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EXHIBIT (b)
BY-LAWS OF
CALAMOS INSURANCE TRUST
Section 1. Agreement and Declaration of
Trust and Principal Office
1.1 Agreement and Declaration of Trust. These By-Laws shall be subject to
the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as from time to time in effect (the
"Declaration of Trust"), of Calamos Insurance Trust, the Massachusetts business
trust established by the Declaration of Trust (the "Trust").
1.2 Principal Office of the Trust; Resident Agent. The principal office
of the Trust shall be located in Naperville, Illinois. Its resident agent in
Massachusetts shall be CT Corporation System, 0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx or such other person as the Trustees may from time to time select.
Section 2. Shareholders
2.1 Shareholder Meetings. Meetings of the shareholders may be called at
any time by the Trustees, by the President or, if the Trustees and the President
shall fail to call any meeting of shareholders for a period of 30 days after
written application of one or more shareholders who hold at least 25% of all
shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting (or 10% if the
purpose of the meeting is to determine if a Trustee shall be removed from
office), then such shareholders may call such meeting. Each call of a meeting
shall state the place, date, hour and purposes of the meeting.
2.2 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at
the principal office of the Trust, or, to the extent permitted by the
Declaration of Trust, at such other place within the United States as shall be
designated by the Trustees or the President of the Trust.
2.3 Notice of Meetings. A written notice of each meeting of shareholders,
stating the place, date and hour and the purposes of the meeting, shall be given
at least seven days before the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote
thereat by leaving such notice with him or at his residence or usual place of
business or by mailing it, postage prepaid, and addressed to such shareholder at
his address as it appears in the records of the Trust. Such notice shall be
given by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by an officer designated by
the Trustees. No notice of any meeting of shareholders need be given to a
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shareholder if a written waiver of notice, executed before or after the meeting
by such shareholder or his attorney thereunto duly authorized, is filed with the
records of the meeting.
2.4 Ballots. No ballot shall be required for any election unless
requested by a shareholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to
vote in the election.
2.5 Proxies and Voting. Shareholders entitled to vote may vote either in
person or by proxy in writing dated not more than six months before the meeting
named therein, which proxies shall be filed with the Secretary or other person
responsible to record the proceedings of the meeting before being voted. Unless
otherwise specifically limited by their terms, such proxies shall entitle the
holders thereof to vote at any adjournment of such meeting but shall not be
valid after the final adjournment of such meeting. At all meetings of
shareholders, unless the voting is conducted by inspectors, all questions
relating to the qualification of voters, the validity of proxies and the
acceptance or rejection of votes shall be decided by the chairman of the
meeting.
Section 3. Trustees
3.1 Committees and Advisory Board. The Trustees may appoint from their
number an executive committee and other committees. Any such committee may be
abolished and reconstituted at any time and from time to time by the Trustees.
Except as the Trustees may otherwise determine, any such committee may make
rules for the conduct of its business. The Trustees may appoint an advisory
board to consist of not less than two nor more than five members. The members
of the advisory board shall be compensated in such manner as the Trustees may
determine and shall confer with and advise the Trustees regarding the
investments and other affairs of the Trust. Each member of the advisory board
shall hold office until the first meeting of the Trustees following the meeting
of the shareholders, if any, next following his appointment and until his
successor is appointed and qualified, or until he sooner dies, resigns, is
removed, or becomes disqualified, or until the advisory board is sooner
abolished by the Trustees.
3.2 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Trustees may be held
without call or notice at such places and at such times as the Trustees may from
time to time determine, provided that notice of the first regular meeting
following any such
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determination shall be given to absent Trustees. A regular meeting of the
Trustees may be held without call or notice immediately after and at the same
place as any meeting of the shareholders.
3.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Trustees may be held at any
time and at any place designated in the call of the meeting, when called by the
Chairman of the Board or by two or more Trustees, sufficient notice thereof
being given to each Trustee by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by the
officer or one of the Trustees calling the meeting.
