Common use of Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder Proposals Clause in Contracts

Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder Proposals. (a) Annual Meetings of Shareholders. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the Shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of Shareholders (i) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any Shareholder of the Company (A) who holds, at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 9.7 and through and including the time of the annual meeting, a Certificate evidencing such Shareholder’s ownership of all Shares owned by such Shareholder, (B) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and present in person or by proxy at the meeting to answer questions concerning the nomination or business, and (C) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9.7. (2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Shareholder pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.7(a)(1), the Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for Shareholder action. To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days earlier or later than the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the Shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which (A) notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (B) public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Company. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement of the mailing of notice for such annual meeting or of an adjournment of an annual meeting to a later date or time commence a new time period for the giving of Shareholder’s notice as described above. No Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder holds a Certificate for all Shares owned by such Shareholder, and a copy of each Certificate shall accompany such Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary in order for such notice to be effective; provided, however, that (x) the provisions of this sentence and clause (A) of Section 9.7(a)(1)(ii) shall be inapplicable unless Shareholders are entitled to receive a Certificate evidencing the Shares owned by them, and (y) if clause (x) of this proviso is applicable, no Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder is, at the time of giving such notice and through and including the time of the annual meeting, a Shareholder of record of all Shares owned by such Shareholder. Such Shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (i) such person’s name, age, business address and residence address, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person for the past five years, (iii) the class and number of Shares of the Company that are beneficially owned or owned of record by such person and the investment intent of such acquisition, (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, and (v) all other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Exchange Act, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any interest in such business of such Shareholder (including any anticipated benefit to the Shareholder therefrom) and of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, (i) the class, series and number of securities of the Company which are owned of record by such Shareholder and by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (ii) the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Shareholder and by any Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (iii) the name and address of such Shareholder as it appears on the Company’s stock ledger and the address, if different, of such Shareholder Associated Person; (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved; and (v) to the extent known by such Shareholder, the name and address of any other Shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such Shareholder’s notice. For the purposes of this Section 9.7, “Shareholder Associated Person” of any Shareholder shall mean (i) any Person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of Common Shares or other securities issued by the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Shareholder and (iii) any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 9.7(a)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company is increased and there is no public announcement by the Company naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a Shareholder’s notice required by this Section 9.7 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Company.

Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder Proposals. (a) Annual Meetings of ShareholdersANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the Shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of Shareholders (i) pursuant to the Company’s 's notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any Shareholder of the Company (A) who holds, was a Shareholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 9.7 and through and including at the time of the annual meeting, a Certificate evidencing such Shareholder’s ownership of all Shares owned by such Shareholder, (B) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and present in person or by proxy at the meeting to answer questions concerning the nomination or business, and (C) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9.7. (2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Shareholder pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.7(a)(1), the Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for Shareholder action. To be timely, a Shareholder’s 's notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than 5:00 p.m. the close of business on the ninetieth (Eastern Time90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s 's annual meeting; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that in the event that the date of mailing of the notice for the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days earlier before or later than the first after such anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meetingdate, notice by the Shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m. the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (Eastern Time90th) day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for such annual meeting or the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which (A) notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (B) public announcement of the date of mailing of the annual notice for such meeting is first made by the Company. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement of the mailing of notice for such annual meeting or of an adjournment of an annual meeting to a later date or time commence a new time period for the giving of Shareholder’s 's notice as described above. No Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder holds a Certificate for all Shares owned by such Shareholder, and a copy of each Certificate shall accompany such Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary in order for such notice to be effective; provided, however, that (x) the provisions of this sentence and clause (A) of Section 9.7(a)(1)(ii) shall be inapplicable unless Shareholders are entitled to receive a Certificate evidencing the Shares owned by them, and (y) if clause (x) of this proviso is applicable, no Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder is, at the time of giving such notice and through and including the time of the annual meeting, a Shareholder of record of all Shares owned by such Shareholder. Such Shareholder’s 's notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (i) such person’s 's name, age, business address and residence address, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person for the past five years, (iii) the class and number of Shares of the Company that are beneficially owned or owned of record by such person and the investment intent of such acquisition, (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, and (v) all other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Exchange Act, including such person’s 's written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any interest in such business of such Shareholder (including any anticipated benefit to the Shareholder therefrom) and of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, (i) the class, series and number of securities of the Company which are owned of record by such Shareholder and by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (ii) the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Shareholder and by any Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (iii) the name and address of such Shareholder as it appears on the Company’s 's stock ledger and the address, if different, of such Shareholder Associated Person; (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved; and (v) to the extent known by such Shareholder, the name and address of any other Shareholder supporting the nominee Nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such Shareholder’s 's notice. For the purposes of this Section 9.7, “"Shareholder Associated Person” " of any Shareholder shall mean (i) any Person person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of Common Shares or other securities issued by the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Shareholder and (iii) any Person person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 9.7(a)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company is increased and there is no public announcement by the Company naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of notice for the preceding year’s 's annual meeting, a Shareholder’s 's notice required by this Section 9.7 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Company.

Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder Proposals. The matters to be considered and brought before any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and election of directors, as shall be brought properly before such meeting in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. For any matter to be brought properly before any annual meeting of shareholders, the matter must be (ai) Annual Meetings specified in the notice of Shareholders. (1) Nominations the annual meeting given by or at the direction of persons for election to the Board of Directors and Directors, (ii) otherwise brought before the proposal of business to be considered by the Shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of Shareholders (i) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iiiii) brought before the annual meeting by any Shareholder a shareholder who is a shareholder of record of the Company (A) who holds, at Corporation on the time of giving of date the notice provided for in this Section 9.7 and through and including 2.5 is delivered to the time Secretary of the annual meetingCorporation, a Certificate evidencing such Shareholder’s ownership of all Shares owned by such Shareholder, (B) who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting and present who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. In addition to any other requirements under applicable law and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, written notice (the “Shareholder Notice”) of any nomination or other proposal must be timely and any proposal, other than a nomination, must constitute a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, the Shareholder Notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation not less than 90 nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year; provided, however, that if (and only if) the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before such anniversary date and ends within sixty (60) days after such anniversary date (an annual meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an “Other Meeting Date”), the Shareholder Notice shall be given in the manner provided herein by the later of the close of business on (i) the date ninety (90) days prior to such Other Meeting Date or (ii) the tenth day following the date such Other Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed. A Shareholder Notice must contain the following information: (i) whether the shareholder is providing the notice at the request of a beneficial holder of shares, whether the shareholder, any such beneficial holder or any nominee has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, or has received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from, any other person with respect to the investment by the shareholder or such beneficial holder in the Corporation or the matter the Shareholder Notice relates to, and the details thereof, including the name of such other person (the shareholder, any beneficial holder on whose behalf the notice is being delivered, any nominees listed in the notice and any persons with whom such agreement, arrangement or understanding exists or from whom such assistance has been obtained are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Interested Persons”), (ii) the name and address of all Interested Persons, (iii) a complete listing of the record and beneficial ownership positions (including number or amount) of all equity securities and debt instruments, whether held in the form of loans or capital market instruments, of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries held by all Interested Persons, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction is in place or has been entered into within the prior six (6) months preceding the date of delivery of the Shareholder Notice by or for the benefit of any Interested Person with respect to the Corporation or its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities, debt instruments or credit ratings, the effect or intent of which transaction is to give rise to gain or loss as a result of changes in the trading price of such securities or debt instruments or changes in the credit ratings for the Corporation, its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities or debt instruments (or, more generally, changes in the perceived creditworthiness of the corporation or its subsidiaries), or to increase or decrease the voting power of such Interested Person, and if so, a summary of the material terms thereof, and (v) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation that would be entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to answer questions concerning propose the nomination or business, and (C) who complies with the notice procedures matter set forth in this Section 9.7. (2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Shareholder pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.7(a)(1), the Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof Notice. As used herein, “beneficially owned” has the meaning provided in writing to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Secretary Securities Exchange Act of the Company and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for 1934. The Shareholder action. To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice Notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company updated not later than 5:00 p.m. ten (Eastern Time10) on days after the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on record date for the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day prior determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting to provide any material changes in the foregoing information as of the record date. Any Shareholder Notice relating to the first anniversary nomination of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days earlier or later than the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the Shareholder to be timely directors must be so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which (A) notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (B) public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Company. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement of the mailing of notice for such annual meeting or of an adjournment of an annual meeting to a later date or time commence a new time period for the giving of Shareholder’s notice as described above. No Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder holds a Certificate for all Shares owned by such Shareholder, and a copy of each Certificate shall accompany such Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary in order for such notice to be effective; provided, however, that (x) the provisions of this sentence and clause (A) of Section 9.7(a)(1)(ii) shall be inapplicable unless Shareholders are entitled to receive a Certificate evidencing the Shares owned by them, and (y) if clause (x) of this proviso is applicable, no Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder is, at the time of giving such notice and through and including the time of the annual meeting, a Shareholder of record of all Shares owned by such Shareholder. Such Shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, also contain (i) such