such officers or
agents and in such manner as, from time to time, may be prescribed by resolution (whether general
or special of the Board of Directors, or may be prescribed by any officer or officers, or any
officer and agent jointly, thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the
final Friday of December in each year and the succeeding fiscal year shall begin on the day next
succeeding the last day of the preceding fiscal year.
Section 4. Corporation Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon
the name of the Corporation, the year of incorporation of the Corporation, and the word,
Arkansas. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed,
reproduced, or otherwise.
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted by the
stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or the Board
of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors if notice of
such alteration, amendment, repeal, or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such
special meeting.
Amended 7/1/2010
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