3.4 Notice. It shall be sufficient notice to a Trustee to send notice by
mail at least three days or by telegram at least twenty-four hours before the
meeting addressed to the Trustee at his or her usual or last known business or
residence address or to give notice to him or her in person or by telephone at
least twenty-four hours before the meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be
given to any Trustee if a written waiver of notice, executed by him or her
before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any
Trustee who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its
commencement the lack of notice to him or her. Neither notice of a meeting nor
a waiver of a notice need specify the purposes of the meeting.
3.5 Quorum. At any meeting of the Trustees, one-third of the Trustees
then in office shall constitute a quorum; provided, however, a quorum (unless
the Board of Trustees consists of two or fewer persons) shall not be less than
two. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes
cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the meeting may
be held as adjourned without further notice.
Section 4. Officers and Agents
4.1 Enumeration; Qualification. The officers of the Trust shall be a
President, a Treasurer, a Secretary and such other officers, if any, as the
Trustees from time to time may in their discretion elect or appoint. The Trust
may also have such agents, if any, as the Trustees from time to time may in
their discretion appoint. Any officer may be but none need be a Trustee or
shareholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
4.2 Powers. Subject to the other provisions of these By-Laws, each
officer shall have, in addition to the duties and
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powers herein and in the Declaration of Trust set forth, such duties and powers
as are commonly incident to his or her office as if the Trust were organized as
a Massachusetts business corporation and such other duties and powers as the
Trustees may from time to time designate.
4.3 Election. The President, the Treasurer and the Secretary shall be
elected annually by the Trustees at their first meeting in each calendar year or
at such later meeting in such year as the Trustees shall determine. Other
officers or agents, if any, may be elected or appointed by the Trustees at said
meeting or at any other time.
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4.4 Tenure. The President, Treasurer and Secretary shall hold office
until the first meeting of Trustees in each calendar year and until their
respective successors are chosen and qualified, or in each case until he or she
sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each other officer
shall hold office and each agent shall retain his or her authority at the
pleasure of the Trustees.
4.5 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, if one
is so appointed, shall be chosen from among the Trustees and may hold office
only so long as he continues to be a Trustee. The Chairman of the Board, if any
is so appointed, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the
Trustees at which he is present; and shall have such other duties and powers as
specified herein and as may be assigned to him by the Trustee.
4.6 President and Vice Presidents. The President shall be the chief
executive officer of the Trust. The President shall, subject to the control of
the Trustees, have general charge and supervision of the Trust and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the Trustees shall prescribe
from time to time. Any Vice President shall at the request or in the absence or
disability of the President exercise the powers of the President and perform
such other duties and have such other powers as shall be designated from time to
time by the Trustees.
4.7 Treasurer and Controller. The Treasurer shall be the chief financial
officer of the Trust and, subject to any arrangement made by the Trustees with a
bank or trust company or other organization as custodian or transfer or
shareholder services agent, shall be in charge of its valuable papers and shall
have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the
Trustees or by the President. If at any time there shall be no Controller, the
Treasurer shall also be the chief accounting officer of the Trust and shall have
the duties and power prescribed herein for the Controller. Any Assistant
Treasurer shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to
time by the Trustees.
The Controller, if any be elected, shall be the chief accounting officer of the
Trust and shall be in charge of its books of account and accounting records. The
Controller shall be responsible for preparation of financial statements of the
Trust and shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time
to time by the Trustees or the President.
4.8 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall
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record all proceedings of the shareholders and the Trustees in books to be kept
therefor, which books shall be kept at the principal office of the Trust. In
the absence of the Secretary from any meeting of shareholders or Trustees, an
Assistant Secretary, or if there be none or if he or she is absent, a temporary
clerk chosen at the meeting shall record the proceedings thereof in the
aforesaid books.