person’s namethe information regarding each nominee required by paragraphs (a), age, business address (e) and residence address(f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the corresponding provisions of any successor regulation), (ii) the principal occupation or employment each nominee’s signed consent to serve as a director of the person for the past five yearsCorporation if elected, and (iii) whether each nominee is eligible for consideration as an independent director under the class and number relevant standards contemplated by Item 407(a) of Shares Regulation S-K (or the corresponding provisions of any successor regulation). The Corporation may also require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information, including completion of the Company that are beneficially owned or owned of record by such person and Corporation’s directors’ questionnaire, as it may reasonably require to determine whether the investment intent of such acquisition, (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, and (v) all other information relating to such person that is required to nominee would be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Exchange Act, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving considered “independent” as a director if elected; (b) or as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description member of the business desired to be brought before audit committee of the meeting, Board of Directors under the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting various rules and any interest in such business of such Shareholder (including any anticipated benefit standards applicable to the Corporation. Any Shareholder therefrom) and Notice with respect to a matter other than the nomination of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, directors must contain (i) the class, series and number of securities text of the Company which are owned proposal to be presented, including the text of record any resolutions to be proposed for consideration by such Shareholder shareholders and by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (ii) the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Shareholder and by any Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (iii) the name and address of such Shareholder as it appears on the Company’s stock ledger and the address, if different, of such Shareholder Associated Person; (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities a brief written statement of the Company by reasons why such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during shareholder favors the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved; and (v) to the extent known by such Shareholder, the name and address of any other Shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such Shareholder’s noticeproposal. For the purposes of this Section 9.7, “Shareholder Associated Person” of any Shareholder shall mean (i) any Person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of Common Shares or other securities issued by the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Shareholder and (iii) any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of this Section 9.7(a)(2) 2.5 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the Company naming either all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors is not publicly announced or disclosed by the Corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a Shareholder’s notice required by this Section 9.7 Shareholder Notice shall also be considered timelytimely hereunder, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Company Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the first date all of such nominees or the size of the increased Board of Directors shall have been publicly announced or disclosed. For any matter to be brought properly before a special meeting of shareholders, the matter must be set forth in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors. In the event that the Corporation calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more persons to the Board of Directors, any shareholder may nominate a person or persons (10thas the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting, if the Shareholder Notice required by Section 2.5 shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the CompanyBoard of Directors to be elected at such meeting is publicly announced or disclosed. For purposes of this Section 2.5, a matter shall be deemed to have been “publicly announced or disclosed” if such matter is disclosed in a press release reported by the Dow Xxxxx News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In no event shall the postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting already publicly noticed, or any announcement of such postponement or adjournment, commence a new period (or extend any time period) for the giving of notice as provided in this Section 2.5. This Section 2.5 shall not apply to shareholders proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. The person presiding at any meeting of shareholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether notice of nominees and other matters proposed to be brought before a meeting has been duly given in the manner provided in this Section 2.5 and, if not so given, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters are not properly before the meeting and shall not be considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.5, if the shareholder or a qualified representative of the shareholder does not appear at the annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation to present any such nomination, or make any such proposal, such nomination or proposal shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder Proposals. (a) Annual Meetings of Shareholders. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the Shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of Shareholders (i) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any Shareholder of the Company (A) who holdswas a Shareholder of record bothholds, at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 9.7 and through atthrough and including the time of the annual meeting, a Certificate evidencing such Shareholder’s ownership of all Shares owned by such Shareholder, (B) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and present in person or by proxy at the meeting to answer questions concerning the nomination or business, and (C) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9.7. (2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Shareholder pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.7(a)(1), the Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for Shareholder action. To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days earlier or later than the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the Shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which (A) notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (B) public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Company. