Exhibit (b)
BY-LAWS OF
CALAMOS INSURANCE TRUST
(as amended through December 16, 2005)
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
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 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.
3.6 ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE. Each Trustee who is not an interested person of
the Trust, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, shall retire as a Trustee as of the end of the calendar year in
which the Trustee attains the age of 72 years.
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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 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.
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. Any Vice President may be designated the chief financial
officer of the Trust.
4.7 TREASURER. The Treasurer shall, subject to the provisions of the
Declaration of Trust and to any arrangement made by the Trustees with any
custodian, investment adviser or transfer, accounting or shareholder servicing
or similar agent, be the chief accounting officer and be in charge of the
valuable papers, books of account and accounting records of the Trust and shall
have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the
Trustees or by the President. The Treasurer may be designated the chief
financial officer of the Trust.
4.8 SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The Secretary shall 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
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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 filled 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 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.
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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.
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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