Section 5. Resignations and Removals
Any Trustee may resign his trust or retire as a Trustee in accordance with
procedures set forth in the Declaration of Trust. Any officer or advisory board
member may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation in writing to
the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary or to a meeting of the
Trustees. The Trustees may remove any officer or advisory board member elected
or appointed by them with or without cause by the vote of a majority of the
Trustees then in office. Except to the extent expressly provided in a written
agreement with the Trust, no Trustee, officer, or advisory board member
resigning, and no officer or advisory board member removed, shall have any right
to any compensation for any period following his or her resignation or removal,
or any right to damages on account of such removal.
Section 6. Vacancies
A vacancy in the office of Trustee shall be filed in accordance with the
Declaration of Trust. Vacancies resulting from the death, resignation,
incapacity or removal of any officer may be filled by the Trustees. Each
successor of any such officer shall hold office for the unexpired term, and in
the case of the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary, until his or her
successor is chosen and qualified, or in each case until he or she sooner dies,
resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified.
Section 7. Shares of Beneficial Interest
7.1 Share Certificates. No certificates certifying the ownership of
shares shall be issued except as the Trustees may otherwise authorize. In the
event that the Trustees authorize the issuance of share certificates, subject to
the provisions of Section 7.3, each shareholder shall be entitled to a
certificate stating the number of shares owned by him or her, in such form as
shall be prescribed from time to time by the Trustees. Such certificate shall
be signed by the President or a Vice President
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and by the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary.
Such signatures may be facsimiles if the certificate is signed by a transfer or
shareholder services agent or by a registrar, other than a Trustee, officer or
employee of the Trust. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed on such certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Trust with
the same effect as if he or she were such officer at the time of its issue.
In lieu of issuing certificates for shares, the Trustees or the transfer or
shareholder services agent may either issue receipts therefor or may keep
accounts upon the books of the Trust for the record holders of such shares, who
shall in either case be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be the holders of
certificates for such shares as if they had accepted such certificates and shall
be held to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms hereof.
7.2 Loss of Certificates. In the case of the alleged loss or destruction
or the mutilation of a share certificate, a duplicate certificate may be issued
in place thereof, upon such terms as the Trustees may prescribe.
7.3 Discontinuance of Issuance of Certificates. The Trustees may at any
time discontinue the issuance of share certificates and may, by written notice
to each shareholder, require the surrender of share certificates to the Trust
for cancellation. Such surrender and cancellation shall not affect the
ownership of shares in the Trust.
Section 8. Record Date
The Trustees may fix in advance a time, which shall not be more than 90 days
before the date of any meeting of shareholders or the date for the payment of
any dividend or making of any other distribution to shareholders, as the record
date for determining the shareholders having the right to notice and to vote at
such meeting and any adjournment thereof or the right to receive such dividend
or distribution, and in such case only shareholders of record on such record
date shall have such right, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books
of the Trust after the record date.
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Section 9. Seal
The seal of the Trust shall, subject to alteration by the Trustees, consist of a
flat-faced circular die with the word "Massachusetts" together with the name of
the Trust, cut or engraved thereon; but, unless otherwise required by the
Trustees, the seal shall not be necessary to be placed on, and its absence shall
not impair the validity of, any document, instrument, or other paper executed
and delivered by or on behalf of the Trust.
Section 10. Execution of Papers
Except as the Trustees may generally or in particular cases authorize the
execution thereof in some other manner, all deeds, leases, transfers, contracts,
bonds, notes, checks, drafts and other obligations made, accepted or endorsed by
the Trust shall be signed, and any transfers of securities standing in the name
of the Trust shall be executed, by the President or by one of the Vice
Presidents or by the Treasurer or by whomsoever else shall be designated for
that purpose by the vote of the Trustees and need not bear the seal of the
Trust.
Section 11. Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Trust shall end on such date in each year as the Trustees
shall from time to time determine.
Section 12. Amendments
These By-Laws may be amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by a majority of
the Trustees then in office at any meeting of the Trustees, or by one or more
writings signed by such majority.
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