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement of the mailing of notice for such annual meeting or of an adjournment of an annual meeting to a later date or time commence a new time period for the giving of Shareholder’s notice as described above. No Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder holds a Certificate for all Shares owned by such Shareholder, and a copy of each Certificate shall accompany such Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary in order for such notice to be effective; provided, however, that (x) the provisions of this sentence and clause (A) of Section 9.7(a)(1)(ii) shall be inapplicable unless Shareholders are entitled to receive a Certificate evidencing the Shares owned by them, and (y) if clause (x) of this proviso is applicable, no Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder is, at the time of giving such notice and through and including the time of the annual meeting, a Shareholder of record of all Shares owned by such Shareholder. Such Shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (i) such person’s name, age, business address and residence address, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person for the past five years, (iii) the class and number of Shares of the Company that are beneficially owned or owned of record by such person and the investment intent of such acquisition, (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, and (v) all other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Exchange Act, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any interest in such business of such Shareholder (including any anticipated benefit to the Shareholder therefrom) and of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, (i) the class, series and number of securities of the Company which are owned of record by such Shareholder and by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (ii) the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Shareholder and by any Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (iii) the name and address of such Shareholder as it appears on the Company’s stock ledger and the address, if different, of such Shareholder Associated Person; (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved; and (v) to the extent known by such Shareholder, the name and address of any other Shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such Shareholder’s notice. For the purposes of this Section 9.7, “Shareholder Associated Person” of any Shareholder shall mean (i) any Person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of Common Shares or other securities issued by the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Shareholder and (iii) any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 9.7(a)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company is increased and there is no public announcement by the Company naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a Shareholder’s notice required by this Section 9.7 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Company.

Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder Proposals. (a) Annual Meetings of Shareholders. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the Shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of Shareholders (i) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any Shareholder of the Company (A) who holds, was a Shareholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 9.7 and through and including at the time of the annual meeting, a Certificate evidencing such Shareholder’s ownership of all Shares owned by such Shareholder, (B) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and present in person or by proxy at the meeting to answer questions concerning the nomination or business, and (C) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9.7. (2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Shareholder pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.7(a)(1), the Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for Shareholder action. To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days earlier or later than the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the Shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which (A) notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (B) public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Company. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement of the mailing of notice for such annual meeting or of an adjournment of an annual meeting to a later date or time commence a new time period for the giving of Shareholder’s notice as described above. No Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder holds a Certificate for all Shares owned by such Shareholder, and a copy of each Certificate shall accompany such Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary in order for such notice to be effective; provided, however, that (x) the provisions of this sentence and clause (A) of Section 9.7(a)(1)(ii) shall be inapplicable unless Shareholders are entitled to receive a Certificate evidencing the Shares owned by them, and (y) if clause (x) of this proviso is applicable, no Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder is, at the time of giving such notice and through and including the time of the annual meeting, a Shareholder of record of all Shares owned by such Shareholder. Such Shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (i) such person’s name, age, business address and residence address, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person for the past five years, (iii) the class and number of Shares of the Company that are beneficially owned or owned of record by such person and the investment intent of such acquisition, (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, and (v) all other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Exchange Act, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any interest in such business of such Shareholder (including any anticipated benefit to the Shareholder therefrom) and of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, (i) the class, series and number of securities of the Company which are owned of record by such Shareholder and by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (ii) the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Shareholder and by any Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (iii) the name and address of such Shareholder as it appears on the Company’s stock ledger and the address, if different, of such Shareholder Associated Person; (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved; and (v) to the extent known by such Shareholder, the name and address of any other Shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such Shareholder’s notice. For the purposes of this Section 9.7, “Shareholder Associated Person” of any Shareholder shall mean (i) any Person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of Common Shares or other securities issued by the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Shareholder and (iii) any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 9.7(a)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company is increased and there is no public announcement by the Company naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a Shareholder’s notice required by this Section 9.7 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Company.

Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder Proposals. (a) Annual Meetings The matters to be considered and brought before any annual or special meeting of Shareholdersshareholders of the Company shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and election of directors, as shall be brought properly before such meeting in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 8 or in Section 3(b) of this Article II or Section 11 of this Article II. (1b) Nominations For any matter to be brought properly before any annual meeting of persons for election to shareholders, the matter must be (i) specified in the notice of the annual meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors and Directors, (ii) otherwise brought before the proposal of business to be considered by the Shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of Shareholders (i) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or Directors, (iiiii) brought before the annual meeting by any Shareholder a shareholder who is a shareholder of record of the Company (A) who holds, at on the time of giving of date the notice provided for in this Section 9.7 and through and including 8(b) is delivered to the time Secretary of the annual meetingCompany, a Certificate evidencing such Shareholder’s ownership of all Shares owned by such Shareholder, (B) who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting of shareholders on such matter and who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 8(b) or (iv) brought pursuant to Section 11 of this Article II. In addition to any other requirements under applicable law and the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws, written notice (the “Shareholder Notice”) of any nomination or other proposal by a shareholder must be timely and any proposal, other than a nomination, must constitute a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, the Shareholder Notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive office of the Company not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year; provided, however, that if (and only if) the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before such anniversary date and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date (an annual meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an “Other Meeting Date”), the Shareholder Notice shall be given in the manner provided herein by the later of the close of business on (i) the date ninety (90) days prior to such Other Meeting Date or (ii) the tenth day following the date such Other Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed. A Shareholder Notice must contain the following information: (i) whether the shareholder is providing the notice at the request of a beneficial holder of shares, whether the shareholder, any such beneficial holder or any nominee has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, or has received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from any other person with respect to the investment by the shareholder or such beneficial holder in the Company or the matter the Shareholder Notice relates to, and the details thereof, including the name of such other person (the shareholder, any beneficial holder on whose behalf the notice is being delivered, any nominees listed in the notice and any persons with whom such agreement, arrangement or understanding exists or from whom such assistance has been obtained are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Interested Persons”), (ii) the name and address of all Interested Persons, (iii) a complete description of all equity securities and debt instruments, whether held in the form of loans or capital market instruments, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by all Interested Persons, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction (a “Derivative Transaction”) is in place or has been entered into within the six months preceding the date of delivery of the Shareholder Notice by or for the benefit of any Interested Person with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries, or any of their respective securities, debt instruments or credit ratings, the effect or intent of which transaction is to give rise to gain or loss as a result of changes in the trading price of such securities or debt instruments or changes in the credit ratings for the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities or debt instruments (or, more generally, changes in the perceived creditworthiness of the Company or its subsidiaries), or to increase or decrease the voting power of such Interested Person, and if so, a summary of the material terms thereof, and (v) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the Company that would be entitled to vote at the meeting and present intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to answer questions concerning propose the nomination or business, and (C) who complies with the notice procedures matter set forth in this Section 9.7. (2) For nominations or other business the Shareholder Notice. As used herein, “beneficially owned” with respect to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a Shareholder securities shall mean all securities which such person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.7(a)(1), Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Company and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for Shareholder action. To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice Notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company updated not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on 10 days after the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor earlier than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on record date for the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day prior determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting to provide any material changes in the foregoing information as of the record date. Any Shareholder Notice relating to the first anniversary nomination of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days earlier or later than the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the Shareholder to be timely directors must be so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which (A) notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or otherwise made available or (B) public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made by the Company. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement of the mailing of notice for such annual meeting or of an adjournment of an annual meeting to a later date or time commence a new time period for the giving of Shareholder’s notice as described above. No Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder holds a Certificate for all Shares owned by such Shareholder, and a copy of each Certificate shall accompany such Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary in order for such notice to be effective; provided, however, that (x) the provisions of this sentence and clause (A) of Section 9.7(a)(1)(ii) shall be inapplicable unless Shareholders are entitled to receive a Certificate evidencing the Shares owned by them, and (y) if clause (x) of this proviso is applicable, no Shareholder may give a notice to the Secretary described in this Section 9.7(a)(2) unless such Shareholder is, at the time of giving such notice and through and including the time of the annual meeting, a Shareholder of record of all Shares owned by such Shareholder. Such Shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, also contain (i) such person’s namethe information regarding each nominee required by paragraphs (a), age, business address (e) and residence address(f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the corresponding provisions of any successor regulation), (ii) the principal occupation or employment each nominee’s signed consent to serve as a director of the person for the past five yearsCompany if elected, and (iii) information as to whether each nominee is eligible for consideration as an independent director under the class and number relevant standards contemplated by Item 407(a) of Shares Regulation S-K (or the corresponding provisions of any successor regulation). The Company may also require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information, including completion of the Company that are beneficially owned or owned of record by such person and Company’s directors questionnaire, as it may reasonably require to determine whether the investment intent of such acquisition, (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities of the Company by such person during the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved, and (v) all other information relating to such person that is required to nominee would be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Exchange Act, including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving considered “independent” as a director if elected; (b) or as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description member of the business desired to be brought before audit committee of the meeting, Board of Directors under the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting various rules and any interest in such business of such Shareholder (including any anticipated benefit standards applicable to the Company. Any Shareholder therefrom) and Notice with respect to a matter other than the nomination of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and any Shareholder Associated Person, directors must contain (i) the class, series and number of securities text of the Company which are owned proposal to be presented, including the text of record any resolutions to be proposed for consideration by such Shareholder shareholders and by such Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (ii) the class, series and number of, and the nominee holder for, Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Shareholder and by any Shareholder Associated Person, if any; (iii) the name and address of such Shareholder as it appears on the Company’s stock ledger and the address, if different, of such Shareholder Associated Person; (iv) the record of all purchases and sales of securities a brief written statement of the Company by reasons such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person during shareholder favors the previous 12 month period including the dates of the transactions, the class, series and number of securities involved in the transactions and the consideration involved; and (v) to the extent known by such Shareholder, the name and address of any other Shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such Shareholder’s noticeproposal. For the purposes of this Section 9.7, “Shareholder Associated Person” of any Shareholder shall mean (i) any Person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of Common Shares or other securities issued by the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Shareholder and (iii) any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of this Section 9.7(a)(28(b) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company at the next annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Company naming either all of the nominees for director at the next annual meeting or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors is not publicly announced or disclosed by the Company at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a Shareholder’s notice required by this Section 9.7 Shareholder Notice shall also be considered timelytimely hereunder, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the first date all of such nominees or the size of the increased Board of Directors shall have been publicly announced or disclosed. (10thc) For any matter to be brought properly before any special meeting of shareholders, the matter must be set forth in the Company’s notice of the meeting. In the event that the Company calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more persons to the Board of Directors, any shareholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Company’s notice of the meeting, if the Shareholder Notice required by Section 8(b) hereof shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which the date of the special meeting and either the names of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such public meeting or the number of directors to be elected is publicly announced or disclosed. (d) For purposes of this Section 8, a matter shall be deemed to have been “publicly announced or disclosed” if such matter is disclosed in a press release reported by the Dow Xxxxx News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news or wire service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (e) In no event shall the adjournment of an annual meeting or special meeting or the postponement of any meeting that does not require a change in the record date for such meeting, or any announcement is first thereof, commence a new period for the giving of notice as provided in this Section 8. This Section 8 shall not (i) affect the rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) apply to the election of directors selected by or pursuant to the provisions of Article FOURTH, Section 3 of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Company having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances. (f) The person presiding at any meeting of shareholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether notice of nominees and other matters proposed to be brought before a meeting has been duly given in the manner provided in this Section 8 and, if not so given, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters are out of order and shall not be considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8, if the shareholder or a qualified representative of the shareholder does not appear at the annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Company to present any such nomination, or make any such proposal, such nomination or proposal shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company.